Posted in Education, General, Learning, Poems, Random thoughts, Truth, Understanding, Wisdom, tagged Education, Learning, Lifelong Learning, Poems, Truth, Wisdom on April 1, 2019|
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It’s Marvelous Monday! Just before I stepped back out into the refreshingly crisp and slightly breezy 32 degree morning, I spied the signed that read “…Learning Commons, Encouraging collaboration, exploration, and creation. Supporting lifelong learning since 2007.” I proceeded to my parking lot duty station to stand watch just after 7:15 AM, making my school a kinder and gentler place to be. My mind began to stir with thoughts and comments I had with a student the Friday before concerning the way we do school. As the Sun rose above the small ridge behind the school into a nearly cloudless sky and a songbird repeated his song, my thoughts came together.
Lifelong learners
They tell us we should be
But how do you touch the heart
By compulsion and decree?
Critical thinking skills
Synthesis to high degree
But without facts in their toolbox
What hope that they will see?
College is a must
AP courses, advanced degree
But where is creativity
Without time to explore and be free?
Learning is for high pursuits
For wisdom for you and me
But when will we understand
Growth of the spirit is key?
Look the look, play the part
Be all that you can be
But have you learned of heaven
To be eternally set free?
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