interesting...this blogging thing...
ideas in the fingers come out and take wing
on the virtual page, the info age when
reality and fantasy merge
into a digital-land...
so different from the world of wobbly teeth
and dangling shoestrings,
where trevor forgot his backpack on the bus
and worries his dad'll yell,
where show and tell is the gameshow of choice...
where the teacher down the hall
is dragging her overstuffed chair out the classroom door
at 5pm on a Friday, needing to say only one word--
"lice..."
as bloggers with their mice
compose prose, there are teachers
downing no-doze with coffee chasers,
trying to keep up with it all...praying
the proverbial "they" pass a law called
'no teacher left behind,' hoping to find
a little bit more of themself
to give,
wanting, above all,
to avoid classroom lice
(for once)
this year.
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6 comments:
You paint such wonderful stories with your words. Stories that move in the mind. Like paintings that trigger a memory, we can say Yes! I've been there! either as teachers or parents or grandparents... even as students who once had wobbly teeth and forgot things...
Barb
Basic is not a bad thing. As with me this is a start and you seem to be doing such a great job with your blog! Keep up the good work and I look forward to reading more from you.
Excellent comparison, but let's not even talk about head lice! ;)
Anita
Every day is a new adventure... Somedays we could write a song, others a poem or short story and then, on occasion an epic novel!
Guess that's why we keep coming back...
Donna
Interesting writing style. It takes a special kind of person to be a teacher. I don't know how you do what you do.
Sherry
The lice bit had me laughing out loud - it makes the whole idealistic image of a teacher worried about her students so very real and down to earth. Keep it up!
If you are teaching the younger kids, you might like to drop by my blog about websites for young children :)
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