From Spark to Ashes
Once Burning Bright, Then Dying Embers
Roasting Marshmallows at the firepit with notions of ghost stories
is not quite the same as Microwavable Ramen Noodle Dinner Surprise.
Singing campfire songs like Kumbaya and Praising the Lord,
is not quite the same as the parking ticket for the broken down RV.
Displaced, disabled, retired, old, achy, and cranky people
learning how to live the Vagabond life as if they are new and improved characters in Steinbeck's sequel novel "The Prunes of Dark Humor".
Where do we go now? Where is the shepherd for those lost lambs?
Centralia, Pennsylvania and Bodie, California, might offer a hand.
Pawnee City, Nebraska, and Pomeroy, Iowa, once had a certain spark.
Gary, Indiana, and Cairo, Illinois, could be more than abandoned parks.
Scottsboro, Alabama, and Picher, Oklahoma know about dying embers;
When a Shepherd isn't there to lead you, be one yourself and RE-Member.
About the Creator
Shanon Angermeyer Norman
Gold, Published Poet at allpoetry.com since 2010. USF Grad, Class 2001.
Currently focusing here in VIVA and Challenges having been ECLECTIC in various communities. Upcoming explorations: ART, BOOK CLUB, FILTHY, PHOTOGRAPHY, and HORROR.
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Teacher Lesson Plan 2: Creativity and Evolution
Reading books and watching documentaries is the typical and classical approach to education in regular school houses or institutions; However, some of the Montessori philosophies and principles can be applied to Secondary Education levels without too much disruption to the "normal" sit down and don't cause chaos idea. Regardless if you are in a classroom with children or pre-teens, or if you're trying to see if Geometry can compete with Instagram or some teenager's raging hormones, you should remember this: Students love learning and enjoy learning when it is FUN. Some of the smartest students in the classroom may not participate or engage in lessons because they either already know the information or it simply doesn't challenge them enough to be interesting or worthy of their attention. FUN defies those factors. When a lesson or activity is FUN, the students don't mind if they already know, and they forget they weren't interested because FUN made it interesting. Not all teachers are FUN. As a matter of fact, most of the teachers I had the pleasure of learning from had a serious lack of humor. I think before I graduated, most of the teachers I learned from had to take a class in "How Not to Be Fun" and they all aced it.
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