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CHILDREN UNDER FIRE
OUR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL:
TO LEARN THE GOLDEN RULE:
IN THE OLDEN DAYS READING WRITING AND ARITHMITIC:
TO AN OLD SCHOOL HOUSE OUT IN THE STICKS:
SCHOOL WAS PLAIN AND SIMPLE WAY BACK THEN:
OVER 100 YEARS AGO IN AMERICA WHEN SCHOOL BEGAN:
SOME SCHOOL HOUSES HAD KIDS FROM GRADE ONE TO TWELVE ALL IN ONE ROOM:
KIDS DIDNT GET SO MUCH TOYS THEY WERE HAPPY WITH A SIMPLE SINGLE BALOON:
IN SCHOOL KIDS LEARNED THE GOLDEN RULE:
KIDS NEVER TALKED BACK OR MADE THE TEACHER LOOK LIKE A FOOL:
KIDS LEARNED DISCIPLINE:
THEY WERE TAUGHT TO WORK HARD TO WIN:
KIDS WERE TAUGHT RESPECT:
TEACHERS WERE UP FRONT AND DIRECT:
IF A KID GOT CAUGHT CHEWING GUM:
THEY WOULD GET PUNISHED SOME:
WHEN A CHILD DID SOMETHING WRONG:
THEY LEARNED HOW TO GET ALONG:
HOMEWORK AS A KID I CANT REMEMBER HAVING ANY:
BUT TESTS IN SCHOOL WE HAD SO MANY:
IN SCHOOL WE LEARNED TO BE HONEST AND SINCERE:
TO HAVE TO GO SEE THE VICE PRINCIPAL WAS OUR GREATEST FEAR:
IF I GOT CAUGHT SPEAKING OUT OF TURN:
I WOULD LOOSE MY RECESS AND TO GO AGAIN MY GOOD BEHAVIOR I WOULD HAVE TO EARN:
SUMMER WAS THE GREATEST TIME:
TO BE OUT ALL DAY IN THE SUNSHINE:
AS KIDS THEN WE WERE ALWAYS OUT TO PLAY:
EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY:
A KIDS LIFE WAS SIMPLE WITH NO COMPLICATIONS:
KIDS WERE JUST SUPPOSE TO PLAY AND HAVE FUN:
BUT SOMETIMES SOME KIDS GREW UP TOO FAST:
ITS ASHAME THERE CHILDHOOD DIDNT LAST:
SOME KIDS REVOLT AND ACT MEAN:
IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE IT SEEMS:
SOME KIDS THEY FAIL IN THERE GRADE:
EVEN ENEMIES IN SCHOOL ARE MADE:
SOME KIDS BECOME BULLIES AND START FIGHTS:
THEY WANT TO ACT WRONG NOT RIGHT:
SOME KIDS THEY DONT BELONG:
AND EVERYTHING THEY DO IS WRONG:
IT USE TO BE KIDS WENT TO THE SAME SCHOOL FOR YEARS ON END:
AND KIDS THEY GOT CLOSE TO EACH OTHER THEY MADE REAL GOOD LIFE LONG FRIENDS:
BUT KIDS NOW A DAYS MOVE AROUND MUCH MORE:
ITS MUCH HARDER TO DEVELOP CLOSE FRIENDS IM SURE:
SOME KIDS COME FROM A BROKEN HOME:
THEY COME TO SCHOOL LOST AND ALONE:
SOME KIDS COME TO SCHOOL HUNGRY AND COLD:
SOME KIDS ARE SO YOUNG IN YEARS BUT IN LIFE SO OLD:
SOME KIDS WANT TO ACT SO COOL:
THEY DONT RESPECT NO MORE THE GOLDEN RULE:
BY GRADE SIX A KID MAKES A DECISION:
IF IN SCHOOL THEY WANT TO BE BORED OR HAVE FUN:
SOME KIDS DONT GET INVOLVED IN SCHOOL ITS TOO BAD:
THEY PASSED UP SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAD:
IN ALL SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT A MORE AGRESSIVE COUNSELING SECTION HAS TO BE SET UP:
SO AS TO IDENTIFY ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY DISRUPT:
EVERY KID SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND AN ACTIVITY THAT HELPS THEM SHINE:
THE SPECIAL COUNSELLING SECTION SHOULD TRACK KIDS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE KEPT IN LINE:
KIDS IN SCHOOL FACE PRESSURE FROM EVERY ANGLE:
THEIR PLATE IS MORE THAN FULL:
IN SCHOOL, GUNS AND BOMBS DON'T BELONG:
WHERE DO WE GO WRONG?
