The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Learning

  • We are where we need to be at the moment

    Bird Droppings March 26, 2012 We are where we need to be at the moment   “We are discovering again that we live in a deeply mysterious world, full of sudden coincidences and synchronistic encounters that seem destined.” James Redfield   Throughout my life I have felt a sense of belonging to that specific moment…

  • A beginning or end in a circle where?

    Bird Droppings March 25, 2012 A beginning or end in a circle is where?   “It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.” Albert Einstein…

  • Can we teach a love of learning?

    Bird Droppings March 23, 2012 Can we teach a love of learning?   I bumped into this young lady at the grocery store a few days ago and it had been some time since our last run in. She was one of my secret seniors nearly five years ago. It has been almost five years…

  • Why do so many not pay attention on the journey?

    Bird Droppings March 22, 2012 Why do so many not pay attention while on the journey? “Life is about the journey not the destination; we don’t know what tomorrow brings” Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, American Idol Judge Every once in a while I get amazed, and as I was driving from point A to point B…

  • Understanding often comes from pondering the question

      Bird Droppings March 21, 2012 Understanding often comes when pondering the question It has been interesting this spring weather wise. I have been battling allergies and sinus issues daily between cold and hot and rain and then not enough rain and the pollen. When I headed to school today I had been thinking about…

  • Should we question our questions?

    Bird Droppings March 20, 2012 Should we question our questions? Yesterday as I was sitting in my class room after finding in my files an article from a few years back about the innuendos about who and why Georgia students in middles schools across the state did so poorly on CRCT’s, Georgia’s  version of school …

  • Seeking that one moment midst the many moments in life

    Bird Droppings March 19, 2012 Seeking that one moment midst the many moments in life   “Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but moments.” Rose Kennedy   In a world filled with near misses everyone seems to be always seeking that one big one that perfect moment and lets close ones pass by unnoticed. I…

  • Sadly children will become who we assume they are

    Bird Droppings March 17, 2012 Sadly far too often children will become who we assume they are   “We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.” Stacia Tauscher   So often I watch teachers treating students simply as things in the class room, items to be…

  • Actions speak so much louder than words

    Bird Droppings March 16, 2012 Actions speak so much louder than words   Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education…

  • When leaving behind and moving beyond a piece is always left

    Bird Droppings March 15, 2012 When leaving behind and moving beyond a piece is always left   “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!” Gail Sheehy, American journalist, author  …