Recess All Day ( A song for my 5th graders)

Tick tock, tick tock
I sit and stare at the big round clock.
Why does math feel like it will never end?

Tick tock, tick tock
Time isn't moving fast enough
I can't wait to get outside and be with my friends.

I understand the whole point of school
I just with the kid majority would be able to rule
If the kids in this world had their way
We would make our recess last all day.

Recess is the best part of school.
If you disagree you're just not cool
Recess should really last all day
Kids need a change to get outside and play!

Tick tock, tick tock
The afternoon is dragging on forever
I don't even know what we are learning right now.

Tick tock, tick tock
Why did they put it at the end of the day?
If it were up to me I would make it longer somehow.

I understand the whole point of school
I just with the kid majority would be able to rule
If the kids in this world had their way
We would make our recess last all day.

Recess is the best part of school.
If you disagree you're just not cool
Recess should really last all day
Kids need a change to get outside and play!

Brain Empty

Sometimes, when I'm in a workshop, and it's 3:30, and I've been sitting all day, my brain goes numb. It's empty, so empty. My energy goes away, sugar is not even helping, caffeine just makes me sick at this point... but... I wrote a poem...

Why am I here?

To write
To think
To be with other teachers
who write
and think
To gain focus
To re-energize
To create
To remember
why
I love my job
why
I do what I do
why
I am effective
To connect
with other teachers
other writers
other human beings
during
hot
summer
days
while
drinking iced coffee.