Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Miss Kneeland My Hero

I learned to read
thanks to Miss Kneeland
The principal at my gradeschool
Who had taught my daddy and his brother
Using a mirror
She was an old maid
About two hundred years old
With white hair in a bun
She looked severe
But she was kind
And she taught me to read
using a miror
Understanding what I needed
in 1958
She was a pioneer
who understood dyslexia
even though there was no name for it
back in the day.
I thank her for the gift of reading every day.

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L Milton Hankins April 18, 2021 at 7:02 PM I often think about my first teaching class...second graders, and we had no idea about things everyone recognizes by their initials these days. We've come a long way! Caren Krutsinger April 19, 2021 at 2:12 AM We sure have but we have taken giant leaps backwards also. Grade school children are no longer taught spelling or cursive writing. Did you know this?