Title: Poems
Author: User
Last saved by: Antoni Ruszkowski
Company: Regent Language Training

Editorial
In HLT Nov 2006  Paul Bress wrote a poem ( see below left) and this prompted  Mario Rinvolucri to write a companion piece ( see below right).

Parallel Poems

Paul Bress and Mario Rinvolucri

Bress                                                                                                                           Rinvolucri
                            
Remember the students’ names                                                  Remember your own full name  
Remember their nationalities                                                  Remember where you come from
Remember to tell them this and that                                       Remember to listen to their words
Remember to bring your handouts                                       Remember to ask for their thoughts
Remember to fill in the register                                                 Remember to feel each absence
Remember to record what you’ve taught                       Remember to record what they’ve said Remember to follow the programme                                      Remember to follow their rhythm
Remember the code for the staff room and photocopier   Remember the keys that unlock them                                                                                    
Remember your user name and password                                       Remember just who you are
Remember to check your emails                                             Remember to check who they are
Remember to attend staff meetings                                            Remember that gossip is empty
Remember what you are told to do there                             Remember that you teach this class
Oh , I almost forgot,                                                                                      Oh, I’ll never forget
Remember to live.                                                                                      Just how richly I live.