A CRYSTAL OF A SNOWFLAKE

A single white snowflake

Dances in the crisp night air

Each unique, an extra crystal here-

another space there.

All the snowflakes trickle from heavens hand,

Covering the sky, as they expand.

Every one an individual, an irreplaceable design,

All of them independent, but wishing they were

mine

Soon to be joinedBy countless more

Twirling and swirling as if to explore.

Its individual placementIn the snow-covered floor.

A unanimous blanket is formed.

As each has found its

placementAtop a pinecone, amongst a thorn

bush.

The morning rays of a distant yellow sun

Illuminate a crystal here,

a sparkle there, Each a radiance of

its own little twinkle against a

thousand more.

The rays scatter by a

twist of a branch,

A turn of a tree trunk.

Yet some are caught

directly by the awaiting

crystal.

Ready to be

moulded and shaped by the dispenser of

light, Each dependant

on the other

The snowflake and the sun,

Unanimous in a sparkling

wonderland of snow.

ANALYSIS

The snowflake symbolizes the student while the sun is a symbol of the teacher. The snowflake, just

like the student, is uniquely different from any other snowflake. The blanket of snow then symbolizes a

collaborative learning environment, yet where each “snowflake” still holds on to its individuality. The sun (the teacher) then has to recognize each snowflake’s unique traits (multiple intelligences) and help each

student by how much they require (scaffolding), just like sun, sharing less of her rays while dispensing

more sunlight there. In the end, however, the teacher and the student should create a learning environment where not only the student is the

learner and the teacher the dispenser of information, but an environment where both the

teacher and the student are joined in a collaborative learning experience.

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