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...
