Bird Droppings September 10, 2015 So much difference in people’s perceptions For some people Friday the thirteenth is a day of foreboding and others it is simply another sunrise and sunset. European culture brought the foreboding element of this day to the Americas. Some argue it has metaphysical properties and is not just the day…

Bird Droppings September 9, 2015 Checking the toes for mittens It has been some time since one of my granddaughters was showing off her new hat and mittens. It was quite a sight clad in a t-shirt, diaper, mittens and ski cap that looked like a penguin she was showing off for us. Finally she…

Bird Droppings September 8, 2015 Our perceptions vary greatly about life “Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.” Irving Berlin It was almost fifteen years ago I was waiting to go teach again after having spent nearly twenty three years in the publishing business. I was anxious…

Bird Droppings August 4, 2015 On a chilly morning it is hard to kiss a frog. It is was a bit chilly out in northeast Georgia with nighttime temperatures still hanging in the high fifties or low sixties but rumor of a nice weekend hanging out there. Many of us gardeners are bringing plants in.…

Bird Droppings September 3, 2015 Hey what about routines? We are all creatures of habit and routines. It has been quite a few years ago that my wife called to me in the wee hours of the morning as I was starting to write, our youngest son was sick. A virus had struck hard but…

Bird Droppings September 2, 2015 Community in education doesn’t simply magically appear it takes work I walked out of my college class last night to a beautiful three quarter orange moon. I had left my good camera in my high school class room I knew exactly where on my table. I Have a small class…

Bird Droppings September 1, 2015 Can we find learning in the Kalahari Desert? Yesterday afternoon I was walking about the yard and along the side of our nearby dirt road taking pictures of wildflowers and grasshoppers among other things that I find as ponder. I spent several minutes trying to photograph a seed from a…

Bird Droppings August 31, 2015 Now my past studies are making sense My head feels like a sponge from even with taking sinus meds. We have cool weather and high humidity and my head always feels it. Perhaps why I was sitting thinking back to a day we as teachers in Walton County were not…

Bird Droppings August 28, 2015 I wonder if there is such a thing as Essential Education? It has been almost five years since I was discussing various educational philosophies and pedagogies with my son the then education student. One happened to be essential education which per his text is only a slight step from perennial…

Bird Droppings August 27, 2015 What do teachers really know? “Teachers are one of the most important resources a nation has for providing the skills, values and knowledge that prepare young people for productive citizenship – but more than this, to give sanctuary to their dreams and aspirations for a future of hope, dignity and…