What School Didn't Teach Me

At school, I was never warned to stay away from dark alleyways at night

Or how to put my heart back together when it has been shattered into a million pieces

I didn’t get any guidelines on how not to be a disappointment to my parents

And I was never taught what to do when you love someone who doesn’t love you back

The pain of losing a loved one remained a mystery to me

And I didn’t get shown what to do when all my friends deserted me

No-one ever told me that society would judge my every move

Or that I would never be considered beautiful unless I lost 3 stone and started wearing make up

I never learnt the true extent of pain and suffering

No tutor ever told me what it was like to feel so alone in the world that you thought you were dead

Or how it feels to run a blade across your skin

And I didn’t get shown how to believe that everything was ok

But most of all, school never taught me that things would get better

And at the time, it was what I needed to hear

So who gives a s**t about algebra?

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

Echoes of a lot of people in high school. I am paraphrasing now, but there is a great quote from Stephen King that he mistrusts anyone who says they liked their high school years. I would heartily agree. A really great write, with a lot of emotion in every line. Great job.