Excuse me. I know that you are busy stomping on bubble wrap to relieve stress after assessing assessment assessments and the assessors themselves.
May I interest you in a little inspiration?
It's free.
The last time that I remember watching Dead Poets Society was years ago...on the big screen. I was an awkward teenager who was excited at the thought that there was all of this marrow to suck out of life and that boys would write me sheaves of poetry. It's not likely that I was seriously pondering a career in education at the time. I was thinking about boys and rosebud gathering, not inspirational teachers. Yawn.
I'm kind of excited about watching the film as a teacher. Mr. Keating had some great ideas about connecting literature to life and making the beauty of language unfold before them. Remember the earthy coziness of the poets' lair and how much fun it was for the boys to carry on with their education outside of the classroom? Awesome. When kids take the reins, it's a great day.
I think that it's because of this film that I skipped so many of my college English classes that were held in a windowless bank building. Literature and life without a single ray of sunlight or glass portal to the natural world. It was making me dumberer. And grouchy. But this is all beside the point.
May I interest you in a little inspiration?
It's free.
The last time that I remember watching Dead Poets Society was years ago...on the big screen. I was an awkward teenager who was excited at the thought that there was all of this marrow to suck out of life and that boys would write me sheaves of poetry. It's not likely that I was seriously pondering a career in education at the time. I was thinking about boys and rosebud gathering, not inspirational teachers. Yawn.
I'm kind of excited about watching the film as a teacher. Mr. Keating had some great ideas about connecting literature to life and making the beauty of language unfold before them. Remember the earthy coziness of the poets' lair and how much fun it was for the boys to carry on with their education outside of the classroom? Awesome. When kids take the reins, it's a great day.
I think that it's because of this film that I skipped so many of my college English classes that were held in a windowless bank building. Literature and life without a single ray of sunlight or glass portal to the natural world. It was making me dumberer. And grouchy. But this is all beside the point.
Here's the rub.
What will your verse be? It's up to you.
But...I beg you.
Please don't be the person who put the "ass" in assessment.
Yes, I said "ass," but so did Shakespeare, so that means it's okay, right?
Let's not let anything make "fools of us all."
Signed,
Little and Fierce
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