I labeled them from One to Seven
and sat them in front of my board.
They had come, after all, to seek instruction
on this day of our Lord!
One hadn’t had any breakfast, and so
looked grumpy throughout and yawned.
Two promptly fell asleep, having done
God knows what ere the day had dawned.
Three started to get off topic and babbled
on about some new fad.
I sent her upstairs to Admin; she was
inappropriately clad.
I was taken aback by Four as he
with Five obscenely flirted.
Six frightened me off of my podium,
so terse and oddly worded.
“Just who or what are you teaching, sir?”
cried Seven, not batting a lid.
But they’d told me to teach the standards, and that’s
exactly what I did.