It's got to be more than just that. It seems to me that it's saying that this test is impossible to pass.
It could be the argument that for the lower class, it is inevitable for them to pass any high level education due to schooling based on where you live i.e. inner city schools having not only low quality education, but also teaching to the expectation that these kids are going to be working low class jobs like fast food.
This person is in "a game of losers" (the entire school) and he's beginning to realize that the system is set up for him to fail at reaching a better job "the unavoidable is hard to avoid".
Now that's the vibe I've gotten from this song, even before peeking in here.
Now that's the vibe I've gotten from this song, even before peeking in here.
It seems it's talking about the American SATs - which often dictate what colleges a student will be accepted to - or even the dramatically broken U.S. educational system altogether.
It seems it's talking about the American SATs - which often dictate what colleges a student will be accepted to - or even the dramatically broken U.S. educational system altogether.
Things like "number two pencils" (always dictated for machine-readable answer forms due to it apt at making easily scanned marks), and "check in the appropriate box for 'boy or girl'" - this perhaps alluding to the whole pointlessness of this archaic standardized testing, as even illustrated in the antiquated nature of the 'student information' section,...
Things like "number two pencils" (always dictated for machine-readable answer forms due to it apt at making easily scanned marks), and "check in the appropriate box for 'boy or girl'" - this perhaps alluding to the whole pointlessness of this archaic standardized testing, as even illustrated in the antiquated nature of the 'student information' section, since today's society is NOT just binary in gender anymore (and likely never was, but NOW we are coming to ACCEPT this and realize the broader spectrum that exists rather than "M/F")
It's got to be more than just that. It seems to me that it's saying that this test is impossible to pass.
It could be the argument that for the lower class, it is inevitable for them to pass any high level education due to schooling based on where you live i.e. inner city schools having not only low quality education, but also teaching to the expectation that these kids are going to be working low class jobs like fast food.
This person is in "a game of losers" (the entire school) and he's beginning to realize that the system is set up for him to fail at reaching a better job "the unavoidable is hard to avoid".
I don't know, that's just my two cents.
Now that's the vibe I've gotten from this song, even before peeking in here.
Now that's the vibe I've gotten from this song, even before peeking in here.
It seems it's talking about the American SATs - which often dictate what colleges a student will be accepted to - or even the dramatically broken U.S. educational system altogether.
It seems it's talking about the American SATs - which often dictate what colleges a student will be accepted to - or even the dramatically broken U.S. educational system altogether.
Things like "number two pencils" (always dictated for machine-readable answer forms due to it apt at making easily scanned marks), and "check in the appropriate box for 'boy or girl'" - this perhaps alluding to the whole pointlessness of this archaic standardized testing, as even illustrated in the antiquated nature of the 'student information' section,...
Things like "number two pencils" (always dictated for machine-readable answer forms due to it apt at making easily scanned marks), and "check in the appropriate box for 'boy or girl'" - this perhaps alluding to the whole pointlessness of this archaic standardized testing, as even illustrated in the antiquated nature of the 'student information' section, since today's society is NOT just binary in gender anymore (and likely never was, but NOW we are coming to ACCEPT this and realize the broader spectrum that exists rather than "M/F")
As above, just chipping in another $0.02. YMMV