We started Hamlet today,

Not completely sure why because a certain Mrs. Kelly Clinch wasn't present and we weren't able to go really in depth with the first two scenes because we had no one to guide us.

So for my poem and my blog I said. "Hey Sven, why don't you write a little poem?"

Okay if you insist. The poem is known as 

"What's it like with no guide"

As I sat there in my cold hard seat,

I stared blankly at the book,

interrupted by little Kylie

"Stop kicking your damn feet"

The sub asked us for page 1

"Who wants to be Francisco?"

Wait, so quick?

Are we not exploring theme 

or language

or anything?

irritation, I wanna scream.

With no guide

how can we expect to learn?

The sub was really nice

Yet she was empty, I sighed

She didn't understand Shakespeare.

She didn't get the diction

or significance of the plot 

I'm screwed, oh dear.

Just a funny little poem I thought I would introduce, but in all seriousness… it’s a very interesting conflict to explore. Having a good teacher is such a vital part of being in a classroom it’s sad to see the line between a country such as United States and one such as Sudan divide even further. I live in a country where teachers are underpaid from the outset, in a country where there is less development… such as Sudan, not only are teachers paid nothing… they aren’t able to get qualified either.

“But Sven schooling in other countries isn’t so bad… and why do you care anyways, you have a wonderful education”

Well because I don’t see myself as a member of Georgia, or the United States, or the North American continent. I see myself as a member of humanity, a genus we often forget that we belong to, high schoolers don’t often think of education. Yet when they do it isn’t of how we can better education in general, or how we can get more qualified teachers into classes… it’s about when anchor time is going to start. Fundamentally a world where having high schoolers push for better learning themselves is not possible, but I fully believe that there are individuals that believe to be a part of the human race and first and foremost want talented teachers for every child that is born. A more clever society can open the possibility to so many things, what if the next Einstein or Mark Twain is stuck inside one of India’s 70+ children classrooms?

It would be really wonderful if each school could require a class that would team high schoolers and teachers together that could figure out ways to help individual schools across the globe and help set goals and pitch ideas that could change the course of humanity.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.