Dear Bored of Education,
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So are we, huh, so are we
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At no point in the lives that we actually live,
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Do we sit in rows and listen to pontifications
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At no point did momma pass written exams out on how to wash the dishes, no
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She pulled the stool up next to her, at the sink,
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Handed us a dishrag, like 'Watch how mommy does it, now you try!'
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Learning by doing, such a crazy idea, it might work
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Them stools felt like a magical ladders into an alter universe
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Into the grown-up world,
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Informational portholes, wormholes, into other places
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Where kids were equals,
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Being made privy to information only those with
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Driver's licenses and facial hair had
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Who knew we were learning,
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No clue Pops was teaching us time management and budgeting,
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Miniature project coordinators
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He said, "Imma show you how to do these chores.
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And if they're done when I get home
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Then that allowance is yours.
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Maybe some ice cream's involved too.
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Remember when we were in kindergarten,
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And you had to learn about worms,
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Yeah, you went outside and you played with worms,
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What a novel idea!
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Dear Bored of Education!
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Huh, so are we (so are we)
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Dear Bored of Education,
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All I've learned from your system is that it's just the system
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That you set up
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And if I just repeat what you just said,
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in James Schafer method, then I passed, right?
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You're just testing my ability to regurgitate
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And if your best instructors are miserable,
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I'm pretty sure it's not the kids' fault
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This pain I know firsthand,
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The grand learning moments, the innovative lesson plans
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That causes eyes to sparkle
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As if them students have just caught rides on shooting stars
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These lessons have wings, only to get clipped, to fit,
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Into the Low-Res JPEG you call "The State Standards."
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Why do you insist this is still the industrial age?
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My child is not a widget!
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And a school should not be an assembly line
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Making my daughter's diploma equivalent to an inspected by 2235 stamp
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Dear Bored of Education, so are we!
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Dear Bored of Education,
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There's not a Scranton on the planet that can measure inspiration
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This is what our teachers pass on that matters
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But you'd rather them do a jig to the tune of an AYP score
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As to avoid losing ...., right?
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Nickel bee got us shocking and jiving,
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But you can't measure a kid inviting their teacher to a Quincenera or a soccer game,
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Or waiting rooms at free clinics.
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I can name ten kids off hand who would still be in handcuffs if it wasn't for Mr. Singer
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Nick Luvanno runs his own design firm
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And he failed the exit exams twice! Failed!
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Dear Board of Education, I mean, can we not Google when the Magna Carta was signed?
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If your brightest stars are always dim,
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Something must be wrong with your glasses
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If every place on your body that you touch hurts,
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Then your fingers must be broken
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You are PhDs, you have five suffixes at the end of your names,
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you're the people that know
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A lot, how come you're not smart enough
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To know that you don't know what you don't know?
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Did anyone ever suggest, that maybe, we should test the test?
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Dear Bored of Education, my dear Bored of Education, so are we
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So are we, so are we!
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Bored of Education
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