It is close to the time when seriousness is seen across board
Where every available space is replaced by books suffocating boredom
And every one judge on same platform
Though our devils take different form
It is that time to judge the fish and monkey
On their ability to fly like a bird with the intelligence of man
For not to succeed is labeled a failure
Then made to get through rituals and counseling for a cure
Oya make we yarn man to man for this man talk
Which exam fit test our different talent
Na wetin be the function of school –
Na to teach make the student memorise
Abi na to inspire make pikin fit imagine and think outside the box
If na to memorise, na how that one go take quench new improved wahala when we get
If na to help us imagine, which exam fit test am?
Does success in formal education guarantee success?
How many candles burnt to rehearse the past guarantees the future
How many first class students rule the economy?
Where is the first class to solve our problematic economy?
A world of much discoveries and advancement only few think
Men of great knowledge from being thought meet as nations sink
Oya result don show, oga teach don stamp am for wall
See as Papa Ochuko wan finish Ochuko with knocks because him don gbala
Na werrin make am believe say Ochuko no go make am for life
Na say because the boy cocoanut head no fit cram plenty
Oya time don reach to blame all them witchy o
Exam don destroy people destines and kill their beliefs
See men when for rule industries they waka street with pally
I ask for a restructure of the education system
Let’s move away from “a passing” generation to “an understanding/thinking” people
So much books, much more impact and nothing is changing
We write more policies and create greater plans but yet failing
For we have learnt a lot of the past
And today are held back to our past
A time to move to open the brains of all
A chance to let dream dreams and imagination given back to all
A chance to let us try all we were told NO to because it has never been done
A chance to get a YES to that idea that sounded unreasonable
We have seen metal fly, we have seen metal float
We have seen gravity defiled; we have seen connections without wires
The world has become a global village, distance turned to nothing
Let’s hear the dreams of the kid, the imagination of that child
If we say Let’s hear the dreams of the kid, the imagination of that child
If we say YES to the absurd, we might find a way for it to become the NORM
For whenever we say NO, the mind refuses to forge a way
Exams has killed humanity,
Limiting us only to known paths, for not to grow is to die
Even God dared to imagine and create
Hahahaha
True yan
Searching questions
Na who go come answer am? If u ask me, na who I go ask?
@chime221 my oga, na question when we must continue dey throw until person get answer to give us
I completely agree with you. Lovely poem. I especially enjoyed the way you flitted between Pidgin and Queen’s English.
@mcsnol thank you Sir.
i agree with you on this one…. thumbs up
@obiink I twale boss, thanks Sir
True. I have seen people reading just for exams only, nothing learnt.
@elovepoetry you no need go far o, I remember say I studied french and German those days, I come even pass am but today I no remember nada; and today we dey put people future for hangman as dem dey forget things when suppose shape their future. Thanks for the read boss
Education has ended up sectionalising our brains. We have been trained to think along a particular pathway, else, we cant attempt to think. Love your analysis. Even God dared create out of imagination.
@gmoney Yes sir, we are being trained not to think but to memorise. To replicate the past rather than create a future, we are made to live in the past in a futuristic society. Thanks for the read sir.
Wowww I like your writing… Keep it up
#ExamPalaver
@majiri Thanks Sir, I appreciate.
Nice work. Kip writing