The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: poetry

  • Can we use the word sacred truthfully?

    Bird Droppings June 6, 2026Can we use the word sacred truthfully? “Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom.” Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of Freedom I have been a student and…

  • Should we even consider ignorance, or I could say lack of experience, a part of the journey?

    I wrote this over a year ago, and it still seems very pertinent today, so I am sharing it again with a few changes. Cheryl Petersen shared a thought I just saw this morning.Thanks for sharing the thoughts passing through your mind. Ignorance can be tied to human knowledge, what we know or don’t know.…

  • What do we miss as we move through life?

    Bird Droppings May 20, 2026What do we miss as we move through life? All Along the Watchtower There must be some way out of here,Said the Joker to the thief,There’s too much confusion,I can’t get any relief.Businessmen, they drink my wine,Plowmen dig my earth,None of them along the lineKnow what any of it is worth.…

  • How do we know on a cloudy day whether the moon is setting or the sun rising?

    Bird Droppings April 7, 2026How do we know on a cloudy day whether the moon is setting or the sun rising? I left the house relatively early to get pictures of the moon, and since I have been home today, I have been working on writing several responses to reflection posts in my graduate class.…

  • Why is seeking peace so difficult?

    Bird Droppings March 19, 2026Why is seeking peace so difficult? Around the world, armies are moving as I write. There are missiles being aimed and tanks rolling. War is a profit-driven machine for industry, and sadly, it is more about money than ideology. I have always been against war and have always felt that there…

  • Should I be a wolf or a dog in education?

    Bird Droppings September 26, 2025 Should I be a wolf or a dog in education? Considering the current news and political turmoil, I recalled a trip to the Atlanta Zoo. An older man approached me as I walked up the hill at the Zoo. I had never met this man previously and hoped never to…

  • A chill in the air but not in the heart, thank you Maya Angelou

    Bird Droppings September 15, 2025 A chill in the air but not in the heart, thank you Maya Angelou For several days the now we have been balancing between warm and cold weather in the early mornings which still is too cold for the crickets and tree frogs who need an ambient temperature a bit…

  • It is about understanding

    Bird Droppings August 31, 2025 It is about understanding I started back to school, and it has been a struggle getting a pace set for three classes and then doing an internship as well. One of my classes is a reading diagnostic class, and the subject of decoding, but not understanding, came up. I read…

  • What do we miss as we move through life?

    Bird Droppings July 6, 2025What do we miss as we move through life? All Along the Watchtower There must be some way out of here,Said the Joker to the thief,There’s too much confusion,I can’t get any relief.Businessmen, they drink my wine,Plowmen dig my earth,None of them along the lineKnow what any of it is worth.…

  • It takes more than one strand to make a rope.

    Bird Droppings June 4, 2025It takes more than one strand to make a rope. I opened a Matthew Fox daily meditation, which was based on Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk. Merton’s words were of his Celtic heritage and his grandmother’s family name, Bird. I found it interesting as I know my grandmother’s family came from…