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September 5, 2013
By Zesty_Taco GOLD, Towson, Maryland
Zesty_Taco GOLD, Towson, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
"Ancora Imparo" "I am still learning." -Michelangelo


People go to school to learn.
I go to argue.
I do not sit and digest the banal information.
The opinions disguised as facts.
I like to refute and refuse.
Sometimes people get annoyed.
They say I'm just lazy,
that I don't understand how the world works,
or how a student must act.

That translates to scholastic failure,
yet intellectual success.

I write proficiently,
yet I despise writing in-school papers.
I'd rather discuss.
Like the philosophers of eras past.
All a paper does,
is to convince yourself.
Yourself!
Of your own self-righteous opinion.
If you discuss,
Discourse,
Digress,
Digest.
You learn to appreciate,
and you learn how to learn.

I can:
Refuse,
Refute,
Resolve.

I can:
Accept,
Amass,
Assemble.

We can take our new ideas.
Teach each other how to learn.
Who in turn can educate others.
Perhaps,
our educators can learn
to teach what we learned
when we:
Discussed,
Discoursed,
Digested.

I told you I was different.


The author's comments:
There's always been something about the way our educational system worked that has irked me. This poem reflects a bit about what I feel about it and some different ways to change it. I hope teachers, teens, and others can get a little something about the ever-important discussion part of education.

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on Sep. 17 2013 at 10:53 pm
Zesty_Taco GOLD, Towson, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
"Ancora Imparo" "I am still learning." -Michelangelo

Alas, intelligence is so revered in today's society. One cannot observe news without intelligence being articulated as something beyond the general populace. Schools make out brilliant writers and philosophers as mythical beings. Maybe one day we will all realize that we all have some sort of intelligence, and it only takes an open mind to realize one's full potential.

on Sep. 17 2013 at 7:24 pm
GleekGamer PLATINUM, Somerset, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"Friendship isn't always easy, but there's no doubt it's worth fighting for."

Awesome job! I've always said tests are not a true measure of intelligence, and you appear to be a truly intelligent person.

on Sep. 16 2013 at 3:18 pm
juliacoccaro SILVER, Spanish Fort, Alabama
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Favorite Quote:
"I'd sell you to Satan for one corn chip."

I'm truly in love with this poem. I think you're writing about a scenario that many, many people can relate to and are currently experiencing - especially since you're posting on a site that's more likely to have more in-depth and thoughtful minds and tendencies. It's long and detailed, but all the same, it gets the point across. Love!

thewriter247 said...
on Sep. 16 2013 at 3:07 pm
This is very meaningful and well-written. Thank you for posting this! I absolutely love it.