Perseverance: A Poem
© 1999 Vicki Hannah Lein
(Hold your hands, fingers curved over fingers.)
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Perseverance Means Never Giving Up! |
Ahem. (Put fist to mouth and clear throat.)
Perseverance! (Point right index finger high in the air.)
means never giving up (Shake head vigorously back and forth.)
even when people laugh at you when you make a mistake.
(Laugh a mean laugh.)
Perseverance! (Point finger again.)
means never giving up (Shake head vigorously back and forth.)
even when the problem seems very, very big (lift your hand up like you are building a mountain)
and you feel very, very small. (Make a box with your hands that gets smaller and smaller.)
(Cry like a baby: wah, wah, wah.)
Perseverance! (Point your finger again.)
means never giving up (Shake head vigorously back and forth.)
even when you don’t know how to do something.
(Scratch head and say, “Huh?”)
Perseverance! (Point your finger again.)
means never giving up (Shake head vigorously back and forth.)
even if you are horribly embarrassed.
(Put your arms over your head and say, “Don’t look at me!”)
Perseverance! (Point your finger again.)
means getting used to reaching goals.
(Jump out with your arms spread and say, “Ta da!”)
Perseverance! (Point finger.)
means getting used to success.
(Shine your fingernails on your shirt.)
Perseverance!(Point your finger.)
means building muscles for life as big as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s!
(Assume a body builder pose.)
Perseverance! is fun. Perseverance! is cool.
Perseverance will serve you well
all your life, as well as in school.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. (Bow)