“Our goal as teacher-learners becomes not so much the delivering of knowledge or even of skills. It is to re-form or transform people’s orientations-as-a-whole to personal, work, and civic life. Prime subject matter become that implied in perceiving and evaluating any experiences, as they occur in the contexts of classroom subject matter, student interactions, in home street, anywhere.”
Rachel Lauer
Theodore Roethke’s poem My Papa’s Waltz inspired Athena to write,
Even though the many kids
Dread his heavy hand
They hang on his every word
His wish is their command.
Generous with his money
Til all of it is gone
When the pockets are cold and empty
He works with his friend John.
He works real hard to make it right
And give his kids their every delight
The Waterways Project of Ten Penny Players curriculum grew out of the diverse voices from New York City’s Alternative High School students. In reading, writing, publishing, and discussing poetry, we asked the student to hear what they were thinking, listen to their words, and use those words as material in the creation of art.
Ten Penny Players’ small poetry press publishing curriculum and the advent of desktop publishing came at a time when public schools sought to include more students and meet the needs of students with disabilities. The small site based publications were used in classrooms as vehicles for private introspection, to reinforce academic subjects, and to reflect on providing service for others.
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