tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822661251312549323.post2103503530253558684..comments2023-10-07T09:31:35.746-04:00Comments on on the learn: Poetry Friday (a little late)teach people not bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02178351970916456582noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822661251312549323.post-80012871415053565242008-08-24T11:42:00.000-04:002008-08-24T11:42:00.000-04:00justice--i'm glad it's a sort of unearthing, then!...justice--i'm glad it's a sort of unearthing, then! isn't it funny how things come back to us like that?<BR/><BR/>enc--if you're interested in accessible, empowering poetry, marge piercy is the way to go. some of my favorite volumes: mars and her children, the moon is always female, colors passing through us. <BR/><BR/>mary lee--i hope i have a colleague like you. your comment reminds me of a text i was just looking at in the new ncte 08-09 catalog (dangerous, dangerous stuff), called teacher identity discourses, about what it means to merge one's personal needs and one's professional needs (and the needs of colleagues) in order for successful identity formation. i will keep your comments in mind and remember that part of this process is to be humble and to reach out, however new i am, to be of assistance to others. and, of course, to ask for help.teach people not bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02178351970916456582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822661251312549323.post-18397553459420629582008-08-24T09:16:00.000-04:002008-08-24T09:16:00.000-04:00Thank you, thank you, thank you. Also one of my a...Thank you, thank you, thank you. Also one of my all-time favorite poems. <BR/><BR/>I spent my authorized teacher work days doing work that was needed to lift up a struggling colleague, help someone new to the building, hammer out a schedule that would work for special ed, speech, Spanish, our team, and, oh, yeah, maybe for me, too.<BR/><BR/>Today, the Sunday before school starts, I will go in and work for a couple of hours to make sure the first days of school go smoothly. I've done it enough times that I know it will only take a few hours, but I'm not so confident (stoopid) to think that I can just wing it.<BR/><BR/>So thanks for the poem, and thanks for reminding me to keep my first day activities authentic (or at least as authentic as they need to be for 9 year-olds!)Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822661251312549323.post-88165858202455064532008-08-23T15:56:00.000-04:002008-08-23T15:56:00.000-04:00I love this. I've never seen it before. Thanks for...I love this. I've never seen it before. Thanks for posting it.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406942482508439839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822661251312549323.post-34361940247648838332008-08-22T19:48:00.000-04:002008-08-22T19:48:00.000-04:00Wow -- I read this in 1985 as an English student a...Wow -- I read this in 1985 as an English student at University of Buffalo in a textbook called Generation of 2000. Amazing that you've rolled it out here for Friday's edition, nice work !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com