Something to think about . . . do some of us still cling? . . . obediently and thoughtlessly . . . to beliefs such as
I can't / poets can't understand mathematics
or
I can't / math people can't understand poetry
Current interactive teaching/learning processes are helping to revise those negative attitudes -- and my thoughts on the subject were brought to mind by a poem that showed up recently in my email. It is Poem 15 in the Poetry 180 project, an activity initiated in 2002 by Poet Laureate Billy Collins in 2002 -- a project that provides a poem for students for each day of the traditional school year. (Each Sunday subscribers get an email that provides a link to a poem for each day of the coming week.)
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