Student Evaluation Form for ESOL/ELL Tutor: Friday Office Poetry
Difficult Heart
The question says
I should be
Completely honest
I always felt
My honesty was
In question
We were not allowed
To take books home
Or so she said
We were not allowed
To see our test results
Or so she said
We were not allowed
To learn from home
Or so she said
I heard her tell
The new teacher
Not to be soft-hearted
I looked it up
Soft-hearted sounds
So nice but isn’t
What I learned
I taught myself
Soft-hearted is
What hard-hearted*
Teachers think
That love is not
When they have
A pocket full of pens
They will not share
–Ticky Kennedy
Reclusive Poet in Residence
SchoolNewsToday.com
NOTE
* According to a Pennsylvania State study, “Teachers’ negative beliefs and attitudes toward English Language Learners (ELL) result in reduced support and resources necessary for academic success. In order to avoid academic inequality and disadvantages, it is crucial for teachers, teacher educators, school administrators, policymakers, and researchers to make an effort to change teachers’ negative beliefs and attitudes towards English Language Learners” Science Direct.
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