Bird Droppings February 21, 2015 Is it saying goodbye or is it hello? It might have been the fact I had never pulled out my Eagle Scout card from 1967 in class before that got me thinking back. While mired in controversy nationally the Boy Scouts of America have contributed greatly to our culture and…

Bird Droppings February 20, 2015 It has been a long time I was sitting along the edge of reality last night when I got home from a night of teaching US History. Somewhere I was in my backyard listening to the wind blow through the pines; it seems pine trees make a better sound till…

Bird Droppings February 19, 2015 What if treaties and promises were all kept, what a world we would have. I begin each typical morning waking up and finding my way to my computer taking our dog out if he wants to, checking my iPad, making sure my connection is on or network up since we…

Bird Droppings February 18, 2015 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…

Bird Droppings February 16, 2015 Wet and dreary as I ponder educational genocide and or NCLB, Norming, Children, But leave 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…

Bird Droppings February 15, 2015 How many times must a man look up, before he can see the sky? I have started to get up later with a week off from school and almost missed the sunrise. I went outside and sat listening to the sounds of morning and started my wife’s car to warm…

Bird Droppings February 13, 2015 Thinking about the word trust and how we can not All in one day Friday the 13th, anniversary of the destruction of the Knights Templar, Valentine’s Day Eve, and most specialist of all day before winter break. Do I go out and cut a tree, how do I decorate? I…

Bird Droppings February 12, 2015 Teaching is a journey not copy and 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 left…

Bird Droppings February 11, 2015 Try not to waste of time “For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.” Ralph Waldo Emerson One of the most precious things we have is time. As our lives go by we tend to waste more and more of it. Sitting here…

Bird Droppings February 10, 2015 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…