Bird Droppings December 1, 2016 What is the Holy Grail in education?   Teachers in Georgia High Schools on block schedule are scrambling this time of year getting ready for the semester End of Course milestones. Basically teachers have been told by administrators to prepare for the tests. Teachers are encouraged to be proactive and…

Bird Droppings November 30, 2016 Trying to tie a knot with only one end   It is a Tuesday morning and no one else up but me and I am about to go out and wander in the darkness for a bit running to all night pharmacy for birthday cards. I have over the years…

Bird Droppings November 28, 2016 Within the circle of life a new life coming   Resurrection By Susan Thomas Underwood   The universe is energy in constant motion. There are ebbs and flows; Outcomes and income, And change…… Always change. The physical world reflects this motion In the cycles of life, There is spring and…

Bird Droppings November 25, 2016 “Teach to where the learning will be not to where it is”   I had a relaxing week with family and sort of got my thoughts together as the days went by. Somewhere as what little rain dissipated and we had a more days of sunshine even though the temperatures…

Bird Droppings September 9, 2016 Wisdom is not contagious? I was reading in a friend’s blog about the Harry Potter series. She was addressing religious beliefs in her blog and how so many adhere verbatim to holy texts. As I read her blog which is rather good the ending was rather interesting. Maybe in Harry…

Bird Dropping August 1, 2016 Why is it hard to think about compassion? Almost four years ago I was quietly sitting in a hotel room in South Carolina it was still dark outside and it was odd not being at school on a Friday. I so seldom miss a day of school. My middle son…

Bird Droppings July 29, 2016 Doing what you love is not really work “To love what you do and feel that it matters, how could anything be more fun?” Katharine Graham Starting back for teacher work days today and Graham’s statement for me has been true about teaching for all of my life. It seems…

Bird Droppings July 27, 2016 In a world of data can we still use intuition? I mentioned to a fellow teacher I can tell when a child has emotional issues most of the time after observing a few minutes and listening. Granted observations are part of most evaluations but I was referring to an intuitive…

Bird Droppings July 26, 2016 Just a morning observation “I do not write from mythology when I reflect upon Native American spirituality in this book. In my own opinion, mythology leads to superstition; and superstition has proved fatally destruction to many millions down through time. It is ironic, then that Dominant Society accuses Native practices…

Bird Droppings July 25, 2016 Should we look within to who we really are? Amazing what a day or two out of routine will do. I actually did not get on my computer and do anything of a writing sort the past several days knowing with the rest of the coming week my last few…