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The Academy Of Knowledge
By: MarcPaperScissor

The last of the pages have done their turning
But that has nothing to do with learning
To experience life without any tracks
Is something our society lacks
At age 14 you enter high school, At 18 you graduate
Then it’s off to college as if it seemed like fate
At 21 you have your first legal drink
Then things become hazy you don’t know what to think
Then you get your degree, your working decree
It’s like water, food, and air believe me
Without that education, without that piece of paper
They tell you you’ll become a garbage scrapper
Cause that’s how it works haven’t you learnt
Or has you mind been burnt?
By repetitive tasks that force you one-way
A slave to the work force a waste of a day
If you’ve gotten good at learning to pass tests and learning to read fast
And that is all, then your mind’s in a cast
Because if you get good at that
You’ve set yourself up to wear that hat
So ask yourself this question
If there was no school could you still learn?
Without a degree would the world still turn?
Without a set path would you know where to go?
I bet that you would, wouldn’t you know?


 

 

 

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