"Conflictive Understanding"

By Rae Gordon - Hidden Talents 2003-4

Sittin' in class and havin' questions wantin' to be asked Ponderin' what's comin' up next, which study, which class?

CFS, the boarding school that'll prob'bly change my life. So to exceed I must study and learn, must learn to survive

English, Geography, Math Found, Learnin' strategies, Life Science, Music, SSR, Study Hall, to do all this it's a science Showin' up on time and tryin' to stay out of trouble. And sometimes a period that I'm in could prob'bly be a double.

Facin' the comments and hypocrisy so one day l'll be A college graduate. And get a MBA or PH.D. So I struggle, while some of my "friends" keep abusin' me Callin' me names and startin' stuff. Can they really control me?

This is my time. So I guess I'll have to start to decline

The fact that I'm new here, 'cuz now I'm on the end of the line. So I say to you, "Don't judge a book by its cover."

"Cuz what you do to others, will be done to you by another.

This is a school, not a playground, an educational environment

Yes, it has a twist. We live here. But we ain't escaped violence. There's still things that people do that we'd seen done on streets But does that mean we have to be like 'em. Are we that weak?

7-02. We rule ourselves yet try to understand each other And with the differences that we each have, it's hard to discover So finally, I say to 7-02, "Do your best!"

As we go through this prep school, the Church Farm School, CFS!