Pied Beauty

I was recently reading one of my favorite poems by Gerard Manly Hopkins entitled, "Pied Beauty". It is a beautiful poem praising God and his creations. From what I have read about Hopkins, his poetry created a massive struggle because of his religious position as a priest. He believed that publishing his poetry would create egotism which would be a sin. My question is, how could he possibly be focusing on himself when his works were so focused on praising God?

Pied Beauty:

GLORY be to God for dappled things—
For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced—fold, fallow, and plough;	5
And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim.
All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:	10
Praise him.

Why bother with Socratic Seminar?

World History: It is essential in today's world to know and understand the world and it's history. When we learn the history of a country and the idea behind their conflicts (i.e. Gaza strip, Middle East) we can understand the ideas, and hopefully try to become part of the solution. Also, the world is where we live! To be able to participate actively in it, we need to be educated about it.

Literature: Literature has been a major part of the world for centuries. Through it we can understand better history/historical events, learn/create new ideas, and just plain old enjoy it. We can also expand our vocabulary significantly be reading.

Language Arts: Language arts is extremely important because it is the study of our language. How can we communicate without learning grammar, being able to spell (although those two seem to be disappearing through texting) and really, being able to speak well.

Geography: Geography is extremely important because it helps to further explain historical events/conflicts, as geographical features (land, lakes, rivers, etc.) have been a source of conflict for millennia. It is also just a good idea to know where things are.