A world of improvements: Note to self and future humans
Why grades suck:
They do.
They’re irrelevant.
Yet they matter way too much.
No one remembers them in five years let alone six months.
They won’t determine how I live the rest of my life
Yet they will.
They won’t predict my success
Yet they will.
I’ll feel incapable
Even if I’m not
I’ll feel irrelevant
Even when I’m the most important
They don’t allow for my comparison to others
Yet I’m compared by them anyway
I compare myself and
everyone
compares
each
other
They don’t dictate a damn thing in the world
Yet I’m terrified about one I’ve yet to receive
This mess is useless and unnecessary
yet I’ve fallen captive to it all
A casualty among the masses
Unmistakable yet unnoticed
We speak of global enhancements
Human victory
And Technological advancements
We plan to start with one microchip
And end on a new life
At 10 there’s a business call connecting two nations,
A luncheon for leaders of the future at noon
An 8 o’clock gala on global warming, avoiding doom
And at 10,
A night full of restless sleep for
one too many
A mess of souls who’ve learned
no other
Instead of focusing all efforts
And budgets
And Guest lists
To bettering the economy
Or making our waists slim
We must educate ourselves
We must educate the education system
We must provide the spark for a meaningful change
Grades should be numbers
We use as motivation
Not items misused
As misplaced retribution
Grades should not be
Degraders
Framing perpetrators
Such as the “failed to turn in an assignment ‘
because I was out learning all
That life has to offer”
Perpetuating fear and
Blossoming disappointment
They should not work to lower our self confidence
And belittle all of our dreams
But allow us to
build
ourselves
up
If we are to move forward in life
On this earth
In time
We must learn to abide by a new state of mind
-
Don’t use intangible things for comparison
-
Don’t let someone else’s perception make your decision
- Breathe and be free, knowing you’re allowed to be exactly who you are meant to be