Organic Farming Slam Poem

Organic Farming

By Nicole McCord

 

Organic farming, organic farming

Little is to know how much you actually are harming

The earth

The people

The bugs

And the economy

Some people think you are still owned by a small family

Maybe some ten years ago when people still had jobs and the economy was alright

But now you barely have to pick a fight

To get one hundred percent of your food organic for sure

The process of how they are grown is much of a blur

Some of you tree huggers think organic farming is the way to go

But in reality it truly is not so

Organic farms produce fewer yields

So much more lands are taken in to become fields
Causing a larger imbalance in the ecosystems

So maybe go reevaluate your latest theorems

About this issue that can save you alot of dough

The organic farms are not making the universe flow

You say mmmm these tomatoes taste so juicy and great

They are even the reddest ones i've seen to date

When really they aren't and it's all in your mind

If you did some actual research you really would find

That organic foods are no better than the rest

They could even cause a severe pain in your chest

With the lack of intensity in all of the pesticides

They are used more frequently causing many cases of ecoli's

Maybe your sick and you think organic foods will heal you

Lets just say it's really such bull poo

That these foods are loaded with nutrients, antioxidants and especially vitamins

You are basically as knowledgeable as Charlie Sheen when he says he wins

If you want to pay twice as much for your food
Then might I say you are crazy dude
Also if you want your food to be genetically modified
I can honestly say I will not eat a meal by your side
And if you want to have your foods loaded with copper and sulfur

The use of these pesticides should seriously cause a stir

But these organic farms are becoming cocky and shady

Ten years back we may have personally known the lady

Who started this all the way back to its root

Little did she know it would cause such a hoot

And make organic farming turn into the most profitable industry

I know in my heart to support them is besides me

Organic farming, organic farming

Seriously do you know how much you actually are harming?

Becoming Bansky

On Monday our class participated in the becoming Banksy project. To be honest I was slightly concerned when Ms. Hasson first assigned it but when she became so incredibly excited about it then that's when I became excited too. Jono and I immediately came up with our idea and it wasn't too complicated with supplies. Our idea was to write out the word TENURE in big letters in caution tape on the walls in the elevator near our classroom in the AC building. We didn't have to go too early to school to set up but it was a little awkward while we were setting it up. The maintenance guy came into the elevator while we were beginning to set it up so we had to wait til he went out of the elevator. I think we rode up and down about 10 times. About five minutes after we set it up the maintenance guy came back and took it all down. As we walked around to each persons art the ideas were cooler and cooler. All of the arguments were great and I agreed with them all. My favorite I think was the ones in the parking lot with the extra spots and also the staff spots changed to also student spots. This project as a whole was awesome, it was a really fun handson project to do. I'm also so glad our teacher did not get in trouble since it caused such a stir around campus.

Education

Tenure is probably the thing that bothers me the most about education. It basically gives the teacher no incentive to teach. Once a teacher hits tenure their whole dynamic changes. They don't have to teach with passion, with fun or anything like that. All they have to do is be there and teach something and they will not get fired. In my own experience I have had so many horrible teachers that were protected by tenure. They did not teach, all they did was show us movies, pile on a bunch of work and boss us around. Teachers with tenure are usually the ones who do not deserve their jobs. I have had teachers that were full of passion and amazing and so into the subject they taught but because of budget cuts they were the ones fired. The great teachers that actually are there because they WANT to teach deserve the job over the teacher with the stack of complaints who sits and twiddles their thumbs.