Teaching

Yesterday, I was a total failure at teaching
Until he decided he wanted to learn
That it was better than whining, this was no fun
He wanted to fist pump when he made an e correctly
He wanted to fist pump when he made a good 3
He wanted to fist pump when he circled 7 yellow cakes
He wanted to celebrate discovering that he can do the work
And see the word red among so many others
And I went from yawning, bored, to having fun,
He made me have fun, but tired
Is this what teaching is about?
How do you do this with a class of 30?
It must be exhausting!
Maybe it’s not a virus,
Rather collective exhaustion that sent kids home
To be taught by parents and grandparents
And it will be collective exhaustion that will send them back