I taught fifth grade for years, and this poem was in one of the fifth grade readers. The first time I read it, I decided it was worthy of remembering as one of life’s beautiful lessons. So, I went against all my college training about not having students memorize poetry and had them do exactly that very thing I was told to not do.
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I taught fifth grade for years, and this poem was in one of the fifth grade readers. The first time I read it, I decided it was worthy of remembering as one of life’s beautiful lessons. So, I went against all my college training about not having students memorize poetry and had them do exactly that very thing I was told to not do.