A Journey from
1944 to … Now
1966–67 School Year
I got a job! A middle school!
(A teacher told me, “Just a fool
Would teach there.”) Well, it seems that I
As “fool” would surely qualify.
Aurora Middle School—the place
Where I would try to make the case
That this profession was for me—
That I belonged, well, certainly.
Those seventh graders I first taught
When I was turning twenty-two (and not
The most experienced they’d meet
In classrooms) were, well, mostly sweet—
And so it wasn’t very long
When I was loving it—though wrong
Things I would often do and say—
This happened often … every day?
But I was grateful for the chance
To learn these steps in this new dance.
Some students whom I taught this way
Are Facebook friends right now—today!*
*Thank goodness for their poor memories!
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