Once Upon A Time Poem by DM W

Once Upon A Time

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Once upon a time, when I worked so aimlessly,
At the local college of spurious knowledge.
We had to develop things called ILPs: that's
'Individual Learning Plans' for those not so
Familiar with so called ' educational'
Models.Anyway, to cut a long story short,
Like lesson plans, they were a real pain in the neck.
So I decided, in my wisdom, to refer
To them, rather cynically, as 'Incredibly
Laborious Paperwork', since I considered
The whole enterprise to be nothing but a sham!
O it was like teaching with a straight jacket on!
Now that I'm free, from this most repressive system,
I can plan and teach so much more creatively.

Thursday, October 24, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: education
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Michael Hopkins 24 October 2019

That was bad but I disdained the endless meetings where many problems were aired and few solved. I too have been in the education game and am glad that I am now retired. Anyhow, good expression of your disdain. Well penned as usual, Dominic.

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Dominic Windram 24 October 2019

Ah yes the endless meetings chaired by meddling middle managers who were completely redundant and got in the way...like midges at a campsite! These days, my middle name is disdain!

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Kingsley Egbukole 24 October 2019

Creative teaching is far more better that stereotype teaching. Beautiful. Please kindly check my poems HOPE and THE BEAUTY OF DEATH. Kingsley Egbukole

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Dominic Windram 24 October 2019

Thanks Kingsley!

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