Mental Zoning Laws

School districts fraught with concern Amidst dwindling budget supplies And the dangling sword of teacher evaluation Pay hefty prices for what counts as Education the child: malleable as clay Always stapled to the Bell Curve Our intelligence display Whereas testing may prove a point Who succeeds is a rigged game The quotas of last month Are hungry for filling yet our minds take a vacation In the panicked testing scene Intelligence Rendered through the heart Is not a function Of dismal obedience