Bird Droppings April 21, 2016 Are we experiencing the genocide of learning? In the midst of my daily journals entries lately it gets hectic I am trying to get readmitted to one of two doctorate programs I have started, running back and forth to North Georgia to visit with friends, research, reading and discussing John…

Bird Droppings April 20, 2016 Should we sharpen the machete or bring a shovel? I have been reflecting over the concept of critical pedagogy and in that reflection I recall an incident nearly forty years ago that calls to mind my own interpretation and understanding of what we as teachers are all about. I purchased…

Bird Droppings April 19, 2016 My pedagogy is evolving as I learn, see and listen “We would do away with examinations. They measure the inconsequential type of learning. We would do away with grades and credits for the same reason. We would do away with degrees as a measure of competence partly for the same…

Bird Droppings April 18, 2016 Today should always be a first day “I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself.” Lone Man (Isna-la-wica)Teton Sioux So often in life we think we are the one. We can do it all on our own with…

Bird Droppings April 15, 2016 How difficult is it finding ourselves within the fog of education? “The more sand that has escaped the hourglass of life, the clearer we should see through it.” Jean Paul Sartre As I was looking for thoughts and ideas to start, I actually was going a different direction when by…

Bird Droppings April 14, 2016 Reading a friend’s book a sixth time I was so tired when I laid down last night after driving around doing errands, working in the yard, working in my gardens, and attempting to get into my reading and writing. My youngest son in now a nurse at Athens Regional Hospital,…

Bird Droppings April 13, 2016 Wondering about the song lyrics of an old friend I first started listening to Neil Young’s music in 1967 or even earlier if you count Buffalo Springfield, a short lived band. Then there was of course 1968 with Crosby Stills and Nash at Woodstock and Deja vu, their first album…

Bird Droppings April 12, 2015 We need both the Rock and the Smoke “If people find no room in their lives to pray or to meditate, to reflect deeply on why they have been created and what they must do with their lives, and to listen with all of their being to the guidance of…

Bird Droppings April 11, 2016 Why not just imagine? Some days I wonder if adults I know have ever imagined even considered imagination. For example have you ever lain on your back watching clouds trying to determine if this one is a dragon or a whale? Years back I was driving home from Georgia Tech…

Bird Droppings April 9, 2016 It is said dreams do not stand alone “You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.” Richard Bach It has been so many years since I first experienced the whimsical book Jonathan Livingston Seagull,…