The Poor Student's Lament & The Good Student's Reply
compare and contrast.
Photo by Ben Griffiths
The Poor Student’s Lament
Other adults are nice but do not love you.
You’ll have to spend time with objects and materials
—crimson playdough, mealworms, sheets and glue—
all the while trying to figure out what exactly
the teachers expect that you should do.
They could save time by simply saying,
”We want you to become nimble, dexterous,
o…
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