Such a sad state of affairs,
He was going deaf,
His hearing would be gone,
No longer to hear his music.
Music was his life,
His passion.
But worse than that,
His working life
Was going to go.
Teaching music needed to be heard,
But this he would have to leave.
But worse than that,
He was told
‘Teaching does not matter!’
“All we need is a person,
A person to sit in front
Sit in front of the class
And keep them in order;
Teaching them does not matter!”
This to a man whose passion for music,
Passion for teaching was paramount.
But those in charge are all the same,
They just do not care,
As long as there is no rancour,
No rancour in the classroom,
Those in charge have done their job,
There was no trouble in the school.
But there was no teaching either!