The One Who Finished Last In His Class

The One Who Finished Last in His Class By Elton Camp Not all teachers have equal smarts & skill And a less able lawyer sure gives no thrill There are found some West Point cadets Whose graduation the academy so regrets And the accountant who eked his degree From him a large number of errors you see There’s the last-place structural engineer To cross his bridge there’s reason to fear The almost failed pharmacist often will Dispense to the patient a mistaken pill The worst graduate of the beauty school Won’t give very good hairdos as a rule And the chiropractor who barely got by Won’t know the right adjustment to try The business school grad at end of the line Won’t produce work that will be very fine And with a medical school it’s just the same Yet, last-place finisher, it’s doctor we name