Teach Us

• Poet Poet, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2007

True lessons are not taught in classrooms,
In books, teachers and desks,
True teachers are in nature,
Not in aimless tests.
Our lives should not be governed
By history we need not know,
But by what we eat,
And the plants that grow.
In rooms we'll get fat,
Outside we will thrive,
By the physical tests you've taken,
It's how you know you're alive.
Never should a child
Be told that they are dumb,
If they can kick a footy
But can't count far past one.