{"id":137460,"date":"2023-09-02T21:41:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T01:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=137460"},"modified":"2023-09-02T21:41:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T01:41:08","slug":"hour-13-my-super-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/hour-13-my-super-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 13: My Super Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have many wonderful talents, abilities, skills<\/p>\n

I can get a group of crazy seven year-olds to be quiet for like a minute and a half, just long enough to take roll call<\/p>\n

I can solve any imaginary hurt with my box of band-aids<\/p>\n

I can ask probing questions- “Why is there a frog in your desk?”<\/p>\n

I can give thoughtful advice- “We don’t lick our friends’ knees.”<\/p>\n

I can give thoughtful, lifelong advice- “We don’t lick anyone’s knees.”<\/p>\n

I can read upside down, write upside down, and if needed I can hold a small child upside down<\/p>\n

I can tell what the kid in the 3rd row is about to do to the kid in the 2nd row without even turning around<\/p>\n

I can stop an insurrection with just one look<\/p>\n

I can sing endless verses of Down By the Bay<\/p>\n

I can create anything out of toilet paper tubes, Elmer’s glue and ten pounds of glitter<\/p>\n

I can eat faster than any animal on earth and hold my bladder for days<\/p>\n

I can negotiate parent conferences, admin observations, and school performances with finesse<\/p>\n

I can make up stories about buying 68 watermelons, because everyone buys 68 watermelons<\/p>\n

I can spend my nights and weekends grading papers, preparing lessons, and picking up extra supplies<\/p>\n

I can live off coffee, chocolate, and sunshine<\/p>\n

I can do this all with a smile<\/p>\n

Because I teach, that’s my super power<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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