The Trouble with School
well I've been wired up to a heart monitor for 24 hours
so I stink
Yes, I know you all think that already
I have to hand it back soon
But I was just trawling the news
and schools in USA popped up
They are battlegrounds over there
They should not be
Kids are there to learn
They should be exposed to lots of different things
Not just have blinkers on, and staying in their own reality
You should learn about other Faiths
My own small daughter was called a "little Muslim"
because she studied hard and knew more than her Muslim friends
She is a Choir singing Christian by the way
History needs to be taught too
And yes History is written by the Winners
But it does no harm to explain about the other point of view
But sadly in USA, people just love to shout
And not listen to anybody
Tact and Patience and not allowed
Just a mob and shouting crowd
And that's parents at the school door
The pendulum has swung, and far too much too
Everybody's point of view should be heard
otherwise you are clutching your rifle and bible
and nobody and nothing will change your mind
Its good to have a faith, and hunting for meat is needed
But using Faith any Faith as a weapon
Is just as bad as guns in a schools
But sadly in USA, It's my right holds far too much sway
What about it's my DUTY
You should be nice to everybody, especially at school
Tolerance and Patience should be the norm
From the teachers to the kids
And from the kids to each other
You never know you might actually discover
Just how much you have in common
And if you wore another skin for a day
You'd soon see what rubbish other Races and Creeds
have to put up with
So expand your mind, and not just your fat backside
and realise though you are in the same class
at school, some folks are treated as second class
And if you were them , like the Augustinian way
you'd soon be complaining
even more loudly than them
So open your heart, and learn a little
then maybe you'd want your friends
to be treated exactly like you
I speak for myself, though there are 4 teachers in my family alone,
if you count my year of Esol teaching, and as for Different Cultures
my kids are Birmingham/Shanghai Bilingual daughters
and one of the hopes to do Anthropology at University
We are all different but we share a common humanity
and that should never be ignored
Otherwise we become cannibals just killing and eating one another
And I'm sure any God does not want that
my last ever holiday Malta April 2013
