The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Teaching

  • Bird Droppings April 22, 2025Getting ready to write a biography and doing some cooking “In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and it’s a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education.” Russell Means…

  • Watching a hawk fly by

    Bird Droppings April 18, 2025 Watching a hawk fly by I recall a favorite memory of mine: from five years ago, for the first time in my teaching in public school, nearly twenty years, I was not required to teach to the test, which got me thinking back. Over the years, I have attended numerous…

  • Trying to teach an unteachable child

    Bird Droppings April 17, 2025Trying to teach an unteachable child “Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.” John F. Kennedy As I…

  • In the pursuit of excellence

    Bird Droppings April 12, 2025In the pursuit of excellence I was listening to crickets and tree frogs as morning sounds surrounded me with the rustling of leaves in the steady breeze as I sojourned out in the wee hours with a cup of tea. It is a great day to walk in this reality and…

  • I am pondering and researching education while remembering a waterfall.

    Bird Droppings April 10, 2025I am pondering and researching education while remembering a waterfall. It has been almost fifteen years since I stayed at the Sylvan Mills Bed and Breakfast in a room literally over a waterfall. I went up to North Georgia to recharge; perhaps another word might be to rekindle my passion for…

  • Translating and communicating also involve perception

    Bird droppings April 3, 2025Translating and communicating also involve perception “Scientific management is always on guard against people who don’t fit securely into boxes, whether because of too much competency, too much creativity, too much popularity, or what have you. Although often hired, it is with the understanding they must be kept on a short…

  • Bird Droppings March 28, 2025 Making a difference each day “Dialogue is the encounter between men, mediated by the world, in order to name the world” Paulo Freire A Brazilian educationalist and one of the most influential thinkers of the late twentieth century popularized the term “dialogue” in his writing. As I read about Freire…

  • I am pondering ABNANBNANBNANBNANBNANBC or antecedent behavior, new antecedent, new behavior, etc.

    Bird Droppings March 24, 2025I am pondering ABNANBNANBNANBNANBNANBC or antecedent behavior, new antecedent, new behavior, etc. Last night, I reviewed some notes from one of my numerous posts on various blog sites and comments from my graduate school. I had been reading from a paper on a program developed in the mid-1980s in California. The…

  • Getting ready

    Bird Droppings March 20, 2025Getting ready “In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and it’s a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education.” Russell Means I drove early this morning, before sunrise, in…

  • A spiritual side to teaching

    Bird Droppings March 19, 2025A spiritual side to teaching. “Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it’s never living apart from oneself. It’s not about the absence of other people – it’s about being fully present to ourselves, whether we are with others or not. Parker Palmer Dr. Parker Palmer is an…