The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  • Can we find gratitude in our daily walk?

    Bird Droppings August 13, 2013 Can we find gratitude in our daily walk? By chance yesterday afternoon I went by my favorite bookstore. As I do so often searching the book shelves at Barnes and Nobles I found a few books over the past few trips; two books are by J. T. And William Garrett…

  • 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu

    Bird Droppings August 12, 2013 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu I began the day thinking back to a song one of my students chose to write about several years ago, Live like you were dying by Tim McGraw. I have been sorting through books and files and found a small inspirational book…

  • Reflecting for class and thinking of others

    Bird Droppings August 11, 2013 Reflecting for class 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 put yourself…

  • It is so much more than just wanting to

    Bird Droppings August 9, 2013 It is so much more than just wanting to “I want to say one other challenge that we face is simply that we must find an alternative to war and bloodshed. Anyone who feels, and there are still a lot of people who feel that way, that war can solve…

  • Searching for the ends of a bell shaped curve

    Bird Droppings August 8, 2013 Searching for the ends of a bell shaped curve “Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I’ll tell you their philosophy of life.” Dale Carnegie In the days leading up to the last Democratic and Republican conventions I realize how much I really do not…

  • Teachers need to try and care

    Bird Droppings August 6, 2013 Teachers need to try and care With school starting back again it is like remembering years past the past few weeks as numerous former students have called, emailed, come by and visit my room or messaged me on Facebook. Some are former students and non-students who would spend time in…

  • Sailing off the edge and or thinking out of a box

    Bird Droppings August 6, 2013 Sailing off the edge and or thinking out of a box “I believe that to meet the challenges of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for oneself, one’s own family or nation, but…

  • Is not wondering is a powerful tool?

    Bird Droppings August 5, 2013 Is not wondering is a powerful tool? Several years back we started sort of a school wide vocabulary of the week and with today being the first day of teachers going back to school I was reminded of this as I was looking through my various files for quotes and…

  • Don’t cross word puzzles take some time?

    Bird Droppings August 4, 2013 Don’t cross word puzzles take some time? Towards the end of the last school year one of my students was working on a history assignment and had to define bias. She was not sure which definition was correct and asked my opinion. I explained in history bias is that of…

  • Why do more?

    Bird Droppings August 2, 2013 Why do more? “Choices are sacred to life’s journey. They lie along the path that all of us must follow for ourselves. An important Cherokee lesson is that if you involve yourself in any decision, you also experience the consequences of that decision.” Dr. J.T. Garrett, Meditations with the Cherokee…