How do you get
A child
To not go to college?
I'd say
That starting in the third
Or fourth grade
To drill it into them
That there's only one option
That they have to go to that college
Specifically
If they ever wanted to get a job
To succeed in life
Not even
An Ivy League college
Or another prestigious place
But the local one
That the state was known for
It didn't even offer
The courses that I wanted
If of course
I wanted to go to college
To get a kid
To hate the idea
Of going to college
You present them only one option
Not just only one college
But they have to go to college
As soon as they graduate high school
To make it seem
There's no job out there
That'll take them
With just a high school diploma
Drill it into them hard
That they have too
That they should even
Try to speedrun highschool
So they can get into that specific
University
As soon as they possibly can
Just as long as they get in
They'll be successful
They won't have to worry
About what major they'll take
Or their plan afterwards
Don't even need to worry about student loans
They got in
They made their elementary
Middle school
And high school teachers
Proud
They'll finally be able to succeed in life
Right?
They got in,
After all
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Leaving Behind the Endless Fields of Corn and Soybeans
PoetryEveryone has that one place in their heart. The two will always be connected, whether they love that place, or hate that place. My place? My town? I love it, I hate it. I've left it behind. This collection of poetry is about the place, the town, tha...
