{"id":2048,"date":"2010-04-11T12:04:52","date_gmt":"2010-04-11T17:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=2048"},"modified":"2013-09-01T18:22:54","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T23:22:54","slug":"metrocard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/2048","title":{"rendered":"Metrocard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>with apologies to Elizabeth Bishop<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is a school in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>This is a student out in the yard<br \/>\nWho needs his Student Metrocard<br \/>\nTo get to his school in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>These are the books that are much too hard<br \/>\nFor the struggling student who needs a card<br \/>\nTo get to his school in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>This is a principal with budget cut short<br \/>\nWho is forced to scale back and is needing support<br \/>\nTo replace the books that are much too hard<br \/>\nFor the curious student who needs a card<br \/>\nTo get to his school in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>This is the yearly progress report<br \/>\nFor the desperate principal needing support<br \/>\nTo replace the books that are much too hard<br \/>\nFor the sleeping student who needs a card<br \/>\nTo get to his school in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>This is the panel that serves as a Board<br \/>\nThat looks at the tests to see how we scored<br \/>\nTo issue a yearly progress report<br \/>\nTo the desperate principal needing support<br \/>\nTo replace the books that are much too hard<br \/>\nFor the hard-working student who needs a card<br \/>\nTo get to his school in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>This is the Mayor who&#8217;s closing the schools<br \/>\nAnd like it or not we must follow his rules<br \/>\nFor he chooses eight of thirteen on the Board<br \/>\nThat looks at the tests to see how we scored<br \/>\nTo issue a yearly progress report<br \/>\nTo the desperate principal needing support<br \/>\nTo replace the books that are much too hard<br \/>\nFor the faceless student who needs a card<br \/>\nTo get to his school in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>This is a city in fiscal dismay<br \/>\nThat inflated its scores for Election Day<br \/>\nTo support the Mayor who picks the Board<br \/>\nThat looks at the tests to see how we scored<br \/>\nTo issue a yearly progress report<br \/>\nTo the desperate principal needing support<br \/>\nTo replace the books that are much too hard<br \/>\nFor the hungry student who needs a card<br \/>\nTo get to his school in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>This is a state that pulls funds away<br \/>\nFrom its largest city in fiscal dismay<br \/>\nThat elects the Mayor who picks the Board<br \/>\nThat looks at the tests to see how we scored<br \/>\nTo issue a yearly progress report<br \/>\nTo the desperate principal needing support<br \/>\nTo replace the books that are much too hard<br \/>\nFor the creative student who needs a card<br \/>\nTo get to his school in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>This is the Congress with heavy mandate<br \/>\nThat sends rules but not money to the crowded state<br \/>\nThat diverts precious funds away<br \/>\nFrom its largest city in fiscal dismay<br \/>\nThat elects the Mayor who picks the Board<br \/>\nThat looks at the tests to see how we scored<br \/>\nTo issue a yearly progress report<br \/>\nTo the desperate principal needing support<br \/>\nTo replace the books that are much too hard<br \/>\nFor the failing student who needs a card<br \/>\nTo get to his school in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>This is a country that lives only to borrow<br \/>\nAnd spend money on yesterday, not on tomorrow,<br \/>\nWith the help of the Congress with heavy mandate<br \/>\nThat sends rules but not money to the crowded state<br \/>\nThat diverts precious funds away<br \/>\nFrom its largest city in fiscal dismay<br \/>\nThat elects the Mayor who picks the Board<br \/>\nThat looks at the tests to see how we scored<br \/>\nTo issue a yearly progress report<br \/>\nTo the desperate principal needing support<br \/>\nTo replace the books that are much too hard<br \/>\nFor the brilliant student who needs a card<br \/>\nTo get to his school in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>These are the teachers who catch the blame,<br \/>\nYear after year it is always the same,<br \/>\nIn a country so broke it must constantly borrow<br \/>\nAnd spend money on yesterday, not on tomorrow,<br \/>\nWith the help of the Congress with heavy mandate<br \/>\nThat sends rules but not money to the crowded state<br \/>\nThat diverts precious funds away<br \/>\nFrom its largest city in fiscal dismay<br \/>\nThat elects the Mayor who picks the Board<br \/>\nThat looks at the tests to see how we scored<br \/>\nTo issue a yearly progress report<br \/>\nTo the desperate principal needing support<br \/>\nTo replace the books that are much too hard<br \/>\nFor the innocent student who&#8217;s losing his card<br \/>\nTo get to his school in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>with apologies to Elizabeth Bishop This is a school in Brooklyn. This is a student out in the yard Who needs his Student Metrocard To get to his school in Brooklyn. These are the books that are much too hard For the struggling student who needs a card To get to his school in Brooklyn. 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