Earn The Gold Star On Your Paper, 20 lines
(continued from above) The title lampoons the fallacy of giving everyone an award whether they work for it or not. This is a bunch of modern day psychobabble. Grading and competition are very good. This is real life. The poem closes: "The development of character is right, Tough love and true love is most valuable, Laziness in discipline becomes a blight, They need to earn the gold star ~ not a label." Enjoy reading!