This week's poem is by Cicely Herbert, who is still alive (thus the poem is still within copyright). She's one of the originators of the Poems on the Underground program, and one of the POTU books is where I found it.
The line of laminated poems is growing along the wall, week by week. Poems coming out from inside the covers of books, and being around for students to read, think, ponder. It's one of those things you do in teaching, a stone tossed into a pond and you may never know where all the ripples travel, or who they touch. You need a certain optimism, to be a teacher, a willingness to work without some of the more direct rewards of commerce. You may never fully know what, or if, you have achieved, by programs such as this. If, however, the alternative is to not try at all, then that is sadder by far.
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I am finding your blog inspiring. I too have been a TL for over 20 years and am going through a crisis with a new Principal who has completely different views to mine about CPPT and libraries and the role of the TL. He hasn't shared his vision but I am in despair. Your great site gives me fresh ideas and hope!
Thank you for your comment, and the encouragement (it's good to know this blog is finding friends and being of use). Hang in there with your current situation. Sometimes the increments of change are so small we don't realise them. Forge on with your vision!
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