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Hamilton School

Verbal Skills Center — A Student’s Poem

April 1978

Original student work from The Paper, April 1978. Printed names, wording and school information are preserved; contemporary plans and opinions are not later outcome verification.

I [opening words damaged in source] Verbal Skills Center,

And I think it is great.

I try to get my work done and not

Make mistakes.

Teachers are nice and I like them all

I try to do my best work

So my picture can go on the wall.

When you first get to the Center

You would think that its a drag

But when you get used to it,

You’ll find its not so bad,

Sometimes I think and ask myself—

Why am I here?

And then I think again,

How low my grades appear.

And if you ever think you can go

And do nothing all day,

Remember those teachers do not play.

Verbal Skills is to help you.

Originally published in The Paper, April 1978.

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Archival transcription note: Opening words are damaged in the source and marked. Printed “its” readings are retained.

Original source: SD_Times1978_04.pdf, printed page(s) 5; PDF page(s) 5.

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