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Farewell to Teaching A Petrarchan Sonnet The job of teaching children brings me pride but also causes stress in many ways. The mixture of emotion in my days might make me laugh or eat me up inside. What adds to that's a problem district-wide, with fewer staff while student numbers raise, it seems more of a fact than of a phase the bite of budget cuts can't be denied. As through the fifteenth year of this I stride, continuing to navigate the maze, I've set my thoughts on other ventures too. Before my brain and energy are fried and I must walk through life in just a haze I think it's time for me to say adieu.