Wrong Answer for the Teacher - Poem
- Greg Luti
- Mar 24
- 4 min read
Greg Luti’s poem “Wrong Answer for the Teacher” explores his decision to chase writing instead of following his family into teaching — weighing the pursuit of happiness against stability, risk, and all the what-ifs that come with choosing a creative life.
Teaching is a touchy subject for me.
I come from a family of teachers.
My friends are teachers.
Everyone I know is a teacher.
Expect me.
I do not teach.
I have never stood in the front of a room as degenerate children stared at me wondering what was tonight’s homework.
I never taught a kid extra help on a topic I was not that interested in.
I don’t know what it is like to send a kid to the nurses office or to the principal.
I write.
That is the stupid decision I made with my life.
Did I get a girl in college pregnant?
Did I commit a crime?
Did I cheat on a friend?
No, I choose to pick a career that had very little chance for success, basically no chance for financial stability, and may very well be my reason for depressed thoughts.
