You spend your entire years of education
From childhood till graduation
when learning became sheer obligation
And I'd add that a table and a chair within four walls is a good place for studying only when the copybook is my imagination...
Watching a teacher explain with fascination,
He's talking about endless boring information,
By that time you’ll have a million interrogations
But you’re too reluctant to ask the teacher for an explanation,
Then he suddenly yells at you, tells you to wake up,
enjoy the lesson and keep the participation
Then he says: "in the exam, you answer clearly
with no imagination, no inclination!"
So you go home and spend the entire night internet navigation,
An eye on the screen, an eye on the copybook and suddenly
you have a facebook invitation!
Then you go to bed and in the morning you’re rushing to the bus station...
Bored, mad, scared, going to a place called school with no motivation.
You enter quietly with a weird eye observation,
Then your friend suddenly surprises you with an Arabic presentation,
It was a homework but you all forgot and came with no preparation.
The headmaster always in the front door for apron verification,
The headmaster always in the front door for apron verification,
Of course, if you're a girl neither way an apron for a boy is no obligation,
Early in the morning you have a history class
Where you study about immigration,
A lesson I was taught when I was 7 and probably till graduation
And then it gets worse when you have an oral examination...
No, not where you orally express yourself
But where you recite tons of previously written information,
Class after class finally comes the bell of recreation,
You watch everybody rushing out like it’s some sort of a war domination:
From love declarations to nerdy conversations,
to bullying collaborations to pre-baccalaureate celebrations.
The next class you have your marks back,
The next class you have your marks back,
you could have had an excellent preparation
and still only got 12 why? Because you forgot the punctuation.
Basically, a student is miserable the entire learning duration,
Basically, a student is miserable the entire learning duration,
Even in physical education from fast blood circulation to solar radiation
And that math class with all the calculation
And that English hour from to 11 to 12 where you die of starvation
Not to mention that a single act out of dictation
Could get you straight to administration
With a bonus parent invitation.
With all that being said they still ask
With all that being said they still ask
Why are the pupils rushing for vacation!
When I was a kid I was told school could build a nation
That my only savior in life would be my education
That teachers are my second parents...
When I was a kid I was told school could build a nation
That my only savior in life would be my education
That teachers are my second parents...
That people there would help my self's formation
So I pictured school as a home, sadly I had a terrible accommodation
At the age of 15 I was asked to pick my orientation
The youth of a lively teenager was considered unaccepted agitation
Soon I was a number in a register within a numerous population
They cared so much about my presence when my mind was absent
So I pictured school as a home, sadly I had a terrible accommodation
At the age of 15 I was asked to pick my orientation
The youth of a lively teenager was considered unaccepted agitation
Soon I was a number in a register within a numerous population
They cared so much about my presence when my mind was absent
and my body was a plain class decoration
They taught me knowledge was only attained by compensation
A mark or an average or a certificate of graduation
It's funny they even thought my memory needed an evaluation
Intelligence was a sheet of paper marked with red
They taught me knowledge was only attained by compensation
A mark or an average or a certificate of graduation
It's funny they even thought my memory needed an evaluation
Intelligence was a sheet of paper marked with red
that decided whether or not I had the qualification
Me and my friends were ranked from first to last
Me and my friends were ranked from first to last
with a smart and dumb classification
And all the inconvenience was caused by a lack of reasonable communication
Stop the time and the bell from working and sit on a carpet in the courtyard where we have a dreamy conversation
I'd say I always questioned myself..why did I ever for being seconds late
And all the inconvenience was caused by a lack of reasonable communication
Stop the time and the bell from working and sit on a carpet in the courtyard where we have a dreamy conversation
I'd say I always questioned myself..why did I ever for being seconds late
or forgetting to do my homework needed a justification?
Because I was born eager for learning yet I lost interest
Because I was born eager for learning yet I lost interest
when learning became sheer obligationAnd I'd add that a table and a chair within four walls is a good place for studying only when the copybook is my imagination...
RANIA KRAIEM - 4th Year Arts - Sousse Pioneer School
