The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Native American

  • There is a reason I am told

    Bird Droppings July 7, 2015 There is a reason I am told “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” Robert Byrne I have often wondered about this thought as have so many before me and will after I am gone. Philosophers wonder and wise men ponder, is there purpose, a reason for each…

  • Can we find learning in the Kalahari Desert?

    Bird Droppings July 6, 2015 Can we find learning in the Kalahari Desert? I was walking about the yard and along the side of our nearby dirt road taking pictures of wildflowers and grasshoppers among other things that I find as ponder. I spent several minutes trying to photograph a seed from a broom sage…

  • Finding Soul in looking at Curriculum or Can I get a nickels worth of cheese

    Bird Droppings July 31, 2013 Finding Soul in looking at Curriculum Or Can I get a nickels worth of cheese There is something about the first light on a summer’s morning. It could be about trying to discern how many different birds are singing and calling back and forth as they are waking up. It…

  • Finding a way to forgive

    Bird Droppings June 3, 2015 Finding a way to forgive “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” Mahatma Gandhi It is almost a year since 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 pursuit of excellence in learning

    Bird Droppings July 1, 2015 In pursuit of excellence in learning 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. It is a great day to walk this reality thank you. “We…

  • Developing a community requires contributions of self

    Bird Droppings June 30, 2015 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…

  • Teaching can be successful

    Bird Droppings June 29, 2015 Teaching can be successful So as I do on many mornings when I get the time I walked out to a quiet corner of my back yard. Nestled in a patch of weeds and brush I laid claim to my quiet spot and look toward the east in the morning.…

  • Culture is far more than just a word

    Bird Droppings June 26, 2015 Culture is far more than just a word “Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and granting a space of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regardful of the rule that thought comes before speech. In the midst of sorrow, sickness, death or misfortune of…

  • Why do we wish, wonder and wait?

    Bird Droppings June 25, 2015 Why do we wish, wonder and wait? “Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.” William Davenant It has been nearly nine years since we moved last and found ourselves in this house. I wasn’t sure from where to start several ideas have been running through…

  • Why do we fail?

    Bird Droppings June 24, 2015 Why do we fail? Many the times, I have wondered why people stop learning. I see it in high school students, in college and graduate students. Almost as if a switch is thrown and poof no more learning I have reached my limit. I had a teacher approach me before…