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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