Come and buy the books you don’t need
With baubles and pencils and such.
Help to urge your children to read,
But they really cost too damn much.
.
It could really help out the school
If you were involved just a touch.
When your there you’ll feel like a fool.
The books really cost too damn much.
.
We get local funding. We do.
And we’d even like to declutch
Our budget from money from you,
But teaching really costs too damn much.
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I wrote this rant poem as part of Muris’ poetry scavenger hunt on the A Different Perspective page. If you want to participate, check out her page here: https://murisopsis.wordpress.com/2022/03/30/looking-forward-to-poetry-month/
therichardbraxton 
Hehe! For me it wasn’t the book fair but the never ending PTA fund raisers selling everything from chocolate bars to wrapping paper and magazine subscriptions! I can relate to this one completely!!
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My son’s school has four picture days per year, and they try to sell eight different t-shirts. Plus, they do one take home fundraiser per semester. I am sure the PTA does fundraisers, too, but I don’t attend the PTA. I know they need money. I understand the teachers don’t get paid enough. But seriously, do they do any teaching, or is it only fund raising?
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