TO BE RIGHT

WHY'S IT SO IMPORTANT TO BE RIGHT

WHY SO DEVASTATING TO BE WRONG

DO YOU EVER THINK THAT IT JUST MIGHT

BE A WAY TO MAKE YOU FEEL STRONG

 

I THINK OF IN SCHOOL

WHEN YOU FELT A FOOL

FOR GETTING THINGS WRONG

THAT FEELING MADE STRONG

BY IGNORANT PEERS

ENCOURAGING FEARS

SEEMING TO BE DUMB

ONCE YOU OVERCOME 

SUCH NONSENSE IN LIFE

NO ONE'S ALWAYS RIGHT

SO NEITHER ARE YOU

WELL  REALLY WHO KNEW

 

THE BEST LESSON LEARNED

DESERVING  CONCERN

IS THOSE WHO ARE CRUEL

ARE TRULY THE FOOL

AND YOU HAVE A CHOICE

MAKE KINDNESS YOUR VOICE

 

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

I WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT ALWAYS STUDIED AN PAID ATTENTION IN CLASS AND USUALLY KNEW THE RIGHT ANSWERS. I WOULD ENTHUSIASTICALLY RAISE MY HAND WHEN THE TEACHER ASKED A QUESTION SO MUCH TO THE POINT SHE WOULD IGNORE ME AND CALL ON PEOPLE WITHOUT THEIR HAND RAISED SO I LEARNED REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY...IF I REALLY WANTED TO ANSWER A QUESTION I WOULD  SLUMP DOWN IN MY SEAT AND LOOK DOWN SO THE TEACHER WOULD CALL ON ME AND THEN I WOULD SMILE AND BLURT OUT THE ANSWER AND SHE WOULD LOOK SHOCKED...I HAVE ONE PARTICULAR TEACHER IN MIND  FOR THAT REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIMENT THAT WORKED SO BACKFIRED ON HER...I WONDER IF SHE LEARNED A LESSON OR NOT...HA HA...MISCHIEVOUS MAYBE BUT MAKING A POINT...I THOUGHT SHE WAS MEAN TO CALL ON KIDS SHE THOUGHT DIDN'T KNOW THE ANSWER INSTEAD OF THOSE RAISING THEIR HANDS THAT DID. SHE LIKED TO CHASTISE THEM FOR NOT KNOWING...INSTEAD OF TRYING TO HELP THEM LEARN SHE EMBARASSED THEM FOR NOT KNOWING...THAT IS JUST SO WRONG...

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