This might be my blog, but that doesn't mean every form of literature I post was written by me...
I was on the Dollars website today and saw a wonderful poem about school. As in the title (but let me reiterate) , this poem is by Jonathon Howard.I give him big thanks for allowing me to post it onto my blog. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
There's a problem with schools, we all can admit.
It's about time we said that we're sick of the shit.
No one is taught to just do their best,
Instead all we're taught, is how to pass the next test.
They want us to be good quiet clones,
Seen and not heard, like we're all made of stone.
They want us to think we each have a voice,
but teach us so that we don't have a choice.
They teach us to be mild-mannered sheeple,
and not that we're all individual people.
Surrounded by this lack of creativity,
what suffers is not only my grades, but me.
They don't want you to lead, just follow,
they're okay with you feeling dead and all hollow.
As long as you look, and sound nice and clean,
it doesn't matter if you're just a cog in the machine.
They tell you that school is the best thing for you,
now you're stuck and alone and don't know what to do.
They taught you to be a student for life,
now in the real world, you're surrounded by strife.
It feels like you're drowning, and there's nowhere to go,
That's where I'm at, trust me, I know.
But you don't have to follow someone else to be smart,
all you need to do is follow your heart.
Our days are numbered, our existence finite,
if you follow your dreams, it'll all be alright.
So instead of teaching our kids to some test,
how about instead, we teach them what's best?
Teach them to think for themselves and not others,
and teach them to love all their sisters and brothers.
teach them dream, and to live life with heart,
and maybe you'll see that everyone is smart.
We're all good at something, so find your own passion,
and learn that instead, don't just be old-fashioned.
This is what I believe is education,
to learn to live your own life without hesitation.
So let's reform our schools, to teach what we need,
and no longer be taught to live life for greed.
It's about time we said that we're sick of the shit.
No one is taught to just do their best,
Instead all we're taught, is how to pass the next test.
They want us to be good quiet clones,
Seen and not heard, like we're all made of stone.
They want us to think we each have a voice,
but teach us so that we don't have a choice.
They teach us to be mild-mannered sheeple,
and not that we're all individual people.
Surrounded by this lack of creativity,
what suffers is not only my grades, but me.
They don't want you to lead, just follow,
they're okay with you feeling dead and all hollow.
As long as you look, and sound nice and clean,
it doesn't matter if you're just a cog in the machine.
They tell you that school is the best thing for you,
now you're stuck and alone and don't know what to do.
They taught you to be a student for life,
now in the real world, you're surrounded by strife.
It feels like you're drowning, and there's nowhere to go,
That's where I'm at, trust me, I know.
But you don't have to follow someone else to be smart,
all you need to do is follow your heart.
Our days are numbered, our existence finite,
if you follow your dreams, it'll all be alright.
So instead of teaching our kids to some test,
how about instead, we teach them what's best?
Teach them to think for themselves and not others,
and teach them to love all their sisters and brothers.
teach them dream, and to live life with heart,
and maybe you'll see that everyone is smart.
We're all good at something, so find your own passion,
and learn that instead, don't just be old-fashioned.
This is what I believe is education,
to learn to live your own life without hesitation.
So let's reform our schools, to teach what we need,
and no longer be taught to live life for greed.
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