Taylor Mali blew me away with a badass yet powerfully messaged poem called, "What Teachers Make." In the poem that phrase is intended to ask how much teachers earn financially as compared to the lawyer sitting at the same table. In reply, the teacher reveals all that teacher's DO for children and their parents using the word MAKE. I make them wonder, I make them spell, read, write. I make them tremble, I make phone calls to parents to tell them what a noble thing they did at school that day. Teachers develop the minds of youth to become the leaders of tomorrow... it doesn't matter what they "make" financially. Then again, a teacher should go battle Adora Svitak for her opinion....
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