I'm excited to be starting this class. I have lots of ideas, but have always been nervous about taking the first step in putting the words on paper, rather making those first few keystrokes. I hope that this blog will serve as a useful medium for me to share my ideas and get feedback that will help me to become a better writer and educator.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Poem Number 4 - Spoken Word
Ughh...here was a tough one. I needed to continue on this theme of harassment. I have tried to let it go, but as of right now one of the few things that helps me to cope is writing about it. Thankfully this class came at just the right time for me.
I posted this, but just don't feel comfortable with it up. I will email the class the poem. I'm too nervous I am being watched by Big Brother here. Unfortunately nothing is safe or secure.
I'm 29 years old and I am married to my lovely wife Lisa of 5 years, who is also in this Creative Writing class. We have three wonderful children. Our oldest daughter Nevaeh is 4-1/2, our son McKail is 3 and our youngest daughter, Nadirah, is 14 months.
I currently teach middle school art and a 7th grade reading intervention class at the Chippewa Falls Middle School. I am also in the process of three projects: 1) Starting up a photography business. 2) Turning my thesis into a graphic novel article to submit for publication. 3) Taking Edgar Allen Poe's Poems and turning them into a graphic novel format. I hope that this will help other students who struggle with poetry, much the way I did. I was force fed poetry and made to understand the mechanics, but not given strategies on how to decipher meaning and what a true art form it really is.
I am a 1st semester PhD student in Art Education and I want to focus on merging the arts with literacy, a continuation of my Masters thesis which was partially written in a graphic novel format.
In my free time I enjoy spending time with my family, photography, reading, watching movies, the TV show Dexter and of course listening to music.
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