expecting the good

expecting(ikˈspekt) the good

what to expect?

By Henry H. Walker

“When I was a student here,
the teachers| expected us| to be good,
and we had to change their minds| to be bad.”

he found other schools he has known
to expect the kids to be bad
and teachers| have to be surprised| by the good,

this from a student from early
in the days of Carolina(ˌkarəˈlīnə) Friends School,
a description| of how I see the students still,
like my grandmother, expecting the best,
and that expectation(ˌekspekˈtāSHən)| helping the best| to release(rəˈlēs) itself.

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