The Kids Aren't Alright-Offspring

ATC Four
Originally uploaded by ART NAHPRO.

Tell me Wally,
What ever happened to the sweet innocence of childhood...

No,
Not the childhood of this particular day and age...
but the sweet childhood of days gone by...

As I crack open my door and let out my last class,
I take in a deep breath...
8th hour is PREP for me!!!

But soon, from across the hall
a ruckus explodes from a substitute's room

and I fall doomed...to my savior role...

With bucket 'o Laffy Taffy in hand
I travel steps that are difficult to retrace
and help out a colleague who earns "sub" standard pay with no benefits!!

When all is said and done...the room is cleaned...kids are calmed...fight is broken up...and sugar is inserted into the mouths of teens...

get this....

the sub...
leaves...
before the bell!!!

What a friggin' Eddie!!

So with such slim dedication as this...in an educated adult...We don't need to wonder...
Why aren't these kids alright???