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Dear Old Golden Rule Days

~ Dear Old Golden Rule Days? ~ 

  The 2023 school year mercifully limps to a close
    Seems eons ago when students could afford to doze
  No more - Today they'd better stay on their toes  

  Every few days a mass shooting, or a bomb threat -- to your stations!
    Teens fighting their teachers over perceived rights violations
  There is gender dysphobia, bullying, taunting 
    Halloween the day that is least haunting  

  Ah! But perhaps common ground exists, the books we've all read
    Then again, I forgot, teens watch Tik-tok instead

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2023

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Kim Rodrigues Date: 5/16/2023 7:35:00 AM Excellent poem that describes the harsh realities for our school kids. I have a rare grandson who absolutely hated that the kids on his bus had their attention on their cell screens. Halloween the day that is least haunting!! A fave for me! Should be a POTD, if I had a say! Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 5/16/2023 8:13:00 PM LOL Gershon Wolf Date: 5/16/2023 6:47:00 PM I'll take your POTD prize, Kim. ~ Gold-digger lol

Shirley Hawkins Date: 5/15/2023 11:11:00 PM The world is becoming a dangerous place. Login to Reply

Terry Flood Date: 5/15/2023 5:03:00 PM The world in a nutshell, GW. Well spotted! Terry Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 5/15/2023 6:24:00 PM Thanks, Terry. Encouragement from you goes a long way with me. Much appreciated. ~ Gershon

Bj Legros Kelley Date: 5/15/2023 4:37:00 PM My daughter told me, middle schoolers now seem/look like high schoolers, highschoolers more like college age students & college age students often look older than their age, she is only in her twenties, and she noticed that. I realized she was right. As we drove along and slowed in the 15 mile an hour school-zone, I couldn't help but see it too. The kid's faces seemed serious, sad, or tough, not the youthful joy that there should be. The joy of youth, it seemed, for many, is gone. So tragic. Login to Reply

Ilene Bauer Date: 5/15/2023 12:38:00 PM ha! well done, gershon! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 5/15/2023 6:13:00 PM ha! well commented on, ilene!

Panagiota Romios Date: 5/15/2023 9:49:00 AM GladI I never experienced this as a child. where I attended Schools that were all private,teachers from religious orders only. Small classes, much Homework. No fights, fear, guns or bullying. Only experienced that inChicago Schools as a teacher, attacked by kids verbally and with fists. The Union was of no help…a veritable nightmare, Pangie. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 5/15/2023 6:19:00 PM Chicago Public Schools have been officially declared a 'War Zone' by Sergei Lavrov. Expect Russian tanks to be rolling up to the front doors any day now. (So don't sweat the small stuff, like the 'active shooter.' lol.) ~ gw