Humilitated In Public Poem by Saiom Shriver

Humilitated In Public



He was passed on from one
grade to the next...
never learning to read...
never included... years passed...
On graduation day...
many prizes were handed
out... his mother attended
and watched as he was
humiliated by the announcement
he would be given a certificate
of attendance.... later in speaking
about it he wept

Humilitated In Public
Monday, December 28, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: pain,politics,reading
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I can't do justice to this powerful scene in Mike Nichols'
magnificent movie Primary Colors, with John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates, Adrian Lester, Larry Hagman, Rob Reiner. In this scene Travolta as a presidential candidate gives a compassionate ear to the heartache of a man who has never learned to read.

It seems based on the 1992 presidential
primaries and the life of Bill Clinton

Fidel Castro did not spend hundreds of
millions on literacy. He simply asked each
Cuban to teach 2 others to read

Imho, Monica Lewinsky was sent in as a sex agent
in an attempt of warmongers to impeach Clinton
because Bill Clinton does not like to kill people
in stupid wars. Hillary doesn't seem to have
the same distaste for violence.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Manonton Dalan 28 December 2015

there high school kids that are running around who cannot read and there are more who can read but can't understand what they're reading. I guess teachers only cares about section 1

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