Learning
Young Colin was born very clever,
Yes, Colin was born very smart,
But although Colin was really
clever,
He just couldn’t master the art …
Of writing the alphabet letters,
In other than mirrored reverse,
And his teachers attempted to
force him,
By making him drill and rehearse
…
But Colin just kept on with
writing,
Those letters in form so awry,
That they said he had trouble
with learning,
And caused Colin’s mother to cry
…
She’d known from the time he was
little,
So small he could only just
crawl,
That her Colin was profoundly
gifted,
He had no trouble learning at
all.
Then pondering, reading and
learning,
From every source she could
clutch,
She removed him from school and
from teachers,
And under her kind, gentle touch
…
Young Colin was not made to
practise,
Indeed he did not even scribe,
And she offered him nothing of
forcing,
Or coaxing or
orders or bribes.
Instead he was given resources,
Like T.V., computers and art,
And small batteries, wires, pens
and paper,
And love from a mother’s warm
heart.
As Colin grew older and bigger,
His skills and his knowledge just
grew,
He became a great whiz with
computers,
And neatness when writing bloomed
too.
But Colin would never love
writing,
So profound were the lessons at
school,
Taught by ‘qualified’ teachers of
children,
Who’d taught him that he was a fool.
Copyright SCHOOL MANIA – Adele Carrall –
2000.
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