School Frustrations

Schools don't educate
they teach us to fear
and surrender to fate

Schools make learning dull
memorizing details is simply no fun

Of course it's all indirect
it's hidden so well that
no-one would suspect
that it's here and it's there
look around, it's not fair

You turn to the class
and ask a question

I would gladly reply
if I were so inclined

But something else is on my mind
learning of a different kind

The things that mean the most to me
are good and pure and true and free

I speak with a friend
and I'm punished for that
when I try to defend
I'm thrown out for backchat

Respect is something
that you have to earn
but you yell, demand
and give none in return

Written by: SoulRiser

[website]
27 December 2001

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Posted by: SilentRebel 13 June 2010

Comments: School has taken away my imagination, A prison for the young where our lives remain station. Sitting in a classroom our minds become numb Where we remain trapped by authorities thumb. School for me is a living hell A place where I am forced to rebel, And stand up for what I believe Even though I am not sure what I hope to achieve. As I sit their half asleep, Stirring at the other sheep I am embalmed in this clouded atmosphere Sat next to a person who has been deemed my peer. I’m supposed to continue on if I want to succeed And memorise what they want me to read. After all that is how you get a good job So for now I am forced to sob I have always gotten mediocre grades I watch as my potential fades Should I continue this route? Or should I just drop out. If I do I shall continue with my education Through text, experience and observation Many will say you’re just a drop out and lazy But I have to do this before I go crazy.

Posted by: Frances (frances0160 AT yahoo DOT co DOT kr ) 13 January 2010

Comments: Yes, nice poem. Thanks

Posted by: ashley (fairy_chick_08 AT yahoo DOT com ) 24 April 2009

Comments: yea so i deff think the guy that posted before me is on crack but hey wat ever puts the motion in your ocean is cool i guess. but anyway i really like this poem, its so effin true.

Posted by: FuSion (boariu_erik2000 AT yahoo DOT com ) 20 April 2009

Comments: sometime this year i was thinking about going one step further with hating school. Like c`mon we not only hate being there we despise every second spent in that life wasting place. So me and a couple of friends thought: "How about a revolution: we deny going there and instead we march with classmates friends, schoolmates heck even family if they support us demanding a better education and thus one day this will be the foundation of a better world where intellectual growth is of more value that what useless work we can churn out for the benefit of our o so dear and corrupt governments" -Remember knowledge is power. Power corrupts. We children can balance it out

Posted by: FuSion (boariu_erik2000 AT yahoo DOT com ) 20 April 2009

Comments: sometime this year i was thinking about going one step further with hating school. Like c`mon we not only hate being there we despise every second spent in that life wasting place. So me and a couple of friends thought: "How about a revolution: we deny going there and instead we march with classmates friends, schoolmates heck even family if they support us demanding a better education and thus one day this will be the foundation of a better world where intellectual growth is of more value that what useless work we can churn out for the benefit of our o so dear and corrupt governments" -Remember knowledge is power. Power corrupts. We children can balance it out

Posted by: FuSion (boariu_erik2000 AT yahoo DOT com ) 20 April 2009

Comments: sometime this year i was thinking about going one step further with hating school. Like c`mon we not only hate being there we despise every second spent in that life wasting place. So me and a couple of friends thought: "How about a revolution: we deny going there and instead we march with classmates friends, schoolmates heck even family if they support us demanding a better education and thus one day this will be the foundation of a better world where intellectual growth is of more value that what useless work we can churn out for the benefit of our o so dear and corrupt governments" -Remember knowledge is power. Power corrupts. We children can balance it out

Posted by: hannah (kmissypink3 AT aol DOT com ) 30 November 2008

Comments: this is great, i can totally relate. especially to the part about trying to defend your beliefs. I just try to stand up for what i believe but the teachers giving me demerits for disrespect. T.T school sucks.

Posted by: John 20 September 2008

Comments: Awesome. So true..

Posted by: The Avenger 29 May 2008

Comments: Great job. Really would be nice if I could print out a couple hundred of these and put them up at my school. Great job again. And on the site as well.

Posted by: 3y36o0 21 February 2007

Comments: I have a teacher who ALWAYS demands respect, when she just sits there (a big blob) and yells at kids. Then she gives us bad grades for not having our parents sign our "valuable planners" on Thursday nights. It makes me so mad. I'm gonn'a put this and some other poems on my ipod and show my friends. Thanks a million.

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