Universal Mathematics Ability Poem by John Sensele

Every child is born with Mathematics ability
Which teachers kill by labeling children brain dead
When teachers' duty ought to elevate stability
Putting children's fears and tears to bed.

Teachers shouldn't perpetuate the myth of a mountain too high
Which only a few chosen nerds can climb
Instead teachers ought to open doors of achievement to the sky
Where concepts, principles and procedures enabled children mime.

Adequately taught, Mathematics exudes pleasure
Flavoured, favoured and nurtured in a caring, conducive environment
Where children of all abilities thrive beyond measure
To doubting Thomases' astonishment

Performing far beyond limits imposed by imagination
Scaling any imaginable height if children put their mind to it
Devouring Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry, Differentiation
When teachers employ and deploy techniques and strategies that declare children fit.