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Poet Amanda Gorman has a star-making moment during Biden-Harris inauguration
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Poet Amanda Gorman has a star-making moment during Biden-Harris inauguration
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I was teaching during the inauguration. But I pulled up the ceremony and allowed the students to watch Biden take his oath. Afterwards I quickly shut it down and tried to catch up on the lesson I had already planned. One of my students during 6th period unmuted (which is rare). "Mrs. Bell? Did you see the poet? It really moved me". I told her I would watch it after class. When I did get a chance to watch it, I was so sad I missed the opportunity to share Amanda Gorman's dream of a better America with them in the moment. The next day, each class watched it with me. Students who normally never speak applauded her, telling me what her vision meant to them, that she was elegant, that she was brave. Watching her speak was a moment I will never forget. She made history with words of hope in a horribly fractured America. She brought a sense of patriotism and optimism that I haven't felt in some time. I know she inspired kids everywhere. Ahhh!!! It was so good. "If only we're brave enough to see it, If only we're brave enough to be it".
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HST580
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Amanda Gorman
Inauguration
poet
hopeful
America
pride
history making
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01/25/2021
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03/01/2021
04/09/2021
08/02/2022
09/15/2024
Date Created (Dublin Core)
01/20/2021
This item was submitted on January 25, 2021 by Dana Bell using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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