EOTC is My Favourite Thing

Trips to museums and bus rides to beaches
Fun for the students means work for the teachers
Dealing with all of the work that it brings
EOTC is my favourite thing…

Planning and talking and dreaming logistics
Using my time tested and new heuristics
Asking for favours and pulling some strings
EOTC is my favourite thing…

Booking the bus and the day and the venue
Sorting the gear and the forms and the menu
Checking that everyone knows what to bring
EOTC is my favourite thing…

When the dog bites, when the bee stings
When I’m feeling sad,
I simply remember
The camp’s nearly over
And then I don’t feel so bad

When the bus comes there is scrabbling for seats
Covert ingestion of forbidden sweets
Two kids that vomit, another that clings
EOTC is my favourite thing…

Then later on when they’re meant to be sleeping
One group is talking, another is weeping
One group is fighting, another group sings
EOTC is my favourite thing…

Then back at school, every child, every one
Ends their report with the words “IT WAS FUN”
Counting up all of the good things it brings
EOTC is my favourite thing…

When the dog bites, when the bee stings
When I’m feeling sad,
I simply remember
The camp’s nearly over
And then I don’t feel so bad.