When teachers pump us fer information
or vacuum our heads
does it enhance discovery
or merely cause headaches instead?
Why kun't more teachers acknowledge
learners kun stand on dare own feet?
Do we need detailed guidance
about whud'da think?
Don't we already have enough skills
ta learn on our own
or are we empty receptacles
waitin' ta B filled 'n honed?
Perhaps each teacher
should reflect on these things:
In the School of Life
new lessons kunstantly
cum inta being.

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