Bird Droppings November 18, 2015 Teaching is always climbing up another rung We have a break for Thanksgiving then a week or two of class time and then a week or so of testing and the mountain is nearly climbed as we approach the holidays. Even with my aversion to shopping I will be going…

Bird Droppings November 17, 2015 While deadly a spider spins to survive “When Peter pulled his sword and attacked the Roman soldier he was told to put it away and his boss turned to the injured soldier and healed his ear but that was before Christianity” Frank Bird Ed.S. D.D. Every other Facebook post is…

Bird Droppings November 16, 2015 I am still trying to figure out teaching The names are withheld but on my Facebook page. “Good morning Mr. Bird , I would like to thank you for being a great teacher, my son John Doe speaks highly of you, John has grown up to be hard working, an…

Bird Droppings November 13, 2015 Determining what it is we need to learn and teach I often wander in my morning writing. Traditionally I do try and focus on a point or two as I ramble. I have folks complain about spelling and punctuation every now and again but then I think back to my…

Bird Droppings November 12, 2015 Teachers need to consult their hearts I was amazed walking out this morning to the car and 73 degrees frogs chirping away. We had the day off yesterday and I was lazier than I had planned. I was going through some research material and pulled out a little book. It…

Bird Droppings November 11, 2015 A day to honor and to remember Feeling old today now that I working on my sixty sixth year and a cold front coming in, my bones are aching. I remember nearly eight years ago as we got closer to the last day in our old house it was actually…

Bird Droppings November 10, 2015 I am always finding where community exists “I am sitting listening to Allman Brother’s Fillmore East CD on a Tuesday morning a moon hidden in our perpetual clouds outside. As I drove to school today I had several thoughts streaming through my head. How do two people see the same…

Bird Droppings November 9, 2015 Gratitude is an action “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” Chief Seattle, 1854 Most mornings I am driving to school about five thirty…

Bird Droppings November 6, 2015 Flowers are red, green leaves are green, and that’s the way it was meant to be. It has been nearly forty five years, actually more since I found out I was color blind. I had been in college at West Chester State College for my freshmen year back in 1967.…

Bird Droppings November 5, 2015 So many thoughts for one day I believe I was prepared from childhood to discuss this topic. It has been many years since my first introduction to Native Americans. I was three or four years old when I first remember my father’s stories of Little Strong Arm and Black Eagle.…