More than a Score

I am not a test score

I am not a grade

I am so much more than that

Fearfully and wonderfully made

Another hour, another day

Another year shall pass

I’m just another student

And you’re just another class

I walk through the halls

You don’t even know my name

I have a drive to stand out

But to you we’re all the same

A fish will believe it’s stupid

If you judge its ability to climb a tree

I am but one little fish

In a standardizing sea

Restrained to my desk

I’ve got a ball and chain

Writing utensils at the ready

This war is inhumane

Will I ever win

If my ability is determined by a letter?

And I ask myself, when time runs out

Am I getting any better?

Teachers have requirements

And as students, so do we

But the bare minimum doesn’t prepare us

For a university

I’d give a servant’s heart

If you teach me all you know

And forever I’ll be grateful

As I continue to learn and grow

Fearfully and wonderfully made

Nothing less, nothing more

I am not a test grade

I am not a score