When It Really Is the Teacher's Fault

Some teachers richly deserve to be fired.

When It Really Is the Teacher’s Fault

 

By Elton Camp

 

This is the excuse that we sometimes see

“I did that bad cause teacher don’t like me.”

It is far too easy to attempt to shift the blame

And the teacher is a convenient one to name

 

Yet, there are cases almost beyond any belief

Where the teacher is a scoundrel and a thief

To accept his monthly paycheck he has nerve

When he had done but little any pay to deserve

 

Tenure keeps a teacher from being unfairly fired

So that the principal’s own brother can be hired

But the incompetent and simply lazy it can shield

That’s why some states such laws have repealed

 

Often employed by such an unprofessional jerk

Is assigning mindless and excessive homework

On family life such as this has become a blight

Dominate kids all day and control ‘em at night

 

About student work he doesn’t really give a heck

And throws the papers away without even a check

Teachers like that surely need to be shown the gate

To wait for them to retire is just entirely too late

 

 

Reviews

[BrynnaW.]

I agree with this poem! If teachers really cared about the students and what the future could be they would accept the pay cut! Good job and keep writing!