Friday, June 24, 2016
Haiku Friday: Teachers and Students
While I was in Salt Lake City, I also got to meet with two of my former students at Baylor: David Corbett and Craig Pankratz.
My vocation has me in three different but related roles: teacher, writer, and advocate. At this precise moment, I'm a writer. Working with Weldon, I was an advocate. But what brings me the deepest satisfaction is often the teaching part-- especially when I get to see my students thrive. Seeing David and Craig and hearing about their success brought me great joy, not that different from my joy at Weldon's freedom. Both make my heart sing.
Let's haiku this week about teachers and students. We all have been one or both, after all!
Here, I will go first:
I was faking it
That first day at Baylor Law;
Then a hand went up.
Now it is your turn! Just use the 5/7/5 formula and have some fun!
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Prof Nathan Scott taught
Existentialism course.
Famous, he lectured--
Imposing, deep voice--
Smoked under No Smoking sign,
Authority? Hah.
Existentialism course.
Famous, he lectured--
Imposing, deep voice--
Smoked under No Smoking sign,
Authority? Hah.
# posted by 
: 6:24 PM
: 6:24 PM
She ruled the class from
wheelchair with thick arthritic
Cudgel fingers,I
Was her student teacher.
White,teaching black poetry
Burnt incense in
Her coffee cup.I
Played Sonny Terry,Brownie McGhee
HELL to pay. tasted Sanka. Screams!
wheelchair with thick arthritic
Cudgel fingers,I
Was her student teacher.
White,teaching black poetry
Burnt incense in
Her coffee cup.I
Played Sonny Terry,Brownie McGhee
HELL to pay. tasted Sanka. Screams!
# posted by : 10:39 PM
: 10:39 PM
I OWE,HER THE WORLD
She had a mustache
And eyebrows that shook hands.She
Knew every nuance
Of the English Language.
Every book ever written
Laughed loud like a freight train.
She was flexible
Adored diversity in
Students, the eau de vie.
She had a mustache
And eyebrows that shook hands.She
Knew every nuance
Of the English Language.
Every book ever written
Laughed loud like a freight train.
She was flexible
Adored diversity in
Students, the eau de vie.
# posted by : 10:49 PM
: 10:49 PM
Bald with a faint crew cut
He served up parts of speech and
Tense verbs like Guinness stew
The eighth graders ate
And didn't wish for Twinkies.
His humor was suspect.
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He served up parts of speech and
Tense verbs like Guinness stew
The eighth graders ate
And didn't wish for Twinkies.
His humor was suspect.
# posted by : 11:14 PM
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