Dear Teacher...

 All over Canada, yellow buses dot back-to-school town and countryside...

What a high vocation

Of inestimable reach

A room full of children

And you, there to teach

Dear teacher, be careful

With each mind you mold

For children learn far more

Than just what they’re told

Each child, like a flower

Cradled in bud-loom

Where you hold the power

To probe it to bloom

Dear teacher, be gracious

With your teacher-looks

For they read your faces

Sometimes better than books

Dear teacher, we thank you

For helping them learn

Though you seldom witness

Your labor’s return

…in this high vocation

Of inestimable reach

A room full of children

And you, there to teach

© Janet Martin

Let's pray for our teachers diligently

as they meet new children and new challenges

of a new school-year!

My heart goes out to teachers...
esp. new ones unprepared for child/crowd-control issues that
really cut into quality teaching-time!