Gershon Wolf Poet Free verse

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Not necessarily my classroom...The 'I' not necessarily 'me'...

Now We'Re Talking

Some call it an interruption
   I see it as a great opportunity

Some call it a dumb question
   I see that it masks a brilliant inquiry

Some call it a discipline problem
   I see a butterfly emerging from its cocoon

Some call my classroom boring
   I see and say it's so boring it's ridiculous

I have better things to do with my time, and with their time
   Than to force these young mind into artificial environments of dull

Here's to mandatory nature walks, tent-pitching, berry-picking
   Latrine digging, campfires, marshmallow roasts and ghost stories

And not to neglect timepiece, transistor radio, long-nose rifle
   electrical circuit, and motor assembly and disassembly--and woodworking*

Now we're talking Education
   Now we're talking Creation, Imagination



*So much I left out, including: Cooking, Painting, Fashion Design, Architecture,
  Basic Engineering,...  Let us do what we can; the kids'll do the rest! ~ gw

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M. L. Kiser May 9, 2019 at 3:51 AM I think you have more to add to this one; yep, we don't want the boring...get out and LIVE! Gershon Wolf May 9, 2019 at 3:58 AM Yes! Break down those four walls of near-prison-like confinement, and get those students exploring the environment of the wide, wide world. :) gw

Caren Krutsinger May 9, 2019 at 12:49 AM "I have better things to do with my time, and with their time Than to force these young mind into artificial environments of dull" - It is any wonder education did not ruin us both. And yet, we not only survived, we decided to outrun it! Gershon Wolf May 9, 2019 at 4:00 AM Well, it ruined me. I had to piece my way back together. Only wanted to teach so that future generations of students wouldn't have to suffer the 'hands-off' treatment I received.

Panagiota Romios May 8, 2019 at 10:19 PM Can tell what a great educator you were and still are! Ps. Funny we both wrote Poems using a butterfly..))) tonight. You will understand mine quite well. ROFLMAO Panagiota An aside..funny the code for this was DNC..does HRC have a FISA warrant on Poetry Soup? Can Nadler be far behind ....,to remove Conservatives from our midst, those Russian colluding xenophobes! Gershon Wolf May 8, 2019 at 10:36 PM ...As for the DNC and Nadler, et al, I do not fear them. They are cowards at best. I believe that Americans would rise up against them if Mr Pence ran for President instead of Mr. Trump. Trump's shaken things up enough; he should step aside now for Pence, a disciplined fiscal and foreign policy conservative. My opinion. :) gw Gershon Wolf May 8, 2019 at 10:31 PM Thank you for your stirring comment, Panagiota! As for me being a great educator now, please see my poem (today, May 8), "The Land of Nod--Ode to Insomnia:" Those sssssssssss were happening a lot in class the last 8 weeks; now I have a 'module off.' LOL. More in next reply... :) gw