Tag: poem
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Poem: If librarians were honest
in ReadingBy Joseph Mills If librarians were honest,they wouldn’t smile, or actwelcoming. They would say,You need to be careful. Herebe monsters. They would say,These rooms house heathensand heretics, murderers andmaniacs, the deluded, desperate,and dissolute. They would say,These books contain knowledgeof death, desire, and decay,betrayal, blood, and more blood;each is a Pandora’s box, so whywould you want…
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The mind of the innocent – student poem
Sometimes a student submits something to me that is so different to what I usually get that I feel a need to share it. This is a contribution by one of our 4th year students, who has kindly agreed to have her work shared here. The morning after loss is more than obvious The sombre…
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“Eleven hundred hours” – Poem by a student
For the past few years I’ve been asking my final year students to develop a learning portfolio as part of the ethics module I teach. Even though I encourage them to use different forms of knowledge representation, few of them take up the offer. However, every now and again someone submits something very different to…
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The child is made of one hundred – a poem by Loris Malaguzzi
This is a poem I came across by the founder of the Reggio Emilia approach to education, Loris Malaguzzi. The child is made of one hundred.The child has a hundred languagesa hundred handsa hundred thoughtsa hundred ways of thinkingof playing, of speaking.A hundred, always a hundredways of listeningof marvelingof lovinga hundred joys for singingand understandinga…
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Giving students a voice in Physiotherapy Ethics
I’ve been going through some of the “Professional Ethics” assignments I received from our third year physiotherapy students, and wanted to share this one with you (with the students’ permission). It was written by Basil Buthelezi, and which I think really showcases the wonderful talents our students have, which we would never usually encounter because…