In Name Only - an art work, poem, and dialog by T Newfields

Tim:	I'd like to dismiss this as parody, but unfortunately much of it seems true.
Satoru:	Most teachers start out idealistic, but end up cynical. . .
Melissa:	Perhaps that's an occupational hazard. Eventually many reach a point where they don't 'think' much about teaching – they become like robots half-consciously performing routines.
Liao:	Curious how many social institutions become the antithesis of their avowed goals. Prisons, for example, basically train criminals. The military often actually fosters warfare – not peace. And in many ways schools make folks more stupid rather than intelligent.
Tim:	I'm tempted to call it ingenious – it has an Orwellian "doublespeak". Each system, by an invisible mechanics, creates its own shadow-self . . .