Poems About School Seeking Friendly Advice
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Poems about school seeking friendly advice. Friendly advice and comments have been requested for these poems.
Elementary Love Poem
My love is as strong as a brick
I LIKE TO THROW IT AT PEOPLE!
- Vincent, 5th grade
I LIKE TO THROW IT AT PEOPLE!
- Vincent, 5th grade
#school
#WritingPoetry
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F Your Xenophobic Gulf Name
Gulf of MEXICO
No crazy man's renaming
in my 5th grade room
No crazy man's renaming
in my 5th grade room
#politics
#school
#culture #senryu
#culture #senryu
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Loosening the White Knuckled Grip
I should be..
Nah.
I need to...
Who cares.
It's 7 AM! I overslept!
Pfffttt
Ugh! Ruth smashed a cupcake in Gustavo's face at the Christmas party and I didn't do anything about it.
Yawn. He lived.
Why did all my teacher gifts from parents have to be sweets?
Because they're effing good, even the Ferrero Rochers, and yes, I will have another.
How many times have I watched the David Lee Roth Just a Gigolo video since Friday evening?
Who's counting? It's cute and funny and I love...
Nah.
I need to...
Who cares.
It's 7 AM! I overslept!
Pfffttt
Ugh! Ruth smashed a cupcake in Gustavo's face at the Christmas party and I didn't do anything about it.
Yawn. He lived.
Why did all my teacher gifts from parents have to be sweets?
Because they're effing good, even the Ferrero Rochers, and yes, I will have another.
How many times have I watched the David Lee Roth Just a Gigolo video since Friday evening?
Who's counting? It's cute and funny and I love...
#happiness
#holiday
#school
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Going Dutch
seem to be reminiscing alot of late. today about the 14 schools i went to, in the space of just 11 years, the first two in Dutch (my favourite, the second Dutch school, i was teachers pet. i know this, as she kept me in a cage at the back of the class!) in reality, i was invited to her house. she was widowed, her husband had been in the Dutch Resistance during WWII, and died at the ands of the Nazi's. she taught me how she made her own butter, and was generally a really lovely woman, that i desperately hoped would adopt me, anything to get away from my family! her name was Mrs Paul...
#childhood
#happiness
#memories #school
#memories #school
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I Pledge Allegiance to the Disco Ball
I've asked for some things for my new classroom
and have gotten some of them.
I haven't gotten the extra bookshelf.
Or the Post It chart paper.
Or an American flag,
large or small.
Instead
when the vice principal
leads the Pledge over the PA system
my class and I face the blue disco ball
I got for $5 at Five Below.
We really like it.
I believe in sparkly objects
that catch and amplify light.
I believe in beauty.
It's a great icy blue color.
I believe in my country
minus the guns, ...
and have gotten some of them.
I haven't gotten the extra bookshelf.
Or the Post It chart paper.
Or an American flag,
large or small.
Instead
when the vice principal
leads the Pledge over the PA system
my class and I face the blue disco ball
I got for $5 at Five Below.
We really like it.
I believe in sparkly objects
that catch and amplify light.
I believe in beauty.
It's a great icy blue color.
I believe in my country
minus the guns, ...
#America
#school
#tradition
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Oh no, they're gone
There's a classroom noise-level app called Bouncy Balls
I had it projected, but the screen went black
A student called out to me urgently:
"Miss! Miss!
You lost your balls!"
I muttered to myself
I hate it when that happens.
I had it projected, but the screen went black
A student called out to me urgently:
"Miss! Miss!
You lost your balls!"
I muttered to myself
I hate it when that happens.
#school
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Graduation
Graduation was over,
I said what I needed to say.
High school was done forever.
I never had to go back.
I should’ve been happy,
Or maybe sad it was over.
Instead, still in cap and gown,
I sat on my bed and sobbed.
The wave of relief was overwhelming,
I survived.
The flashbacks of how horrible it was…
It was finally over.
But nothing was made right.
The hell I left behind
Was no longer mine.
It was for the next class
And the class after that.
It will continue to torture,
Kill hopes...
I said what I needed to say.
High school was done forever.
I never had to go back.
I should’ve been happy,
Or maybe sad it was over.
Instead, still in cap and gown,
I sat on my bed and sobbed.
The wave of relief was overwhelming,
I survived.
The flashbacks of how horrible it was…
It was finally over.
But nothing was made right.
The hell I left behind
Was no longer mine.
