Just a Little Something to Hold You Over

Until I can find the time and energy to write a real post, here is a little something i wrote during last week's Art Camp Training:

My World Turned Upside Down

Beakers, burets, experiments

This is what I am used to.

Calculators, computers, microscopes

These are my preferred tools.

Calculus, chemistry, physics

These are the concepts that govern my life.

Laboratories, offices, conference rooms

These are my chosen dwellings.

Powerpoint, excel, Nature

These are how I convey my ideas.

Carbon nanotubes, atoms, the Periodic Table

These are a few of my favorite things.

Textbooks, Advisors, Professional Societies

These are my references.

Suddenly I was thrust into an alternate universe.

Where life is based on letters and not numbers.

Suddenly my world changed from concrete, quantitative, abstract concepts

To a life that is subjective and not black nor white.

Now paper, pencils, and erasers

Are the tools that rule my life.

Now sight words, rhymes, and word families

Are how I express my wildest dreams.

Now phonics, consonants and vowels

Are how I formulate my sentences.

Now stories, poems, and songs

Are how I share my thoughts and my feelings.

Now storybooks, dictionaries and thesauruses

Are what help me get by.

Now posters, flash cards, flip charts

Are what decorate my new home, the Reading Room.

Now games, group work, and pep talks

Are what help us succeed.

Suddenly I am using a portion of my brain previously uncharted.

And though it is challenging, it is intriguing all the same.