Hidden Education

[corvid_conquest]

The mark that makes authorities of men,
The hubris signed as proof of wasted time,
Elitist paper notarized and kept
From masses starved of shelter, food, and dreams.

Impoverished at birth, and still at death.
As snobs are lauded wise while bound in debt;
"They're ignorant" they say, "against the better
Judgements of their own self-interest."

The wretched rural slave that spurs contempt,
While overseers scoff from high in towers —
The idiocy derision drives apart
Who would be friends united as would brothers
Against the idle lords that whip them both —
That blind them both in shackled servitude.

Comments

[lhexan]

That is an eminently sensible reply, but it's at odds with what the poem expresses.

There are only two reliable ways out of rural poverty, namely education and the military. Each has a host of problems, though.

However, if it were made more accessible, it wouldn't bother me as much. Some work well under that type of structure, but I suppose not me. I guess a kind of democratization of education is in order? Currently, academia seems too reliant on authority.

It's more accessible than it was fifteen years ago. For example, my university (UNT) has an "Office of Disability Access" which can give various perks, such as extra time on exams. The disabilities that it accommodates include autism.

[corvid_conquest]

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Fifteen years ago, I was in the midst of high school. I should ammend my poem to seem less sharp and bitter.