Thursday, September 24, 2009

I CAN!

So, I teach a mental health 1st-2nd grade class. This means that besides dodging flying chairs and watching the therapist run after students who have jumped out the window- I hear a lot of the old "I Can't" mantra. It hurts my ears to hear this terrible phrase. So, on top of giving my student a WTF look every time I hear those awful, disgusting words, and reminding them that they are the F-cking BOMB! I wrote them an I CAN! poem:

I can do anything,
I know I can!
Even if I'm feeling bad!

I can do anything,
I know it's true!
Watch me show
What I can do!

I can do anything,
I know I will!
I can do anything
Standing still!
I can do anything
On the run!
I can do anything
and make it fun!

I can do anything!
Yes I can!
And everyone will know
I'm my biggest fan!