Friday, April 20, 2012

Facebook Poetry

I created a "Facebook Group" for the library at the school where I teach and it has taken a life of it's own. We now boast 344 members including English teachers, trainees, and students. Each day the members post various topics and have lively discussions. It has been very fun to moderate this group and I am excited about it's potential. Our teacher's association has only been moderately successful in creating a space for teachers to meet and exchange ideas. Through this group, we have the potential to reach a much wider audience and include teachers working throughout the country (in places where there is electricity...). 


I wanted to share some collaborative poems that the participants have written without meaning to:


April 11, 2012:


We are teachers
Chalk eaters, 
Freedom givers,
Voices of the forgotten corners,
Explorers who dare to spend 9 months in Adelbagrou,
Yes, we are soldiers,
Ladders people use to go up,
Donkeys people use to get to their destinations,
Teachers should be provided the most comfortable life
Thinking only of how they could make the students get the message
Teachers can not be more than what they are






April 19, 2012:


Teaching is...
Endowment
Honorable
Humanity
Dignity
Great task
Exciting
Responsibility
Encouragement
Freedom
Knowledge
Overwhelming
Life-altering
Challenging
Experience
Virtue
Useless
Sacrifice
Fascinating
Wonderful
Tough
Entertaining
Fun
Holy Mission

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