Bird Droppings June 10, 2016 Teaching and or 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu I will be having my sixteenth first day of school at this high school. I will just assume it will not be as tense and hectic as my first on September 11, 2001. I began the day thinking back…

Bird Droppings June 8, 2016 I am always searching for the ends of a bell-shaped curve I was reminded as a former student ran into me at Kroger last night of how we as teacher’s impact lives. Students are so much more than test scores and grades. So much more than content we teach. I…

Bird Droppings June 7, 2016 Wondering is a powerful tool Several years back during the school year we started sort of a school-wide vocabulary of the week I was reminded of this as I was looking through my various files for quotes and such. About three years ago as the day wound down an email…

Bird Droppings June 6, 2016 Don’t cross word puzzles take some time? Towards the end of my last History class that I teach in college one of my students was working on a particular assignment and had to define bias. She was not sure which definition was correct and asked my opinion. I explained in…

Bird Droppings June 3, 2016 Why should we do more? “Choices are sacred to life’s journey. They lie along the path that all of us must follow for ourselves. An important Cherokee lesson is that if you involve yourself in any decision, you also experience the consequences of that decision.” Dr. J.T. Garrett, Meditations with…

Bird Droppings June 2, 2016 Do we as teachers build doors or walls? I enjoy arriving at school while the stars are still shining overhead something about the darkness is peaceful for me. I can remember when my youngest would ride to school with me; he is not quite as big a fan of mornings…

Bird Droppings June 1, 2016 Can we find learning on the banks of the Chattahoochee River? A year ago I was apprehensive as I got up on that Sunday morning taking much longer than normal to get my day started. A good friend had called me last week and said that he would be in…

Bird Droppings May 31, 2016 Finding at what point we exist Yesterday was an ordinary day other than being one extra on a long holiday weekend. I went to help my son and daughter in law out with their munchkins. After my son got home from work they came over for a swim and I…

Bird Droppings May 28, 2016 Trying to find a way back to normal or is it abnormal: Is your child a hippy? “Your son or daughter may be flashing warning signals that he or she will soon drop out of society and join the “hippie” movement. If you know what to look for, you may…

Bird Droppings May 27, 2016 Cultivating the inner self “If people find no room in their lives to pray or to meditate, to reflect deeply on why they have been created and what they must do with their lives, and to listen with all of their being to the guidance of the universe, then these…