{"id":36558,"date":"2023-01-27T14:57:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T10:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/?p=36558"},"modified":"2023-01-27T14:57:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T10:57:57","slug":"poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><u>International Day of Education<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>By Angkush Poonye<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What does it take to go beyond just learning words and numbers?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Grasping knowledge relentlessly<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Acquiring skills year after year<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Keeping the zeal to be the cleverest<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Defying the other meaning of education, sadly<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Time to educate ourselves to live in peace and harmony<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For the young soldiers at war<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Resisting the chaos and rumbles<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Refusing to be doomed by the burnt soil<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Protecting their Motherland from the black ashes!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Time to educate ourselves to be more empathetic<\/span><\/p>\n<p 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style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yet wandering away seems a better option for some!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Angkush Poonye<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Ex-Student of John Kennedy College<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Mauritius Times ePaper Friday 27 January 2023<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Day of 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