There was
eagerness and fright in equal parts;
As the
kids inched into the school wearing out their hearts.
Nudged by
their parents to take a bold forward step;
Into the
classroom to their teachers welcoming prep.
It was
the parents who struggled to let their children go;
Clinching
their hand as they tread their kids tow.
Futile
they knew, yet struggled to break that bond;
But it
was time for kids to see the world, family and parents beyond.
Our
schooling system I think, is an inevitable trap;
Where
futures are chalked on preset map.
Our birth
on earth and the walk into school themselves are a tapering path;
The
education degrees and careers are just a narrow aftermath.
~Narendra
V Joshi
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My
son started going to school this week. It was a big day for him and more so for
my wife and me. We went to drop him at the school on his first day and this
poem is about the thoughts I had about the kids, the parents and our school
system in general.
Of all the planets in this
universe we are born in this solar system, on this earth, in a specific city,
go to a specific school, get degrees and create a specific career. From the
moment we are born, our life passes through a broad set of ‘universal’ possibilities
to a narrower path, down through a funnel finally converging to the point of
final rest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 comment:
The poem is simple and narrates all the over enthusiasm of the parents than the kiditself.We the parents always tend to make the tunnel (life) of kids as predetermined as per our wish depriving the child of it's privilege of innocence and right to learn by its mistakes. Congrats and best of Luck to lovely Anish and to proud parents.
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