paraphrase of the text The ironic subtext - what is really meant 1 We couldn’t do anything when you weren’t here‚ so we just sat at our desks and did nothing. Do you really think you’re so important the whole world stops and twiddles its thumbs when you’re not here? 2 I gave an exam worth 40 per cent and reading on which there’s a quiz today worth 50 per cent of the term mark. Can you understand how much you miss when you’re not in class? 3 Nothing in this course is valuable or meaningful and the
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In this module journal I will look to describe relevance and meaning of the poem Did I Miss Anything? Something I will look to do is to show who exactly is speaking in the poem and why it is clear it is these such people who are speaking. I also will look to show the viewpoints that both sides have and try to balance them out to show which side gives the better argument‚ this will also follow on from the people who are speaking and thus could be reason to why certain viewpoints rise. This will also
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School- More Than Just Learning In the poem‚ Students‚ by Tom Wayman‚ different theories of education are portrayed. Each different theory perceives different angles taken at the learning process. The Vaccination Theory of Education (line 12) describes a student that once they complete a course‚ they never look at the material again. Student who fall under this category often forget everything that they ever learnt. This could be very problematic when it comes to final exams‚ diploma exams as
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The poem Students by Tom Wayman expresses the idea that once you start following one of the education theories you cannot be swayed into following another. In the poem he talks about the four education theories: The Vaccination Theory of Education‚ The Dipstick Theory of Education‚ The Kung Fu Theory of Education‚ and The Easy Listening Theory of Education. Mr. Wayman thinks that it is likely all students use one of these theories of education. The Vaccination Theory is when people think that education
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In the poem “Students” by Tom Wayman‚ it reviews four theories with context on different learning methods. The first theory is the Vaccination Theory of Education”‚ detailing how once you have learned a subject‚ you never have to review or touch on the topic again for it is lodged in ones brain for all eternity. However‚ such a learning technique seems foolish because as time goes on‚ materials tend to fade in ones brain unless occasionally reviewed. With this in mind‚ material previously learned
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This poem dramatizes the qualities the speaker deems essential in the quest to achieve manhood. The speaker is most likely a fatherly figure to a biological son or a person whom he cares about in a paternal way. “If” especially appeals to younger generations because it provides rules that are “inspirational and motivational in their focus on personal integrity and moral behavior” (Perkins). In an instructive manner‚ the speaker urges his son to strive for greatness and success but also humility and
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“Wayman in Love” by Tom Wayman discusses the intrusion of the societal gaze into the intimate lives of people’s romance in a humourous way. He uses alliteration and the use of humor to express the abhorrent aspects of “societal gaze” on economics and personalities‚ in relationships. Wayman reflects this serious issue through the alliteration of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud. Karl Marx represents the economic judgments. For the cost of the relationship‚ Marx states that a lot of things are at stake:
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The Poem‚ "Students‚" by Tom Wayman talks about four theories of learning. The first theory presented in this poem is‚ "The Vaccination Theory of Education‚" (line 12). This theory speaks about students who feel that once they have completed a subject‚ they never have to look at it again. Students who fall into this category develop a sense of immunity once they have written a test on a particular unit of a subject. Unfortunately these students often forget everything that they have learned. This
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T: The theme of the poem is that of equality. Repetitively‚ the speaker compares himself and other people who might feel identify with him by the used of “we” in lines 1‚6 and 8. He criticizes “others” and how their attitude is negatively towards him. Therefore‚ he is not allowing this injustice and opposes his current condition and demands a change by expressing they should “beguile their limbs with mellow flute” (Cullen 6). This might refer to take action and not to continue suffering or “weeping”
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This poem is essentially the speaker’s parting words to his love. We see that he is very conflicted about his life. Even as he looks death in the eyes he’s unsure as to what comes next. He is weary of his life. He feels dead inside or perhaps he was born as a stillborn whose body had survived‚ adapting to the harsh world but his spirit still stuck inside the womb. He feels resentful that death has not come quickly‚ it was as if some force was pulling strings to keep his alive. So it’s easier just
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