The Last Semester - The Last Sailor teacher parody
Channel: LycanB64
Date: 2021-03-01

A teacher parody of The Last Sailor by the great Tom Lewis.

Share it, remake it, go wild.

It's a joke, folks. I don't want to hear about your teaching philosophy. Just have a giggle with your fellow pedagogues and move on.

Lyrics follow:
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Well me mother often told me when I was just a lass
A teacher's life was hard, at the head of the class
But now I've joined the school board, hung my name outside the door
And now I've found a teacher ain't a teacher anymore

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Don't give them a test,
Don't put them in the hall.
If you send a kid home, you might get a call,
Just keep your students busy with activities galore!
A teacher ain't a teacher, ain't a teacher anymore!

The head of our department, he says our life's a breeze,
It wasn't like this in his day, he made his own worksheets,
We like our Zoom and SmartBoards, but what's a tablet for?
Check their understanding or keep them from getting bored?

{Chorus}

They gave us a curriculum that first checked memory,
Now with more technology, it's become secondary,
We're good with pens and textbooks, but what's a slideshow for?
Flashy animations won't get them a higher score!

{Chorus}

They gave us Microsoft Teams, so we can work from home,
But I can't get it to load up if I use Google Chrome,
We know our course home website but what's this button do..?
Now I logged out o' my account and forgot my password, too!

{Chorus}

One paper mask a day; that was all we had,
But now we get an extra one 'cause COVID's getting bad,
We're told that it's just for now, we'll be back to normal fast,
But normal is what got us here, we need change that will last!

Well, the world's quickly changing, the future looking bleak,
But we're still sitting at our desks for five days a week,
As the tech support and coaches, and examiners for sure,
A teacher's still a teacher, just like she was before!

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