082013 #treefrog what we see going on in your poem, this is what we hear, this is what we don't hear, here's some ideas, what about this, and the whole thing is we would be a roomful of people, not a judge and a bunch of underlings, and this is not just because i am young now, i would always want it to be like this. i would want my students to know when they come into my class that we are going to have a good time and play some games. and practice, practice, practice. the main goal isn't even to learn to write; it is to build up our muscles and our laughter guns for the battle against the indifference that leeches across the country twenty four hours a day.