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"A Shooting at (Insert name here) School has left (Insert Number here) dead and (Insert larger number here) wounded. Police have blocked off the area and people have been escorted out of the building.
Get yourself an education.
Close your mind and close your eyes.
Pull out all your pens and paper.
Save your whos and whats and whys.
Schools'll suck your soul like candy.
Usually I write to a rhythm or a beat
any time I need to speak on a problem that I meet.
But one thing in particular, I think is apt to change,
is how colleges will do anything to catch some change.
Dear High School
I have good memories of you.
I had highs, lows, laughs and cried tears with you.
Every day for 4 years I would rise from bed
Perfect straight unbending rows
All lined up one by one
Cookie cutter spoon fed facts
Untill our time is done
Just one second, please.
The slashes and dashes of that velvet red pen
Its pretty intimidating, how your life is judged based off of
A grade
The number of check marks
The percentage.
I stroll into the room only a second after the bell,
And before I can even get all the way in, she's giving me hell!
I'm like Teach, Miss, I get what you're saying
`Shooter
`fool-Hero such a pity
`witness
`more important witness
`some kid
`News Reporter
`Dentist
`Concerned Citizen
They all hate me They all hate me
For years, I have been cheated.
Exceeding your expectations with hesitation.
I don't want to be read to,
I came here to acquire your knowledge because you have a certification.
Knowledge is not forced,
therefore education isn't just a given
It's a process,
but some of you don't understand
that just because we write it down,
does not mean it's engraved
in our minds
My eyes glaze over,
His words drown out.
I know he is speaking,
But no words come out.
Pondering between yawns,
Correcting his lessons in my head.
His words never make sense,
