| Satoru: |
If most schools were restaurants, they'd be out of business. |
| Liao: |
Perhaps students need to be more selective consumers and
insist on quality control. |
| Melissa: |
The voices of young students in particular are seldom heard.
Most menu changes are cosmetic. |
| Tim: |
In that case, I worry because most schools
turn students into Mickey-Mouse consumers. |
| Liao: |
Actually, schools are only partly to blame. The mass media and home
environment do a skillful job of making people dumber than they should be. |
| Satoru: |
In cynical moments, I wonder if that's merely an accident. |
Hear the author read this poem.