Today's interactive question (and by interactive, I mean one in which the students come and put a tally or their initials on the board):
Which of these songs/poems best describes how you feel about the recent rain?
- "I'm Singing in the Rain"
- "Rain Down"
- "Don't Rain on My Parade"
- "Rain, Rain, Go Away"
Maybe it was a silly question. But I think it's a question that requires thinking outside of that good old metaphorical box, wouldn't you say? (It's so much more fun and roomy outside of that box too - and I think some of our students are starting to get that!)
And I don't know about them, but I can only be "singing in the rain" for so long before I start wishing "rain, rain, go away."
"I have no idea where I am going; I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself...But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing. And I know that if I do this, you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always..." -Thomas Merton
I have come to fall in love with teaching in Catholic schools. What are YOU in love with?...
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