Dedicated to all students and graduates..ever
Often, I sit back and wonder how the years are passing by like bees, fast and some sort of whatever Often I sit back and wonder and ask myself why why why why...why did these years in the education system did not prepare me for the things I have stubbled on every step of the road after graduation, life just feels like a game of darts. Despite how high your GPA is, everything in life is always going to be a gamble. I never understood why these years passed me by sitting in a classroom and I did not learn a single thing. After graduating high school, everything got question marks all over them. I honestly felt that on some days I asked myself more questions than I ever got answers. I don’t know who to blame or point fingers at, but all I know is, I am just so frustrated with all these questions.. questions, questions... so many questions...like Why were we never taught how to open up a bank account, how to manage our financials, how to pay the bills.. about 7 hours a day listening to history and what is the past,present and future tense, but not a single minute on how to handle with life's downfalls, how to deal with the loss of a friend, how to live with a dysfunctional family, how to manage my emotions, how can you tell me that after I finish my degree I am supposed to manage people but I can't even manage myself? I know that some things school just can't teach you. I know that after some time, you will be begging to sit back in that class room when your only worry is to study, do tomorrow's homework and that's sort of it.. We often are too fast to grow up, that we often forget to enjoy our lives as students. After you finish high school and college and you're sitting in an office from 9 to 5 when the only smell you smell is fresh brewed coffee and you don't know what 8 hours of sleep is anymore, I hope you still have the same desire to grow as you did way back in school. I hope that you stay as morning as you are now, and enjoy every year you can in that class room and make yourself proud. Learn as much as you can and don't be so quick to want to grow up..time flies before you know it. For the record, school taught me a lot. Unfortunately in life there's some lessons that you first have to fail before you can learn, so learn.
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Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream”, this is my dream.
From the view point of a worried student, future professional, future parent, and the future of this island. “I dream that one day..maybe 20 to 30 years from now, people my age will be able to not only dream of having a degree and career, but that they could be able to go to a college or university that they desire, without the fear of having a debt sentence hanging over their heads. I dream that one day companies and business will invest in scholarship programs instead of mass marketing, and that they could help build leaders out of students, instead of drop outs out of dreamers." November 6th, 2015 |
AuthorA collection of a few published poems and spoken words by Keyla. Feel free to go through any of them, feed back is always welcome. Archives
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