The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Elliot Wigginton

  • Today should always be a first day

    Bird Droppings June 7, 2012 Today should always be a first day   “I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself.” Lone Man (Isna-la-wica)Teton Sioux    So often in life we think we are the one. We can do it all on our…

  • How difficult is it finding ourselves?

    Bird Droppings June 6, 2012 How difficult is it finding ourselves?   “The more sand that has escaped the hourglass of life, the clearer we should see through it.” Jean Paul Sartre   As I was looking for thoughts and ideas to start, I actually was going a different direction when by accident or should I…

  • Driving up a mountain takes effort

    Bird Droppings June 5, 2012 Driving up a mountain takes effort   I am looking forward to the trip to Black Rock Mountain in North Georgia, the site of the Foxfire property and Piedmont College’s teacher’s class in The Foxfire Approach to teaching in another week or so. My oldest son was took the course…

  • How do we see things?

    Bird Droppings June 4, 2012 How do we see things?               When I spend time alone with my granddaughter who is now eighteen months old we communicate in a sort of pointing fingers, hand signs, words, facial gestures and occasionally a pop pop I will show you what I want look as she picks…

  • Trying to see the world with a narrow lens

    Bird Droppings May 17, 2012 Trying to see the world with a narrow lens   My wife used to pick on my seventies glasses, big wide lenses and frames that they were. I recently went and got a new prescription and modern frames and lenses much smaller and narrower. I was sitting outside this morning…

  • Searching for, looking at, and finally placing the pieces to the puzzle

    Bird Droppings May 16, 2012 Searching for, looking at and finally placing the pieces to the puzzle “The judges of normality are present everywhere. We are in the society of the teacher-judge, the doctor-judge, the educator-judge, the ”social worker” -judge.” Dr. Michael Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas             Last night…

  • Dreams do not stand alone

    Bird Droppings May 15, 2012 Dreams do not stand alone   “You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.” Richard Bach   It has been so many years since I first experienced the whimsical book Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Bach’s…

  • Can we lend another ear?

    Bird Droppings May 14, 2012 Can we lend another ear?   “Hearing is one of the body’s five senses. But listening is an art.” Frank Tyger   After trying to find out who is Frank Tyger I have to resolve that I still do not know but I like the quote. Many years ago I…

  • Finding Foxfire in the Kalahari

    Bird Droppings May 13, 2012 Finding Foxfire in the Kalahari   “Not only the present, but the future depends on a constant reinterpretation of history and a re-examination of the state and nature of human consciousness. Both these processes are profoundly and mysteriously interdependent and doomed to failure without a continuous search after self-knowledge, since…

  • Looking for the passion in life

    Bird Droppings May 12, 2012 Looking for the passion in life “All games have an important and probably decisive influence on the destinies of the players under ordinary social conditions; but some offer more opportunities than others for life long careers and are more likely to involve innocent bystanders.” Dr. Eric Berne, The games people…