{"id":460,"date":"2017-04-07T04:55:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T04:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/?p=460"},"modified":"2019-11-19T07:02:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T07:02:58","slug":"if-my-textbooks-could-speak-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/2017\/04\/07\/if-my-textbooks-could-speak-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"If My Textbooks Could Speak \u2013 II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_oo1ix2ZuPj1un32nx_1280-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"461\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/?attachment_id=461\" class=\"wp-image-461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_oo1ix2ZuPj1un32nx_1280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_oo1ix2ZuPj1un32nx_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_oo1ix2ZuPj1un32nx_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_oo1ix2ZuPj1un32nx_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For once, I\u2019ve been taken out<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And opened on a desk \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m excited, this kind of attention<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is reserved for a test,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And suddenly it seems as if<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m covered in writing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The anxiety is evident \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pen\u2019s nib is biting;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These aren\u2019t doodles either,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are words that make sense,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seems like Property Law is catching up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And making things tense,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I don\u2019t know what\u2019s worse \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gathering dust, or being worn,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can\u2019t find middle ground \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s my persistent mourn;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I suppose I should be grateful \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019re putting me to use,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ve spent so much on me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your wallet blew a fuse,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It told me so over dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About how it\u2019s so used it\u2019s frayed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I remember thinking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If only I could be that away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But now I that it\u2019s happening,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not so sure \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess it\u2019s true \u2013 be careful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What you wish for.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For once, I\u2019ve been taken out And opened on a desk \u2013 I\u2019m excited, this kind of attention Is reserved for a test, And suddenly it seems as if I\u2019m covered in writing, The anxiety is evident \u2013 The pen\u2019s nib is biting; These aren\u2019t doodles either, These are words <a href=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/2017\/04\/07\/if-my-textbooks-could-speak-ii\/\" class=\"btn btn-link continue-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}