Bird Droppings July 11, 2016 I am just sitting, pondering and thinking even wiping away a tear or two I was outside very early today as a great horned owl was irritating our dog, keeping him up. It seems it was more than one as around me several were calling back and forth in an…

Bird Droppings July 6, 2016 Direction is needed when speaking of velocity Over the past long weekend I worked on several paper ideas, sat in my 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 seven…

Bird Droppings July 5, 2016 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…

Bird Droppings July 1, 2016 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…

Bird Droppings June 29, 2016 Learning and teaching are inevitable – if we try “In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.” Dr. Mortimer J. Adler Dr. Adler founded the Center for the Study of…

Bird Droppings June 28, 2016 Constructivism Montessori, Piaget, Vygotsky, Dewey and others With the bulk of education in the early 1900’s following closely the Industrial Revolution and mass production, a few great thinkers took the concept of the individual child in psychology and education in new directions as to its relationship to children. How children…

Bird Droppings June 27, 2016 Life is making a quilt It was nearly nine years ago today my wife walked in and told me that my mother said this was to be a happy time, a joyous occasion, as we celebrated my father’s life on Sunday. She said I think we are even having a…

Bird Droppings June 25, 2016 Why are we not seeking peace? “In this week of great destruction, we must each choose what road we are to walk and live. The road of destruction is war, it has always been so. The road of creation is deeper and more complicated; it has always involved forgiveness, love,…

Bird Droppings June 24, 2016 Teaching can be successful This morning I am waking up in a Bed and Breakfast nestled off the road in Rabun Gap Ga. My sunset last night was set against the mountains of north Georgia. So as I do on many mornings when I get the time I walk out…

Bird Droppings June 23, 2016 Why do we fail? Many 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 school…