We are half ruined by conformity, but we would be wholly ruined without it. Charles Dudley Warner (a poem in 30 minutes) Children are told that they’re special, unique,
Filled up with dreams built to strive for their peak, Told that different is better, that life’s theirs to make, Full of endless choices, all good ones to take. Then they’re fit into structures, into sets of instructions, All one size fits all, one uniform base construction, Reforming their thoughts, conforming in classes, Follow strict curriculum focussed on passes. Prepared for a life trapped by uniform fixtures, Molded by rules, by our unified strictures, Choices restricted to prevent and protect them, Protect everyone from those needing correction. In youth we can blossom, our dreams free to wander, Our futures are bright, full of promise and wonder, Then we settle to school, taught thought and taught reason, Conformed in our thinking marks a changing of season, The change from true freedom, to submission to order, A reduction of choice, to let society sort us, Absolved of control, absorbed by the masses, Resolved of the fear of chaotic clashes, We give in to structures, so society holds, Without it, it crumbles and humanity folds.
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