The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: travel

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • All in a name

    Bird Droppings March 17, 2025All in a name Today I went on my daily sunrise chase but had some time constraints. I wanted to ride with my son while he took my grandkids to school. So, I missed my usual deer sightings. However, when I went to Publix to pick up a few things for…

  • Why should life be a difficult journey?

    Bird Droppings March 1, 2025Why should life be a difficult journey? “Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.” Henry Van Dyke It has been a few years since I visited with my mother, and I walked by my fathers and brothers’ grave…

  • Should I be a wolf or dog in education?

    Bird Droppings February 13, 2025 Should I be a wolf or dog in education? Considering the current news and political turmoil, I recalled a trip to the Atlanta Zoo. An older man approached me as I walked up the hill at the Zoo. I had never met this man previously and hoped never to meet…

  • Symbolic Totem Pole

    Bird Droppings January 17, 2025 Symbolic Totem Pole Growing up in my family, my father had made numerous totem poles in our backyards over the years. Each was painted images of creatures. Eagles, bears, and wolves adorned the totem poles. The last one was torn down or fell only a few years ago. In Cub…

  • Part TWO

    Horses and Trains have a lot in common with curriculum and learning. Bird Droppings January 7, 2024 Part TWO Horses and Trains have a lot in common with curriculum and learning. I have been outspoken about the rigidity of many county curriculums and how their sole function is to raise standardized test scores which is…

  • Taking and making the most of each moment and learning about moleskin: I think we need to find moleskin in education along with switchbacks.

    Bird Droppings January 7, 2025 Taking and making the most of each moment and learning about moleskin: I think we need to find moleskin in education along with switchbacks. In years past, before my son got married and took Timber with him, I sometimes miss waking up to him barking because he needed to run…

  • Symbolic Totem Pole

    Bird Droppings December 14,, 2024 Symbolic Totem Pole Growing up in my family, my father had made numerous totem poles in our backyards over the years. Each was painted images of creatures. Eagles, bears, and wolves adorned the totem poles. The last one was torn down or fell only a few years ago. In Cub…

  • Can we find answers outside our windows?

    Bird Droppings October 20, 2024 Can we find answers outside our windows? It had been a few years since we were at Pawleys Island, SC, when the largest-ever lottery drawing was about to occur. The frenzy of buying a ticket happened at every convenience store and lottery outlet. Just a few weeks ago, a repeat,…