To keep you on track. But we just copy the book anyway. Tablet/Phone: single click then click on the "Start One" link (look right or below). Because we are taught to ignore. I hear education systems are failing, but I believe they are succeeding at what they're built to do, to train you. This is a training ground. A B C D F. Well, life isn't like that either. Work given so the teacher feels like they're doing their job right. I'm ready to actually learn something. We are 'graded' on our dedication. It's like my education doesn't matter anymore. Malcolm London, a Chicago poet, performs an excerpt of his poem, "High School Training Grounds, " at TED Talks Education. To not feel crushed by hours of work.
Our safety is endangered. Because honors are held on a pedestal. My high school is Denver. Taking tests is stressful. Making the one around us fade away. No wonder so many of my people spit bars because the truth is hard to swallow. A building filled to the brim with insecurities.
When I can't sew MYSELF back together. The assignment includes various poetry analysis questions and a constructed writing prompt that is great for literary analysis and test prep. Well, I've had 14 years of this training and I'm ready. The colors of the changing leaves. And I think it's funny high school doesn't emphasize that more. Sometimes that work ethic has to be focused on not being suicidal. At 7:45 a. m., I open the doors to a building dedicated to building yet only breaks me down. What are we doing to change it? Homework is stressful. There's no class on how to balance a checkbook, how to take out loans. Homework is busywork.
The need for degrees has left so many people frozen. For what it is we enjoy learning most. A reoccurring cycle built to recycle the trash of this system. The excerpt, as performed on TED Talks Education. Our compassion and gratitude.
But reading does not matter when you feel your story is already written, Either dead or getting booked. Blurred like the beautiful words when water is spilled over a freshly written poem. Teachers paid less than what it costs them to be here. This is why we are taught to ignore. Stuck on something else? Click "Reply" on a comment to join the conversation.
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