Bird Droppings November 25, 2013 Am I a philosopher? There was a beautiful sky this morning as I walked out and actually rather cold which is surprising as the sky while filled with clouds was clear. I think most of my students were hoping for snow over the holidays although it is still showing up…

Bird Droppings November 22, 2013 Why are we deliberately trying to be wrong? I will admit that on Saturday night with a Powerball jackpot of only fifty million dollars I was pondering retiring if I won. I think I would be if I won retiring to devote time to education in a more positive way…

Bird Droppings November 21, 2013 Should children be left behind? “I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained, and he only holds the key to…

Bird Droppings November 20, 2013 Can we find enough data through observing to decide on our own? “I do not write from mythology when I reflect upon Native American spirituality in this book. In my own opinion, mythology leads to superstition; and superstition has proved fatally destruction to many millions down through time. It is…

Bird Droppings November 19, 2013 Somewhere inside perhaps 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. My…

Bird Droppings November 18, 2013 Determining what it is we need to learn “Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know — and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance. It is…

Bird Droppings November 17, 2013 Trying to find where community exists For the second time as I get near the end of my doctorial course work I am involved in a class on educational communities which featured all total in the two courses fifteen texts. All of the texts have an under lying theme of…

Bird Droppings November 15, 2013 Can we listen through our heart? It has been several years since found on my many excursions to Barnes and Nobles a small book that I would like to share some passages from. I found many of the thoughts and passages to be of significance and for me sharing words…

Bird Droppings November 14, 2013 Perhaps I had a vision walking in moonlight As I walked out in the morning, the two thirds full moon’s glow lit the area. While only just a small part of the moon it was still a beautiful picture presented. There was a sense of light about as I stood…

Bird Droppings November 13, 2013 Looking at a cloud I am still warming my hands as this was the coldest morning of the fall to date. I went out to start my wife’s car and off in the pines a great horned owl called. I stood listening for several minutes focusing on the sound and…