The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Frank Bird III

  • Mountians offer a more clear view

    Bird Droppings January 6-7, 2011 Mountains offer a more clear view “I have a pretty fair education, but I would hate to be turned loose in these mountains right now and be told to put food in my belly, clothing on my body, shelter over my head, and provide protection from my enemies, both two…

  • Building sandcastles drip by drip

    Bird Droppings January 3, 2011 Building Sand castles drip by drip Back when I was going to Graduate School nearly every day and before switching to Internet classes and webct it took some getting used to going to school and then going to school. I was teaching from 7:20 – 3:00 students who have had…

  • A surgeon general, holy man, medicine man and a psychologist

    Bird Droppings January 2, 2011 A Surgeon General, Holy Man, Medicine Man and Psychologist “Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.” Dr. C. Everett Koop 1916 – Author, Teacher, former Surgeon General of the United States, and former head of Pediatric surgery at the Children’s Hospital in…

  • Risk

    Bird Droppings December 31, 2010 Risk How more appropriate to end the year than to look at the idea of risk and what lies ahead. Risk is a driving force of who we are and why we are and what we do. How we take chances and avoid risk are defining pieces of our personality.…

  • Naughty or nice

    Bird Droppings December 28, 2010 Naughty or Nice “The best portion of a good man’s life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.” William Wordsworth One day when you look back and try and remember what was that act or when, you may not remember but the person to whom that small act…

  • Looking to Nature for answers

    Bird Droppings December 7, 2010 Looking to Nature for answers As I read and ponder a world engrossed with money and how we can spend money I wonder if perhaps some of the thinking that is bringing so many American Indians back to their more traditional world views has merit. I was beginning to look…

  • It is woven as the spider spins

    Bird Droppings November 26-27, 2010 It is woven as the spider spins “For certain fortunate people, there is something that transcends all classifications of behavior, and that is awareness, something which rises from the programming of the past, and that is spontaneity; and something that is more rewarding than games and that is intimacy. But…

  • Looking into the depth of soul

    Bird Droppings November 18, 2010 Looking into the depth of our souls I received an email from a dear friend nearly three years ago after writing about humor and it truly made me think and as I pondered last night I responded to the note the following morning and it scares me how we can…

  • It takes more than one strand to make a rope

    Bird Droppings October 31, 2010 It takes more than one strand to make a rope “You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.” Faith Baldwin Each day as I talk to my students I try and set…

  • Education often draws from the NOW

    Bird Droppings October 27, 2010 Education often draws from NOW Several days ago a teacher offered to me a book on curriculum or so she said “Dumbing down of America” by Dr. Samuel Blumenfeld. It has been a few months since I picked this book off the shelf while reading various books at Barnes and…