10 Things I Hate About You

My 3U students are in the midst of writing sonnets. They're good... these kids are talented I tell ya.

Today we looked at Shakespeare's "sonnet 141" and for fun I got them to read a modern day interpretation of the poem from the movie 10 Things I Hate About You (based on The Taming of the Shrew). I always thought this movie was very cute and if I have time at the end of the year I hope I can show it as a way to help the kids de-stress before exams. Maybe I'll even get them to write their own "10 Things I Hate About You" poem just like main character Katarina does in the film.

And in the meantime, here's my quick 10 minute attempt at penning my own most hated, in dedication to none other than the person I hate most in this world -- hate to the point where I love him SO much -- my darling dearest V :


10 Things I Hate About You (or 14 to be precise)

I hate the way you joke around and make me want to cry
I hate the way you act like it's nothing when I feel I'm going to die
I hate the way you make me mad and then try to make me laugh
I hated the time you showed up late by an hour and a half
I hate the way you threaten to tell my mom when I'm being bad
I hate the fact I scrawled your name in hearts on my sketchpad
I hate the way I think of you all throughout my day
I hate it when you pop in my head even sometimes when I pray
I hate the way you pull my hair and poke me when I'm down
I hate the way you start making silly faces when I start to frown
I hate it when you work all day and I don't get "my time"
I hate it when I pull out my wallet and you act like it's a crime
I hate the way you make me want you so much I want to scream
But mostly, I hate the way I don't hate you, can never hate you, and never will - it seems.


That's all folks.
Have a good weekend, enjoy the sunshine, and compose a few lines if you're feeling poetic :)