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The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I cannot go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree, but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
--Theodore Roethke
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Joy's Updates - Straight from the Horse's Mouth.
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Friday, December 03, 2004
Another Week
I realized I haven't posted on here in a week. It's getting close to the end of the term, and I have research papers to grade, as well as the usual papers, tests, and assignments. We get out for winter break December 17 which will be here too fast. I have material to cover, tests to give, and then final exams to prepare the students for. It's easier to grade them now since I'll probably use that scanner and the cards for answers. The computer program I have (Gradekeeper) averages the grades as I enter them, so that's helpful too. When I started teaching, it was all done by hand - no calculators even! I was talking with a young teacher today who has never averaged grades without a computer. She looked horrified when I mentioned the pre-calculator days. It's conversations like that that make me realize I really am the oldest teacher at my school.
5:18:00 PM
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