A teacher’s tension
Driven by growth, choosing life in a classroom
Passion for a subject—arts, science, drama, math
Passing on passion, knowing students move on
Is it naïve to expect they will adopt her passion?
A teacher’s tension
Love for a subject, words come natural
Energy, stories, all that rich history
But questioned by students, ‘what of it for me?’
For content or performance, what is the teacher to do?
A teacher’s tension
Choosing the performance, material’s back seat
The performance of a subject, ‘to this you’ll apply’
The teacher finally sees, what is it that drives
Students to markets, not her subject’s passion alive
A teacher’s tension
Charisma—not content—becomes the students’ baited care
The teacher’s ethos, made by applications for acting
And the teacher’s legacy, defined by students’ memory
Remembered for her performance, but content less savory
