I Just Don't Want To Go To School

'I just don't want to go to school,

I want to play.....so there.... !

For no one will be friends with me,

The children just don't care.'

'They won't let me play Netball,

Or twirl a skipping-rope,

I'd love a game of Football,

But, no, there's not a hope.'

'The Bullies always pick on me,

I haven't got a friend;

Oh, Mum, please say I've got a Cold,

Give me a Note to send.'

"Oh, pull yourself together, dear.

You really should be wiser,

Now run along, and brave them,

You're a Mid-day Supervisor!!!"

by

Shirley Frances Winskill 1987