The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: history

  • Part TWO

    Horses and Trains have a lot in common with curriculum and learning. Bird Droppings January 7, 2024 Part TWO Horses and Trains have a lot in common with curriculum and learning. I have been outspoken about the rigidity of many county curriculums and how their sole function is to raise standardized test scores which is…

  • Symbolic Totem Pole

    Bird Droppings December 14,, 2024 Symbolic Totem Pole Growing up in my family, my father had made numerous totem poles in our backyards over the years. Each was painted images of creatures. Eagles, bears, and wolves adorned the totem poles. The last one was torn down or fell only a few years ago. In Cub…

  • Wondering why, on a Monday morning, and taking a few photos of a very foggy sunrise

    Bird Droppings November 11, 2024Wondering why, on a Monday morning, and taking a few photos of a very foggy sunrise I watched the debate roughly four years ago from our condo on Pawleys Island. My wife and I escaped for a long weekend. It was to give her a break from a hectic clinic schedule…

  • So many thoughts for one day, including CRT which may or may not be a good topic

    Bird Droppings November 3, 2024So many thoughts for one day, including CRT which may or may not be a good topic A Facebook post yesterday caught my attention. The reference was about critical race theory or CRT. How public schools were indoctrinating students and parents should place their children in private schools or home school.…

  • Birddroppings October 14, 2024 Listening to a five-note flute and pondering at a Honda dealer I arise relatively early, even in retirement, on my days off from my part-time teaching. Each morning, I run up to my corner store for conversation and to stock up. I need a couple of Smart water bottles, sometimes the…

  • How capable do we need to be? Should the truth be more valid than a lie? An idea inspired by a student.

    Bird Droppings October 3, 2024 How capable do we need to be? Should the truth be more valid than a lie? An idea inspired by a student. I have listened to each of the debates and came away feeling how we could have gotten to this point. Most recently, one of the debaters was stopped…