‘Twas the night before school starts, and all through the town, Not a teacher was sleeping, just thrashing around. Thoughts of the classroom brought a tear to each eye, And all of them wished it could still be July.
The students, meanwhile, were doing just fine, Texting and talking and typing online. Yet they, too, were longing for more fun and games, And hoping to hear that their school was in flames.
But the buildings were ready, the windows were clean, The desks were all washed and pristine. The floors were well-polished and the playgrounds prepared, All was in order, no effort was spared.
The next day the students will mope and they’ll fuss, And with backpacks and lunch bags will climb on the bus. The Welcome back, everyone! announcement will blare, And the bell for first period will begin the despair.
Hallways will fill with the dazed and perplexed, For nobody knows where they’re supposed to go next. As the masses move slowly, lost and encumbered, They’ll silently curse how the rooms have been numbered.
But sooner or later the classes will start, Math, History, English, and Art. Summer vacation will fade from their minds, As another semester slowly unwinds.
Within a few days they’ll resume their routine, The relaxed and the happy will grow grouchy and mean. Instructors will dance and sing like they are crazy, Students will wish the teachers would just let them be lazy.
Quizzes will take the class by surprise, While films will just teach them to all shut their eyes. Lectures are met by simple, blank stares, Tests will result in complaints of “Not fair!”
Assignments and projects and homework forgotten, Answers unclear and writing that’s rotten. Pupils will wonder what that book was about, Exams will be graded, report cards sent out.
And the months will fly by, every one of the ten, Then suddenly June will return once again, Causing all parents to feel sad and unsteady, Shocked that it’s summer vacation already.
So let’s be glad as the first day approaches, Our kids are returning to the teachers and coaches. We say to them now, as their hearts fill with fear, “Good luck to all, and to all a good year!
