Bird Droppings July 24, 2012 Is it a paradox that sometimes small can be big?   “I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”  Laura Ingalls Wilder   It seems like yesterday that I was looking at some power point slides as…

Bird Droppings July 23, 2012 Why is it so hard listening to a child?   It has been some time since I was sitting in my class room when a friend came by with her baby brother about six weeks old at the time. There is something about newborns that is so special as she…

Bird Droppings July 21, 2012 Is it just another Saturday?               I woke up like most other days and for some reason sat at my computer pondering much longer than normal. I was looking at some comments and reviewing a post I had made the day before and thinking about what direction to go.…

Bird Droppings July 20, 2012 Is doing what you love is really work?   “To love what you do and feel that it matters, how could anything be more fun?” Katharine Graham   It seems I learn something every day as I wander about the internet and books I find along the way. My life’s…

Bird Droppings July 19, 2012 Is the moon setting while the sun is rising?               I left the house relatively early for my summer crazy nearly normal schedule. But had places to go and things to see just didn’t know what for sure. As I left the house several rabbits and birds either ran…

Bird Droppings July 18, 2012 Is not every day is a good day?   Recently I had the great privilege of spending some time with three friends. People I have known for many years. Just a few weekends back I drove nearly 800 miles on various assundery excursions. There was a trip to Georgia Southern…

Bird Droppings July 17, 2012 Should we not always be looking for answers?   It has been a few Saturdays past to be specific I spent the day taking tests for added certifications. These were not ones I sought but were being required by our county for Special Education teachers. I found it so interesting I…

Bird Droppings July 16, 2012 High Stakes Testing and or Inspection does it work?   About four years back we spent several months getting ready for a peer review, actually it is called a GAPPS Review. About the same time you throw in the Georgia High School Graduation retests and PSAT, and End of Course…

Bird Droppings July 15, 2012 Can I teach myself or am I even allowed?   “There is then, nothing final about a logical rendering of experience. Its value is not contained in itself; its significance is that of standpoint, outlook, and method. It intervenes between the more casual, tentative, and roundabout experiences of the past,…

Bird Droppings July 13, 2012 Do children deserve more?               I drove up to North Georgia with my son a few weeks past. I needed to meet with Dr. Hilton Smith about some material relating to my dissertation and to pick up a large quantity of rats and mice for my oldest sons hobby…