I was asked to write this for a retirement reception for some special ed and kindergarten teachers. You may not understand it all, since it is specific to our school, policies, their sayings, and duties. I have been teaching elementary music for 27 years, and private piano 9 years before that. It is a pleasure to thank other teachers for all they do. Please remember this is copyrighted work. I will happily grant permission for you to use it if you:
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Thank you for reading, Wynne (wih-NEE’)
Seeds You’ve Sown
by Wynne Huddleston
No bells to alarm,
no papers to correct
no parents to charm,
nor money to collect,
no mindless repetition,
no children left behind,
no scolding, admonitions
no young minds to refine,
no discipline forms to fill,
no watching out for bullies,
no walking up the hill,
no cold morning duties,
no uniforms, no calming
kindergartners’ fears.
From SPED and I.E.P.s
to mainstreamed and Tiers–
whatever the “powers
that be” contrived–
you put in the hours
and somehow survived.
Amidst chasing rabbits,
tornado procedures,
correcting bad habits,
and calling legislatures,
you still found time to give
a smile, a nod, a touch,
a cougar buck or high-five,
things that meant so much
to a struggling girl or boy.
Now you have done your best
time to go out and enjoy,
or maybe get some rest!
But this is not the end
bells will continue to ring
and surely you, my friend,
will be reminded each spring
that the seeds of wisdom you’ve sown
will become fruitful trees
and in turn, when full grown,
will replant those same seeds.
©Wynne Huddleston 2011
Author of From the Depths of Red Bluff, Amazon.
https://wynnehuddleston.wordpress.com
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