Educated dunce ( 100 Days of Poetry) { Day # 82 }
Today I used Jamaican patios in my poem. Patois ( or Patwa) also called Jamaican creole by linguists is an English based creole with West African influences. It is spoken in Jamaica and many parts of the UK. However English is the official language.
Book learnin a nuh intelligence.
TRANSLATION:Book learning is not intelligence.
MEANING:1. Education does not result in common sense. 2.Not because someone is educated they have common sense.
a nuh intelligence,
mi see many fool wit dem degrees
who cyaah even hol a conversation
much less a relation.
Smart in books and dumb ina real life.
What a ting.
or plant likkle food,
cyaah decipher a sitaution
cuuse dem nuh know di play.
Nuff a dem spend so much
pon dem education
and still a work fi a next man.
like a wall weh Trump build
but the life skill cyaah build ina office.
You haffi learn from many to be like few.
di tru G a di one weh learn both.
Tie all goat, den medz with the elders round di lane
after dat guh trade some crypto fi di digital gain.
Dem yute deh will run tings.
Book learning does not make intelligence,
I’ve seen many fools with degrees,
Who can’t even hold a conversation,
much less a relation.
Smart with the books but foolish in real life.
Such a pity.
or plant some crops.
Can’t decipher a situation,
because they know not how people play.
Many have spent so much on an education
And still work for another man.
As a wall that Trump built,
but life skills can’t be built in an office.
You have to learn from many to be like few.
The real men are the ones who learn both.
Tie a goat and then reason with the elders in the lane.
After that they may trade some crypt for some gains.
These are the youths who shall win at life.
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Cho-blowow...chat bout...was wondering when one of these was gonna come....real Jamaican style....love it yute man....it was really refreshing to read.....and those are people we call "educated dunce"....keep it up....
Hahah finally eeeh, mi a guh pree up some more. Wanna mek all my own proverbs lol.. AAAAHHHH changing the name of the poem write now LOL
Breda yaa waste time man cho lol....have a few under mi belt but nuh redi yet....releasing wit a purpose yuh kno....bwoy mi lift mi hat to yuh....dont know wen and if ill be able to stretch miself so far with a 100 day poetry or writing....the brain need some more exercise first...kudos and keep it up...yuh doing well....now please translate so my fellow non-creole speakers can understand lol :-)
Intelligence is made by complementing the learning of books with real life learning. The knowledge of the street is crucial to succeed.
Indeed it is @corderosiete....
Indeed brother, the balance is key now more than ever. I need to send my kids to the islands lol
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Thank you for sagest me.. #dmilliz