Len Gasun Poet Rhyme

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Written: Feb. 17, 2024      9.34am

Grade School Teacher-PS

My life as a grade school teacher
Is like  a life-long student and schooler
Always working with colors, pens and papers
While taking care of kids as their second mother.

Still, I oftentimes sleep quite late at night
Check exams, plan learner’s lessons that delight
In the morning, I need to wake up early
To be at school before our flag ceremony.

As I impart my knowledge and skills
I learn a lot of things, head down to my heels
I learn to be more patient and understanding
More hardworking, very kind and loving.

I learn by experience, seminars and discovery
Embracing new teaching techniques and technology
Continue enhancing all my talents and creativity
In many areas, to teach my learners efficiently.

I’ve got so many other exciting multiple roles
Classroom maintenance, nurse, guidance counsellor
Dancer, singer, artist, director, actress or actor
A lot more, to mold and shape learner’s life and future.

I also play with my learners like a big kid
To promote relationship, inculcate values, I also read
Despite our emotional farewell on every graduation
They’ll always come, visit me in my school-roles repetition.

I believe, teacher has a schooler’s life that'll last
Only after a long journey loaded in a carabao's drawn cart
Grand graduation will come with unimaginable fulfillment
And achievement felt in the heart only on age of retirement.

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Beata Agustin March 12, 2024 at 10:53 PM Wow! Congrats! Thanks for sharing this. God bless you in your life-building vocation as a teacher. Teaching is a fulfilling career, profession, and calling from the Lord. (I am also a teacher even before I graduated from College, since I started as a Sunday School teacher in the church. I still teach in our Sunday School, in our Christian School, and in our Bible College.) God bless you.

Sara Kendrick February 24, 2024 at 1:57 PM I have read your winning work and found it very interesting. Congratulations. Way to go. Sara K

Kim Rodrigues February 23, 2024 at 6:52 AM You show the range of your career! Congratulations, Len!

Kelly Deschler February 19, 2024 at 4:29 PM An excellent poem, Len... The kids must love having such a wonderful lady like you for their teacher... I wanted to be a teacher when I was young :) Len Gasun February 20, 2024 at 10:32 PM Thank you so much for reading my poem and your uplifting words my dear poet friend Kelly. It's not too late to become a teacher my dear poet friend. My aunt who is now 60 yrs old started teaching children at church and also in outreach program 3 yrs ago. Teaching is a vocation dear. Thanks a lot again. God bless you always and your writings. Hugs