Bird Droppings March 25, 2015 Using Pronouns other then we It was one of those days yesterday and a word caught my attention as I was listening to a friend talk. The word was them. I never realized the extent of prejudice till a pronoun was used. Such words as they, them, or those people…

Bird Droppings March 24, 2015 “peaceful evolution versus violent revolution” I have begun reading extensively the past few weeks putting together thoughts for my dissertation in my studies at Georgia Southern University and for teaching with The University of Phoenix. One of those that passed through my hands these past few days and actually a…

Bird Droppings March 23, 2015 How deep within is the soul? I received an email from a dear friend many years back after writing about humor and it truly made me think as I looked back on some older notes and thoughts last night and as I pondered I found the response I sent to…

Bird Droppings March 22, 2015 As a teacher we should always be near the edge I recall taking groups hiking in North Georgia and always there is that one person who has to be at the edge of a gorge or edge of the trail dropping two hundred feet down looking over and nearly falling.…

Bird Droppings March 20, 2015 The journey starts here now today “Who, then, shall conduct education so that humanity may improve?” John Dewey A very deep and broad question, I was thinking back to my own community and associations. We elect school board members who hire teachers and principals, they decide on schools to build…

Bird Droppings March 19, 2015 How could it be neither wolf nor dog in education? I was approached as I walked up the hill at the Atlanta Zoo by an elderly man. I had never met this man previously and hope to never meet again. He saw my camera around my neck and asked if…

Bird Droppings March 18, 2015 Teaching is 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 made famous the term dialogue in his writing. As I…

Bird Droppings March 17, 2015 Potential is only that unless it is acted upon “Love is a complex experience which seems to follow no rules but its own. Romantic love can have the power of a hurricane or the tenderness of a soft wet wind. I have known, too, a chance introduction which instantly and…

Bird Droppings March 16, 2015 Can we really find answers? Several years ago I would have said there were answers to almost any question that could be asked. Today sitting here I wonder granted first you have to ask what is the question or questions but I have a different attitude now sort of one…

Bird Droppings March 13, 2015 Is there a difference between progressive and traditional teachers? In a ninth grade literature class that I happened to co-teach in, I was introduced to the book Freedom Writers Diary and the film based on the book. In some ways the story is similar to the story of Foxfire. Erin…