The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Education

  • How deep within is the soul?

    Bird Droppings April 23, 2013 How deep within is the soul? I received an email from a dear friend many years back after writing about humor and it truly made me think as I looked back on some older notes and thoughts last night and as I pondered I found the response I sent to…

  • Can we figure a way to filter it all?

    Bird Droppings April 22, 2014 Can we figure a way to filter it all? “Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information.” T.S. Elliot Sifting through the tons of information that bombard us daily is a task, be it emails, text messages, cell phone calls,…

  • Can we even consider in the same sentence ethics and politics?

    Bird Droppings April 21, 2014 Can we even consider in the same sentence ethics and politics? There are so many things happening in our world that are often at the whim of a politician who we voted for or against. The auto industry was being remade, wars are being fought, jobs are disappearing and health…

  • A man before his time

    Bird Droppings April 20, 2014 A man before his time “A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.” Arthur Schopenhauer Many great thinkers have found their motivation and beginnings in Schopenhauer. Arthur Schopenhauer was one of the first westerners to read and understand Eastern thought. He was well read and…

  • A wind in the trees

    Bird Droppings April 18, 2014 A wind in the trees Over the past weeks we have had several severe storms come through the area. Just before I went to bed last night according to the weather we were to get another today. Several times during the night I awakened and no storm was blowing and…

  • Education should be turning mirrors into windows

    Bird Droppings April 17, 2014 Education should be turning mirrors into windows I was unable to attend many sporting events this year for numerous reasons and my last year about this time my excuse for not taking pictures was my good camera had been stolen. A year ago or so today I went to check…

  • Are you a Weginahsa?

    Bird Droppings April 16, 2014 Are you a Weginahsa? “The work of a teacher – exhausting, complex, idiosyncratic, never twice the same – is at its heart, an intellectual and ethical enterprise. Teaching is the vocation of vocations, a calling that shepherds a multitude of other callings. It is an activity that is intensely practical…

  • As a teacher we should always be near the edge

    Bird Droppings April 15, 2014 As a teacher we should always be near the edge I recall taking groups hiking in North Georgia and always there is that one person who has to be at the edge of a gorge or edge of the trail dropping two hundred feet down looking over and nearly falling.…

  • It is not always all in a name

    Bird Droppings April 15, 2014 It is not always all in a name On February 3, 2003, I officially started calling daily emailing and journaling Bird Droppings. I went back in my files and pulled up a few old thoughts and ideas. Along with my new name in 2003 some other bits and pieces as…

  • Is a circle a confined space or infinite undertaking?

    Bird Droppings April 13, 2014 Is a circle a confined space or infinite undertaking? It has been a quick all too quick spring break or so it seems. Mine ended with a dash 350 miles to Southern Pines North Carolina to see our son his wife and our grandbaby. As I walked in the house…