Bird Droppings February 20, 2013 The most powerful of teaching tools is REFLECTION “It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.” Helen Keller Helen Keller was one of the most envisioned people to have walked the earth yet never for most of her life did she ever see anything in that she…

Bird Droppings February 19, 2013 Wet and dreary as I ponder educational genocide And or NCLB, Norming, Children, Leaves the Best I was huddled in my blanket as I went outside to sit and think a bit earlier granted I was barefooted. The air was still except for a slight rain, dripping from the branches…

Bird Droppings February 18, 2013 Walking to the car and looking at stars I started to practice getting up early today since we start back to school tomorrow. So I sat listening to the sounds of morning and started my wife’s car to warm it up for her. I drove into my favorite store to…

Bird Droppings February 17, 2013 Thinking about other times “The song that I will sing is an old song, so old that none knows who made it. It has been handed down through generations and was taught to me when I was but a little lad. It is now my own song. It belongs to…

Bird Droppings February 16, 2013 Pondering getting back to my routine “If we can’t take the time out of our lives to stay a moment and listen to one of the best musicians on Earth play some of the best music ever written; if the surge of modern life so overpowers us that we are…

Bird Droppings February 15, 2013 It would be wonderful if we could script great teachers As I watched the several various movies about teachers recently it hit me, wouldn’t it be great if we could somehow provide a package for teaching, write that perfect script anyone could follow and it would allow anyone to be…

Bird Droppings February 14, 2013 Windows can be difficult to find I woke up very early today as my dog was barking to go out and I walked out on my back porch only to catch a glimpse of the moon sliding behind the tree line. As I walked out a sliver moon was slipping…

Bird Droppings February 13, 2013 We all should be going to school After reading Joel Spring’s book Political agendas for education you might wonder why we even have schools. Springs implies they are simply to create and mold youth into whatever it is those in power deem feasible. His idea is that it is consumers…

Bird Droppings February 12, 2013 A five note flute “The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the hand that fashioned the continent also fashioned the man for his surroundings. He once grew as naturally as the wild sunflowers;…

Bird Droppings February 11, 2013 Listening to the stillness of a rainy morning I was sitting alone this morning as I do most mornings the ambient temperature is still a bit too cold to hear many early morning sounds down in the bottoms along the stream or towards the field. The rain and clouds help…