America’s children,

White, black, brown, rich, poor and all between

 Fill the “head” doctor’s offices

and the classrooms of a nation

who falsy says, “We love our kids”

where acronyms too many to mention

spew forth from mouths of PhDs.

“He has ADHD, and will need an IEP

on top of that he won’t do his work?

Must also be ODD, and bi-polar too.

Probably depressed after the divorce.

Not eating well? Stays up too late playing his PS2?

Well…the school will have to decide

With further testing of course,

 if he is LD, ED, or OHI.

Here are some prescriptions:

this one for the depression, and one for the ADHD,

it should also help with the ODD.

The yellow one is for the bi-polar tendencies,

And another to help him sleep and

finally, one to get him up and going for school.”

At school he is classified

And labeled OHI

He can be served, now, with an IEP

Paperwork done, his life now in a manila file

If he messes up, just blame the acronym

Certainly, he is now doomed to fail without his legal drugs

Why would he be expected to learn respect,

work ethics or responsibility?

Discipline! Consequences! Watch it,

His acronyms will surface

And he will throw a fit.

Just back away, don’t push

So flush those ideas of NCLB

‘Cause into the vials of prescription drugs

The nation’s children’s futures have gone

And if a pill can make your life better-

Why wouldn’t pot, or coke, or meth?

Don’t they all make you feel better too?

Even the good doctor said,

“Why suffer when there is a pill that helps”
America’s children ARE left behind.