The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Frank Bird III

  • Empathy; Do we have it?

    Droppings May 15, 2011 Empathy; do we all have it? “The capacity for consciousness of ourselves gives us the ability to see ourselves as others see us and to have empathy with others. It underlies our remarkable capacity to transport ourselves into someone else’s parlor where we will be in reality next week, and then…

  • Finding the pathway

    Bird droppings May 13, 2011 Finding a pathway I happened to have detention yesterday afternoon and from there to a get together for one of our special education teachers who is retiring. I picked up dinner for my family on the way to the house and missed senior awards night as I got caught up…

  • Finding Answers in Life

    Bird Droppings May 12, 2011 Finding answers in life Yesterday I was asked a simple question. I am too take several tests and they decide my life which should I take? Should I take test A or B. If I take A then my life will go this direction if I take B it will…

  • Getting the passion back

    Bird Droppings May 11, 2011 Getting the passion back When I walked in to work this morning the air was calm almost peaceful as I walked our dog down the driveway and through the yard. In the distance a great horned owl called several times and a bullfrog bellowed from the bottom land across the…

  • Clearing the pathway

    Bird Droppings May 10, 2011 Clearing a pathway “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” Elwyn Brooks White Often I reflect on the journey of life and the many directions I myself have traveled.…

  • Walking agian in the morning

    Bird Droppings May 9, 2011 Walking again in the morning It is hard for me to describe the feeling of losing this aspect of the day. It has been now nearly eleven years since each morning I would get up and walk upwards of five miles before dawn. Many of those journeys were with a…

  • Pondering on mothers day about faith

    Bird Droppings May 8, 2011 Pondering on mothers day about faith For so many a Sunday morning brings dressing up and heading to a place of worship. Worship for most is a community event a gathering of like believers who sit and go through ritualistic undertakings in a prescribed manner and at the prescribed time…

  • Looking for truth in an untruthful world

    Bird Droppings May 6, 2011 Looking for truth in an untruthful world I am later than normal getting to my writing as I was lazy earlier and spent a bit longer pondering the stars. It is the last day for another week of spring but here in Georgia the mornings have been a bit nippy…

  • Always try and see through new eyes

    Bird Droppings May 5, 2011 Always try and see through new eyes “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” Dolly Parton It has been nearly five years since we last moved and seems we might stay here a while. I recall seven or eight years…

  • Acceptance is often getting over fears

    Bird Droppings May 4, 2011 Acceptance is often getting over fears As I stepped outside into a wet morning the rain had passed by but the humidity hung in the air and the grass was like walking on a sponge soggy and wet. I was thinking of one of my classes actually what should be…