School Through The Parent's P.O.V. 11/15

by Ashleigh Skye   May 13, 2006


Constantly swamped with homework,
for a class that isn't mine,
parent teacher interviews,
my signature on the dotted line.

Volunteered to drive,
no matter what time, event, or place,
baking for the bake sale,
work is my saving grace.

Being told to punish my children,
when they do something not quite right,
I remember when I was in school,
fail, and pain and misery would unite.

The degrading lectures would be the icing,
sweet and light compared to the strap,
leaving behind it's bruises and welts,
a reminder of their disciplinary tap.

No computers to help with the homework,
parents who didn't get involved,
each and every single problem,
was on my own to get solved.

I remember coming home from school,
with my very first black eye,
and getting a licking from my dad,
when he found out I had cried.

But now I'm out of the cesspool,
just splashed with it by my son,
determined to make his better than mine,
no matter what has to be done.

Walking down the proverbial hall,
remembering how things were,
haunted by me memories,
hurting without a cure.

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  • 18 years ago

    by SammiBABY

    Amazing, you think of things so differently than others do, you are so good.
    take care

  • 18 years ago

    by Kara !

    A good poem from a parents view. I can only imagine that it isn't easy being a parent. You really do tell how it must be. Good work.x

  • 18 years ago

    by Cory Mastrandrea

    You did a great job telling everybody that the public school is a terror where fail, and pain, and misery would unite. You did an even better job of talking about the narrator's father chastising her for crying. Your depiction of school needs more in the way of examples. You have plenty of examples of the narrator's troubles with school while at home with family; however when speaking directly about schopol you describe it in abstract feelings/thoughts/emotions. Give more concrete examples that pull forth these things, like you did about ht ehome life of school. But do the same with the building life of school.

  • 18 years ago

    by Fallen~Tears

    Wow i thought it was nice, ive never heard anyone write about this but it was a good topic and you did a nice job expressing emotions into a poem with a great flow 5/5

    ~!*FallenTears~!*
    ~!*Meaghen~!*

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