<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=386753" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>How Foolish We Were</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">We were sent to school to learn.<br>To learn and prepare for the future<br>Future as bright as the stars<br>Stars that will light every home<br>With sparks of joy, happiness and hope.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But at school we saved our best<br>Refused to perform with all our zest<br>Entered into coalition with crooks<br>Made enemies with our books<br>Portrayed hard work as punishment<br>Branded dedicated teachers as harsh<br>Labelled gems of advice as sermons<br>Sermons from people with ideas, archaic</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Only to find out too late<br>That time has passed us by<br>Gone, laughing at us with scorn<br>For our ignorance of its proper use</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Realising with regret bitter like aloes<br>We cannot regain lost time<br>Time has run away with our opportunity<br>The singular opportunity to be stars<br>Glinting, glittering, glistening stars<br>How foolish we were.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Emmanuel+Oduro">Emmanuel Oduro</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=386753" data-title="How Foolish We Were de Emmanuel Oduro" data-description="We were sent to school to learn. To learn and prepare for the future Future as bright as the stars Stars that will light every home With sparks of joy, happiness and hope. But at school we saved our best Refused to perform with all our zest Enter..."></div> </div> </div>

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