The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Robert Fulghum

  • Hearing and Listening

    Bird Droppings September 21, 2011 Hearing and Listening “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” Epictetus A simple analogy yet we far too often do not understand that statement and perhaps it is because we have more jaw muscle than ear muscle. In education…

  • Is it really adversity?

    Bird Droppings July 11, 2011 Is it really adversity? “If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.” Robert Fulghum I was working in the yard most of the day yesterday when I was not at a reptile…

  • Walking agian in the morning

    Bird Droppings May 9, 2011 Walking again in the morning It is hard for me to describe the feeling of losing this aspect of the day. It has been now nearly eleven years since each morning I would get up and walk upwards of five miles before dawn. Many of those journeys were with a…