Youth

I might be a bad influence; but here kids take this gem.
Parents agree or not but unlike you I only the length of this paper to influence them.

Will my peers opinions only matter when we're over 30, and in debt to the economy.

Is it then our parents will acknowledge our autonomy.

Is it because we'd rather send an email than a letter?
Take notes on an iPad than a ledger, and the more my opinions are posted online; they become more like the value of the american dollar. Lesser and lesser.
We text one handed, still hold conversations, while checking our news feed out of the corner of our eye all of this faster than we can write.

So let me welcome you to the coded generation.
The youth of YOLO since we only live once and take advantage of every situation.
So it's smh ttyl  g2g brb c2c and I know parent's are like omg idk
But the kids are reading laughing LMFAO.

We know the saying "Momma knows best."
But at some point she didn't so we need to update that to "Momma wants best."
However the youth could do better as to make Momma not stress.
But we both have different paths that blaze our trail to success.

Ask kids: You know we want what's best for you?
And we will agree naturally, but how do you expect us to listen to message you never addressed to us.
We know you want what's best for us, but some dumb things make you think less of us... like our appearance.

You don't want us to make the same mistakes, but if you ask us most of you still turned out great.
But you better get used to us, because you're looking at you future teachers and leaders.
You mumble Lord Jesus... but as long as you don't destroy this world first we will definitely give it a change.
Which is much needed.

But if you take a sip from the fountain of youth maybe you'd understand we're not all that different.
Let's replace Rihanna with Madonna
Lionel Messi with Diego Maradona
Sean Connery with Daniel Craig
Microsoft with Apple
Obama for Bill Clinton
You'd all have better understanding of my way of thinking.

Education: Students

Students!
How many times have you crammed the night of an exam
Filling your mind with dates, formulas, and quotes just to never use them again?
How many grades have you recieved that you were never asked about during an interview?
How many times have you remembered an answer too late after you'd turn in your exam?
Does the poor timing of your memory make you more or less qualified for a job?
Well on a application form it would have.
We all have different callings, talents, dreams, and genes.
So why is a classroom of individuals tested by the same means?
It comes to a climax when Jason thinks he's dumb because he can't equate sums, but can fix anything around the house.
Or when Susan can't write well, but can sing every song word for word after hearing it once.
And our schools have the audacity to have a policy on equality. Irony!

Don't let society tell you your worth
For this is the society of pastors that preach charity, but own private jets.
Parent's that want "educated kids" but won't/can't help with their child's homework.
Governments that speak peace, but endorse war, calling for people to pursue higher education and further learning. Yet they raise tuition every single year?

Our professors say our exam grades will be imperative for our success, and we believe them.
We were always taught to listen to our teachers, and yet if we take the teacher out of the equation who are we going to listen to?
One should realize we need to learn to think for ourselves instead of follow when misled.

Tests are tests, and finals are not final.
For they never prepare for life's test of survival.
This rant goes to those kids who feel his or her worth from that D or that A on results day.
The ones who found what they were searching for on google, tweeted to popularity on Twitter, pictured success on Instagram, liked there future on Facebook, my world changers and my dream chasers.
This one's for my generation.

So whether it's 74 or 63, 96 or 88 success is more than an option and these tests do not hold our fate!