Transcendentalist poem (in progress)

The wind whispers yesterday's secrets to the leaves and I stand listening to their stirring, unable to translate yet understanding their excitement. Because i feel the wind brush my face and chill my ears, resonating with songs it picked up on its way to me. It tugs at my jacket and pushes me onward, never idling in one clearing. So I follow the wind back to the birds, who's rejoicing notes are clear and ringing with hallelujah and even though they too communicate without words, I've heard the tune somewhere before. Slightly different but distinct between the crunching sticks and fiery snow covering the forest floor beneath a traveler's boots in Fall.

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Warm up -Tuesday February 19

All students learn and comprehend subjects at a different pace. Assigning fifty math problems a night might help certain students that need to learn through repetition. However, if someone understands after ten then the rest is just a waste of time. Students need to realize early on which type they are and should be given the chance to make the decision to do homework accordingly. This method doesn't work for every subject though. English is a subject that depends heavily on the combined opinions and discussions between the students. If the discussion in class revolve around a section of reading homework the night before, then it is mandatory. Essays don't go away after high school like worksheets will. Everyone needs to learn how to write papers while not everyone needs to develop an accurate history of the Incan empire.

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Warm up- Wednesday February 13

Me: "hey I want to go and hang out with my friends tomorrow."

Mom: "ok and?"

Me: "so can I borrow some money for food?"

Mom: "sure just bring back whatever you don't use."

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Me: "hey do have a couple dollars?"

Friend: "yeah I think so why?"

Me: "can I please borrow some I'll pay you back whenever I promise."

Friend: "sure maybe instead you can buy me lunch one day."

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Warm up- February 12th

Darci: "hey, are you ok?"

Kelly: "obviously not"

Darci: "woah sorry I just wanted to try and help"

Kelly: "well you can't so just go away"

Darci: "even if I can't help, can I at least sit with you?"

Kelly: "...I guess"

The insist down and just wait there in case she wants to talk after all.

 

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Warm up - Monday February 4

In the allegory they make a big deal about the fact that by going out into the world, the prisoner now knows what they are missing by being in the dark cave. He has seen more than the shadows and so he pities their situation. However, when he goes back to the cave he frustratingly can't do anything to let them know about what they aren't seeing. All they know is the shadows and so the ridicule him for going out. He has all this information about the outside world but he can't share it without consequence. The same happened to Frederick Douglas in Learning to Read and Write. Once he could read the stories of others putting his feelings into words and giving his opinions about slavery a voice he was energized. This made him frustrated because he understood all these opinions and rights he thought he should have but it was dangerous, and probably fatal, to even voice them. His grasp over why he wasn't given freedom put him miles ahead the other slaves.

 

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Warm Up - Wednesday Jan. 30

I hate this whole idea. I'm not against their right to say what they want or to believe what they're saying is true. What makes me incredibly angry is the way they are doing it. They are so rude and egotistical and I can't imagine that God would want them to act the way they do. To other people it just makes them look like crazies and then most people clump them together with all believers and religious people. I am Christian and when I think of God I think of a loving being who hates no one. I've always known that He loves everyone no matter what and these people's actions don't reflect that love at all. Things like this turn religion into a taboo subject because the population starts to identify believers as hateful, judgemental, and damning which is not what being a believer is about. We are not placed on this earth to spend our lives condemning others and putting them down when if we supported them it would not only make their lives safer and easier but make our lives open to love.

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Scratch and Dent Dreams - Eric Darby