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All in words: we find them, how we use them, and perhaps others’ perceptions.
Bird Droppings January 3, 2025 All in words: we find them, how we use them, and perhaps others’ perceptions. “The farmer channels water to his land. The fletcher whittles his arrows. And the carpenter turns his wood. So, the wise direct their mind.” Dhammapada Many years ago, there was a folk song entitled “If I…
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Pondering and thinking, wiping away a tear or two
Bird Droppings July 22, 2025 Pondering and thinking, wiping away a tear or two I was outside very early today, doing my laps in the pool as a great horned owl was irritating my dog, keeping him up. It seems it was more than one, as several were calling back and forth in an eerie…
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Finding Soul in looking at the Curriculum, or can I get a nickel’s worth of cheese, please.
Bird Droppings July 4, 2025Finding Soul in looking at the Curriculum, or can I get a nickel’s worth of cheese, please. I interviewed for a part-time teaching position yesterday and then had lunch with a fellow teacher and friend from the last school I taught in. After driving home, I had many thoughts about education.…
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I was eating some leftover chicken and rice casserole with broccoli and thinking about the circle of life.
Bird Droppings October 25, 2024 I was eating some leftover chicken and rice casserole with broccoli and thinking about the circle of life. I made a huge pan of chicken and rice casserole with broccoli a couple of days ago and had plenty of leftovers. So I am sitting at my computer working on my…
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Daily, it is all in words, how we find them and how we use them, and perhaps other’s perceptions of those words we use.
Bird Droppings October 16, 2024 Daily, it is all in words, how we find them and how we use them, and perhaps other’s perceptions of those words we use. “The farmer channels water to his land. The fletcher whittles his arrows. And the carpenter turns his wood. So the wise direct their mind.” Dhammapada Many…
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Our seeming inability to surmount learning difficulties
Bird Droppings September 25, 2024 Our seeming inability to surmount learning difficulties In one of my last IEP meetings, the student reaffirmed, yes, I have a math deficit. However, choosing not to do the work or even try is a choice. As a Junior wanting to graduate next year, you have to choose whether you…
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The daily meanderings of a teacher 