The teacher, referring to Thoreau\u2019s Walden,
the exerpt from the exerpt, really,
asks Are there any other examples: ways you see people
wasting their time, wasting good hours<\/p>\n
of their lives? And Juan says Yeah,
all those guys who mow their lawns
so much, like with surgical scissors<\/p>\n
whereupon the testy white kid claims
with intensity Hey! I mow lawns, I make MONEY
from mowing lawns, and I take exception
to that kind of statement being made<\/p>\n
and even the testy white kid\u2019s best buddies
are shaking their heads and laughing,
making the kid understand and laugh now too,
learning, inching & progressing:<\/p>\n
unwasted Time.<\/p>\n
Van Zant has taught near-dropouts for 14 years and has written many other poems related to students in his alternative school–white, black and Hispanic (dysfunctionality knows no racial boundaries).<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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