The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Life

  • The most powerful of all teaching tools is REFLECTION

    Bird Droppings February 12, 2016 The most powerful of all 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 or hear anything…

  • Thinking about the word trust and how we have such a hard time with it.

    Bird Droppings February 12, 2016 Thinking about the word trust and how we have such a hard time with it. So many special events coming up, Valentine’s Day, more possible snow, income taxes, and best of all one more day till winter break. Do I go out and cut down a tree, I wouldn’t know…

  • Teaching is a journey it is not copy, paste or bubble.

    Bird Droppings February 10, 2016 Teaching is a journey it is not copy, paste or bubble. It has been several days well over a week since I had a chance to go out early and ponder as I say. It has been many days since I took a photograph with my good camera since I…

  • Why should our children be going to school?

    Bird Droppings February 9, 2016 Why should our children be going to school? After reading Joel Spring’s book, Political Agendas for Education, one might wonder why we even have schools. Spring’s implies they are simply to create and mold youth into whatever it is those in power deem feasible. His idea is that it is…

  • Listening to a five note flute

    Bird Droppings February 8, 2016 Listening to a five note flute Each morning of school I stop by our local Quick Trip and stock up. Water bottles, protein bar, a banana, and whatever else I need to make it through the day. Today was no different till a young man approached me and stuck out…

  • I was listening to the stillness of a morning, the sunrise, and or sometimes we need a window and not a mirror.

    Bird Droppings February 5, 2016 I was listening to the stillness of a morning, the sunrise, and or sometimes we need a window and not a mirror. I was sitting alone this morning as I do often on weekend mornings trying to get a few photos of the sunrise, today it was a smiling moon…

  • The interconnectivity of all that is; a puzzle falling in place

    Bird Droppings February 4, 2016 The interconnectivity of all that is; a puzzle falling in place I left my house early on school days yesterday as always. I decided to grab a breakfast sandwich at Waffle House of all places. As I ordered a fellow next to me called my name and was a kid…

  • Why does writing seem so difficult in a digital world?

    Bird Droppings February 3, 2016 Why does writing seem so difficult in a digital world? “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldus Huxley In 1965 I was introduced to this author in a tenth grade English Class. The book was Brave New…

  • Solitude is within ones soul and heart

    Bird Droppings February 2, 2016 Solitude is within ones soul and heart “No person, standing before this mystery, has the wisdom or the knowledge to see across the curtain. But for those who stand before their dead with aching hearts and tear filled eyes, one affirmation endures..one truth remains…and one light shines clear. Where there…

  • Why would anyone be a teacher?

    Bird Droppings February 1, 2016 Why would anyone be a teacher? I was talking with students several days ago about going into teaching and one of the students actually wanted to be a teacher. Along that line the Georgia Legislator had discussed previously if only briefly increasing teacher pay by four percent after numerous years…