Posted 12:30 AM by Susan Darst Williams

ODE TO YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL

(to the tune of "The Caissons Go Marching Along")

School all summer!
School all winter!
So much seat time, get a splinter
As the endless school year rolls along.

From my birth
To 18
'N' every moment in between,
I am tied to my school my life long.

I'm no longer free;
No individuality.
'Cause they have to make sure
That I conform!

Parents ask:
"What's next?"
School's building an annex
So we kids can live year-round in dorms.