Thursday, September 11, 2008

A Riddle

From one of my students:

"I'm prison with an innocent name,
4 short years of freedom, 12 long years of torment.
The ultimate failure if misunderstood
Pressured by social conformity, unwillingly weighed down.
If you ditch me, I will send trouble out to find you
Countless face, countless days, all to be forgotten regretfully.
I bring boredom to those that don't appreciate me
and cause you to have the wildest daydreams.
I torture you with work when you leave, and when you return,
Just when you think I let you go,
I give you a little piece of me to keep me in your mind,
Until we meet again. Who am I?"

Answer to be revealed upon the fulfillment of three guesses from those willing to comment...

4 comments:

Cheryl said...

yeah. what jerms said.

william randolph brafford said...

I was going to say school, but now I will say a marriage with a four-year honeymoon. Just to be different.

Casey Trela said...

Will Smith?

bobby sweatt said...

aha, it is will smith!

okay...it's school