RAISED HANDS: Some thoughts about classroom pedagogy and conformity 

	How many raised hands
	are never answered?
	How many questions
	are ignored or ridiculed?
	Why is curiosity
	so often disparaged?
	Why are so few educators
	willing to see things through?

	Tiredness and mediocrity?
	Or perhaps a deeper fear
	our knowledge
	is incomplete?

	The next time questions
	resisting simple answers appear
	what will you say or think?


Liao:    At first I was tempted to say something sarcastic, but it seems wiser to stay 
         silent because the poem makes a valid point.

Satoru:  (with a subdued smile) Yeah, it raises an uncomfortable truth. . .

Melissa: Anyway, often our questions seem irrelevant. Life goes on in a mostly 
         pre-programmed manner regardless of our inquiries.

Tim:     When to question? When to be silent? That is an issue we all need to reflect on. 

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from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A pictorial poem and dialogue about education, conformity and mediocrity.
KEYWORDS: education for mediocrity, McDonaldized education, education for conformity, intellectual inquiry

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2002 in Nagoya, Japan  / Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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BŬLGARSKI  https://www.tnewfields.info/Translations/Botev1.htm
ESPAÑOL    https://www.tnewfields.info/es/manos.htm
FRANÇAIS   https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/mains.htm
NIHONGO:   https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/kyoshu.htm
ZHŌNGWÉN   https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/jushou.htm