Taylor+Mali

media type="youtube" key="tpog1_NFd2Q?fs=1" height="385" width="480" Irony was used in this slam poetry piece when he called home to the parents and make them tremble with fear but instead compliments their child. Simile was also used a lot in this poem when he refereed to getting an A- as a slap in the face. The theme to this poem was that teachers make a difference. They make students try their best, they influence, they encourage, they educate, they are so much more than the amount of money they make. The question the lawyer asked "what do you make?" was referring to money, but instead Taylor looks at it in a different way. He sees being a teacher as something to be proud of because teachers make students what they are, they are their guide, their helper, and sometimes their friend. Every accomplishment and every goal towards life, teachers lead them through. I decided to chose this poem because it really spoke to me about what teachers do. They really deserve more credit then what's usually given. Great leaders and people who have had major accomplishments in life had all had a teacher who made them chose that path, and and walked them through that road. So I think this poem is sending an important message and how teachers really do deserve more credit then we give them for.