The Sancuary for Confusing Poems

I am writing because the future of our world is in jeopardy. It is in jeopardy because our education system is failing the children of today, thus failing the leaders of tomorrow. While this may seem extreme, it is very much true. It is failing because the fundamental aspects of formal education in the U.K. rely on strict, irrational authority, monotonous, restricting uniformity, and constant conformity. This leads to a regime that equates to the opposite of education; the antithesis of learning – where the right to pursue knowledge is inhibited – and in some cases prohibited. The youth of our nation need a real education, and are being denied this right. Therefore, I write in a desperate plea, a call to arms, to parents and children alike, to all erudite citizens, all uneducated citizens, non-citizens, immigrants, prisoners and elderly people of the UK- all who wish for our young people to have a good future – to fight for a decent education for Britain’s youth. Using a one-size fits all standard of schooling does not work. In this essay I shall express my concerns, motives and reasons as to why the ‘education’ system is falling apart, and what to do about it.

Democracy

We are told we live in a democracy – a land of liberty, security, freedom of expression and speech. Why then are we, as teenagers, being raised in prisons? Why, are we as teenagers, being brought up in an authoritarian environment, an environment that is quasi-fascist and ultimately dictatorial? Why are the sole learnings of a graduated teenager how to live under tyranny? The sole philosophies of schooling are to never question authority, to obey blindly all commands and to be passive, instruction following robots. Does this sound democratic to you? It seems reminiscent to a Stalinist nightmare. For almost 12 years, under practically compulsory education, children and adolescents are forced to become obsequiousness