The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Life

  • Teaching can make a difference each day

    Bird Droppings March 6, 2018 Teaching can make a difference each day   “Dialogue, is the encounter between men, mediated by the world, in order to name the world” Paulo Freire   A Brazilian educationalist and one of the most influential thinkers of the late twentieth century made famous the term dialogue in his writing.…

  • Potential is only that unless it is acted upon

    Bird Droppings March 5, 2018 Potential is only that unless it is acted upon   “Love is a complex experience which seems to follow no rules but its own. Romantic love can have the power of a hurricane or the tenderness of a soft wet wind. I have known, too, a chance introduction which instantly…

  • Puzzle’s always are missing a piece

    Bird Droppings March 2, 2018 Puzzle’s always are missing a piece   Shell Silverstein tells and has written a great story of the missing piece. A pie shaped piece of a circle is all alone looking for its circle to be whole.   “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what…

  • Trying to find a window can be a chore if you do not know where to look

    Bird Droppings February 26, 2018 Trying to find a window can be a chore if you do not know where to look   I woke up very early today as our dog was barking to go out. I walked out on my back porch only to catch a glimpse of the rain falling along the…

  • What is a students desire for freedom?

    Bird Droppings February 24, 2018 What is a students desire for freedom?   “Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom and dignity. It is not enough, as communist systems have assumed, merely to provide people with food, shelter and clothing. Human nature needs to breathe the…

  • A series of paradoxes and bewilderment

    Bird Droppings February 21, 2018 A series of paradoxes and bewilderment   I received the following in an email several months ago. A friend of mine sent it out and as I read the first time it was humorous. However as I pondered then as a teacher I read deeper into what was being said.…

  • Wandering about while I am waiting

    Bird Droppings February 19, 2018 Wandering about while I am waiting   Sitting listening to Crosby, Stills, and Nash and Young album Four Way Street from live recording of their tour in 1970. I have been saving my pennies to get a new camera body to be ready for spring. There are so many possibilities…

  • An owl calling

    Bird Droppings February 16, 2018 An owl calling   Last night I woke for a few minutes as it turns out I forgot to turn on the ceiling fan. While up I stuck my nose out the door perhaps intuition who knows when wandering about the house half asleep. Deep in the pines an owl…

  • Why am I looking for data in a data-less environment?

    Bird Droppings February 12, 2018 Why am I looking for data in a data-less environment?   I read earlier this morning a dialogue of sorts from a young man who is currently serving in the military. He is trying to decide on his future as he pieces together in his dialogue options and possibilities not…

  • Hearing an owl

    Bird Droppings February 10, 2018 Hearing an owl   “If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator.”…