Bird Droppings February 21, 2016 Pondering about a Sunday thought on religion I sat on a bench at the Georgia Square mall yesterday listening to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s, Four Way Street. I was resting from my walking while my wife was shopping. I have been saving my pennies lately in a new effort…

Bird Droppings February 20, 2016 It is only a dropped feather? “If we consider the eagle feather with its light and dark colors, we could argue that ‘the dark colors are more beautiful and, therefore, naturally more valuable,’ or vice versa. Regardless of which colors are more beautiful, or necessary, or valuable, the truth is…

Bird Droppings February 19, 2016 A series of paradoxes and bewilderment I received the following in an email back a few days, a friend of mine sent it out and as I read the first time it was humorous. However as I pondered then as a teacher I read deeper into what was being said.…

Bird Droppings February 18, 2016 Getting over the speed bumps “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” Hannah More Perhaps ahead of her time Ms. More wrote in abundance in the later 1700’s and early 1800’s. She was writing in a time when women were to be…

Bird Droppings February 17, 2016 Is it saying goodbye or is it hello? It might have been the fact I had never pulled out my Eagle Scout card from 1967 in class before that got me thinking back. While mired in controversy nationally in recent years the Boy Scouts of America have contributed greatly to…

Bird Droppings February 16, 2016 What if treaties and promises were all kept, what a world we would have. I begin each typical morning waking up and finding my way to my computer taking our dog out if he wants to, checking my iPad, making sure my connection is on or network up since we…

Bird Droppings February 12, 2016 The most powerful of all teaching tools is REFLECTION “It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.” Helen Keller Helen Keller was one of the most envisioned people to have walked the earth yet never for most of her life did she ever see or hear anything…

Bird Droppings February 12, 2016 Thinking about the word trust and how we have such a hard time with it. So many special events coming up, Valentine’s Day, more possible snow, income taxes, and best of all one more day till winter break. Do I go out and cut down a tree, I wouldn’t know…

Bird Droppings February 10, 2016 Teaching is a journey it is not copy, paste or bubble. It has been several days well over a week since I had a chance to go out early and ponder as I say. It has been many days since I took a photograph with my good camera since I…

Bird Droppings February 9, 2016 Why should our children be going to school? After reading Joel Spring’s book, Political Agendas for Education, one might wonder why we even have schools. Spring’s implies they are simply to create and mold youth into whatever it is those in power deem feasible. His idea is that it is…