Don'T Be Mean Be Smart Poem by Kevin Seales

Sitting in the classroom
Trying to figure out
The difference of being mean and being smart

My teacher says, don't assume
Try a different route
Don't try and pick the world apart

There are kids in my class
That are mean to others
I don't think that, that is very nice

I see them being harassed
Except my little brother
When they see me, they always think twice

The teacher trys hard
To be fair to all
But sometimes thats not the case

The student may be barred
From the classroom to the hall
To meet the principal face to face

And when he returns
To the class of his peers
He would've dug down deep into his heart

There's one thing he learned
From the yelling in his ears
Is that being mean does'nt make you smart