{"id":1973,"date":"2016-09-09T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T04:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=1973"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:47:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:47:37","slug":"sept-9-a-teachers-contemplation-of-astudent-on-a-hard-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2016\/09\/09\/sept-9-a-teachers-contemplation-of-astudent-on-a-hard-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Sept 9 &#8211; a teacher&#8217;s contemplation of a\tstudent on a hard day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, September 9 \u00a0\u201cDid I Miss Anything?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The end of week two of this teaching and learning year. \u00a0A deft poem giving its word\u2019s to a teacher\u2019s voice, and the teacher within the poem imagining the voices of students on a hard day. \u00a0 It\u2019s another subtle piece of writing, warranting several reads.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the friend who sent this to the list.<\/p>\n<p>Have a blest weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>john sj<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s post\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Did I Miss Anything?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing. When we realized you weren\u2019t here<br \/>\nwe sat with our hands folded on our desks<br \/>\nin silence, for the full two hours<\/p>\n<p>Everything. I gave an exam worth<br \/>\n40 percent of the grade for this term<br \/>\nand assigned some reading due today<br \/>\non which I\u2019m about to hand out a quiz<br \/>\nworth 50 percent<\/p>\n<p>Nothing. None of the content of this course<br \/>\nhas value or meaning<br \/>\nTake as many days off as you like:<br \/>\nany activities we undertake as a class<br \/>\nI assure you will not matter either to you or me<br \/>\nand are without purpose<\/p>\n<p>Everything. A few minutes after we began last time<br \/>\na shaft of light suddenly descended and an angel<br \/>\nor other heavenly being appeared<br \/>\nand revealed to us what each woman or man must do<br \/>\nto attain divine wisdom in this life and<br \/>\nthe hereafter<br \/>\nThis is the last time the class will meet<br \/>\nbefore we disperse to bring the good news to all people\u00a0 on earth.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing. When you are not present<br \/>\nhow could something significant occur?<\/p>\n<p>Everything. Contained in this classroom<br \/>\nis a microcosm of human experience<br \/>\nassembled for you to query and examine and ponder<br \/>\nThis is not the only place such an opportunity has been gathered<\/p>\n<p>but it was one place<\/p>\n<p>And you weren\u2019t here<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2016\/09\/TomWayman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1974\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2016\/09\/TomWayman.jpg\" alt=\"tomwayman\" width=\"171\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tom Wayman \u00a01945 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, September 9 \u00a0\u201cDid I Miss Anything?\u201d The end of week two of this teaching and learning year. \u00a0A deft poem giving its word\u2019s to a teacher\u2019s voice, and the teacher within the poem imagining the voices of students on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2016\/09\/09\/sept-9-a-teachers-contemplation-of-astudent-on-a-hard-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11641],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1975,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973\/revisions\/1975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}