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Educational Deception


Educators look down upon HOS with a frown,

Misconception that HOS is nothing but a clown.

But even clowns can be happy without the norms,

Not all people are called to inhabit the dorms.

 

HOS is not really on some endless vacation,

But really searching for paths to a vocation.

Turning away from educational pursuit,

Looking for all the parts that to HOS constitute.

 

Smart enough to be accepted in theory,

But high amount of expenses are revealed after a query.

How can a school say that someone is accepted,

And then say not enough cash is intercepted?

 

HOS had believed that everything needed was set,

Until they all attempted to put HOS in debt.

Educational institutions feel like scams,

The "necessities" resembling endless shams.

 

No one should have to care who is smarter than whom,

It does not matter - we all came from a womb.

Competitive pressure - malevolent lesson,

Pushing many into the mindset of evil.

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Steven Elliott Caedmon Shinder

I am a poet, lyricist, and novelist. Attended UC Irvine 2014-2018, where I double majored in Literary Journalism and English with the Creative Writing Emphasis. Studied abroad at University of Sussex Autumn 2017. Author of Standalones and Stepping Stones: Lemons Loom Like Rain. Go to stevenshinder.com for more info.

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