The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Education

  • A spiritual side to teaching

    Bird Droppings August 29, 2010 A spiritual side to teaching “Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it’s never living apart from one’s self. Not about absence of other people – it is about being fully present to ourselves, whether or not we are with others.” Parker Palmer Dr. Parker Palmer is…

  • A final look at essential Bird Pedagogy

    Bird Droppings August 27, 2010 A final look at essential Bird Pedagogy “If a university can’t have two out of five of their student-athletes graduate, I don’t know why they’re rewarded with post-season play” Arne Duncan Over the past few days I have been looking at how I see teaching and instruction and I have…

  • The sixteen hour syndrome and why we should embrace it

    Bird Droppings August 22, 2010 The Sixteen hour syndrome and why we should embrace it It has been nearly ten years since I wrote about the Sixteen Hour Syndrome in relationship to emotionally and behaviorally disturbed students. The idea developed from my own observations of a group of twenty eight students in a Georgia high…

  • An Emerson day

    Bird Droppings August 21, 2010 An Emerson day Last night I was extremely tired after the first week of school and our first official football game. While just a scrimmage I went and took a few photos. I left earlier just exhausted and started watching a movie and then proceeded to walk around outside. It…

  • A continuing saga

    Bird Droppings August 18, 2010 A continuing saga It is so often that I write of coincidence it may seem boring to some. To me it is a never ending saga of special moments one after the other. During a college graduate class we discussed science and measuring of data, intuition and coincidence it seems…

  • Working on a wedding

    Bird Droppings August 17, 2010 Working on a wedding Nearly two years ago I performed a wedding service for one of my sons close friends. As I was pulling together material for a short sermon and discussion I found several pieces from many years ago. As I thought this morning and walked out just before…

  • Trying to Succeed!

    Bird Droppings August 16, 2010 Trying to succeed! “Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience.” Michael Eisner I wonder when a multibillionaire makes a statement like that how much meaning is in it. However as I read over the statement there…

  • Trying to find topsoil midst an erosion of soul

    Bird Droppings August 15, 2010 Trying to find topsoil midst an erosion of soul “To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.” Simone Weil The need for roots, I saw this idea earlier as I web surfed thinking and pondering this morning or perhaps as I was…

  • Experience is the best teacher

    Bird Droppings August 14, 2010 Experience is the greatest teacher “Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.” Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy What a way to start with a line from a fiction…

  • Trying to find peace

    Bird Droppings August 8, 2010 Trying to find peace Earlier today I was sitting in my reading area and the concept of a just war popped up and how we will be fighting the “Just War” for ever. That concerns me as a father and as a human being. I was looking at how we…