Canes

The only thing I hated about school,
With all my blood,
Was being whipped because of academics.
When I left my birthplace Jinja in Primary 6 for the Capital City,
I thought I was escaping canes,
Only to land in a worse firing squad,
Turned me into a monster.
Why beat me just because I do not know the square root of 81,
Or who invented the steam engine?
Beat me for fornicating or stealing,
To change my behaviour,
Not because am ignorant!
Thank GOD I finally jumped academic canes,
By reading very hard.