The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Naguib Mahfouz

  • Can we more carefully define soul

    Bird Droppings September 16, 2013 Can we more carefully define soul Over the years I have written about the idea of or concept of soul many times to the point of considering using the word at one point in my dissertation title. The word has differing meanings as you discuss with various religious groups and…

  • Finding a way to forgive

    Bird Droppings September 16, 2013 Finding a way to forgive “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” Mahatma Gandhi I spent the morning on a field tip of sorts for a graduate school class. We visited the MLK Jr. Memorial Center on Auburn Street in Atlanta. 1968 seems so far…

  • So much difference in the perceptions of mankind

    Bird Droppings September 13, 2013 So much difference in the perceptions of mankind Friday the thirteenth for some a day of foreboding and others it is simply another sunrise and sunset. European culture brought the foreboding element of this day to the Americas. Some argue it has metaphysical properties and is not just the day…

  • Checking the toes for mittens

    Bird Droppings September 12, 2013 Checking the toes for mittens It has been some time since one of my granddaughters was showing off her new hat and mittens. It was quite a sight clad in a t-shirt, diaper, mittens and ski cap that looked like a penguin she was showing off for us. Finally she…

  • Ponderingerest is that even a word?

    Bird Droppings September 11, 2013 Ponderingerest is that even a word? Today is an interesting and yet solemn day; a day marked by memories, twelve years ago I started teaching again after a twenty three year layoff, eight years ago today I started as a part – time Instructor for Piedmont College. Twenty five years…

  • I am just sitting, pondering and thinking wiping away a tear or two

    Bird Droppings September 10, 2013 I am just sitting, pondering and thinking wiping away a tear or two I was outside very early today as a great horned owl was irritating my dog keeping her up. It seems it was more than one as around me several were calling back and forth in an eerie…

  • Our perceptions vary greatly about life

    Bird Droppings September 9, 2013 Our perceptions vary greatly about life “Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.” Irving Berlin It was twelve years ago I was waiting to go teach again after having spent nearly twenty three years in the publishing business. I was anxious to…

  • In the pursuit of excellence

    Bird Droppings September 6, 2013 In the pursuit of excellence I was listening to crickets and tree frogs as the sounds of morning surrounded me with the rustling of leaves in the steady breeze as I sojourned out in the wee hours with our dog. It is a great day to walk this reality thank…

  • Direction is needed when speaking of velocity

    Bird Droppings September 5, 2013 Direction is needed when speaking of velocity Over the past long weekend I worked on several paper ideas, sat in the recliner, dabbled in my yard briefly around rain drops and played with my grandkids. But I got thinking back to a party in Pennsylvania that was held nearly two…

  • Developing a community requires contributions of self

    Bird Droppings September 4, 2011 Developing a community requires contributions of self We have become a world of self-centered egotists which I know is a generalization of perhaps a bit too much. However in education building an educational school community has consistently been shown to improve schools effectiveness yet we always seem to turn in…