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A NY Times Columnist David Brooks Sestina™ On Why Teachers Are Bad
The repetition is the point
Children Need to Be Back in School Tomorrow
Children need to be back in school tomorrow.
I am concerned about the most vulnerable.
I am concerned about disadvantaged students.
I am worried about their future.
The irony — it is the teachers who misbehave.
From a circular window in my home office, I see the economy
Looming like a cloud, shining like the sun, the economy
Would never quit these great kids. Today, tomorrow,
It does its duty to instruct, to punish those who misbehave.
Who refuse to share its singular regard for the vulnerable.
It understands that the future
Is embodied in our students.
I too have never underestimated the importance of students
How they almost matter as much as the economy
How if I really think about it for hours I realize they may be the future.
Their minds will create the businesses of tomorrow
Businesses now vulnerable.
To the whim of those who would misbehave
