Ocean Grove Primary School circa 1957
Some minds twitch with eager attention –
ready to absorb, engage and respond.
Others meander between sleep and apathy.
A few sparkle with their own thoughts and musings –
but not with my instructions.
The sound of a football or distant song, piques their interest,
however the poem or play, theme or plot hardly registers.
How to excite the neurons,
that is the question.
To electrify ideas, thought and wonder
beyond the mundane and internet fed drivel,
is the challenge …
as the wandering mind sits behind the desk,
waiting for recess.
Travels from Ur 