Please help me find a poem and/or song that reflects the following citation....

[Margaret H]

"What is it that you wanted to learn from teachings and teachers, and although they taught you much, what was it they could not teach you"

[Peek a Boo]

Good sportsmanship --we hail, we sing!
'Tis always pleasant when we spot it.
There's only one unhappy thing:
You have to lose to prove you've got it.

--that one reflects something that can't really be taught. Maybe modeled as we watch others lose, but it's tough to "set up" or role play a REAL losing scenario. The true test is when something BIG is lost: a game a team has trained for, breaking your arm the day of an instrument recital, having a proposition fall through after months of work and planning......

a few more about character:

Rudyard Kipling's If
True Nobility ...by Edgar Guest
Opportunity and/or The Fool's Prayer --by Edward Rowland Sill

[Margaret H]

Thank you...this is so very helpful!!!

[gardenschooler]

Adding these to our poetry list! Thanks!