The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Education

  • The sacredness of finding Foxfire in the Kalahari

    Bird Droppings March 26, 2013 The sacredness of finding Foxfire in the Kalahari I have known about Foxfire for nearly forty years since I bought my first copy of a Foxfire book in 1973 or so. Since that time coincidence as it may be I have taken courses in the Foxfire approach to teaching and…

  • I wonder if we see each piece of the puzzle?

    Bird Droppings March 25, 2013 I wonder if we see each piece of the puzzle? Officially spring is here and around here daffodils are finishing up and most flowering trees are near full bloom which of course in Georgia means voracious amounts of pine pollen, everything will be soon yellow between rains. While cloudy this…

  • The beginning or end in a circle is where?

    Bird Droppings March 23, 2013 The beginning or end in a circle is where? “It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.” Albert Einstein Over…

  • Can we teach a love of learning?

    Bird Droppings March 22, 2013 Can we teach a love of learning? I bumped into this young lady at the grocery store a few days ago and it had been some time since our last run in. She was one of my secret seniors nearly six years ago. It has been almost some time since…

  • In pondering the question understanding often comes through

    Bird Droppings March 21, 2013 In pondering the question understanding often comes through It has been interesting this spring weather wise. I have been battling allergies and sinus issues daily between cold and hot and rain and then not enough rain and the pollen. When I headed to school today I had been thinking about…

  • Should we question our questions?

    Bird Droppings March 20, 2013 Should we question our questions? Yesterday as I was sitting in my class room after finding in my files an article from a few years back about the innuendos about who and why Georgia students in middles schools across the state did so poorly on CRCT’s, Georgia’s version of school…

  • Have we sold our souls for a few trinkets?

    Bird Droppings March 19, 2013 Have we sold our souls for a few trinkets? Morning is a special time for me always a new beginning. That might be far too easy of a way to say what I am trying to say. Today I went out a bit early from the house to take out…

  • Sadly far too often children will become who we assume they are

    Bird Droppings March 18, 2013 Sadly far too often children will become who we assume they are “We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.” Stacia Tauscher So often I watch teachers treating students simply as things in the class room, items to be dealt with…

  • Many mornings I am told I am rambling I prefer the word reflecting

    Bird Droppings March 15, 2013 Many mornings I am told I am rambling I prefer the word reflecting “Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.” Voltaire I find it interesting as we listen to politicians argue over who is best at fighting a war in a far off country…

  • Feeding wolves

    Bird Droppings March 14, 2013 Feeding wolves One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a debate that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two “wolves” inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride,…