Clark Lachowski: I would say whats more important about it is the learning and memory skills it would develop. The poetry is nice and I suppose a way to introduce the kids to culture and such, but otherwise irrelevant.
Patrick Bitsui: I am over 40 and poetry was taught when I was in primary school and we had to learn it by heart, what is your issue with this brilliant brain cell building exercise for children who do little at home in this current generation due to both parents working and the internet being the focus of most play.It stimulates their brain cell growth allows them many cognitive function skills and gives them a wider view of culture apart from Iron man and transformers and Jinx club.our little kiddies are smarter energetic enthusiastic creative growing bodies and brains willing to suck in all experiences.Better the experiences be good than bad ones they see on television...Show more
Barton Morfee: education shouldn't be about 'usefulness'. why! did they insist i take algebra? useless. what about all those crap 'parts of a sentence'? absolutely no real world value. diagramming a sentence was wasted time. we could teach the kids to speak standard enough english by the time they were teenagers and then we could concentrate on useful stuff, like how to scan a bar code or to drop an order of fries in the deep fryer.education should be about a well rounded base of knowledge, culturally appropriate. art is part of our culture and should be taught in school. that includes poetry.i was 13 when i first heard, "listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of paul revere. on the 18th of april in '75 and the is hardly a man still alive that can remember that famous day and year." *go look it up*....close enough. i remember it 33 years later. it opened a verbal world i would never have explored otherwise. 'well rounded' is good... plus poetry has gotten me laid a couple of different times, that makes it! useful too....Show more
Nell Dipiero: my love of poetry! began in primary school when a teacher (god bless her!) compelled us to learn by heart, and recite a poem.i think it can only do children good. poetry can teach so many things...true, it might be wasted on some, but for others it will be a gift.
Matt Gerdeman: I can still recall the poems I learnt in primary school. There does seem a lot of pointless learning - there is so much knowledge to cram in. But at the same time, yes, I'd like to support children learning poetry by heart. Call it sentiment.
Kenneth Blacker: I am torn, to be honest. Well, as usual, how could you expect simple yes or no answer from me, anyway. Right? Ok, so..There definitely are some reasons that go for this cause. Yes, children will benefit thanks to gaining more not as often used words to their vocabulary. They will practice their minds when memorizing the poems. They will also learn to think while reading, but also think in a different way, look for often hidden subtext in between ! the lines.But, I remember I didn't like poetry, so I understand kids who struggle with it. I often wasn't able to see what the author meant by it. I mean, not only sometimes it is really hidden or hard to get it, but sometimes I think nobody can really say what the author actually meant, because those are his/her inner thoughts. Often so ambiguous. And it drove me crazy that I never could know for SURE what the author meant.Another reason that might go against is that if your main goal is to extend the vocabulary - there might be other, more effective ways of doing so....Show more
Malcom Fenoff: I like the concept. The kids will probably memorize it better with some rap music beat in the background...What's wrong with poetry? It refines the mind, or drives it nuts a la Virginia Wolf or Anne Sexton...Hmmm, maybe poetry's not such a good idea....Show more
Ezekiel Kadner: If it's being added to teach kids with memorization and memory skills I could support it. I! f he's just one of these people who thinks poetry is the greatest thing! in the world to him so it should be to kids too it's pointless. Let's face it, unless you become an English teacher or poet none of the poems you read in school will ever benefit you again. Why did he specifically make it poetry? I can see giving kids something to memorize but it's a little weird he'd make it poetry.
Sherrill Botting: @WaterlinPrecisely. You could argue that mathematics is wasted on some, but the subject is an imperative part of the curricular.
Jayson Brod: @DenverYou're assuming children will not like to learn poetry, but it can be made so much fun for them.
Carolynn Testani: I wouldn't mind, so long I didn't have to write or choose the poem. I didn't like all the creative stuff at school, it was way too personal for me and it used to make me shy.
Marcellus Exler: @DaninI APPROVE of this. I'm sorry if I didn't make that clear enough.
Ronnie Sardi: William Blake's Joy and Woe:Joy and woe are woven fine,A clothing for the s! oul divine,Under every grief and pineRuns a joy with silken twine.It is right it should be so;Man was made for joy and woe;And when this we rightly know,Through the world we safely go.great question - thanks...Show more
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