Not General Knowledge

Of Irish literature he does not know much though he has read the works of the Irish literary greats He does think that the National Bard of Ireland was that famous person William Butler Yeats But as we know the National Bard of Ireland is one James Clarence Mangan by name One long deceased before Yeats was born his poems live on to his enduring fame He does not know that much of Irish Literature if on Ireland's National Bard he has it wrong I did not even bother to correct him since such common knowledge to most does belong One than me who was far more educated since he could boast of a literary degree And i could only wish him well in parting since him i am never more likely to see That education is not general knowledge is something i have come to realize That he did not know the National Bard of Ireland did come to me as quite a big surprise Our conversation it was not a long one and him i am never more likely to meet The educated man i met this morning whilst walking to the shops along the street Yet he did not know the National Bard of Ireland though he did have a literary degree That education is not general knowledge is how it seems to ordinary me.