We never learned how to read.
Instead they only censored & cared to mislead.
They schooled & said this is how you become intelligent.
Until our minds, bodies & souls started to fight back & we said your reference is giving us the run around and here is the evidence.
Mercury rolled her eyes and dragged me to my seat
Making me sit there for ten minutes
I tried to sneak away and she caught me
By the seat of my pants
She gave me a kick and I landed on Venus
Venus was not as kind
She had no love for Gemini
That was Mercury’s air sign
I was much more respectful upon my return
A day of cosmic reckoning
That will teach me to behave
Today anyway; my attention span is weak.
Who says I didn't learn in school
For me it was a lesson cascade
In science class, I learned to draw,
And that it, didn't help my grade
I learned, I liked to look at girls
Which I did too much every day
I managed to catch a girls eye,
Then learned I had nothing to say
Caught looking a little too low
With a smirk, I tried to look cool
Then she suddenly slapped my face!
Who says I didn't learn in school!
When Len traveled to Oklahoma
to obtain a ranching diploma
a bull butted him hard
out in the training yard
and he but earned a hematoma.
... CayCay
July 25, 2019
State Limerick Contest
I'm just a student at this big old school I do whatever is cool, yet I always stay prudent
From kindergarten to the eleventh grade, nothing really has changed, I am in the same classes
And I am just another guy, despite my genius observation skills you cannot deny
But I cannot believe the lies of the amazing awesome students that I see in my eyes
And every day I take my pill, I have to suppress the extreme urge to act crazy and ill
I feel like someone flipped my top, and stuffed my head with so much knowledge that it feels like it could pop
I was schooled, I was schooled
And I know that this sounds dumb, but I was fooled
Now I know, that no matter how many years I study with my peers...
I cannot fill the gaping hole in my soul, but this is how I roll I wrote this cause I'm bored, but this homework and this stress, it is a double edged sword
I know this isn't right
We kill all trees in sight
I AM SCHOOLED.
I'm sitting with crayons, all over my desk
Just picked the one, that suited me the best
And It's Blue, blue blue blue blue blue
My coloring book, lies there open wide
The picture reminds me of you, makes me cry
And I go Boo, boo hoo hoo hoo hoo
My crying is over when the bell starts to ring
Tomorrow at eight, I'll be doing the same thing
Yes it's True, true true true true true
My Kids Is Home Schooled
By Elton Camp
Them thar schools is evil as can be
Hit ain’t no place fer my kin to see
To git wicked ideas into thar head
When them books they’s done read
I can learn them all of what they need
So thet from th’ devil’s world be freed
I kin teach all thet English, science, math
And keep my young uns on th’ right path
Then hit should take only jest a little bit
Some high-payin’ jobs fer them all to git
On thar heads wear a fine new paper hat
And say, “Would yew like fries wif that?”
(Before the cries of outrage begin, let
me say that home schooling can be a
viable option that results in a quality
education. It can also be otherwise.)
Days of learning,
Teachers of value and kindness,
The language foreign and then familiar,
English, a refined mode of learning,
That leads to higher education,
Favorite teachers that mentored comprehension,
Crests and awards to recognize achievement,
The blessing to be there with friends,
Choirs and drama,
Sports and athletics,
Normal progression,
With some exemplary results,
Humble fashions with excellence,
Graduations you reflect on,
Days and nights with parents and relatives,
Simply miraculous,
God's blessing.
Author: Gwen Meyer-Erlach Schutz
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