Category: Perspectives

Max Brown (Flute, Music Friends of Sports Parents)

This is my last year of playing the flute,
Now the other kids in the band are calling me Jethro.
All this time and I finally get recognized for something,
It wasn’t Mr. Simpson, my parents, or some judge,
It was my classmates for the other day
When we played Aqualung.

That was the first time I enjoyed playing,
How come we can’t play more songs like that,
Why do we have summer reading,
What is the purpose of the reading the classics,
I just don’t get the point of school
Especially in a year like this.

Sara Holmes (Violin, Music Friends of Sports Parents)

When I hit a bad note,
He puts his fingers together and
Tells that dumb violin joke.

Today, I told him what I thought,
He seemed not to care, but
At least he had the decency not to put his fingers together.

Blair Taylor (Drums, Music Friends of Sports Parents)

My parents are essentially fighting for him,
His colleagues,
And all of the kids in band and music.

He won’t even consider he might be
What the parents of the jocks
Are complaining about with the coaches.

Why are we protecting this guy,
I hear the coaches are actually talking with
Their players.

Grant Pearce (Guitar, Music Friends of Sports Parents)

You know how people look at you and
You can tell that they aren’t listening,
You keep talking, they keep blowing
You off, that was
Him.
He never wanted to know,
He never cared,
He was just doing what he did
For the show.
That’s him.

Len Simpson (Music Teacher)

Seriously, we have to meet with the kids
To find out how we can be better?

I don’t care what they think,
I tell, they do, that’s the way it is.

Back in the day, I had complaints about my teachers,
But my voice wasn’t there to be heard.

I was there to learn,
To do what I was told.

Maya Thomson (Soccer, Eight Bars Parents)

Coach made it seem like she wasn’t upset,
But I heard from someone we both know
That she might quit.

I can’t blame her,
It would be a shame,
But I wouldn’t want her life.

Brandi Rooney (Soccer Coach)

I talked to the players,
They think this whole thing is ridiculous,
They apologized, saying their protest
Was not about me,
But really about something more than soccer.

I get it,
But it still hurts.
On the other hand,
I enjoyed my free time,
Maybe I need to think about me more.

Bill Bryant (Football Coach)

Years ago, I had a chance to coach in college,
The pay would have sucked as an assistant,
Recruiting would have been tough,
So I chose to stick with high school,
Teaching and coaching were enough to get by.

Now there are classes I have to take,
Concussion,
Sudden Cardiac Arrest,
Coaching Theory,
Child Abuse Prevention,
Opioid Abuse Prevention,
Head’s Up Technique, and
How to talk to parents.

Maybe they need classes, too,
Realistic Expectations,
Parenting Theory,
Child Abuse Prevention,
Opioid Abuse Prevention,
Head Out of the Sand Technique, and
How to talk to adults.

Cole Watts (Baseball Player, Eight Bars Parents)

Coach Weaver is chill,
He loves baseball and wants everyone else
To feel the same way.

He figures the next level
Will find the players who are deserving,
He’s old school that way.

I just got my first Juul.
My health teacher hates these things.
My “Talk” followers love them.