Educational reforms
Count on kids to understand
That unless each one performs
Stats won't work out quite as planned.

Florida's a prime example.
There they almost reached their goal.
Tutoring was more than ample,
But for Christmas, one got coal.

Only one got left behind?
Even so we would applaud,
If that child weren't so maligned,
If he weren't considered odd.

Is he lacking in ambition?
Why's he stuck in second grade?
Did he see an apparition?
Don't he know he's overstayed?

Gettin' fairly good at readin'.
Likes to read about some duck.
Come November he'll be needin'
All your votes and lots of luck.

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
7/24/04