In a few weeks / the school year will end
The summer weeks / will begin
After that / we’ll all start / again
Next school year
Me with new students
You in a new grade / with new teachers
You won’t stop being my student
You just won’t be in my class / everyday / anymore
/ / /
This poem was written to the day thirty prompt at Poetic Asides to write a stop or don’t stop poem.
Sadly Waiting for Recess 
I’m now retired, but I found those end of year goodbyes gruelling. I was much happier when I became a teacher librarian and had the same students year after year.
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One of the things I am loving about teaching sixth graders – which is new to me – is that I do get to see them next year. I used to teach fifth graders, and was used to sending them off to middle school. Now, I see former students all the time.
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