A Journey from
1944 to … Now
School Year 2000–2001
Retired … but Then …
Another year rolled up to me—
And said, “Just take a look and see—
You’ll be surprised—I guarantee!”
And he was right, that prescient guy—
The life I’d led? Somewhat buh-bye:
Another sort of life was nigh.
A friend at the Academy*
Said there was work (and not for free!),
And I? Not one to disagree.
That fall I once again put on
My “Teacher Clothes”; yes, I would don
The outfits from a life long gone.**
Yes, to Reserve I went to teach—
Can I still do it? In my reach?
Or should I just head to the
beach?
But I returned to classroom tasks—
And loved it all (in case one asks)—
Put on again the many masks
All teachers find that they must wear—
In Kindergarten—anywhere!
You mustn’t go to class, well, bare!
*Tom Davis, Eng. Dept. Chair at Western Reserve Academy
**Not.
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