Pages

From School

Please Mother, may I leave the room, Is how you asked in a convent school. And if the answer was yes you may, you

Very quietly tip—toed away

You had to obey the golden rule, or you

Could be punished and sat on a stool.

School wasn't boring as some may say,

With different things to keep us busy each day. The discipline was strict, but the nuns never hit With the pointer stick.

To answer a question, you raised your hand, and Polite/y by your desk did stand.

When the answer you did give, you said ”Thank You Mother” and sat down real still.

The nuns would put stars after our name, every day

In a reading game. Then they would draw many steps

Of stairs, with numbers to add, saying climb up

there.

149