Sup Teach?

To teach is like to reach
for an apple that runs away but looks so sweet
so we keep on reaching…

I’ve aged three for every night, my kids wallow in grammar worksheets and Science outlines
history texts and 8am wrecks
math problems and home problems
vocab activities and 2:20 revelries (unless you got detention, then it’s 3:20 ya dig?)
fractions and inverse reactions and shoes so poor they lack traction
SSR and two tone cars and “I wanna learn but it’s just, so , hard..”
Yet every morning they’re there
So Iam there…
and every morning their eyes are weak and their heads are meak
and my eyes are wide and my head is high
’cause I gotta get em going
even if Iam barely
and I gotta get ‘em learning
even if I am reaching
and who cares if their running
I still gotta be teaching.

OK so I am going to try to make this a more regular thing.

I teach 7th grade near downtown Oakland, all inclusive, 6 hours a day 5 days a week ( plus two hours a day tutoring) with 26 12-14 year olds…then 2-3 hours a night plus weekends…can ya dig? Ofcourse you can, did I forget where I was blogging? Thanks to Mr. G for getting me going, I swear this will not be the last of mistermaestro…