i read a book the other day about public schools in our nation   an indictment of our prevailing caste system   it seems so many things i've taken for granted others cant access at all   i ditched computer class while others had no books   i learned to hate my halls, there's holes in walls in schools right in my town   serving the rich, keeping the lower classes down   what do i mean by this statement?   it seems only too clear with your english class in a bathroom   how well do you think you'd fare?   i read of schools so overcrowded no room could be saved   not auditoriums, cafeterias or closet space.   a school's income is determined by property tax   and how much money can you get from poor mexican   and black families trapped in slums   poor kids need the most attention   but since they're untaxable they get none   and because the system sucks when the kids grow up   they'll have to send their kids back into the system that fucked them   it's a cycle that for years has not been broken   there's a name for this it's social reproduction   and we maintain this caste system by letting them enforce it   we're all flowers growing in a garbage can"   the teachers tell their kids   but how can a flower grow when the sunlight's blocked by the lid?   disribute property tax more fairly at least that's a start   'cause little flowers can't grow in the darkness they need everything we've got.