The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Thoreau

  • Bird Droppings April 16, 2025Can we even compare ethics and politics? I picked up a copy of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution this morning about five years ago. The front page had various articles, but one caught my attention. Having been a student in psychology at Mercer University in Macon, I was required to go on a…

  • Trying to find a way back to normal, or is it abnormal? Is your child a hippy?

    Bird Droppings April 11, 2025 Trying to find a way back to normal, or is it abnormal? Is your child a hippy? “Your son or daughter may be flashing warning signals that he or she will soon drop out of society and join the “hippie” movement. If you know what to look for, you may be…

  • Ethics and Politics: I think they are antonyms

    Bird Droppings March 25, 2025Ethics and Politics: I think they are antonyms Many things are happening in our world that are often the result of a politician’s actions, whether we voted for them or not. Industry is being remade, wars are being fought, jobs are appearing and disappearing, and health care reform is possibly off…

  • Looking for a window can be a chore if you do not know where to look.

    Bird Droppings January 26, 2025Looking for a window can be a chore if you do not know where to look. A few nights back, when I woke up very early, and it was time for my wife to get up and get ready for work. It is hard to sleep in on days off when…

  • An eclectic morning pondering mortality

    Bird Droppings October 19, 2024An eclectic morning pondering mortality I walked out into a clear sky, and stars gleamed above me. The full moon had settled behind the pine trees to the east. My feet got cold yesterday, and I switched to my sketchers for the first time in months from flip-flops. I walked my…

  • Listening to a child

    Bird Droppings August 2, 2010 Listening to a child It has been some time since I was sitting in my class room when a friend came by with her baby brother about six weeks old at the time. There is something about newborns that is so special as she left another group of folks came…