Caren Krutsinger Poet Narrative

I Should Have Known Better

I have my second graders coloring cutting and gluing.
It is taking them quite a bit of time. They are chatting too.
This is counseling class, I encourage socializing.
I arrived five minutes early and let the substitute teacher have a break.
He thanked me and hotfooted it out of there double time.
The regular teacher asked if I could switch days, so she would get this break.
It is not my fault she is not here at 3:30 on a Wednesday.
I could not accommodate her request. I have classes at 3:30 daily.
Every teacher tries to get a 3:30 spot, because we leave at 4:10.
A child notices that Mr. H is gone. He is seven foot and two inches tall.
He is built like a linebacker. They apparently all missed him leaving.
“Where is Mr. H?” I say “I hope the aliens did not get him.
Mistake!
They are now arguing with each other- whether or not aliens are real.
I should have known better.

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L Milton Hankins January 27, 2022 at 12:57 PM So they all want to get to slip out early on the day you teach their class, eh? Caren.....I'm suddenly screaming and you are all the way in Kansas or Iowa or somewhere!!!! Stick to your guns!!! Am I getting snow on the screen??? Caren Krutsinger January 28, 2022 at 12:47 AM They come back at 4 for the shoving everything into the back pack and putting on the coats show. But by then it's all over, and they have had a little break and are a little fresher.