The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: WIlliam Pinar

  • A series of paradoxes and bewilderment

    Bird Droppings February 19, 2016 A series of paradoxes and bewilderment I received the following in an email back a few days, a friend of mine sent it out and as I read the first time it was humorous. However as I pondered then as a teacher I read deeper into what was being said.…

  • Getting over the speed bumps

    Bird Droppings February 18, 2016 Getting over the speed bumps “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” Hannah More Perhaps ahead of her time Ms. More wrote in abundance in the later 1700’s and early 1800’s. She was writing in a time when women were to be…

  • Is it saying goodbye or is it hello?

    Bird Droppings February 17, 2016 Is it saying goodbye or is it hello? It might have been the fact I had never pulled out my Eagle Scout card from 1967 in class before that got me thinking back. While mired in controversy nationally in recent years the Boy Scouts of America have contributed greatly to…

  • What if treaties and promises were all kept, what a world we would have?

    Bird Droppings February 16, 2016 What if treaties and promises were all kept, what a world we would have. I begin each typical morning waking up and finding my way to my computer taking our dog out if he wants to, checking my iPad, making sure my connection is on or network up since we…

  • The most powerful of all teaching tools is REFLECTION

    Bird Droppings February 12, 2016 The most powerful of all teaching tools is 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 or hear anything…

  • Thinking about the word trust and how we have such a hard time with it.

    Bird Droppings February 12, 2016 Thinking about the word trust and how we have such a hard time with it. So many special events coming up, Valentine’s Day, more possible snow, income taxes, and best of all one more day till winter break. Do I go out and cut down a tree, I wouldn’t know…

  • Teaching is a journey it is not copy, paste or bubble.

    Bird Droppings February 10, 2016 Teaching is a journey it is not copy, paste or bubble. It has been several days well over a week since I had a chance to go out early and ponder as I say. It has been many days since I took a photograph with my good camera since I…

  • Why should our children be going to school?

    Bird Droppings February 9, 2016 Why should our children be going to school? After reading Joel Spring’s book, Political Agendas for Education, one might wonder why we even have schools. Spring’s implies they are simply to create and mold youth into whatever it is those in power deem feasible. His idea is that it is…

  • Listening to a five note flute

    Bird Droppings February 8, 2016 Listening to a five note flute Each morning of school I stop by our local Quick Trip and stock up. Water bottles, protein bar, a banana, and whatever else I need to make it through the day. Today was no different till a young man approached me and stuck out…

  • I was listening to the stillness of a morning, the sunrise, and or sometimes we need a window and not a mirror.

    Bird Droppings February 5, 2016 I was listening to the stillness of a morning, the sunrise, and or sometimes we need a window and not a mirror. I was sitting alone this morning as I do often on weekend mornings trying to get a few photos of the sunrise, today it was a smiling moon…