Lessons for Understanding
A poem about clarity, patience, and the responsibility of teaching
Understanding is the purpose.
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This poem is about teaching and clear speech.
That lessons are for understanding, not admiration.
Poems conceal meaning and intent.
Not this one.
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Education is patience for the learner.
Ensuring his complete clarity.
Concepts rebound, over and over.
Work without thanks.
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I have questions from sometimes unwilling learners.
I highlight and sometimes admonish errors.
Mistakes that take a lifetime to correct.
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No literary comparisons, just precision.
Care in clarity.
The young ones need that.
It grants them respect
Not confusion.
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It is about transparency.
About perpetuating understanding.
For life.
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Original poem by Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin. AI tags are coincidental.
For Vocal's Say it Plainly Challenge.
About the Creator
Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin
Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.
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Comments (5)
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Very insightful. Thank you.
Care in clarity is a wonderful motto Well done!
“Lessons are for understanding, not admiration.” This line alone is a truth so often overlooked—thank you for putting it into words.
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