Time at the Expense of Knowledge
Incessant shuffling of pages,
Cramming fact after fact,
Equation after equation,
Endless in sight,
Yet finite in time.
I raise my hand,
"I don't understand."
Merely brush off my plea
For apperception
"Crucial" to education;
A simple "read the textbook",
Yet no true answer.
I sit motionless,
With thoughts and inquiry
Overcrowding my mind.
Shallow is any explanation,
Insufficient in substance,
With examinations thorough
In questioning the unknowledgeable.
Failure at the hands of time,
Ticking away.
The clock ingurgitating my chances
Of passing the test,
Of grasping the materials.
We lack true
Competence in school,
For the time crunch
Alleviates the desire to absorb,
Conforming to the syllabus,
To suffice the requirements.
Why? How? What?
Nothing answered.
No time for questions.
Silence of the mind.