11. Visit principal/
Over our suspended son/
Angry at school, boy/
#haiku
12. Defiance conforms/
To the personalities/
Confined by the rules/
#haiku
13. Supporting your child/
Sometimes means backing his school/
‘Gainst his righteousness/
#haiku
14. Resent procedure/
Of institutional might/
Still we require rules/
#haiku
15. Lines between “Ego”/
& organization’s needs/
Blurred by insecure/
#haiku
16. Rules offer guidelines/
But can be crude instruments/
When Ego’s involved/
#haiku
17. Papers need grading/
Though some students aren’t learning/
No matter the score/
#haiku
18. My Ego’s involved/
My prejudices stirred up/
Obedience rules/
#haiku
19. Accepting the rules/
From both sides of equation/
Will repress* Ego/
#haiku *stifle
20. Life is a blessing/
That is too hot to contain/
In neat containers/
#haiku
21a. Suspended in Now/
We struggle with G_d’s agar/
That keeps us alive/
#haiku
21b. Suspended in Now/
We submit to G_d’s agar/
That keeps us alive/
#haiku
resist and refuse/suspend this present moment/with full attention
These were packed full with emotions. Sorry your son got suspended. If it helps, it’s a right of passage for teenagers to have some challenge with authority figures. I’m sure it will pass.
I hope your students learn to appreciate your classes. Maybe they are learning and it just doesn’t fully come across in their writings. Try an open class discussion. I always loved those.
Thanks, T.
I feel like Thing 2 is walking the perilous line between speaking truth to power & arrogant teenager in a Public School full of people with personalities. He should be fine.