Education
This is my rock,
My sail, and my back bone.
It goes with me throughout
Every journey.
I am nothing with out it,
Yet suddenly, just a number
With it.
I am not numbers. I am
Matter and thoughts and ideas.
I matter.
I have meaning and perceptions
That, with out my education,
Would never be.
I have infinite resources to help
Me. Yet none will.
I will use loans, I will sell my things,
I will steal.
Instead of seeing my struggle,
The state sees my grades.
The state has not helped
Me, my parents, students.
They have helped the rankings,
the country.
I am not the country.
I am a student with a mind
That will forever have a grasp on
What should and shouldn't be.
What should be is a reform.
What should be is financial aid
That won't result in a sudden and inevitable decline.
What shouldn't be is a reform.
What shouldn't be is a change
In all curriculum, in every state
Because the country isn't
Satisfied with their national
Standing.
This is not my fault, this is my
Country's fault.
I cannot learn when it cannot
Help.