The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: jesus

  • Sailing off the edge and or thinking out of the box in terms of learning

    Bird Droppings January 9, 2024 Sailing off the edge and or thinking out of the box in terms of learning I was thinking back to nearly twenty years when history was made, as a new president was sworn in, and one of my students came into class and asked to start working on his assignments.…

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

    Bird Droppings December 15, 2024 Sailing off the edge and or thinking out of the box I was thinking back to nearly fifteen years when history was made, as a new president was sworn in, and one of my students came into class and asked to start working on his assignments. I did not beg…

  • Bird Droppings December 11, 2024 Venting a bit on a Wednesday Morning I was slack with my daily photography and journaling the past week. I have missed a few days with doctor appointments and rain. Yesterday, I read several alarming posts on friends’ pages on Facebook and internet news sites. I followed links, and they…

  • Waiting for a miracle on some occasions can take some time

    Bird Droppings December 2, 2024 Waiting for a miracle on some occasions can take some time I wrote this piece nearly twenty years ago, and it still has a place in my heart. Miracle is a word used often by people of faith. It is an explanation for things that happen with no apparent cause…

  • Can we use the word sacred truthfully, or is it purely mythical?

    Bird Droppings November 25, 2024Can we use the word sacred truthfully, or is it purely mythical? “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…

  • Teachers need to consult their hearts more

    Bird Droppings November 15, 2024 Teachers need to consult their hearts more I was amazed walking out this morning to the car. It was 45 degrees, and a few frogs were still chirping away. I was going through some research material and pulled out a little book. It has been several years since I found…

  • Searching for integrity or is it a useless endeavor

    Bird Droppings October 24, 2024Searching for integrity or is it a useless endeavor “Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not…

  • Wind in the trees

    Bird Droppings October 22, 2024Wind in the trees It has been a number of years since I walked around Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma. Geronimo spent the final years of his life there as a prisoner of war. He is buried down by a small river among cottonwood trees looking out over the Oklahoma Prairie.…

  • Waiting for a miracle

    Bird Droppings September 28, 2024 Waiting for a miracle I wrote this piece nearly twenty years ago, and it still has a place in my heart. Miracle is a word used often by people of faith. It explains things that happen with no apparent cause and/or rationale. We all sit waiting for miracles, perhaps waiting…