As another school year comes to an end, its natural to look back on the months -- or the years -- and wonder how our efforts have affected our students. Did our pearls of wisdom find appreciative ears? Did our pushing, prodding, challenging, and questioning make any dents? Who knows what seeds have been planted?
Weve offered our students so much and played so many roles in their lives. Perhaps some day theyll recognize all that we are and all that we have been to them. Perhaps a few will even be inspired to become teachers too. .
We are the ones who stoke the fire,
The ones who keep the embers alive.
We are the ones who never tire,
The ones who always give them high fives.
We are their therapists, their mothers too.
We are the shoulders they can use when blue.
We are their coach and college reference,
And some day theyll come back from afar
To thank us for the things we are.
We are the engines that keep churning,
The questions who, what, when, where, and why.
We are the fount of all their learning --
The ones who open doorways into the sky.
We are their pillars strong, umbrellas too.
We are their marching song, their Krazy Glue.
We are their cheering squad, their teammates,
And some day theyll see a shooting star,
And think of all the things we are.
We are their flashlights in the night time,
Their sunlight pouring down from the sky.
We are suggestions at the right time,
Advice for every thing that they want to try.
We are the ones who crack the jokes and whip.
We are the able ones who steer the ship.
We are the earth and fertilizer
And some day the seeds of what we do
May grow into a teacher too.
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05/19/09
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