Teacher made us read a book
that I thought was a bore,
so reading every single page
was nothing but a chore.
The characters were really dumb.
In fact, there were three bears,
and a girl named Goldilocks
who sat in all their chairs.
She ate some of their porridge
and slept in Baby’s bed,
and when the bears discovered her,
I thought that she’d be dead.
But no — that girl escaped those bears
which made no sense to me,
cause how could one blonde little girl
outrun the bears — all three?
Lots of kids agreed with me
and said it couldn’t be done.
In fact, our class discussion
was really lots of fun.
Our teacher kept on asking us
to back up what we thought.
She said, “Give me your logic”,
and logic’s what she got.
We said that Goldilocks, in truth,
was sure a little brat.
Teacher said, “Then back it up.
Explain why you think that.”
And as we talked and gave our proof
for judgements that was had,
our teacher smiled and nodded
and just looked really glad.
I’d thought she’d be insulted
cause I didn’t like her book,
but that, for sure, was not the case,
judging by her look.
So now I love to read her books
and think of what I’ll say,
cause talking bout those books we read
almost feels like play.
The Lonely Meatball 
Now THERE is a great teacher! I love the way she roped in the Little Darlings– uh— I mean how she “engaged” them.
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The best teachers are sneaky at times.
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I love sneaky teachers. They are definitely the reason I am an “English” person and not a “Math” person.
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You’re like I am. Math used to throw me right over the edge.
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I don’t know if it’s a personality thing or maybe my English teachers saw potential for a character in their memoirs but the Math teachers never caught me off guard with a remark or quote that made me stop to think for a moment nor did they inspire me.
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Math and science teachers are quite different than English and social studies teachers. We used to talk about it at school. I expect your English teachers loved you and most certainly saw your talent in your written work.
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They made me feel that way for sure.
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In case you missed my Goldilocks post, this is another version I found:
“There is a modern version of the Goldilocks story too, written by the satirist James Finn Garner. It can be found in his book, “Politically Correct Bedtime Stories“.
Through the thicket, across the river, and deep, deep in the woods, lived a family of bears – a Papa Bear, a Mama Bear, and a Baby Bear – and they all lived together anthropomorphically in a little cottage as a nuclear family. They were very sorry about this, of course, since the nuclear family has traditionally served to enslave womyn, instill a self-righteous moralism in its members, and imprint rigid notions of heterosexualist roles onto the next generation. Nevertheless, they tried to be happy and took steps to avoid these pitfalls, such as naming their offspring the non-gender-specific “Baby.”
– James Finn Garner –”
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That is just hilarious!
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