Papers

(In response to Vaine Rasmussen's 'A Book and a Pen')

Think about how many times you will use x, y and z

And all the formulas and equation

From algebra to geometry to probability

Don't forget important pieces of the history

Of ancient Greece, ancient Rome and ancient Egypt

Because that will come handy one day

Remember the dates, the places, because at one point

You’ll have to acknowledge them (For what?)

Keep worrying about your credits

And all the Merits and Excellences

Because intelligence is measured by letters

I tell you now, your grades define how society will treat you

Think about the university

That would lead you into the future of debt

Education is not what it used to be

It's now a mere propaganda

One university will claim that they're the best

And the other will claim that they're leading

And yet another will claim that they're the top

All because they want your money in their pocket

In exchange for a piece of paper holding a Bachelor's degree

In return, what does this paper prove?

That you were able to remember theories and extract information

How different is an A+ to a B+, or a B+ to a C+?

Did you really want to have a say when we define our future?

Or did you want us, so that you can define your future

So tell me, where’s my money gone now?

Because I tell you, it doesn’t matter how high my results are

At the end of it all, all I get is piece of paper holding a Bachelor’s degree

A Bachelor’s degree that very rarely gets me into the industry that I want to be in

Was I not prepared for the real world?

How different is university from high school, or high school from middle school

And ever since I was little, people that I call “teachers”

Taught me to prepare for the “real world”

So I ask, didn’t I enter the “real world” ever since I first opened my eyes?

So you tell me, that preparing for the “real world” means waiting

For every piece of paper that I get, every time I leave a school ?