Thoreau asks Emerson
“Hey, is graduate school
Still about education and training?”
Emerson preaches, “Of course!”
“And we must keep it that way.”
Months pass by
And the young Thoreau visits
Emerson in his palace.
Looking around, he realizes
That graduate school
Is no longer about education and training.
It’s about results.
It’s about research and development.
It’s about productivity, not life of the mind.
He walks on, despite
Emerson’s Preach that Emerson did not practice.