outside educational walls

outside educational walls

 

 

 

the door is locked

students mill and mumble

and scatter in shattered whisper

 

the teacher arrives in worn garb

with yellow notes and grizzled stubble

ready to spew his rubble

 

he has the key

but keeps it in his pocket

a young girl plays with her locket

watching the clock

 

deprived but disciplined

the class weeps in silent reverence

at the instructor's display

 

Whiteboard evidence

of an iota of retention

books shut fast

as the hour approaches

 

cell phones switch back on

feet shuffle quickly

through the passageway

 

from the possibilities of learning, wasted

barely tasted

a door still locked

always locked

 

with indifference.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

8/27/23

Reviews

[Broken Soul]

Love the way you worded your thoughts in this piece. The passion for education and teaching the next generation just isn't where it should be.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your words, Broken Soul,
j.

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

Jacob,

This is a fine example of the Societally influence generation with live in, which I do term as the following: Those who believe themselves intelligent, and they are: Intelligently-Stupid: Men without a grown Man's deducive, common horse sense, mind, Women without a Woman's-Instinctive-Intuition, blindly raising children without an ounce of gumption. In order to learn, you must, first, desire to learn ...

Marve

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I agree, you must first have the desire...absolutely.
thank you, Marve,
j.

[Pencil in His Hand]

Very thought provoking. I like the imagery. Thank you.😊

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Pencil,
j.

[Pencil in His Hand]

🙂pleasure

[Amanda Reynolds]

Thank you for this poem, I remember Elie Wiesel said that indifference is worse than evil, lets hope that we can wake a few of these students up!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Amanda.
j.

[W. Barrett Munn]

How to create interest ought to be the name instead of teaching degree.

Winston

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, Winston...exactly.

[John the Baptist]

If this is the current state of education, I'm glad I got my schooling back in the day.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Me too, John. Me too.

[willweb]

Sometimes a locked door only appears to be a locked door but under closer inspection, cracks and crevices along the edges allow the knowledge to filter in, finding a home in the intelligent filing cabinet of those never really seeking the key.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your insightful review, will,
j.

[Lydia Shutter]

But good teachers unlock those doors and I am certain you are one of them, Jacob. I believe cell phones are making the next generation stupid. I wish they would not be allowed in schools. I could picture this scene. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I wish the same, Lydi...I wish the same.
j.

[Vol]

Erin,
That's why I retired.
Vol

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I understand, Vol.
j.

[FGFRANKLIN]

An instructor once told me she wished she had a hundred students like me. I didn't get it. My grades weren't at the top of my class...more like middle. I struggled with some of the study material. But she said, you show up every day wanting to learn and I can't tell you how good that makes a teacher feel. You ask questions and you are fully engaged in the classroom. I said, thanks I guess, I just want to know everything. She laughed at that as well she should have. But I'm still a student, still learning, every day.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Effort means a lot to me with my classes...and there are some who do okay but could be A students easily enough; they just care about getting by.
j.

[FGFRANKLIN]

That's just sad and complacency is contagious. I guess you can only invest so much time to inspire interest and challenge the students if the pupils are unwilling to try.