IT'S TRUE THERE'S TOO MUCH VIOLENCE ON THE MOVIES AND TELEVISION:
AND KIDS SEE VIOLENCE AS FUN:
WHEN YOU WATCH A MOVIE LIKE RAMBO AND SEE 100 PEOPLE GET KILLED:
IT'S WRONG TO THINK OF THAT AS A THRILL:
ONE LIFE TAKEN IN VAIN:
WILL LEAVE 100 FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ACQUANTANCES IN PAIN:
WHEN MOVIES SHOW GLORY IN BLOOD AND GORE:
SOME KIDS THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR SURE:
THESE VIOLENT MOVIES HAVE NO USE:
THEY ARE TOO ABUSIVE, DIRTY AND LOOSE:
IT'S NOT THAT WE SHOULD LIVE IN A FAIRY TALE:
BUT LOOK NOW TO OUR CHILDREN, WE HAVE FAILED:
WE HAVE TO LET KIDS GROW UP SLOW:
ALL THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD WE DON'T HAVE TO SHOW:
KIDS ARE GROWING UP WAY TOO FAST:
IT'S A SHAME THAT CHILDHOOD WON'T LAST:
WHEN OUR CHILDREN COME UNDER FIRE IN SCHOOL:
DEAR GOD THAT'S SO CRUEL:
WHEN A TRAGEDY HAPPENDS AND KIDS GET GUNNED DOWN:
ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD FROWN:
NO ONE WANTS A CHILD TO DIE IN PAIN:
TO ALL IT'S JUST A SHAME:
IT'S SO TRAGIC TO THINK OF THE LOSS OF A CHILD:
TO SOMEONE WHO WENT ON A SHOOTING SPREE WILD:
MORE SECURITY GUARDS IN OUR SCHOOLS NEED TO BE HIRED:
TO PROTECT OUR KIDS FROM COMING UNDER FIRE:
15-FEB-1999
JOHN D. JUNGERS
TO LEARN THE GOLDEN RULE:
IN THE OLDEN DAYS READING WRITING AND ARITHMITIC:
TO AN OLD SCHOOL HOUSE OUT IN THE STICKS:
SCHOOL WAS PLAIN AND SIMPLE WAY BACK THEN:
OVER 100 YEARS AGO IN AMERICA WHEN SCHOOL BEGAN:
SOME SCHOOL HOUSES HAD KIDS FROM GRADE ONE TO TWELVE ALL IN ONE ROOM:
KIDS DIDNT GET SO MUCH TOYS THEY WERE HAPPY WITH A SIMPLE SINGLE BALOON:
IN SCHOOL KIDS LEARNED THE GOLDEN RULE:
KIDS NEVER TALKED BACK OR MADE THE TEACHER LOOK LIKE A FOOL:
KIDS LEARNED DISCIPLINE:
THEY WERE TAUGHT TO WORK HARD TO WIN:
KIDS WERE TAUGHT RESPECT:
TEACHERS WERE UP FRONT AND DIRECT:
IF A KID GOT CAUGHT CHEWING GUM:
THEY WOULD GET PUNISHED SOME:
WHEN A CHILD DID SOMETHING WRONG:
THEY LEARNED HOW TO GET ALONG:
HOMEWORK AS A KID I CANT REMEMBER HAVING ANY:
BUT TESTS IN SCHOOL WE HAD SO MANY:
IN SCHOOL WE LEARNED TO BE HONEST AND SINCERE:
TO HAVE TO GO SEE THE VICE PRINCIPAL WAS OUR GREATEST FEAR:
IF I GOT CAUGHT SPEAKING OUT OF TURN:
I WOULD LOOSE MY RECESS AND TO GO AGAIN MY GOOD BEHAVIOR I WOULD HAVE TO EARN:
SUMMER WAS THE GREATEST TIME:
TO BE OUT ALL DAY IN THE SUNSHINE:
AS KIDS THEN WE WERE ALWAYS OUT TO PLAY:
EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY:
A KIDS LIFE WAS SIMPLE WITH NO COMPLICATIONS:
KIDS WERE JUST SUPPOSE TO PLAY AND HAVE FUN:
BUT SOMETIMES SOME KIDS GREW UP TOO FAST:
ITS ASHAME THERE CHILDHOOD DIDNT LAST:
SOME KIDS REVOLT AND ACT MEAN:
IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE IT SEEMS:
SOME KIDS THEY FAIL IN THERE GRADE:
