SolaceBeneathSilence

I. I wonder if I can make you see -how frail I am- -how much I need you- -how much I want to be the solid earth beneath your feet- without breaking in the process II. Hey don’t poke my eye out; you’re beaming I don’t wanna miss a second of it III. You came along with Roman candles in your ears and borrowed something very precious from my heart Be gentle with it IV. You’re that sirocco of glitter swirling without seatbelt that sweeps me off my feet and then departs Make sure you’re steady in those pumps I don’t want to see you trip and hurt yourself Okay? V. You’re the bug the glitch the nomad Neo

Both of my parents are teachers, one teaching children ages 10-12 in all subjects and one teaching youths ages 16-18 in Swedish and English. Note that what's covered in the curriculum here is according to Swedish law; what I could help you out with on a more universal level is what it's like to teach, what kind of work you do in and outside of school (spare time is a word that doesn't exist for teachers), relations with colleagues and superiors, relations with the kids' parents, the pains of correcting exams and grading them, and generally how things work at a school from an inside perspective.