Learning, Learning and Learning

Learning, Learning and Learning

I have been thinking about what I wanted to write about what I have learned recently. I think I want to write on a bit of everything so bare with me please.

For starters let us talk about what I have learned in this class recently. I have learned that there are poems I do like. I have gone through English class always not looking forward to the poem section of the curriculum. I did enjoy our poem in class the other day. It opened me up a bit more to the idea that poems aren't just things I don't understand. Maybe I will read more poems. Maybe not. Either way I think I will go into reading poems with a better opinion of them. I have found more a style of poetry that I prefer. I enjoy poetry that isn't overfly wordy or fluffy. I rather like William Carlos Williams. I took the time to look up a few more poems and found that I enjoyed this one a lot!

Berket and the Stars

A day on the boulevards chosen out of ten years of
student poverty! One best day out of ten good ones.
Berket in high spirits--"Ha, oranges! Let's have one!"
And he made to snatch an orange from the vender's cart.

Now so clever was the deception, so nicely timed
to the full sweep of certain wave summits,
that the rumor of the thing has come down through
three generations--which is relatively forever.

 

I think I like that so much because it is simple but it tells a great story! The lines "One best day out of ten good ones" really hit a note per say. When looking through William Carlos Williams poems I didn't not like all of them but I did like some. It seems I can now enjoy poetry a little more than before. I have learned to realize that not every poem is for me but their are some out their that are for me!

 

From another class of mine I have been learning sign language. I have learned the alphabet and I am learning things like bat, ball, jump, throw and more. I have learned how hard it is in memorize this. How hard it would be to have a conversation in sign language. Learning a new language that doesn't have words is tough. I admit its one of the more challenging things I have done this semester. My heart now feels more for parents who have a child that needs sign language communication. Could you imagine having a brand new baby to take care of and learning a whole new language so that you can teach your child or at least speak with them once they learn. I can't imagine the challenges that parents could face. I can't begin to imagine the challenges a child who learns this as their only language. Wouldn't it be tough to know a language only a few people can speak in. It would be challenging to go about every day not knowing if anyone will be able to communicate with you. I know I strive on communication. I love when someone says hello to me or mentions something me to me like " I saw you walking the other day!". I thrive on communication. I think knowing that you can not communicate with everyone will be so challenging. I understand they learn to read and write and that what texting is for! But just stop and think for a moment: what if you couldn't hear? Kind of hard to imagine right? Maybe you never get to hear Of Mice and Men or John Denver. How would life be different. While learning this new language I have learned more to thank the Lord for the gifts he has blessed me with. For a mouth to sing with, a ear to hear with, eyes to see with and hands to work with are all blessings. I take these for granted. With this class I am learning to see these not as a given but as a gift. I thank my Physical Activity and Disability teacher Dr. Esposito for helping me rethink this. I am not sure he knows the depth it hit me. But none the less thank you for encouraging our class to think.

 

Thank you teachers at TCU for helping me think and rethink thoughts. Some that I haven't thought about before and others that I have set in stone too much.