The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Frank Bird III

  • Sometimes it takes an inner journey to help others

    Bird Droppings October 23, 2011 Sometimes it takes an inner journey to help others It has been several months that I have focused on my own issues and problems and often let others problems drift by the wayside. I have been there but only perhaps in body so self focused that many things drifted by.…

  • Teachers are born not made

    Bird Droppings October 22, 2011 Teachers are born not made I started this endeavor yesterday and got a bit side tracked with my granddaughter and came back to it this chilly morning. I walked out of the house and few crickets were calling as they do in the warmer weather during the summer. It was…

  • Thorns really only hurt by surprise

    Bird Droppings October 21, 2011 Thorns really only hurt by surprise It has been an interesting week spending time with my granddaughter amazing how many different things she can find to get into. We recently had homecoming week and each day we the teachers and students could dress up according to various themes, 1980’s work…

  • Why do we consider thinking a bad word?

    Bird Droppings October 20, 2011 Why do we consider thinking a bad word? “I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have…

  • Teach to where the learning will be not to where it is

    Bird Droppings October 17-18, 2011 Teach to where the learning will be not to where it is I took a relaxing weekend with family and grand baby and sort of got my thoughts together as the days went by. Somewhere as the rain dissipated last week we had a few good days of sunshine even…

  • Seeing our purpose in life

    Bird Droppings October 12, 2011 Seeing our purpose in life It has been over ten years since I started writing this piece. I went out this morning with many questions on my mind. I Have a significant paper to write, my son’s wedding anniversary coming up, a grandbaby that just started saying pop pop, new…

  • The search is deep within ourselves

    Bird Droppings October 5, 2011 The search is deep within ourselves “If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” Mary Engelbreit I am very much a creature of routine of habit and when my daily path is altered I have occasion to be amiss.…

  • Surmounting Learning Difficulties

    Bird Droppings October 4, 2011 Surmounting learning difficulties “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Dr. Seuss “There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.” Phyllis Bottome An interesting start to…

  • My graduate studies are making sense

    Bird Droppings October 3, 2011 My graduate studies are making sense This coming Friday we as teachers in Walton County will not get paid as it was one of our furlough days imposed by our Board of education due to funding cuts from our governor and of course the schools will be closed. It was…

  • MWSLCB – Maybe we should leave children behind?

    Bird Droppings October 2, 2011 Maybe we should leave children behind? “I was in another lifetime one of toil and blood, when blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud. I came in from the wilderness a creature void of form. ‘Come in’ she said ‘I’ll give you shelter from the storm’.”…