High School Sweethearts
By adbates
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They are 9th grade biologists
playing with scalpels and curettes
dissecting each other and shredding
past relationships
At the end of the year,
they can identify nothing
but the parts of a broken heart
They fail the course
They are 10th grade chemists
calculating the exact words
that will emit the reaction
they want
Unfortunately, the education system
is sloppy
and so are the words they pour into each other
They fail the course
They are now 11th grade physicists
trying to understand why sloppy kisses
make their stomachs fall to the floor
and their hearts weightless
The closest they get
is realizing friction and motion
between two bodies
creates a lot of heat
They fail the course
What the teachers never seem to realize
is the students don't care about passing
they just want to learn
and experience
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A massive round of applause
A massive round of applause from me! Well constructed and, as a teacher, I applaud the conceit. We do try to build in life experience but when keeping the school doors open means getting an exam result we are all put through the exam machine mincer.
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