Favorite Students
I wonder why
your favorite students
are cheaters.
I can always see them
looking up the answers on their phones,
glancing at notes on their laps or under their papers,
peering at their neighbors' unshielded scantrons,
trading questions and answers between classes,
staring at their hands graffitied with the review,
and
stealing your answer keys.
How can people like this
be the
teacher of the year's
favorite students?