Bird Droppings July 23, 2014 How do we know we are grown up? “The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them; he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself; he becomes wise.” Alden Nowlan Earlier this week a former student posted on my…

Bird Droppings July 22, 2014 Can we use the word sacred truthfully? “Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom.” Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of freedom I have been a student…

Bird Droppings July 21, 2014 Are we not always getting ready? “In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and it’s a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education.” Russell Means I walked early…

Bird Droppings July 20, 2014 Why is experience the greatest teacher? “Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.” Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy What a way to start with a line from a…

Bird Droppings July 19, 2014 Did you know trees can talk? “Did you know that trees talk? Well, they do. They talk to each other, and they’ll talk if you listen. Trouble is, white people don’t listen. They never learned to listen to the Indians so I don’t suppose they’ll listen to other voices in…

Bird Droppings July 18, 2014 Is it a paradox that sometimes small can be big? July has been a slow month for sunrises with clouds and fog nearly every morning. Somehow between the clouds and even in the fog I have found images worthy of a photo. Finding the tiny pieces within our existence is…

Bird Droppings July 17, 2014 Why is it so hard listening to a child? Sitting here by myself writing before the sunrises and reminiscing I recall listening to some children. It has been some time since I was sitting in my class room on C-Hall when a friend came by with her baby brother about…

Bird Droppings July 16, 2014 Let’s change NCLB to OCAT today! I woke up like most other days and as you get older each day is a prize and for some reason sat at my computer pondering much longer than normal. I was looking at some comments and reviewing a post I had made the…

Bird Droppings July 15, 2014 How do we know on a cloudy day if the moon is setting or the sun is rising? I left the house relatively early to get gas for my wife’s car and since staying at home today to work on my writing a bottle of grapefruit cranberry juice. My days…

Bird Droppings July 14, 2014 Is not every day a good day? Recently I had the great privilege of spending some time with some very dear friends. These are people I have known for many years. Over the past few weekends I have driven nearly eight hundred miles on various always exciting excursions. There were…