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{SFTH} *Lament of an Ancient Teacher* 4/10/01
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Lament of an Ancient Teacher
By Joe Bosch
In the wee hours of the morning when sleep won't return.
When my back begins to ache, and I fretfully toss and turn.
I review life's inventory of people's lives touched by me.
I taught Reading, Science, Math, and exciting History.
My students taught me much about life and all its quirks,
About how the slowest student is capable of great works.
My Sixth Grade students, in the passage of the years,
Have known successes, and stand tall among their peers.
Doctors, lawyers, business men, nurses, and great teachers,
A police chief, a deputy, and even missionaries to all
creatures.
In the wee hours of the morning when sleep won't return.
When my back begins to ache, and I fretfully toss and turn.
In my solitary contemplation, I wipe a tear from each flowing eye,
When I remember my dear students who early had to die.
I wish someone had called me to come stand by their side,
I think I could have saved the two who committed suicide.
In the wee hours of the morning when sleep won't return.
When my back begins to ache, and I fretfully toss and turn.
I think about the life I've led, and my many bad mistakes,
And I thank God for Jesus who came to die for all our sakes.
I pray that I will have the strength to follow God's plan for me,
And that I have been a Christian light for all my kids to see.
--Written in the wee hours of the morning by Joe Bosch
jbosch@i-55.com
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After retirement from teaching and being a public school administrator, I have become involved in my church where I currently serve as President of the United Methodist Men of the North Shore District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. I don't receive any monetary remuneration for this post. However, I work for our Creator God who has devised the very best retirement plan that was ever created.
Contact me at: jbosch@i-55.com
Joseph Bosch
P.O. Box 422
Robert, Louisiana 70422
Telephone: (504) 345-2696
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/_/\/\ MICHAEL T. POWERS
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/_/ \ "For I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but
\_\/\ \ Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body I live for the Son
\_\/ of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20
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