a rubric's uneven cube

a rubric's uneven cube

 

 

academic breakdown

nerves of wisdom

splattered on Pink Floyd's wall

 

while teachers become nemeses 

with brains oozing subconscious renderings

 

oblivious to how those bricks in the hallway

learn to really build intelligence

because those professors use mortar

that is so outdated,

 

something intellectually crumbling

is being condemned to death.

 

 

erin-cilberto

1/29/16

Reviews

[Terpsichore]

Times change, as do perceptions and expectations, but I say Bah! to all that; and venture that perhaps today's society has the educational system it deserves.

I understand what you are saying here, but the day that the high and noble task of knowledge shared becomes to hard a burden to bear, is the day the wall comes tumbling down for good.

T

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, you are so right...it will come tumbling down....like mellancamp sang..

thank you,

j.

[Érenn]

Wow, i am so in love with this poem. Of course it could very well be because of the way interpreted it. As time's change so should the mindset of people change as well. In this case the education system should change according to times so that it can become easier to spread knowledge. Knowledge is what i truly consider powerful and a dangerous weapon in a lot of cases. But I wonder if this Knowledge never gets the love it deserves all because it was not being passed down properly or with the love and care it should have been passed down. But then again, this is just how I see it ^^ Thank you for sharing ^^

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i really like how you see this...and agree totally with what you said...i think knowledge should be passed down properly but also questioned, so new knowledge can always arise.
thank you Errenn.

j.

[iand63]

Now I have that tune stuck in my head. The process of 'educating' is a political meal ticket, problem is the last to be considered in this are the kids. Nice one J.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, my friend.

j.

[Patricia Wedel]

Thank Goodness, there are still band and orchestra are offered in schools
where emotions are experienced and perhaps emotion is also experienced in
other classes also. Poetry is so therapeutic for expressing our inner feelings.
We actually had Drama and English Literature in Hugh School. We also prayed in
school and and Pledged allegiance to our Flag every morning. The Rubik's Cube is
truly a challenge. Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we did too...catholic grade schools and high schools...Bless me Father for....
thank you for your words, Pat.

j.

[andrew mitchell]

Yes bring down the Wall !!!!! Lol A clever write J! Another brick in the wall!:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, just another one...thank you, andrew.
j.

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

This brings back such memories of middle school. We had a jukebox on the stage in the cafeteria, and that Pink Floyd song was the favorite selection. In unison, the voices of all the students would sing, "Hey, teachers! Leave those kids alone." In the 80's, it was all about fun. Today, however, those words, I dare say would mean something completely different; and teachers, out of fear, would back down.

I, for one, loved school. It was my out from an abusive environment at my so-called home, and I was fortunate enough to have some really wonderful teachers. I love the English language and think it's really beautiful when used appropriately. Today, however, the English language is so bastardized, kids aren't even being taught cursive writing, and common core is replacing common sense and intelligence. Instead, kids are spending the bulk of their time on "busy work," that doesn't teach them anything. Thank God I do not have children, and thank God I am not a teacher trapped by the NEA, political correctness, and liberal indoctrination run amok.

That “outdated mortar” might seem outdated to some, but it has held this country together longer than today’s will.

It’s amazing how this small write can spark so much conversation. 

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, no cursive writing, no writing at all...texting, with all the short cuts, chopping up the language.

and yes, on mortar...you are so insightful...and i am grateful for your words,
j.

[Lydia Shutter]

Of Pink Floyd and Rubik's cubes....ah, the memories. Teachers must take a giant leap into the 21st century. Unfortunately, many teaching methods are now outdated. The brick walls have given way to electronic connections and those who do not keep up are destined to fail. Wonderful metaphors. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your review, Lydi...and it seems so---i try to keep my teaching as much to face to face contact and discussion as possible...i think they become more well rounded.

appreciate your visits, always...

j.

[Norman 223]

I'm not sure about an academic breakdown, Jacob. I only know that I spent weeks getting over a nervous breakdown trying to solve it. (The cube, not your poem). Unfortunately, I suspect that modern education has now become an appeasement to the politically correct and the financial controllers.
N

[jacob erin-cilberto]

such wise words, Norman...thank you for that...

j.

[...]

It was to stay awake in class. Could of been the pot smoking in between lol. I exceled in the classes that held my interest and slept in those that didn't. Had to repeat Government to graduate. Have no idea how I managed a 3.0. School for the most part was boring. dictatorial even...yawn. I love to learn, even more so now, I just hate lecturing, more hands on, more passion infusion, less labeling and lying, and where's the classes on common sense. No offense, Jacob. I'm sure you do your best, but you work in a system of programming text book mentalities.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

no offense taken...although my classes are mostly discussion, and i push students to not just accept what is handed down, but to think outside the box...we don't really use a textbook in our English classes...so hopefully ...well actually they do stay awake...

thank you for your words, my friend.

j.

[W.k.kortas]

Supposedly (I've never been able to find any attribution for it) Dennis Hopper said "Man, there ain't nothin' in books", so everything old is new again in a sense; still, knowledge seems to be a shallow, horizontal thing today--there's no room for going into a subject in depth, because that's hard to do on your phone. Oh, yeah, and get the hell of my lawn.

Off the soapbox, then. This is wickedly subtle in the manner where the touchstones of an earlier age--Floyd, the Rubik's Cube--are intermingled with the notion of an even earlier age of brick-and-mortar. Wry and pungent work.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

geez, i like your review...the insights..and the "ha ha" get off my lawn...

and everything old is new again, but we should have new instead of old...move forward.
thanks for your words, W.k... as always.