you shut up, you just listen

and do what the teacher tells you to

That's your primary education

That's your primary reaction now that you are an educator

That's how you expect your child to react to homework assigned him

shut up, finish the writing assigned you

not a word

But he

loves talking after every word written

touching his small areoplanes, small cars, toys

commenting on the ugly words he has written

attention flying around wildly

that's natural

that's how our students behave in class

but we cannot accept that

we expect them to be factory workers

a task at a time

never multi-tasking

never do what they like

or shift attention

That's our education