Pop Quiz

Let’s flip our pencils

and pray for erasure

of our projections

and scribbled premonitions.

 

Let’s put our pencils down

and face to face each other.

Let our ears understand twice.

Let our mouths grace once over.

 

Let’s stop passing notes

folded like footballs.

Let’s hand in hand be

vulnerable respectfully.

 

Let’s close our test booklets

and study each other.

Let’s not worry about grades,

but graces to pass before passing.


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4 responses to “Pop Quiz”

  1. Jasper Hoogendam Avatar

    As an educator for over 35 years it’s important to break out of the artificiality of schooling and create space for learning that nurtures the heart.

    1. Jerry Avatar

      Makes me wish I was one of your students.

  2. Rose Wolfe (Living Free with disAbilities) Avatar

    Yes, let us learn from the heart so that we can give to the heart of another.

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