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3RD GRADE LESSON

ONE DAY THE TEACHER TO THE OFFICE GOT CALLED AWAY:
AFTER A MINUTE GONE ALL THE KIDS STARTED TO RUN AROUND TO PLAY:
I'LL ADMIT I JOINED IN WITH THE FUN:
BUT I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE:
THEN ONE BOY SAT AT TEACHERS DESK:
HE SAID CLASS GET READY TO TAKE A TEST:

THEN HE OPENED UP HER DESK DRAWER:
AND WHAT HE FOUND WAS OUR HORROR:
THERE WERE CIGARETTES -THE CLASS WAS SHOCKED MRS BUGGS SMOKED;
TO US THIS WAS NO JOKE:
WE ALL KNEW SMOKING WAS SO BAD:
NOW WE FOUND OUT TEACHER SMOKED AND FELT SO SAD:

THEN THE TEACHER CAME BACK IN CLASS:
EVERYONE OF US WE TOOK OUR SEATS SO FAST:
WHEN SHE SAT AT HER DESK SHE KNEW SOMETHING WAS'NT RIGHT:
NOW WE ALL HAD FRIGHT:
I COULD SEE THE DISSAPPOINTMENT IN HER FACE:
I COULD FEEL HER DISGRACE:

SHE SAID ALL THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING AROUND THE CLASSROOM WHEN I WAS GONE PLEASE STAND UP:
I FELT LIKE A SICK LITTLE PUP:
I WAS GUILTY BUT THE OTHERS WERE TOO:
SO I STOOD UP AND I WAS THE ONLY ONE SHE SAID WAS IT YOU:
SHE GOT OUT OF HER CHAIR WALKED OVER BY MY SIDE:
I WAS SO NERVOUS AND SCARED HAD NO PLACE TO RUN AND HIDE:

SHE TOLD ME THAT I AN HONEST AND IF I KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT:
I DIDNT KNOW IT AND SHE SAID I WAS HEAVEN SENT:
SHE SAID I AM HONEST AND THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FIRST:
TO BE DISHONEST IS THE WORST:
SO ALL THE OTHERS THEY SAT GUILTY CAUSE THEY STOOD NOT:
MY THIRD GRADE TEACHER TO THE END OF SCHOOL SHE LOVED ME ALOT:


10-10-2005:
JOHN D. JUNGERS



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3RD GRADE LESSON