The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Teachers

  • Trying to understand giving thanks, war, and Teaching

    Bird Droppings September 27, 2025Trying to understand giving thanks, war, and Teaching I seldom have a difficult time sleeping. I crashed last night after a long day of cleaning up after my grandkids and a long week getting stitches out and closure on my surgery, and trying to keep up with my wife. My wife…

  • Should children be left behind, or do we need a supply of energy drinks in the teachers’ lounge?

    Bird Droppings September 18, 2025 Should children be left behind, or do we need a supply of energy drinks in the teachers’ lounge? “I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall…

  • Why are we deliberately wrong in education so often?

    Bird Droppings September 8, 2025 Why are we deliberately wrong in education so often? I stopped playing the lottery nearly five years ago, except for Powerball, which two folks stole from me over the weekend. I was supposed to win 1.8 billion dollars. I will admit that I was pondering retiring with that Powerball jackpot.…

  • Doing what you love is not really work.

    Bird Droppings August 25, 2025Doing what you love is not really work. “To love what you do and feel that it matters, how could anything be more fun?” Katharine Graham It seems I learn something every day as I wander about the internet and the books I find along the way. My life’s journey over…

  • Why do we have public education? So we can educate all our Children.

    Bird Droppings August 23, 2025Why do we have public education? So we can educate all our Children. For all teachers, today is a day of action. Stand up for what you believe in. I read an article that references children simply as others yesterday. The way a profiteer looks at children is as entities, simply…

  • Driving up a mountain takes effort

    Bird Droppings August 22, 2025Driving up a mountain takes effort. I am looking forward to another trip to Black Rock Mountain in North Georgia, the site of the Foxfire Museum property and the former site of Piedmont College’s teacher’s class in The Foxfire Approach to teaching. My oldest son took the course as part of…

  • What do teachers know?

    Bird Droppings August 20, 2025What do teachers know? Teachers are one of the nation’s most important resources for providing the skills, values, and knowledge that prepare young people for productive citizenship – but more than this, to give sanctuary to their dreams and aspirations for a future of hope, dignity, and justice. It is indeed…

  • Today should always be the first day.

    Bird Droppings August 8, 2025Today should always be the first day. “I have seen that in any great undertaking, it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself.” Lone Man (Isna-la-wica)Teton Sioux So often in life, we think we are the one and can do it all on our own with no…

  • Bird Droppings August 7, 2025 A spiritual side to teaching can have an impact A Rainy Morning in Georgia may be a song title. We had gone almost twenty days with little or no rain, and many areas were in drought conditions, and a hundred miles east, recovering from floods from the last tropical storm.…

  • Where is the passion?

    Bird Droppings August 5, 2025Where is the passion? About eight years ago, I was sitting facing a rising sun, thankful for a new day. A few days passed, and the first sunlight appeared as on many mornings. It was ironic as I was sitting on an overturned five-gallon plastic bucket next to a small circle…