Education
is the process
of insisting upon
your essence
ever more gently.

A seed's essence
shoots a stalk up through
dirt and manure—
and matures.
You are the seed and stalk.
The school system is the dirt.
The curriculum is the manure,
because of which
and in spite of which
you blossom.

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