It was for the next class
And the class after that.
It will continue to torture,
Kill hopes...
#abuse
#anger
#frustration
#sadness
#school
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Will Never Miss Highschool
I will never understand how anyone could miss those 4 bloody years.
4 bloody years of cramming 7 classes within one day.
4 bloody years of constant pressure to make great grades.
4 bloody years of not knowing who the hell you are.
4 bloody years of being stuck seeing people everyday who likely won't stick by your side when times get tough.
(I know all my friends didn't. Mental illness is just such a bitch to be around, ain't it? Love how you are all out living your lives together without me.)
4 bloody years of not really...
4 bloody years of cramming 7 classes within one day.
4 bloody years of constant pressure to make great grades.
4 bloody years of not knowing who the hell you are.
4 bloody years of being stuck seeing people everyday who likely won't stick by your side when times get tough.
(I know all my friends didn't. Mental illness is just such a bitch to be around, ain't it? Love how you are all out living your lives together without me.)
4 bloody years of not really...
#school
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If I taught in Louisiana
If I taught in Louisiana
you best believe I'd know the score,
I post the ten commandments in Hebrew
and hang a mezuzah by the door
The kids could sit on a pentagram rug
in the lotus position if they choose,'
Unitarian talks and Pagan rites
with inclusion you can't lose
The next mandate is not hard to guess:
Trump's picture on the wall
a breaker of every commandment
the irony lost on each and all
Talk of separation of church and state
would only be met with anger and hate
should I be forced to hang doctrine...
you best believe I'd know the score,
I post the ten commandments in Hebrew
and hang a mezuzah by the door
The kids could sit on a pentagram rug
in the lotus position if they choose,'
Unitarian talks and Pagan rites
with inclusion you can't lose
The next mandate is not hard to guess:
Trump's picture on the wall
a breaker of every commandment
the irony lost on each and all
Talk of separation of church and state
would only be met with anger and hate
should I be forced to hang doctrine...
#America
#religion
#school
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Chicken Nuggets on Ice
Alejandro says he needs to go to the nurse
Some students
ask for health room passes when they're bored,
or don't want to work
Alejandro always wants to work
Alejandro is wildly enthusiastic about everything
Best student ever.
I ask Alejandro what to put for the reason
Headache?
Stomachache?
Nah, says Alejandro
My chicken nuggets hurt!
I change chicken nuggets to private area
and send him on his way
It's not the first time I've heard a boy say chicken nuggets
"Ms G, during PE, the...
Some students
ask for health room passes when they're bored,
or don't want to work
Alejandro always wants to work
Alejandro is wildly enthusiastic about everything
Best student ever.
I ask Alejandro what to put for the reason
Headache?
Stomachache?
Nah, says Alejandro
My chicken nuggets hurt!
I change chicken nuggets to private area
and send him on his way
It's not the first time I've heard a boy say chicken nuggets
"Ms G, during PE, the...
#funny
#school
#childhood
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Sudden
Sixth graders watching the Guiness Book of World Records'
longest conga line of dogs
because it's five minutes before dismissal on a Friday
and why not?
Two simultaneous responses
one from a girl
one from a boy
"Aww, it's a puppy choo choo train!"
"Yeah, they's doin' it doggie style"
Cusp of twelve:
the hold of innocence tenuous
against gale force winds
longest conga line of dogs
because it's five minutes before dismissal on a Friday
and why not?
Two simultaneous responses
one from a girl
one from a boy
"Aww, it's a puppy choo choo train!"
"Yeah, they's doin' it doggie style"
Cusp of twelve:
the hold of innocence tenuous
against gale force winds
#childhood
#school
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Rules are Roolz
Some rules are good:
no smoking in public places
no littering
no running red lights
no killing people
But some rules are questionable:
insistence on school uniforms
in a low-income school
when mom's been unable to launder navy pants
and white shirts
because dad went to jail last night
or the power was cut off
or because the family of eight has to move again
third time in six months
I'm developing the reputation
as the teacher who doesn't dress code students
(they think I don't notice)
I do...
no smoking in public places
no littering
no running red lights
no killing people
But some rules are questionable:
insistence on school uniforms
in a low-income school
when mom's been unable to launder navy pants
and white shirts
because dad went to jail last night
or the power was cut off
or because the family of eight has to move again
third time in six months
I'm developing the reputation
as the teacher who doesn't dress code students
(they think I don't notice)
I do...
#school
#ignorance
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