And so to school.
A step inexorable
Where softest cerebrum
Yields - bluntly malleable.
Where Education’s mallet
Striking bold
Transform base mettle
Into beaten Gold.
Where Mammon reigns malicious
In the Son
And in the Daughter too;
His will be done.
Till all align, malign
And cancerous
To multiply - excel
Or miss the bus.
Oh I think we are more or less on the same lines Chris. Your careful analyses always wecome. I think the second stanza is my favourite too. I like to play a trick or two. To do you (and Francine) justice, I should explain: the idea came from a conversation with a friend, following a Radio4 program about the 5-year-old brain and school. They spoke of MALLEABLE children and I suddenly realised the 'mal' is that of MALLET!!!!! All was then clear.
Regards.
Very thought provoking and unfortunately true...
Je vois ce que ça fait le 'Grand Mal' tous les jours à l'école et à l'université...
C'est un désastre, et ça devient de pire en pire, mais quelle est la solution ?
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barrie singleton
Tue 30th Mar 2010 10:15
Cher FRANCINE. My school French served but I had to look up 'de pire en pire'. The answer to your query is almost certainly "dans le jardin, avec la plume da ma tante" - but it is very big garden. There is some background info (to Grand Mal) in my answer to Chris - hope you don't mind sharing. (:o)