The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Writing

  • Eating some leftover green beans, ham, and potatoes and thinking about the circle of life

    Bird Droppings March 31 – April 1, 2025 Eating some leftover green beans, ham, and potatoes and thinking about the circle of life I made a huge crock pot of green beans, ham, and potatoes last evening and had plenty of leftovers. One of my favorite childhood memories is of meals with the family. I’m…

  • I’m not too fond of shopping, but I like Kroger

    Bird Droppings March 26, 2025I’m not too fond of shopping, but I like Kroger About eleven years ago, I spent nearly a week using ice packs as heat extractors for my computer until I got the fan fixed. Granted, I have been on my third computer since then. It was interesting. Two similar thoughts occurred…

  • A spiritual side to teaching

    Bird Droppings March 19, 2025A spiritual side to teaching. “Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it’s never living apart from oneself. It’s not about the absence of other people – it’s about being fully present to ourselves, whether we are with others or not. Parker Palmer Dr. Parker Palmer is an…

  • 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…

  • Engaging and enhancing your curriculum through Story Telling

    Birddroppings March 14, 2025 Engaging and enhancing your curriculum through Story Telling I am sitting at my computer, getting my thoughts together, writing about how to reach students, and thinking about being a student as I just finished my dissertation defense and am now finalizing my paper. So today, a piece of my thoughts as…

  • The inability of surmounting learning difficulties

    Bird Droppings March 9, 2025The inability of surmounting learning difficulties I will borrow from old droppings and share them again when the message is important to me. In one of my last IEP meetings, my student was reaffirmed, yes, you do have a deficit in math according to state testing.  However, choosing not to do…

  • Our teaching can make a difference every day.

    Bird Droppings March 5, 2025Our teaching can make a difference every day. I recall one day that I was looking through data as I sat through a special education training session. This is an interesting situation. I was reviewing data from a recent benchmark test in biology. It is an extremely poorly made and designed…

  • Practicing Patience

    Bird Droppings February 6, 2025Practicing Patience It has been nearly forty-five years since I first went to Hemmingway’s just off the interstate in Decatur, Georgia. It was a favorite local entertainment establishment. My wife and I would go before and after our marriage primarily to listen to a local singer who provided a fantastic evening…

  • Glistening of wisdom on a gossamer strand

    Bird Droppings February 4, 2025 Glistening of wisdom on a gossamer strand Many years ago, I was sitting alongside a fence in a field far away from houses and people, and I watched a spider spin a web. We see webs all around, and I read there are thousands of spiders per acre in any…

  • Looking for a window can be a chore if you do not know where to look.

    Bird Droppings January 26, 2025Looking for a window can be a chore if you do not know where to look. A few nights back, when I woke up very early, and it was time for my wife to get up and get ready for work. It is hard to sleep in on days off when…