mathNEWS Issue 80.3: Friday, June 4, 1999

Letter to a co-op employer

Don't ask me about work
I'm not gonna tell you why I'm sour
I'm just gonna work at your job
for 15 dollars an hour
I want you to pay me for my degree
I think it's only right
cuz I will be paying it for it
the rest of my life

I'm just gonna take the money I make
and I'm gonna go away

We barely have time to think in this world
let alone analyse
and I don't think that I'm smarter than you
but I don't think I wanna buy your lies
The Man learns to be a master
and I've learned to be his slave
I don't blame it all on you
but I don't wanna play your game

I'm just gonna take the money I make
and I'm gonna go away

I was 19 years old
they taught me about life
they taught me how to sacrifice
my sanity and my mind
so don't tell me about ethics
and don't tell me about pride
just give me something for my trouble
cuz this time it's not a free ride

I'm just gonna take the money I make
and I'm gonna go away

(Apologies to Ani DiFranco for mutating Letter to a john)

Aziz Ebrahim
2B Operations Research



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