Nathan Bach Poet Etheree

Lessons Learnt In Life

Work,
Focus,
Be your best,
Try harder still.
My teacher tells me
Reading improves the mind.
Why is that I ask myself,
In tables tests I must do well,
Preparing for spelling tests each week,
It’s all in preparation for high school.
I’ll never use algebra out of school,
PE’s a total waste of my time,
I’ll never need my tables too,
I’ll never need to read time,
Graphs will be out you see,
My Dad disagrees,
These I may need,
No I plead,
Never
Used!

I wrote this poem on 30th September 2015. It's about what I'm told at my primary school by my teacher and how frustrating and useless some of the things I have to learn really are. I'm sure I'll never need things like algebra when I grow up and leave school but I still have to learn it. Even though it's really difficult! Dad says he uses things like algebra almost every day but I hope that's not true! I actually like school it's just that some things I learn feel a bit of a waste of time and I'd rather do the things I enjoy. Mum says you have to do the bad bits to appreciate the good ones. I'm not so sure about that either!

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Adri Dew October 15, 2015 at 3:40 PM Wow, I loved this one, Nathan, Congratulations on your win... :) :) A-7

Casarah Nance October 12, 2015 at 8:28 AM It is amazing to see the applications of all the things we learn in school in every day life. Keep learning, it lays a great foundation for all you want to build out of your life.

Skat A October 10, 2015 at 11:48 AM a wonderful win Nathan... SKAT

Richard Lamoureux October 10, 2015 at 9:34 AM Congratulations on a fine win!

Eve Roper October 8, 2015 at 2:53 PM Congratulations on your win!!Wonderful write, Nathan, almost everyone has had those same thought growing up but at 45 I went back to college just so I could learn what I ignored when I was growing up.

Janice Canerdy October 8, 2015 at 12:48 PM Nathan, congratulations on your well-deserved win! Janice Nathan Bach October 8, 2015 at 12:55 PM Thanks Janice, I'm really chuffed to win but I thought other people's poems were brilliant. Nath:-)

Alexis Y. October 8, 2015 at 9:32 AM Nathan, congratulations on your 1 st place win it was well deserved:-) Alexis Nathan Bach October 8, 2015 at 12:06 PM Thank you so much Alexis

Judy Konos October 8, 2015 at 9:29 AM Congratulations ...Marvelous Nathan Bach October 8, 2015 at 12:06 PM Thanks Judy

Teddy Kimathi October 8, 2015 at 8:48 AM Congratulations to your #1 placement Nathan. Really amazing!!!! ;-) Nathan Bach October 8, 2015 at 12:08 PM Thanks Teddy I'm not sure that it was better than anyone else's poem though because there were some awesome poems in the contest.

Jan Allison October 8, 2015 at 8:38 AM WOW Well done Nathan I am delighted for you!!!:-) hugs Jan xx Jan Allison October 8, 2015 at 2:03 PM You my friend are an incredible talent I truly am delighted for you:-) I too get emotional reading and writing but many of my poems are simply from my imagination:-) hugs Jan xx Nathan Bach October 8, 2015 at 12:11 PM WOW indeed! I'm stunned and chuffed to bits at the same time! I thought your poem was going to win because when I read it the poem made me feel so sad. Thanks Nath:-)

CayCay Godwin September 30, 2015 at 8:19 PM It is a shame school is wasted on the young. When we hit our 20s or so, we wish we had listened and learned. But ignore me, at your age you aren't suppose to listen. If a younger generation ever listened to an older one it could change the world for the better, we can't have that. Keep writing ... CayCay

Jan Allison September 30, 2015 at 5:32 PM You never know when these things come in handy Nathan - I know I work in a high school :-) hugs jan xx