Today we are meeting with the little kids,
second graders, they said.
Uh oh, don’t think I will be good at this.
My young years were the toughest and to this day,
they are giving me trouble.
Don’t think I can handle the responsibility,
and besides, I’m not a teacher kind of person.
Perhaps you can say, today I am here by default.
And then the unexpected happened…
a bunch of bright-eyed, bushy-tailed kids walked in,
they had the chutzpah to be startlingly exciting.
And the shy ones,
who could only whisper their thoughts,
and I understood and related, because a long time ago,
I was one of them.
Lorraine Theordor—Gold Team
I am from
brushing
blowing
grass
that is
as green
as can be
and my
great grandma
Tilly
I am
from
blue
skies
and
lovely
you
Emma Rosenthal—Green Team
