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Corruption of School Systems


You judge creativity,

You punish free-thinking,

You grade opinion,

You silence expression,

 

You reward imitation,

You appraise unoriginality,

You ask for repetition,

You encourage self-repression,

 

You are programming mindless robots.

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PersonalThemeAbstract

Abstract critique of institutional systems and education philosophy

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Dense accumulation of parallel accusations, many ideas compressed

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Strongly negative tone condemning educational/social systems

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Aggressive, accusatory voice with building intensity and urgency

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Single sentence structured as nine clauses; micro-poem format

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Personification of institution; metaphor of robot-making; direct comparison

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Second-person address creates dramatic accusation; moderate lyric undercurrent

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