Dear Counselors and Teachers
Valedictorian
Top of their class
We know you love them
You kiss their ass
Top ten percent
Oh, the selection
Another trophy
To add to your collection
They'll go to Yale, Princeton, Harvard
The rest of us you'll just discard
Top 25 percent
Not the best
But better than the bottom rest
High scores
For them opens doors
Bottom fifty percent
You don't care
Don't think we'll become
A millionaire
Our attending a state school
Doesn't make you drool
We don't get the cords
We don't get the awards
We don't get your attention
Not even a mention
You love the top
You give them your help
But you don't realize
The ones on the bottom
Are left to improvise
You don't care that we need your help too
We're not the trophies that you'll accrue