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Education -- we all shout hooray for it,
but today's not a very good day for it,
'cause no matter what people may say for it,
there's no one who's willing to pay for it!
Grade schools, high schools, higher ed --
There was a time when our schools led
the world, and students' minds were fed
with resources so rich, we said
that anyone could get ahead
if they worked hard. But now, instead,
with taxes barred and budgets bled,
that promise of success lies dead.
Education is like a wheel --
How far can you go without it?
Education is like a meal --
You can't live and grow without it.
Now, some say: How's this my concern?
I'm loaded. I have cash to burn.
Private school's what I discern
is best for my kids, so I'll spurn
the public schools, and in return
I'll get the status that I yearn
to have. So why should what I earn
Be spent on helping your kids learn?
And others say: It's not my problem.
I'm just one more working slob
who makes so little from my job
that whatever I take home gets gobbled
up by what I spend each day.
So don't tell me my kids' schools may
be lost if I don't help defray
the cost. Go find some other way!
And some blame government: The tax
we pay is spent on worthless hacks
like greedy teachers. Grab an axe!
Let's get the unions off our backs!
And if they want to purchase stacks
of paper, PCs, maps, and racks
of books, we'll stop them in their tracks.
Who cares if kids fall through the cracks?
Education is like a phone --
You just can't connect without it.
Education is like a throne --
You won't get respect without it.
Now, let this be your wake-up call
to save our students, 'cause we're all
in this together -- that's the truth.
So if you're in the voting booth
and there's a measure on the ballot
funding schools in your locale, it
may be tempting to ignore it,
but consider voting for it.
Yes, it may impact your purse
but the alternative is worse:
A future where we fall behind
the other nations who've refined
a system that's designed to find
the funds to feed the human mind.
We'll wonder how we were so blind
to let them take what we declined.
Education is like a key --
You can't get the loot without it.
Education is like a tree --
Your life won't bear fruit without it.
No good can take root without it.