http://www.rattle.com/poetry/2009/04/what-teachers-make-or-if-things-dont-work-out-you-can-always-go-to-law-school-by-taylor-mali/ Poetry for Everyone. Wed, 23 May 2012 21:21:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.rattle.com/poetry/2009/04/what-teachers-make-or-if-things-dont-work-out-you-can-always-go-to-law-school-by-taylor-mali/#comment-89 current-student Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:51:25 +0000 http://www.rattle.com/blog/?p=894#comment-89 Another teacher sent on such an ego trip they destroy the strong and encourage the weak, simply because they cannot stand real intelligence and whit. Turning children to monkeys, and if 'glorified ape' is not something the child wants to be, they will be passed on through the school as a bad egg, a failure, the kid with the attitude- doomed to be treated harshly by the teachers, for being a free thinker with the good sense to know that the system will kill them. I have seen 13 years of this, over and over. Another teacher sent on such an ego trip they destroy the strong and encourage the weak, simply because they cannot stand real intelligence and whit. Turning children to monkeys, and if ‘glorified ape’ is not something the child wants to be, they will be passed on through the school as a bad egg, a failure, the kid with the attitude- doomed to be treated harshly by the teachers, for being a free thinker with the good sense to know that the system will kill them. I have seen 13 years of this, over and over.

]]> http://www.rattle.com/poetry/2009/04/what-teachers-make-or-if-things-dont-work-out-you-can-always-go-to-law-school-by-taylor-mali/#comment-88 Why Teaching « growintoit Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:20:14 +0000 http://www.rattle.com/blog/?p=894#comment-88 [...] What Teachers Make [...] [...] What Teachers Make [...]

]]> http://www.rattle.com/poetry/2009/04/what-teachers-make-or-if-things-dont-work-out-you-can-always-go-to-law-school-by-taylor-mali/#comment-87 shrikant pote Tue, 17 May 2011 14:02:31 +0000 http://www.rattle.com/blog/?p=894#comment-87 very good poem very good poem

]]> http://www.rattle.com/poetry/2009/04/what-teachers-make-or-if-things-dont-work-out-you-can-always-go-to-law-school-by-taylor-mali/#comment-86 Seth R. Wed, 11 May 2011 00:40:28 +0000 http://www.rattle.com/blog/?p=894#comment-86 This man is nothing but a paid bully himself. With such an ego that he truly believes he is helping, when in reality he is destroying kids one by one. This man is nothing but a paid bully himself. With such an ego that he truly believes he is helping, when in reality he is destroying kids one by one.

]]> http://www.rattle.com/poetry/2009/04/what-teachers-make-or-if-things-dont-work-out-you-can-always-go-to-law-school-by-taylor-mali/#comment-85 SC Fri, 06 May 2011 12:26:50 +0000 http://www.rattle.com/blog/?p=894#comment-85 Amazing....It really is high time the teaching profession gets its true appreciation. And this is coming from me, a high school student! Amazing….It really is high time the teaching profession gets its true appreciation. And this is coming from me, a high school student!

]]> http://www.rattle.com/poetry/2009/04/what-teachers-make-or-if-things-dont-work-out-you-can-always-go-to-law-school-by-taylor-mali/#comment-84 ls1l Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:35:15 +0000 http://www.rattle.com/blog/?p=894#comment-84 Great poem. No need to bash the lawyers though. Some people in every profession are jerks. Lawyers get a bad rap but they make a difference too. Who do you think argues for the right for teachers to unionize, the right to keep schools independent from political and religious pressures, and the fundamental 1st amendment freedom that undergirds all learning/discussion in the United States? Wouldn't you be proud to hear one of your former students had been accepted to a law school? I hope so... Great poem. No need to bash the lawyers though. Some people in every profession are jerks. Lawyers get a bad rap but they make a difference too. Who do you think argues for the right for teachers to unionize, the right to keep schools independent from political and religious pressures, and the fundamental 1st amendment freedom that undergirds all learning/discussion in the United States? Wouldn’t you be proud to hear one of your former students had been accepted to a law school? I hope so…

]]> http://www.rattle.com/poetry/2009/04/what-teachers-make-or-if-things-dont-work-out-you-can-always-go-to-law-school-by-taylor-mali/#comment-83 Tardisse Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:41:30 +0000 http://www.rattle.com/blog/?p=894#comment-83 This could have been written by the teacher in Pink Floyd's "The Wall." This could have been written by the teacher in Pink Floyd’s “The Wall.”

]]> http://www.rattle.com/poetry/2009/04/what-teachers-make-or-if-things-dont-work-out-you-can-always-go-to-law-school-by-taylor-mali/#comment-82 Poetry Is Not a Racket | Timothy Green Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:56:56 +0000 http://www.rattle.com/blog/?p=894#comment-82 [...] give another example.  Two summers ago, in our slam issue, Rattle published Taylor Mali’s “What Teachers Make.” (If you click that link you can listen to it, and I highly recommend you do.)  Years before we [...] [...] give another example.  Two summers ago, in our slam issue, Rattle published Taylor Mali’s “What Teachers Make.” (If you click that link you can listen to it, and I highly recommend you do.)  Years before we [...]

]]> http://www.rattle.com/poetry/2009/04/what-teachers-make-or-if-things-dont-work-out-you-can-always-go-to-law-school-by-taylor-mali/#comment-81 Karen Weyant Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:47:44 +0000 http://www.rattle.com/blog/?p=894#comment-81 I love Taylor Mali! Love him. His book What Learning Leaves is wonderful. I love Taylor Mali! Love him. His book What Learning Leaves is wonderful.

]]> http://www.rattle.com/poetry/2009/04/what-teachers-make-or-if-things-dont-work-out-you-can-always-go-to-law-school-by-taylor-mali/#comment-80 Eboni Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:37:22 +0000 http://www.rattle.com/blog/?p=894#comment-80 This is such a great poem! A lot of my friends are teachers or want to be teachers so this is amazing. This is such a great poem! A lot of my friends are teachers or want to be teachers so this is amazing.

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