What's Being Taught in Schools Today




I shake my head in utter dismay,
at what's being taught in schools today.

"We're just being inclusive," is what you say,
but you're teaching children pedophilia's okay.

You took a woman's right to privacy away;
you've increased her chances of being raped today.

You're making children feel guilty,
for being white; which I tell you isn't right.

You're making black children feel like they're oppressed;
why are you so race-obsessed?

Racism still exists, I can clearly see,
but it isn't like what it used to be.

I have no problem with you teaching children that racism is wrong,
nor teaching the history of its very song.

However, indoctrinating children isn't right;
Don't think parents will give up their children without a fight.

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Written on January 22, 2022

Submitted by on January 22, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA AA AA BC DD BB EE CC
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 742
Words 147
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

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3 Comments
  • hirendra.xaviers
    Brother Jacob, I studied your poem and analyzed it minutely. Written in a form of couplets, it's truly inspiring. I am a teacher, I found the truth that you have depicted precisely in the poem. Sir, it depends how we present the facts and analyze it in front of the students. 
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • Soulwriter
    Strange times indeed. Well written.
    LikeReply 12 years ago
  • Dougla$Irishman
    A strong Sunday school and church that preaches the gospel will alter this and reading His Word will make you a winner ! Many churches now have their schools !
    LikeReply 12 years ago

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