Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Stipends Ruined Me

Extra pay just to do one littler thing?
It put a skip in my step that mind-blowing spring.
Stipends! Stipends! Stipends! I began to chant.
I told the principal, “Water your own fern plant.”

It got so I would not stay one second late without pay.
So, the city school really did ruin me in a big way.
Stipend is a word I wish I had never learned actually.
I was a much nicer educator, and more willing when I did things free.

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Shirley Hawkins October 28, 2021 at 4:30 PM Money, money, money.... Caren Krutsinger October 28, 2021 at 9:08 PM I have met people who will not do anything without a stipend.

L Milton Hankins October 28, 2021 at 10:02 AM Hmmm...stipends can be an incentive, I think, but should be fairly applied. I have always felt that administrators take advantage of teachers with all kinds of duties they don't get paid adequately for. Caren Krutsinger October 28, 2021 at 9:09 PM I feel like I make enough money that if I get asked to empty the garbage I will do it.