A student:
On the twelve days of Christmas
my teacher gave to me:
Twelve new problems
Eleven definitions
Ten spelling tests
Nine points off citizenship
Eight words of warning
Seven pages of reading
Six weeks of failing
Five golden "D's"
Four pink slips
Three hot lunches
Two bathroom passes
And a "C" in American History
A teacher:
On the twelve days of Christmas
my students gave to me:
Twelve gray hairs
Eleven sassy words
Ten wrong answers
Nine happy moments
Eight poor excuses
Seven silly sentences
Six stunning headaches
Five royal pains
Four erasers flying
Three borrowed pencils
Two sloppy papers
And a smile in American History