About being a teacher #2
Sunday 14 August 2022
Another happy discovery in my back-files, as part of my on-going house-moving clear-out (scenario...might as well make the phrase really clunky!). Again, I have no idea where this came from, except that it arrived by FAX - it still has the data automatically included at the top of the sheet. Remember when faxes were cutting edge?
Anyway, here's a neat little poem...
THE LESSON
Then Jesus took his disciples up the mountain
and gathering them around him he taught them
saying
blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
blessed are the meek
blessed are they that mourn
blessed are the merciful
blessed are they that thirst for justice
blessed are all the concerned
blessed are you when you are persecuted
blessed are you when you suffer
be glad and rejoice for great is your reward in heaven
try to remember what I’m telling you
.
Then Simon Peter said
will this count?
and Andrew said
will we have a test on it?
and James said
when do we have to know it for?
and Phillip said
how many words?
and Bartholemew said
will I have to stand up in front of the others?
and John said
the other disciples didn’t have to learn it
and Matthew said
how many marks do we get for it?
and Judas said
what’s it worth?
and the other disciples likewise.
.
Then one of the Pharisees who was present
asked to see Jesus’ lesson plan
and inquired of Jesus
his terminal objectives in the cognitive domain
.
And Jesus wept.
.
Don Limelan ‘Birds of Fire’ 1985
I imagine we've all been there and done that?