The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: John Dewey

  • Understanding that all is connected and intertwined

    Bird Droppings September 2, 2017 Understanding that all is connected and intertwined As I thought about the Sydney J. Harris passage below and walked out to my car I thought of my quiet spot where I meditate and something hit me. I generally sit facing east towards the rising sun, daily the gossamer threads of…

  • Who would have thought of a buffalo snort in the dark?

      Bird Droppings August 23, 2017 Who would have thought of a buffalo snort in the dark?   “Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing…

  • Why do we wish, wonder and wait?

    Bird Droppings August 13, 2017 Why do we wish, wonder and wait?   “Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.” William Davenant   It has been nearly eleven years since we moved last and found ourselves in this house.  I wasn’t sure from where to start several ideas have been…

  • A spiritual side to teaching

    Bird Droppings August 11, 2017 A spiritual side to teaching   “Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it’s never living apart from one’s self. Not about absence of other people – it is about being fully present to ourselves, whether or not we are with others.” Parker Palmer   Dr. Parker…

  • Now my past studies are making sense

    Bird Droppings August 10, 2017 Now my past studies are making sense   My head feels like a sponge. We have hot weather the cool and high humidity then torrential rain and my head always feels it. Perhaps why I was sitting thinking back to a teacher work day, we as teachers in Walton County…

  • Can we find answers outside our windows?

    Bird Droppings August 7, 2017 Can we find answers outside our windows?   As I read and pondered a world engrossed with money and how we can spend money. I wonder if perhaps some of the thinking that is bringing so many American Indians back to their more traditional world views has merit. I was…

  • Why is it hard to think about compassion?

    Bird Dropping August 1, 2017 Why is it hard to think about compassion?   Almost five years ago I was quietly sitting in a hotel room in South Carolina it was still dark outside and it was odd not being at school on a Friday. I so seldom miss a day of school. My middle…

  • Are we missing Creativity?

    Bird Droppings July 5, 2017 Are we missing Creativity?   This was another quiet morning as I wandered out and about already birds hiding from view are calling. As for the crickets and frogs as always a beautiful chorus for the morning awakening. Yesterday later in the day several tree frogs visited our back porch…

  • In pursuit of excellence in learning

    Bird Droppings July 1, 2017 In pursuit of excellence in learning   I am working on one of two papers for graduate school and woke up very early in the morning with several ideas running through my head. I stepped outside briefly and I heard the crickets and tree frogs as the sounds of early…

  • I wonder what my favorite store is; then again is it even important?

    Bird Droppings June 9, 2017 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 some air in my wife’s tire in her car from a radio…