School for Mediocrity

Perfectly placed bricks  
In a perfectly sized wall  
Shaped so to the front  
All attention is called.  
 
Teachers drone  
And students moan  
Bewailing the time 'til they can flee.  
Wishing, not for once, that school was easy.  
 
For those that it is,  
School is horrific  
And each boring lesson  
 
Monotonous hours kept  
Doing absolutely nothing except  
Things they certainly already know  
Taught to them purely for show.  
 
Not challenged in the least  
Not helped to achieve their dreams  
You'd think with it all so general  
It'd be some bureaucratic scheme.  
 
Of course education is smart  
But only when taught as an art.  
One must first learn a students taste,  
And teach the material without the slightest haste.  
 
School will take you far  
As far as you wish to go.  
But some schools I cannot stand.  
Mediocrity bores me so!