Students were asked to write a poem answering the question: 

           If the World Was Your Classroom, What Would you teach a girl?

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If the world was my classroom I would take my girl to see the under-privileged,

If the world was my classroom I would take my girl to see the middle-class,

If the world was my classroom I would take my girl to the aristocracy,

If the world was my classroom I would take my girl to see love,

If the world was my classroom I would take my girl to see jealousy,

If the world were my classroom I would take my girl to see hatred,

If the world were my classroom I would take my girl to see kindness,

If the world were my classroom I would take my girl to see family.

If the world was my classroom I would take my girl to see the wonders of the world,

If the world was my classroom I would take my girl to see the worst things in the world,

If the world were my classroom I would take  my girl to visit those older and wiser.

In my classroom the lessons would be endless but amazing and worthwhile all the same.

-Beth, High School Student

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    Students were asked to write a poem answering the question: 

           If the World Was Your Classroom, What Would you teach a girl?

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I sit with my student

On the edge of a cloud

With the classroom below

Her eagerness glows bright

I teach her the joy and pain of womanhood

I teach her the binding love of sisterhood

I teach her the gentle ways of motherhood

I teach her the innocent ways of childhood

Once the lesson is done

The girl must begin her livelihood

Together we step down

And enter the classroom of the world.

-Brandy, High School Student

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            Students were asked to write a poem answering the question: 

           If the World Was Your Classroom, What Would you teach a girl?

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A girl is no less than any kind of man

She can be as successful as any kind of guy can

I keep hearing the world tell us that a female has her place

I thought we were all equal in what we call the “human race”

Does she want to be the president? It hasn’t happened, but she could do it

She could be brilliant and magnificent, give her the chance! I bet she’ll prove it!

Her life could be more than how she is told it’s supposed to be

She shouldn’t feel limited, that’s really my only plea.

If she chooses to stay at home; that’s good! That’s great! That’s fine!

She gets to raise the future, that role is one that’s quite divine!

But if she wants more for herself, no one tell her that she can’t!!

Plain and simple, you better tell her, “Girl, you’ve got a chance!”

She should know that she is powerful, and she can impact the lives of millions

She could change the world! Heck, she could bank a couple billions!

Being female is an honor, no one ever make it sound like less

I want this girl to know she’s awesome, not a catastrophic mess!

She may not look like the model type that is seen on a magazine cover

Who cares! She’s determined! She’s ambitious! She’s a fighter and a lover!

If I could teach her just one thing, just something, oh anything:

“Girl, never hold yourself back! Now, go and get your dream!”

-Lydia, High School Student

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             Students were asked to write a poem answering the question: 

           If the World Was Your Classroom, What Would you teach a girl?

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I would teach you to enjoy the silence. 

It’s happy silence, heavy and wrapping.

Breathe in the turbulence of the world and

Release it to the wind, filling the hungry lungs of women just like you.

Women in Vanuatu, and Bhutan, and Arkansas.

I would teach you to be kind,

For every woman is gripped by the struggle.

A face dusty and haggard has its own elegance and beauty.

Understand the wrinkles in a woman’s brow, 

Even if you do not understand where they were born from,

Because they go down all seven layers.

I would teach you, finally, to teach yourself.

Weave curiosity and eccentricity into your life.

Find the gems in the fields that have long

Since been plucked of glittery rewards.

Carve your own paths into the mountains

That aren’t yet leathery and traveled.

Remember this, for eternal learning makes one eternally young.          

-Katherine, High School Student                                                

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              Students were asked to write a poem answering the question: 

           If the World Was Your Classroom, What Would you teach a girl?

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If the world was my classroom, I would teach a girl about what and who makes up this world.

I would take her to Egypt to observe the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

I would take her to the fashion capital of Milan, Italy to see where creativity in design is one-of-a-kind.

I would take her to the Great Wall of China, one of the world’s greatest structures for defense.

I would take her to the United Kingdom to see Stonehenge, a megalithic rock monument.

I would take her to Australia to listen to music and watch ballet at the Sydney Opera House.

I would take her to Tanzania to explore Mount Kilimanjaro and its three volcanic cones.

I would take her to France to learn how to make tomato bisque or crème brulée.

I would take her to the Amazon River in South America, which is the largest river in the world.

I would take her to Peru to climb Machu Picchu, one of the Incas best creations.

I would take her to New York to view the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of freedom.

If the world was my classroom, each day is a new day to learn and discover.

-Jennifer, College Student

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 Students were asked to write a poem answering the question: 

           If the World Was Your Classroom, What Would you teach a girl?

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Dear nine year old girl,

Enjoy the days when you and your dad would twirl.

Before you know it time flies

And soon you will be in junior high.

Don’t worry this is your awkward stage,

You will be beautiful by your 17th year of age.

In high school there will be many boys,

I encourage you to have fun but handle them with poise.

If the star quarterback doesn’t see that you are beautiful inside and out

Don’t worry I’ve heard college boys are what its all about.

So be patient with your life, enjoy being little,

And always remember, you don’t need a man to live your life like there’s no tomorrow.

-Jordyn, High School Student

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 Students were asked to write a poem answering the question: 

           If the World Was Your Classroom, What Would you teach a girl?

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Be passionate

Be passionate about life

Enthusiastically

Be passionate about love

Unconditionally

Be passionate about others

Selflessly

Be passionate about knowledge

Curiously

Be passionate about challenges

Gratefully

Be passionate about opportunity

Ceaselessly

-Adrienne, High School Student

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           Students were asked to write a poem answering the question: 

           If the World Was Your Classroom, What Would you teach a girl?

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Lessons I absorbed

through penetrable snakeskin,

every line a year of stumbles and mistakes

adding up like hard raindrops

In my arms she is shielded

by all my experience

every battle scar earned

from the perfect horror of ordinary days,

the constant weight of measuring ourselves

by the number of fingers on our skin

Someday I will be old

and she will be a woman bloomed

I will smile through my grey hair

watching her go to war

Armed with the heart she forged in an eon of personhood.

-Jessica, College Student

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           Students were asked to write a poem answering the question: 

           If the World Was Your Classroom, What Would you teach a girl?

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It doesn’t matter how much you weigh,

if you’re straight, lesbian, or gay,

you are beautiful in every way.

Tell yourself this every day,

then and only then may

others believe what you say.

Don’t allow yourself to be someone’s prey,

you are just as great as all the things they

desperatly try to portray.

-Kristy, College Student

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