Response to Laura's Pedagogy Blog Wk 8

I'm glad to hear that this little experiment of yours went well. I've always wondered why boys shy away from poetry. I understand the obvious reasons, but I've always been biased. I'm curious as to what your students might come up with if you give them something a little more "expected"? Something like Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" and all of the stereotypical nature baggage? The class might veer a little heavier on the lecture aspect of things, given the need to place Frost in a Modernist context, but I think that trying to break up some of these preconceived notions might prove useful. I hope this helps.