EVEN ENEMIES IN SCHOOL ARE MADE:
SOME KIDS BECOME BULLIES AND START FIGHTS:
THEY WANT TO ACT WRONG NOT RIGHT:
SOME KIDS THEY DONT BELONG:
AND EVERYTHING THEY DO IS WRONG:
IT USE TO BE KIDS WENT TO THE SAME SCHOOL FOR YEARS ON END:
AND KIDS THEY GOT CLOSE TO EACH OTHER THEY MADE REAL GOOD LIFE LONG FRIENDS:
BUT KIDS NOW A DAYS MOVE AROUND MUCH MORE:
ITS MUCH HARDER TO DEVELOP CLOSE FRIENDS IM SURE:
SOME KIDS COME FROM A BROKEN HOME:
THEY COME TO SCHOOL LOST AND ALONE:
SOME KIDS COME TO SCHOOL HUNGRY AND COLD:
SOME KIDS ARE SO YOUNG IN YEARS BUT IN LIFE SO OLD:
SOME KIDS WANT TO ACT SO COOL:
THEY DONT RESPECT NO MORE THE GOLDEN RULE:
BY GRADE SIX A KID MAKES A DECISION:
IF IN SCHOOL THEY WANT TO BE BORED OR HAVE FUN:
SOME KIDS DONT GET INVOLVED IN SCHOOL ITS TOO BAD:
THEY PASSED UP SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAD:
IN ALL SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT A MORE AGRESSIVE COUNSELING SECTION HAS TO BE SET UP:
SO AS TO IDENTIFY ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY DISRUPT:
EVERY KID SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND AN ACTIVITY THAT HELPS THEM SHINE:
THE SPECIAL COUNSELLING SECTION SHOULD TRACK KIDS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE KEPT IN LINE:
KIDS IN SCHOOL FACE PRESSURE FROM EVERY ANGLE:
THEIR PLATE IS MORE THAN FULL:
IN SCHOOL, GUNS AND BOMBS DON'T BELONG:
WHERE DO WE GO WRONG?
IT'S TRUE THERE'S TOO MUCH VIOLENCE ON THE MOVIES AND TELEVISION:
AND KIDS SEE VIOLENCE AS FUN:
WHEN YOU WATCH A MOVIE LIKE RAMBO AND SEE 100 PEOPLE GET KILLED:
IT'S WRONG TO THINK OF THAT AS A THRILL:
ONE LIFE TAKEN IN VAIN:
WILL LEAVE 100 FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ACQUANTANCES IN PAIN:
WHEN MOVIES SHOW GLORY IN BLOOD AND GORE:
SOME KIDS THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR SURE:
THESE VIOLENT MOVIES HAVE NO USE:
THEY ARE TOO ABUSIVE, DIRTY AND LOOSE:
IT'S NOT THAT WE SHOULD LIVE IN A FAIRY TALE:
BUT LOOK NOW TO OUR CHILDREN, WE HAVE FAILED:
WE HAVE TO LET KIDS GROW UP SLOW:
ALL THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD WE DON'T HAVE TO SHOW:
KIDS ARE GROWING UP WAY TOO FAST:
IT'S A SHAME THAT CHILDHOOD WON'T LAST:
WHEN OUR CHILDREN COME UNDER FIRE IN SCHOOL:
DEAR GOD THAT'S SO CRUEL:
WHEN A TRAGEDY HAPPENDS AND KIDS GET GUNNED DOWN:
ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD FROWN:
NO ONE WANTS A CHILD TO DIE IN PAIN:
TO ALL IT'S JUST A SHAME:
IT'S SO TRAGIC TO THINK OF THE LOSS OF A CHILD:
TO SOMEONE WHO WENT ON A SHOOTING SPREE WILD:
MORE SECURITY GUARDS IN OUR SCHOOLS NEED TO BE HIRED:
TO PROTECT OUR KIDS FROM COMING UNDER FIRE:
15-FEB-1999
JOHN D. JUNGERS
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