Just Gettin’ By
I’ve crossed paths with so many
students that have just gotten by.
Is it inattention, neglect, or
carelessness that has silenced their cry?
Their plead for help to those who have
an obligation to provide,
and their inability to do the work that
they are assigned.
I’ve witnessed kids struggle with tears
in their eyes
and I ask myself how on Earth are these
kids gettin’ by?
How do you make it to Algebra, but you
can’t do the basics,
Why is it that the educators seem so
complacent?
Well I’m worried; I see a very real
problem.
Simply passing students who are
undeserving is not goin to solve ‘em.
We have to find a way to make the
concepts we’re teaching apply,
it is our job to stop the cycle of
letting kids get by.
I see high school students who can’t
write for their lives.
Kids from various ethnicities with
dialects that affect how they write
As teachers we will face a number of
difficult tasks,
but when it comes to our students we
cannot turn our backs.
If a student requires we should put forth
the extra effort and time
Lend our ears to their cry, teach them,
and not just let them get by.
