When you’re in Teacher School, the teachers tell you
No matter your style, no matter what you do
Never favor one class above the rest.
But we weren’t just one, but really three:
Homeroom, ILA and ELT
So technically it’s okay to say we’re the best.
I knew it the morning of the Spelling Bee
When for 20 minutes in the absence of me
You were all still here and hadn’t set the room on fire.
Which got me thinking: what would it be like
If I’d taken a personal hike?
Could the class had functioned if I’d suddenly retired?
The answer’s kinda, though it wouldn’t be pretty
Which will be the focus of this little ditty
To illustrate this scene I do envision.
Everyone’s looking up a morpheme rule
Except for Michael, who’s checking PowerSchool
He’ll whisper during the quiz: Hey, what’s the meaning of -ism?
Across the room, Carl daydreams of footy
Kieran ponders deep thoughts underneath his hoodie
And Raymond checks out his reflection in the glass.
Madigan is weary-eyed; she’s been up since three
Studying and caring for her horse, Rudy
Kiki begins to wonder: Who’ll run this class?
She’s got brains in her head and shoes on her feet
So she begins to rise from her seat
But Colin’s already there, shouting: “Hey, Comrades!”
“Now,” he adds, “class would start with a pun
Categorically, I say, Napoleon has won:
Mr. Jockers has run off with Snowball and some other lads.”
“Hogwash,” says Margaret, looking up from her book
Jenna’s ideas are met by confused looks
Because you can’t understand anyone who chews like a cow.
Sara directs Maddy to drop and give her twenty
Our silent narrator says, “I can do plenty
More than that,” and so she does and then takes a bow.
Zac is here; he used to be a classmate
Until Wiesenfeld put him in checkmate
Off to Barlow he eventually ran away.
Sick and injured, Jake crutches through the door
Hanna falls out of the closet and onto the floor
She’s unconscious but wouldn’t get the Pun anyway.
Jolly Ranchers gives Andrew PTSD
Samantha, by herself, sings karaoke
Alexia should be working but instead she’s drawing anime.
In Kayleigh’s dystopian world Mickey’s a clown
Tyler’s been traumatized since The Day the Johnson Went Down
The class is in chaos; well, what more can I say?
Phily’s doing pushup on two fingers
Mankam’s watching video of Juve vs Inter
And this is when Parker returns for more goodbyes.
A call to the office has finally been made
Lauren looks tough: in black, a single braid
But when the principal arrives she’s the first to apologize.
I guess in the end I’d have to return
To teach and to guide and supposedly “burn”
Not to mention retrieve the brown cardigan Margaret wore.
More than one class we were really three
Homeroom, ILA and ELT
It’s hard to imagine I’ll ever like a class more.
Now this is just a 3-minute song
But our 42 minutes never did seem long
I’ll leave you with this in case you still don’t feel enriched.
Let the wind be at your back, the sun on your face
Live each day, finish every race
And whenever you can enjoy a good-thing sandwich.
More than one class, we were really three
Homeroom, ILA and ELT
We made great memories and a pretty darn good movie.
More than one class, we were really three
Homeroom, ILA and ELT
We made great memories and a pretty darn good movie.
