{"id":12876,"date":"2012-07-30T22:35:59","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T02:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/?p=12876"},"modified":"2012-12-02T19:25:26","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T00:25:26","slug":"school-mission-30-july-2012-__sl-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/?p=12876","title":{"rendered":"School Mission    30 July 2012 __SL Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I watch parents and toddlers march under a burning sun<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/201207301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12881\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/201207301-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/201207301-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/201207301.jpg 484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCommon citizens<br \/>\nThey shout minds of a single concern<br \/>\nThat children not in a single ideology learn<\/p>\n<p>Fears reflect events of only recent history<br \/>\nWhen schools closed so students go where\u2019re to do wrong<br \/>\nThat heroism was symbolized with a blank exam paper<br \/>\nThat the only song sung was in praise of a man-made sun<\/p>\n<p>Memories abound of people risking lives to leave the motherland<br \/>\nTo seek comfort and opportunity in a colony<br \/>\nMany adult marchers today are children and persons in this company<br \/>\nThey fear a resurrection of power characteristic of similar hands<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I hear bureaucratic replies parroting an only theme<br \/>\nThat citizen voices are heard but government supreme<br \/>\nThat power is what governing mission to be<br \/>\nTo control minds least people go wild and free<\/p>\n<p>I dream of schools where teachers are dedicated to one mission<br \/>\nTo help children and adults set their mind and spirit free<br \/>\nTo nurture self-confidence and individuality<br \/>\nTo encourage aspirations and creativity<\/p>\n<p>I dream of schools where children learn to cipher and sing<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120730_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12888\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120730_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTo read and write and account for glorious inventions in history<br \/>\nTo draw and cut and to keep things neat and people in harmony<br \/>\nTo try and thrive when difficulty challenges a fine future to be<\/p>\n<p>I dream of schools when basic human dignity is held in respect<br \/>\nWhen children recognize parental guidance and authority<br \/>\nWhen competition must make way to achievement of excellence<br \/>\nWhen every child believes in himself as he believes others in company<\/p>\n<p>I dream of a society where a leader holds not a contrived goal of power<br \/>\nThat leaders are open in generating cooperativeness to exceed<br \/>\nTo foster prosperity geared to improving human conditions<br \/>\nTo satisfy individual as well as social needs in viable aspirations<\/p>\n<p>I dream of a nation which finds its definition in unity and share goals<br \/>\nA nation of confident and educated citizens ready to shake hands with the world<br \/>\nA nation that heeds her historic mistakes and upholds her cultural heritage<br \/>\nA nation whose education is free from ideological bondage but only free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watch parents and toddlers march under a burning sun Common citizens They shout minds of a single concern That children not in a single ideology learn Fears reflect events of only recent history When schools closed so students go &hellip; 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