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When did our worth start
being defined by a grade,
by the number on scale?

When did a
passing grade
become more
important than
the state of our
mental health?

When did we start hating
getting up in the morning?

Where did our love for learning
go, it seems that the people
in charge killed it long ago.

All that matters is
if the scales are low,
and the grades are high;

then the people in your life
can feel like they did something
right.

Your parents can think
they raised the person society
wants;

and your teachers think
they did their
job, because
you got an "A"
on a paper,
or a test.

It doesn't matter if
you startved yourself,
and it doesn't matter
if you popped some
pills to stay up all night
and write that paper, or
study for that test.

All that matter is
the letter in the
grade book;

all that matters is
if they get to go to
bed feeling like they
did something right.

All that matters is if
you get a degree,
even if that means
losing your last
degree of sanity.

(DS)

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