rushing | Shawn L. Bird

poem-instructions January 25, 2017

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 10:41 am
Tags: exams, listening, pay attention, poem, poetry, reading, rushing, school, students, teaching, test

So much difficulty

is avoided

when we read the instructions.

If you don’t know what is asked

why do you try

to answer?

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I’m marking exams at the moment and astonished at how often answers in no way reflect the question asked.

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