quote- fly off | Shawn L. Bird

quote- fly off October 31, 2013

Filed under: Poetry,Quotations — Shawn L. Bird @ 3:18 pm

Apollinaire said

“Come to the edge,” he said.

They said, “We are afraid.”

“Come to the edge,” he said.

They came.

He pushed them…

and they flew

-Christopher Logue

This the essence of teaching: challenging our students to take a risk, so they can achieve more than they ever thought was possible.

9 Responses to “quote- fly off”

redjim99 Says:
October 31, 2013 at 3:44 pm
Love this quote,

Jim

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  October 31, 2013 at 5:18 pm
  Good summary, isn’t it?
  
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Michael56j Says:
October 31, 2013 at 4:15 pm
Ooh! Parenthood in the raw 🙂

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  October 31, 2013 at 5:18 pm
  Yes! True
  
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Ribbons Undone Says:
October 31, 2013 at 5:29 pm
This has so many metaphors….

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  October 31, 2013 at 6:20 pm
  Quite profound, eh?
  
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iithinks Says:
November 1, 2013 at 1:34 pm
One of my favorites! 🙂

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  November 1, 2013 at 5:07 pm
  It’s a good one!
  
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toad (chris jensen) Says:
November 1, 2013 at 4:59 pm
Reblogged this on tot123itsme.

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