Little Billy
Viewing comments for Chapter 2 "Chasing my Tail."memiors from my life experiences.
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Comment from mmmichelle34
The picture was cute the little doggy chasing his tail enjoying life and the way you described it was real nice great work...
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The picture was cute the little doggy chasing his tail enjoying life and the way you described it was real nice great work...
Comment Written 31-Aug-2010
reply by the author on 31-Aug-2010
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thank you i appriciate your excellent review.
Comment from Cedar
This is very well written. Life at times, does make you feel as though you're just running in circles and being led around like a dog on a leash. But, eventually we all
break the chain and begin to figure things out on our own.
reply by the author on 31-Aug-2010
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This is very well written. Life at times, does make you feel as though you're just running in circles and being led around like a dog on a leash. But, eventually we all
break the chain and begin to figure things out on our own.
Comment Written 31-Aug-2010
reply by the author on 31-Aug-2010
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thank you for your excellent review. and i have figured some things out.
Comment from the blue pixel
This is brilliant and I so relate to it. I went back to University at the age of 38 and quickly learned that many lecturers just loved me if I swallowed their line of thinking, their propoganda and I was virtually guaranteed a distinction. I love your analogy that to think like they think is akin to a dog chasing its tail but I am positive, if this poem is any guide, that you have long since sailed your own ship and you are doing it very well. The Blue Pixel
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This is brilliant and I so relate to it. I went back to University at the age of 38 and quickly learned that many lecturers just loved me if I swallowed their line of thinking, their propoganda and I was virtually guaranteed a distinction. I love your analogy that to think like they think is akin to a dog chasing its tail but I am positive, if this poem is any guide, that you have long since sailed your own ship and you are doing it very well. The Blue Pixel
Comment Written 31-Aug-2010
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thank you for your your insite and your excellent review and i have cleared my own path.
Comment from RKagan
This is a very interesting poem, especially to me. I have very limited education and I have always felt that I missed something. I thought that school helped you to think for yourself, however your poem tells me that it trys to conform you. This is a well written piece and very thought provoking. good work
reply by the author on 31-Aug-2010
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This is a very interesting poem, especially to me. I have very limited education and I have always felt that I missed something. I thought that school helped you to think for yourself, however your poem tells me that it trys to conform you. This is a well written piece and very thought provoking. good work
Comment Written 31-Aug-2010
reply by the author on 31-Aug-2010
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thank you. most people with a higher education wont admit that that is what the poem says. but you are right on.
Comment from Mithma
Oh! I love it. It really explains what teaching is. The flow is good. Nice combination of words. Very good rhythem at the right places. But I don't agree with the topic. It is bit biased. In the poem you question two sides. If you get what I mean.
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Oh! I love it. It really explains what teaching is. The flow is good. Nice combination of words. Very good rhythem at the right places. But I don't agree with the topic. It is bit biased. In the poem you question two sides. If you get what I mean.
Comment Written 31-Aug-2010
reply by the author on 31-Aug-2010
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yes it is but that is how i felt at the time. Thanks for the great review.
Comment from tony bronk
Wow! Such a low view of college. Just where else are you going to learn how to be a doctor or lawyer? or a tecnician? Or astonomy with its many and deep things to learn? Ok poem. Tony
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Wow! Such a low view of college. Just where else are you going to learn how to be a doctor or lawyer? or a tecnician? Or astonomy with its many and deep things to learn? Ok poem. Tony
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Comment Written 31-Aug-2010
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Its just a poem. Thanks for the review.
Comment from Amicus
This is an interesting little poem with a smooth flow and a lively rhythm. If I were in a college where I was being to taught to think like my teachers think, I would run like hell...I spent years in academic life as a student and a teacher and was taught to think, not to think like my teachers...in fact, students who spat back teacher thoughts were not seen as good students at all and were often challenged aggressively by their teachers to get them to think for themselves. With the sort of education you are referring to, it is clear that the student would not be a ship ready to sail...and because he has yet to find his own tail, he probably would just simply be chasing his teachers tail. The presentation of your thinking in this free verse
poem is very good; the thinking however seems somewhat imprecise to me.
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This is an interesting little poem with a smooth flow and a lively rhythm. If I were in a college where I was being to taught to think like my teachers think, I would run like hell...I spent years in academic life as a student and a teacher and was taught to think, not to think like my teachers...in fact, students who spat back teacher thoughts were not seen as good students at all and were often challenged aggressively by their teachers to get them to think for themselves. With the sort of education you are referring to, it is clear that the student would not be a ship ready to sail...and because he has yet to find his own tail, he probably would just simply be chasing his teachers tail. The presentation of your thinking in this free verse
poem is very good; the thinking however seems somewhat imprecise to me.
Comment Written 31-Aug-2010
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Most educated people feel the way you do and you are corect I just fekt this way for a little while.
Comment from heyjude
What an interesting poem with a message that we need to
grow and think on our own. We have teachers, but we take
what we can from them and then use our minds to think for
ourselves. The picture goes along with the poem well.
reply by the author on 31-Aug-2010
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What an interesting poem with a message that we need to
grow and think on our own. We have teachers, but we take
what we can from them and then use our minds to think for
ourselves. The picture goes along with the poem well.
Comment Written 31-Aug-2010
reply by the author on 31-Aug-2010
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Thanks for the excellent review. Im glad you liked it.
Comment from skye
What a great metaphor about learning and growing and becoming adult.
The learning process is so complex. Teachers are essential, then we must learn to stand by what we believe, and ultimately become the teacher.
Very well done.
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What a great metaphor about learning and growing and becoming adult.
The learning process is so complex. Teachers are essential, then we must learn to stand by what we believe, and ultimately become the teacher.
Very well done.
Comment Written 30-Aug-2010
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thank you. I have found I have offended alot of educators and some students but it is just a fun poem to make you think.
Comment from honeytree
I really loved this picture of the dog and the words written are very clever,and enjoyable to read.
I hope you write more.
I feel poems such as this one would be great in a book.
Honey tree
reply by the author on 30-Aug-2010
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I really loved this picture of the dog and the words written are very clever,and enjoyable to read.
I hope you write more.
I feel poems such as this one would be great in a book.
Honey tree
Comment Written 30-Aug-2010
reply by the author on 30-Aug-2010
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Thank you. I hope to write more.