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Ok maybe not pretty. But apropo.
Proud of those Puyallup Digital Learning Graduates!
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poems for students
And where will
you go
once the last bell has rung itself?
Who will you
blame for your
subtle discord?
What roughly hewn living will you eke out
and on whose promises
do you rely?
You trust the sounds and move your
feet as though to dance correctly was the only choice.
Still, your laughter warms
my heart.
CLR2012
PRINCIPAL
A principal’s face
Has written on it, the sins of the
Second order.
Layered
Pain
Determination,
Pride and fear, but mainly a
Grim knowledge of what is here.
Adam cursed us all with just one bite
And blamed it on his gal, Eve
Society has cursed us with standardized life
And we blame it on our
teachers.
A principal’s face, once hopeful, once bright,
Now leads the way into a sleepless night.
C. RAY
Sept, 2014
Ok that is a weird start. My intention here is to share all of the poems I wrote about students over the past 20 years in the classroom that I felt really captured their essence.
Over the years, I have felt, rightly or not, that I know my students very well. I am honored when I read their essays or poems, or anything where their voice comes through. I feel it is similar to asking for a rock from Paris rather than a T-shirt.
I don't want gifts when friends and family travel, what I really want is a rock from their trip. I want them to be in a beautiful place, think of me, and pick up a rock from underfoot. Then I feel as if I was there.
similarly,
I want the students to give me something genuine from themselves, and that's what I wanted the most---more important to me on a human level than a formulaic essay or straight A work. It was the rocks my students brought me that helped me know them and celebrate them. And to me, that is the most important part of my work as an English teacher.
And in this blog, I will share my students with you.