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My Kind of Apple - edited to show right form

I 
love to
hear him laugh -
this student not
brilliant, but looking
like a sweet member of
Menudo. Maybe it's the
way he laughs like me. . . heartily,
or maybe it is just because his
laughter reassures me I'm still funny.

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Duke Beaufort Date: 7/26/2024 5:27:00 AM Andrea, cute poem of introspection and metacognition. It's great to see how someone in a poem is thinking about something, and you get us inside the person's head. Smiling! Login to Reply

Yann Rolland Date: 7/11/2024 5:43:00 PM this is quite delightful, never judge a student, he always surprise us, laugh here has vertu i guess, thanks for the surprise Andrea Login to Reply

Suzette Richards Date: 7/10/2024 10:15:00 AM I love how you diplomaticly bring the point home that being clever does not always win the day. Having the ability to make people laugh or genuinely laugh with them, counts for something. EQ is more important than IQ. Congratulations on your placement, Andrea. Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/10/2024 10:24:00 AM thanks, that's so nice of you to say,

Daniel Henry Rodgers Date: 7/9/2024 7:20:00 AM Dear Andrea, So well expressed, and I find it to be amusing, especially as you do a comparison and introspection of the laughs with the student. - Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/9/2024 11:58:00 AM thanks, Daniel. I can't remember the kid exactly any more, it was so long ago. I just recall he was so sweet and cute how he laughed.

Kim Rodrigues Date: 7/8/2024 3:23:00 PM Love this in all sorts of ways, Andrea! He has the talent of humor, can charm a teacher and he laughs like you! A fave for me! Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/8/2024 7:05:00 PM Thanks so much, Kim

Paula Goldsmith Date: 7/8/2024 1:20:00 PM I enjoyed reading your fun write. Acrostic????  "Good Luck" Have a fun day writing away............ Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/8/2024 7:06:00 PM Thanks. Yeah I clicked on wrong form the first time

Silent One Date: 7/8/2024 12:13:00 PM Acrostic? Have you wrote that as its rough and you wanted to do an acrostic, but you wrote am etheree instead? Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/8/2024 7:18:00 PM No just mixed up the form names

Paige Hind Date: 7/8/2024 9:57:00 AM LOL interesting- teachers touch lives more than they know! Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/8/2024 7:19:00 PM I hope I did. 40 years now.

Jay Narain Date: 7/8/2024 9:55:00 AM The student must be lucky to have you as a teacher. Nice poem. Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/8/2024 6:35:00 PM I have had some really good students and a few became my friends when they had left the school

Ink Empress Date: 7/8/2024 9:32:00 AM Your sense of humour is cool sweet andrea, i wanted to do an etheree too for this contest but ended up just doing free verse. I love the way youv written this and how youve presented too: i think you accidentally pressed acrostic for form of poetry for this. Your students are lucky to have you as a teacher. Pleasure reading this. Sending you light always Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/8/2024 6:11:00 PM Yeah. I clicked on acrostic for some reason. Thanks, sweetie