The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: travel

  • 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,…