A Poem for Weary Teachers
A Poem for Weary Teachers by STACEY CARTER-LANE Tonight I will sleep. I will forget about school, papers to grade, lessons to plan. I will not wake up thinking of a plan to save those students -- that young woman, that young man. I will close my eyes and drift away from the event I forgot to pencil in, the chores I omitted from the to-do list, the calls I missed. I will fall asleep before my prayer is through. Tonight I will …