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School : Kendall Barth

Teach us
How to find x.
Don't teach us
How to buy a house.
Teach us
How to create a chemical reaction.
Don't teach us
How to find a job.
Teach us
Certain words and what they mean.
Don't teach us
How to pay taxes.
Teach us
Little history facts that we won't remember.
Don't teach us
How to buy a car.
Teach us
Everything we won't need.
Don't teach us
The most important things.

If they taught me important skills
Maybe I wouldn't want to leave.

Maybe I'd feel more comfortable here.

Like I'm prepared,

But I'm not.
So thank you school

For teaching me how to find x

And for not preparing me for my future.


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