Знания и оценки

Думал знания в классе в почете.
Разве дело в оценок подсчете?
Но когда я подрос,
Затвердил я вопрос:
"Будет вся эта муть на зачете?"

The students in my classrooms were deeper than the rest!
They yearned for knowledge only, and I, their prof, felt blessed.
This was my giddy thought
when my first class I taught…
until I heard the ditty: "Will this be on the test?”