 I live in the suburb near a major city.  I have three children, two boys and a girl.  I have a garden. I have graduated. I am an English teacher. I teach English to 6th graders. I love spoken word poets. I teach poetry in my class.
 I am a poet and live in rural area.  I am part of a gun club. I like to donate to homeless people. I have graduated. I have fish who is sick. My grammar is not very good.
We've been reciting poetry in class this week. that's fantasic! Any style in particular? It's hard getting some people interested these days.  We've been focusing on haiku's for now, it's so interesting to see what the kids come up with. Haikus were always too rigid for me, but I'll bet setting constraints is really helpful with kids. Maybe I'm just not creative enough for that form, haha.  I'm finding it's good to get them thinking and considering the use of words, although I suppose they're all used to limits on things like Twitter these days! It's just nice to see a little bit of excitement from them when it comes to poetry. That is good. Do your children take an interest in poetry or are they not at that point yet?  They're not really that interested, my daughter is more focussed on animals right now and my son's are gaming crazy. I don't want to push it too far & push them even further away from it! How's your fish doing, is he doing any better this week? He's doing alright! I never thought I'd need to take my fish to a vet before, but this infection came out of nowhere. Maybe something I put in his tank didn't agree with him.  I bet it's hard though when it's your pet, they become part of your family, of course you want to help him! My daughter is desperate for a pet, I'm trying to explain to her how much responsibility it is. I think having a sick pet would devastate her! Yeah, kids don't realize that a huge part of the pet thing is knowing that you're gonna outlive them. When I was growing up my dad would always tell me that if a dog needs to be put down the owner needs to take them out back and do it himself. Maybe that's why I stick to fish. Less cuddly.  Oh gosh, that's awful, there is no way I could do that to a family pet! I think I'll keep putting her off until she's a little older and can fully understand what pet ownership fully means Yeah, it was a pretty rough thing to say to a kid. My dad was always one of those rough and tumble types. He was a good man, just harsh around the edges if you get what I mean. 