Classroom, warm and inviting.
Textbooks, strong and all-knowing.
Teacher, smiling and kind.
Students, loud and craving sunlight.
The textbooks open and the students read aloud. The teacher passes out work to pound the information in. Pencils his desk and most of the students fall silent. There are always a couple few who discard the warnings about grades and colleges, only to be hit with the reality of unemployment later in life.