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MANIFESTO II: Education 
 

Alfonso C. Hernandez 
 
 

 
 

All education  
Must be free 
Including graduate school  
For all the real students 
 
Many children 
Are not able to learn 
For lack of intelligence 
For being born impaired 
But they are trainable 
 
Children should pass 
From one grade to another 
Only when they are at grade level 
In their achievement  
Regardless of chronological age 
 
Since only children  
Who are wanted  
Are born 
Having love 
And discipline at home 
They learn the benefits  
Of knowledge and wisdom 
In a healthy home 
 
          … 
 
All children  
Should be tested  
In grades 4, 8, 12 only 
And if they do not pass 
A truly comprehensive test  
They must repeat one 
Two years or more 
Until they are truly prepared. 

 

Then 
OUR AMERICAN SYSTEM OF 
EDUCATION  
Will make us proud 
 
All administrators 
Should be in the classroom  
At least one period a day 
And should be paid 
On the same salary scale 
As teachers 
 
All teachers  
Should teach 
Only ten years 
At each level 
Starting at elementary school 
Those teachers wishing to progress  
Must follow a course of study 
To move up to Jr. High, 
High School 
College and University 
Then 
All levels 
Will be prepared 
With methodology and content 
Teachers should have 
The option 
Of remaining 
At a particular level 
 
Money should not be  
The incentive 
Equal pay 
At all levels 
 
Only experience 
Education 
And seniority 
Will be the basis 
For progress.