We carry it as daily cash But sooner or later end up throwing it in the trash
We imprint knowledge in its soul Information we rapidly loose With every tick of the clock Refusing to stay in our long term memory Deciding to fly away And becoming our worse enemy
How do we expect to succeed in life? If we set our goals based on extrinsic motivations?
We set our minds On getting a passing grade in the class An “A” it’s just a letter A 4.00 just a quantitative number
A college degree a white sheet of paper With someone’s wiggly lines Written to represent a name
The true meaning of Attending school, College, a University Is for the passion of knowledge
Wise individuals Study for the pleasure of being intellectual Casting ignorance away
Why is it that we don’t care about learning? And make fools of ourselves with excuses and laziness
What is the purpose of going to school? If by the end of 14 years You look back and realize You only went to keep a chair warm
You were nothing But a furniture in an empty classroom That retained overnight what it learned And forgot it by the next sunset An A on paper But F on permanently encoded And easily retrieved knowledge
How pathetic Isn’t it?
Written in 2012 from the perspective of my eighteen year old self.