Rallentanda

Rallentanda

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

School Days



Mid Week Motif...PU

the teacher
looks like a movie star
arrives with a hangover
turns off the lights 
falls asleep on the desk
the kids watch a movie

does not give homework
no questions or talking
before 11 am
allows food and drinks
to be consumed
in the classroom

she is classified
as a bad teacher 
most of her students
probably
would not agree













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19 comments:

  1. Sanaa RizviOctober 7, 2015 at 10:07 AM

    I don't think the students will term her as a bad teacher.. she seems somewhat cool.

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    1. rallentandaOctober 7, 2015 at 6:27 PM

      I think you are probably right and therein lies the point of this poem.

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  2. SusanOctober 7, 2015 at 11:14 AM

    Oh yes they would! Students really can critique the educator! But she also might be their favorite teacher. Detailed and associative, this poem provides the other side of the debate of what teacher's contribute. Before I retired, the press in Pennsylvania was having a field day with exposing what a few teacher's did wrong rather than what most did right.

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  3. Sherry Blue SkyOctober 7, 2015 at 12:13 PM

    Well, that sounds like an unusual teacher. I imagine some students might like that approach.

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  4. Gillena CoxOctober 7, 2015 at 1:27 PM

    wow! guess no teacher is better than a bad teacher

    much love...

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  5. Audrey Howitt aka DivaloungerOctober 7, 2015 at 3:34 PM

    I have been lucky I think--not to have this kind of bad teacher!

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  6. Old EggOctober 7, 2015 at 3:36 PM

    The boys in my day would have loved it! We had eccentric ones, cruel ones and sleepy ones...but none this good!

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  7. BodhiroseOctober 7, 2015 at 6:29 PM

    Yep, the Cameron Diaz kind of teacher...I can see how some might like that kind of teacher but not the students who really want to learn anything.
    Gayle ~

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  8. Myrna R.October 7, 2015 at 7:06 PM

    I had some bad teachers, but ... Hah, only you would think of taking the prompt this way. You're cool Rail.

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  9. Sumana RoyOctober 7, 2015 at 8:41 PM

    i don't think such teachers would be able to keep their job for long...lol...

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  10. Jae RoseOctober 8, 2015 at 5:33 AM

    sometimes bad teachers teach you more than 'good' ones..love the excerpt that accompanies..

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    1. rallentandaOctober 8, 2015 at 6:43 AM

      Yes I thought it was a bit of a giggle! Glad you liked it.

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  11. Kerry O'ConnorOctober 8, 2015 at 8:16 AM

    Teaching in our times is not for the faint of heart, when children believe nothing is worth paying attention to unless it is entertaining.

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    1. rallentandaOctober 8, 2015 at 8:40 AM

      Its the age of celebrity and the short attention span..

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  12. Magical Mystical TeacherOctober 8, 2015 at 10:48 AM

    Good teacher or bad? It's all a matter of perspective, isn't it?

    To Teach the Humble

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  13. Rosemary Nissen-WadeOctober 9, 2015 at 6:34 AM

    *Grin.*

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  14. IntelliblogOctober 13, 2015 at 8:27 PM

    I hope it was a good movie she was showing the kids :-)
    Nice take on the prompt, Rall...

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