Some of my students have learned of my "hobby" of writing poetry. Hence the following exchange.
Setting: Advanced 8th Grade Speaking class.
Teacher: "Are you ready?"
Student: "Please give five more minutes to prepare the answer."
Teacher: "I'm tired of waiting… it's boring when you guys take so long getting ready to answer the question."
Student: "Just do some work. Or write a poem or something."
[daily log: walking, 7km]
I never learned to appreciate western poetry all that much, but I do still like ti write Haiku. That’s one of the gifts I got from Centering School.