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WarriorCarryingWater
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The human race is a chase, the prey is our dreams.

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How Scantron tests ruined America

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When Michael Sokolski invented the Scantron back in 1972,
He had good intentions, but never realized what he helped to do,
Or ruin, American mediocrity began with millions of #2,
Pencils on forms circling bubbles,
And began our nation's troubles,
A machine reduced the youth to zeros and ones,
Data extracted, classifications and transactions, mere currency our poor daughters and sons,
Dreamers to consumers, thinkers to workers successfully transformed, 
By a machine and a form designed to make us... conform....

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after vision says:

my poet, I am always a fan of education

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The Immortal Wize says:

AWESOMELY DEEP TRUTH!
 

jlmoore2 says:

That changed education because of misuse. Creativity can not be reduced to ones and zeros. Love this!

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