<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=445845" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>When One Is Thought To Be Kept Back</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I had a professor who once stated, <br>In a humanities class...<br>I had attended years ago.<br>And...<br>That comment remains, <br>As an observation wherever I go! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'There are two who are kept at a disadvantage, <br>When one is thought to be kept back! <br>The one that is obviously being consciously held, <br>From advancement.<br>And the one too ignorant to tell, <br>What is the benefit being received from this...<br>In the keeping of others from attempting to excell? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I continue to think about this, <br>As today I witness...<br>The activities of those, <br>Who are clearly ludicrous...<br>As they look down upon others, <br>With turned up noses.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And this shows in a land, <br>Where great achievements have been made.<br>Only to smell of the origins from a gutter kept, <br>That has been actively dispelled...<br>At an accepting low grade, <br>Could keep people believing...<br>Some are chosen to deceive, <br>To have it made as they do as they please.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dedicated to: <br>Dr. John Rodgers<br>Professor of African Studies and Humanities<br>And taught both at Greather Hartford Community College<br>Today known as Capital Community College<br>Downtown Hartford, Connecticut.<br>And...The University of Hartford.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now deceased but Dr. Rodgers, <br>And his teachings remain 'timeless'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Thank you, Dr. Rodgers.'<br>~lsp~</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</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=445845" data-title="When One Is Thought To Be Kept Back de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I had a professor who once stated, In a humanities class... I had attended years ago. And... That comment remains, As an observation wherever I go! 'There are two who are kept at a disadvantage, When one is thought to be kept back! The one t..."></div> </div> </div>

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