Inspired by a Maths Teacher

My Day begins with a heavy heart,as

with a second language I have to start;

though we all say Hi' and Hello'

but we do not want to study Hamlet  or Othello,

English period is the last one in the day

when half the class is out and at play

waiting for the final bell to ring

homewards they go as they shout and sing;

English copies please! OH Ma'am we forgot

and thats the case with the whole lot.

AH well!  well!  OH ! Errrr Errrr

No trick nor treat will make the learner stir.

Someone asked me 'what do you teach?

I said 'They call it the Art of Speech'

Which Everyone wishes to speak

It makes the jaws ache

the neck to pain and the heart burn 

I conclude after so many years

Its a subject 'No one wants to learn'

It maybe in my land

where I serve and work and stand

I have now made a plan

A Project to be a real English Teacher

which means Strategies Control and Professionalism

will tell you the results as they come

They may be the End of my Job

OH Help Me Lord with Me and My Patriotism.

Illumine what in me is dark'

Send a sharp bolt , for the students

To Light The Spark

Amen.