The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Dr. James Sutton

  • What we know

    Bird Droppings December 19, 2011 What we know   “The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.” Booker T. Washington   It has been a few days since I received an email containing a letter from a well-known…

  • Telling our grandchildren

    Bird Droppings December 18, 2011 Telling our grand children “I wanted to give something of my past to my grandson. So I took him into the woods, to a quiet spot. Seated at my feet he listened as I told him of the powers that were given to each creature. He moved not a muscle…

  • Searching for and finally placing puzzle pieces in specified places

    Bird Droppings December 16, 2011 Searching for and finally placing puzzle pieces in specified places   “In order to learn the nature of the myriad things, you must know that although they may look round or square, the other features of oceans and mountains are infinite in variety; whole worlds are there. It is so…

  • Looking for the simplicity

    Bird Droppings December 15, 2011 Looking for the simplicity My reading and writing has taken a beating with the getting ready for the end of the semester and four day jaunt to a wedding in South Carolina and babysitting my granddaughter (actually a lot of fun). Of course nothing would have stopped me from spending…

  • Can we demand or should we earn respect?

    Bird Droppings December 14, 2011 Can we demand or should we earn respect?   Nearing the middle of a month and with a New Year coming, it seems spring is only a few days away. A few Saturday’s back was an interesting day as I ran my errands. As it happens often, I ended up…

  • Words can be significant and or meaningless

    Bird Droppings December 13, 2011 Words can be significant and or meaningless               So often when we open our mouths to speak do we really think about what it is we are going to say it sort of just spills out. Occasionally we wonder I wish I could have held on to that word…

  • Teachers are born not made

    Bird Droppings October 22, 2011 Teachers are born not made I started this endeavor yesterday and got a bit side tracked with my granddaughter and came back to it this chilly morning. I walked out of the house and few crickets were calling as they do in the warmer weather during the summer. It was…

  • Reading a friends book for the tenth time

    Bird Droppings June 17, 2011 Reading a friend’s book for the tenth time Dr. James Sutton sent me a copy of his new book “What parents need to know about ODD”, nearly five years ago and I have been through it numerous times. Dr. Sutton is one of the leading writers and authorities on Oppositional…

  • Interconnectivity of all that is

    Bird Droppings February 7, 2011 Interconnectivity of all that is “Every footstep is the journey. Every sight, every sound, every touch and taste and smell with which we are blessed is the journey. All of the colors before us are the journey, and we are the journey. May we always keep our feet on Mother…

  • Wishing and wondering and waitiing

    Bird Droppings August 31, 2010 Wishing and wondering and waiting “Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.” William Davenant It has been nearly four years since we moved last and found ourselves in this house. I wasn’t sure from where to start several ideas have been running through my thinking…