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<\/a><\/p>\nT is for Teaching<\/b><\/p>\n
It was early one morning when the radio did blast\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n First day of teaching had arrived; I had to move quite fast<\/span><\/p>\n For the hour that was mentioned by the broadcaster that day<\/span><\/p>\n Said that I would be quite late;\u00a0 there was no time for me to stay.<\/span><\/p>\n The man who spoke was joking saying times which caused me fright<\/span><\/p>\n I was rushing when I noticed that my clocks were just not right.<\/span><\/p>\n I slowed down what I was doing…Made it to my school to tell\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n All the great things that my class would do and then the garbage fell<\/span><\/p>\n I had kicked it down while talking, was embarrassed, what a fool<\/span><\/p>\n But that is how I started out my great career at school.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As years went by I taught a few that challenged me at best<\/span><\/p>\n To make me think, and change my ways, to even get me stressed.<\/span><\/p>\n I was set up by a student on my first parental call<\/span><\/p>\n When he said I mispronounced his name, and I believed it all<\/span><\/p>\n As I called his mom to tell her all the things that he had done<\/span><\/p>\n She enlightened me, as to her name, it was he, not I, who\u2019d won.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There was the mom who called upset, her daughter was quite blue<\/span><\/p>\n It seemed someone did break a ring, mom knew not what to do<\/span><\/p>\n Asked for advice, I gave her some, made up, gave it a shot<\/span><\/p>\n What \u2018ere I said, it calmed her down and helped us all a lot.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There was the girl who worked so hard to plan our class zoo trip<\/span><\/p>\n That was until the day arrived where she did make a slip<\/span><\/p>\n She could not walk and didn\u2019t think that she could make it through<\/span><\/p>\n Until with mom, I carried her throughout the whole Bronx Zoo<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n And then they\u2019re those that take the blame and those that hide the truth<\/span><\/p>\n To find the ones that did it all, I\u2019d have to be a sleuth.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t take her pencil!\u201d cried one to clear himself from shame<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBesides I gave it back,\u201d he said, \u201cSo I\u2019m not the one to blame.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n And then the girl who scratched the name of some boy on the wall.<\/span><\/p>\n Though I knew she did, she never said, until I got the call<\/span><\/p>\n At school year\u2019s end, her mother brought her back to me that day<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI was the one, I should have said.\u201d through tears was all she\u2019d say.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There were those that wouldn\u2019t speak at all and those who spoke too low<\/span><\/p>\n I somehow found a lot of ways for all to make a go.<\/span><\/p>\n Again a mother on the phone, \u201cWhy do you make them speak!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMy daughter has grown up like me,\u201d she wailed, \u201cwe\u2019re all a bit too meek!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n And yet at moving up day on the following school year.<\/span><\/p>\n Who\u2019s daughter was the one who volunteered and spoke to all so clear.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Of course, I taught a lot in all the years that I was there<\/span><\/p>\n Each year I would try something new and tried to remain fair.<\/span><\/p>\n Some years were great with all the work we did and then I\u2019d thrive.<\/span><\/p>\n And other ones did not go well, but still, I did survive.<\/span><\/p>\n Now looking back through all the years and all the things I\u2019ve done.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ve got to say it all worked out, in fact, it sure was fun.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n But things have changed in all our schools. Less freedom than we had.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m glad that I left when I did, for now, I would be sad.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe all must learn the same things now,\u201d is what I hear each day.<\/span><\/p>\n Where are the days when something new expanded what we know?<\/span><\/p>\n And let our kids learn for themselves with time to think and grow.<\/span><\/p>\n My hope is that though times have changed, we look at what we\u2019ve wrought.<\/span><\/p>\n We fire up those sparks in all just like when we were taught<\/span><\/p>\n The world would be a better place, think of all that we could reach<\/span><\/p>\n If those who run the schools agreed to give us time to teach.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" T is for Teaching It was early one morning when the radio did blast\u00a0 First day of teaching had arrived; I had to move quite fast For the hour that was mentioned by the broadcaster that day Said that … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>And everything there is to learn is taught in the same way.<\/span><\/p>\n