Bird Droppings March 5, 2012 It is only a dropped feather   “If we consider the eagle feather with its light and dark colors, we could argue that ‘the dark colors are more beautiful and, therefore, naturally more valuable,’ or vice versa. Regardless of which colors are more beautiful, or necessary, or valuable, the truth…

Bird Droppings March 4, 2012 Grandpa needs to set the example   As I played with my grand baby throughout the weekend the learning that occurs often through simply watching the behavior of adults around her is amazing. One slip with a naughty word from someone and instantly vocabulary is increased even not connecting any…

Bird Droppings March 2, 2012 A novel concept risk control   “To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily.  To not dare is to lose oneself.” Soren Kierkegaard   So often I watch teachers satisfied with their thirty eight years of experience still doing everything the same way and unable to consider or even to…

Bird Droppings March 1, 2012 Compassion and passion are spelled similar   Walking in on a Thursday advisement day and already a note from one of my kids on Facebook, can I talk to you this morning? Thinking about teaching and what else could I be doing I often wonder about these two words. So…

Bird Droppings February 29, 2012 An owl calling   Last night I woke for a few minutes my wife thought I had left the burner on with a pot still on the stove I had cooked up my world famous chicken and rice for dinner. While up I stuck my nose out the door perhaps…

Bird Droppings February 28, 2012 What if treaties and promises were all kept? What a world we would have? I begin each morning waking up and finding my way to my computer taking our dog out if she wants to, checking my ipad, making sure my connection is on or network up since we have…

Bird Droppings February 27, 2012 Thinking for a minute of what to write   Over the past few weeks I have read several blogs and emails about counting sheep and last night as I lay down to get some sleep after a long day of working on playing with my grandbaby, reading, and writing, I…

Bird Droppings February 25, 2012 The most powerful of teaching tools; REFLECTION   “It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.” Helen Keller   Helen Keller was one of the most envisioned people to have walked the earth yet never for most of her life did she ever see anything being blind…

Bird Droppings February 24, 2012 Our desire for freedom   “Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom and dignity. It is not enough, as communist systems have assumed, merely to provide people with food, shelter and clothing. Human nature needs to breathe the precious air of…

Bird Droppings February 23, 2012 Trying to raise a Flag   Growing up as a child I recall the many stories my father would tell, stories of World War II, of Grandpa Niper, and my favorite stories of Native American warriors and chiefs. I am amused as my youngest son says back in the day.…