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A Cheerful, Optimistic Fellow

Off to college he'd gone
  a cheerful, optimistic fellow
laidback, easygoing, mellow
  not one to boom or to bellow

But the folks there taught him
  to be ashamed of his privilege
That due to his fair white skin
  the college had let him in  
  
They told him that his part-time job
  served the corrupt capitalist mob
that he should get out there and protest
  with all the strength he possessed

So he turned against the 'system'
  rejected those who would kiss him
learned to make a Molotov cocktail
  targeted a cop; now he's in jail

Yes, off to college he'd gone
  a cheerful, optimistic fellow
He'll return home a bitter young man
  robbed of hope ~ no future, no plan

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Carolyn Devonshire Date: 8/30/2020 10:50:00 AM How sad. I bet this happens more than we would think. People do change in college, but this seems to be the direction in which they are headed, especially now with all the protests. A truly excellent poem for my faves. Hugs, Carolyn Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/30/2020 2:57:00 PM Too many kids today still (!) don't have much of a direction when they go off to college! Amazing to me, as the world is changing so fast. How can the West compete with China, Russia, et al., with all these lazy-ass college kids drifting through college, partying hearty -- or getting transformed into hollow socialists?

Joe Dimino Date: 8/30/2020 8:40:00 AM Wow! Powerful truth; people need to really pay attention to what their children are being taught on all levels of education. Not only body cameras on cops, but in every class room. Would be easy to do and inexpensive. What say you, Teacher's Union? Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/30/2020 3:04:00 PM Ha, ha! Teacher's Unions would love to be free of any and all accountability, so their members can do an even worse job than they've been doing --- and still collect their pot-of-gold pensions. :) gw

Kim Rodrigues Date: 8/30/2020 4:43:00 AM Dangers out there. Terrible when this happens. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/30/2020 3:09:00 PM Go to college at your own risk these days -- esp. if you're not in a STEM major!

Tom Cunningham Date: 8/30/2020 1:09:00 AM An all too familiar story Gershon, it seems mobs rule. Tom Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/30/2020 3:08:00 PM The school's job used to be prepare kids for productive lives in society. Now it seems that educators want to prepare their charges to destroy society as we know it! ;) gw