In the Station of the Metro

In the Station of the Metro

by Ezra Pound

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;

Petals on a wet, black bough.

To me this poem perfectly describes how people feel about technology today.  Pound is describing an instance where someone is in a metro station and the person is overwhelmed by the crowd of people, in the end they are just blurring by. For most people, technology is this same way. If you have learned something a specific way, then you are more likely to not want to have to learn a completely knew system. We are creatures of habit and familiarity. In the end though, my above poem also displays what technology is made for. This type of poem is in the genre a minimalism, and in the end technology is made to make life easier and to have short cuts. Just like Pound's movement of having poetry in as little words as possible and mean something profound, that is what technology for education is supposed to do as well.  In the end, websites, powerpoints, smart boards, twitter, email etc. are venues that allow teaching professionals to get their information to the students in the best possible way. Thank you technology and poetry, we will try to understand you more.