Aha Moments Poem

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The scene which resonated with me was when Keating asked Todd to demonstrate a barbaric YAWP and free style a poem. Todd had an aha moment and those happen to be my favorite moments in life, whether my own or witnessing someone else's. How often to we get to Yawp in front of our classmates? Never, but why not? The academic setting can be so rigid, our minds are constantly forced to learn things and the process can be inflexible. If we are able to learn in a way that frees our mind from rigid and down right boring power points, maybe the light will turn on by the path of least resistance and our own ingenious discovered with those glorious aha moments. I actually experienced the aha with some of our poetry reading and the help of Prof Jones'

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