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Monday, June 27, 2016

Forget About the Grades Lyrics

MILLIE:
No canary in a cage for me
This canary's ready to fly free
Cut the cord
Are those the marks I once adored?
They're more useless than an albatross
No great loss
Doublecrosser.
Forget about the grades.

Pull the plug
'Cause all they do is pull the rug
They're lower than an alley cat
Dirty rat
But I flatter
Forget about the grades
Forget about the grades
Forget about the grades

And in the moonlight
Don't you think about them
I know you're much better off without them.
You can blow the blues a kiss goodbye
And put the sun back in the sky
For when school comes crawlin'
I'm not fallin'
Shout hooray and halleluh!

Now me and all these tests are through
Grades don't prove anything,
Just some things like endurance.
Forget about the grades
Forget about the grades
Forget about -
This new C. These new Cs.

STUDENT #1:
Straight As
STUDENT #2:
Straight Bs
STUDENT #3:
Failing
STUDENT #4:
Passing
STUDENT #5:
Weighted
STUDENT #6:
Unweighted
STUDENT #7:
Mixed grades
STUDENT #8:
Killed for a B
STUDENT #9:
Praying for a B
STUDENT #10:
Just want to pass
MISS FLANNERY:
3.85 (three point eight five), all four years

MILLIE:
New Cs, oh new Cs. 
These silly grades.
On my heart they abrade.

MISS FLANNERY and ALL STUDENTS:
Cut the cord
Are those the marks I once adored?
They're more useless than an albatross
No great loss
Doublecrosser.

Forget about the grades.

Pull the plug
'Cause all they do is pull the rug
They're lower than an alley cat
Dirty rat
But I flatter
Forget about the grades
Forget about the grades


Forget about the grades


3 comments:

  1. Really loved "Forget about the grades".

    Especially the 10 students' perspectives.

    And "lower than an alley cat
    Dirty rat
    But I flatter".

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    1. It's an academic rant that demands that the students collectively tap dance in rage.

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    2. I could feel the rant coming off the taps!

      And collective rage is so satisfying! Being alone with it is a little bit terrifying.

      And I liked the students' points of views.

      And Miss Flannery! The students sounded more and more desperate as they chimed in with each other...

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