Too many things are happening, or not hapenning and I am quite confused.
I Choose this poem while thinking about the exams and tests we are putting on ourselves. its By Brian Patten,one of my favourites. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Patten
Minister for Exams
When I was a child I sat an exam.
This test was so simple
There was no way i could fail.
Q1. Describe the taste of the Moon.
It tastes like Creation I wrote,
it has the flavour of starlight.
Q2. What colour is Love?
Love is the colour of the water a man
lost in the desert finds, I wrote.
Q3. Why do snowflakes melt?
I wrote, they melt because they fall
on to the warm tongue of God.
There were other questions.
They were as simple.
I described the grief of Adam
when he was expelled from Eden.
I wrote down the exact weight of
an elephant's dream
Yet today, many years later,
For my living I sweep the streets
or clean out the toilets of the fat
hotels.
Why? Because constantly I failed
my exams.
Why? Well, let me set a test.
Q1. How large is a child's
imagination?
Q2. How shallow is the soul of the
Minister for exams?
Brian Patten
if only i could change one thing in schooling systems it would be adding an exam that on the top page it would say: life is an on going exam of our ability to see how changes are always for the best, even when they are hard.
השבמחקThey should also teach us how to sensibly pack a suitcase.
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