american school system
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Uninspired
Unwelcome
America has never been great
I banged my head against walls
To get out of school
Because I couldn’t face my abusers anymore
It’s funny to think about school, and how the goal is to prepare you for the real world.
To mold your mind with a strict curriculum so you can be imaginative and think for yourself.
When I was a child
my mother
and all my teachers
told me that I was "gifted".
They said that I was brilliant,
had such potential,
smarter than all the rest,
and that because of this,
