Bird Droppings August 20, 2014 Trying to teach an unteachable child “Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.” John F. Kennedy As…

Bird Droppings August 19, 2014 The next great teacher: A new reality show with significance I drove back to school about nine o’clock last night to run some copies and check on a few things. Walking out of the building the smiling moon was glowing through a patchwork of clouds. I did not have my…

Bird Droppings August 18, 2014 What is the Sixteen Hour Syndrome and should we embrace it or find a cure? I was away from my computer for several days other than downloading some photos from the weekend so I may be a bit wordy today letting it all out. It has been nearly fourteen years…

Bird Droppings August 15, 2014 Staring into the sky listening to an owl call: LEARNING – KNOWING – FINDING When I went out on my morning excursion this morning or I should say several times as I think the moon plotted against me glowing through partially opened blinds. I heard several dogs add a coyote…

Bird Droppings August 14, 2014 Teachers, is there much difference in our perceptions? “The delineation of the difference between modern (secular) society and traditional (Sacred) societies and their competing views of land and nature helps to explain the persistence of severe conflict between such societies. Unlike secular societies – where land signifies property, property signifies…

Bird Droppings August 13, 2014 Thinking about where I am going “Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path… this is what I must do; this is what I’ve got to have. This is who I am. It’s important to ask yourself, how am I useful to others? What do people…

Bird Droppings August 12, 2014 I wonder what my favorite store is; Then again is it even important? Interesting two thoughts while similar struck me this morning as I started the day out. One I heard on the radio going to get gas for my wife the other morning from a radio announcer recalling an…

Bird Droppings August 11, 2014 Teaching and or 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu Today is my fourteenth first day of school at this high school. I will just assume it will not be as tense and hectic as my first on September 11, 2001. I began the day thinking back to a…

Bird Droppings August 10, 2013 A quick reflection this morning and thinking of others “I think that empathy is important not only as a means of enhancing compassion, but I think that generally speaking when dealing with others on any level, if you are having difficulties, it’s extremely helpful to be able and try and…

Bird Droppings August 8, 2013 I am always searching for the ends of a bell-shaped curve I was reminded as former students came by last night at Open House of how we as teacher’s impact lives. Students are so much more than test scores and grades. So much more than content we teach. I was…