SULI BREAKS!

"WE WILL NOT LET EXAM RESULTS DECIDE OUR FATE." -Suli Breaks

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Ima have to let spoken word do what it does best,

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and let it speak for itself. Brand new Suli Breaks!!

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Right now,

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there is a kid finishing parents evening in a heated discussion with his mother.

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Saying:

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"Why does he have subject subjects he will never ever use in his life?"

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And she will look at him blank eyed

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stifle a sigh think for a second And then lie

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She'll say something along the lines of,

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"You know to get a good job you need a good degree and these subjects help you get a degree

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,we never had this opportunity when i was younger"

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and he will reply.

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but "You were young a long time ago weren't you mum?"

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and she won't respond although what he implies makes perfect sense that societies needs

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would have changed since she was 16.

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But she will ignore him grip his hand more sternly and drag him to the car.

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What she doesn't know,

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is that,she didn't ignore him just to shut him up

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She didn't lie because they are just returning him from parents evening

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And an argument in the hallway would look bad on her resume.

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She won't lie because she had just spent the last hour

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convincing a stern face teacher that she ensure that her child studies more

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at home.

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NO! She will lie simply, because she does

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know any better herself. Although all her adult life she has never used or applied,

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Pythagoras Therom, Pathetic Fallacy, And still does not know, the value of "X"

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She will rely society to tells her child who has one of the sharpest minds in the school,

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is unfocused, hyperactive easily distracted and wayward.

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Students!

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How many equations, subjects, dates did you memorise just before an exam

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never to use again

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How many "A" grades did you get,

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which were never aksed for when applying for a job?

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How many times have you remembered something 5 mins after the teacher has said "Stop writing"

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Only to

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receive your results a month later to realise that you were only

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1 mark short of the top grade?

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Does that mean remembering 5 mins earlier would have made you more qualified

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for a particular job? Well, on an application form it would have.

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We all

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different ability,thought processes,experiences

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and genes So why is a class full of individuals

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tested by the same means? That means Cherrelle thinks she's dumb,because she couldn't do a couple sums,

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And if this issue is not addressed properly

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It then becomes a self fulfilling prophecy!

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Then every school has the audacity to have policy on equality!

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"Huh" the irony!!

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Exams are society's methods of telling you what your worth

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But, you can't let society can't tell you what you are. Because this is the same society,

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that tells you, that abortion is wrong, but then looks down on teenage parents!

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The same society, thats sells products to promote natural hair, looks and smooth complexion

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with the model on the box, half photoshopped, has fake lashes and hair extensions. With pastors

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that preach charity, but own private jets. Imams that preach against greed, but are all fat.

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Parents that say they want "educated kids" bit constantly marvel at how rich Richard Branson is.

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Governments, that preach peace, but endorse war. That say

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they believe so much in the importance of higher education and further learning

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and then why increase tuition fees every single year?!?

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I believed Miss Jeffersoon when she took me into the office said that my exams would be

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imperative to my success.

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Because we were taught to always follow when Miss Jefferson Led.

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Then I took Jefferson out of the equation,

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learnt to think for myself

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I realized, we were always taught to follow when misled.

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"Huh" the irony.

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Test us with tests, But the finals are never final,

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because they never prepare us for the biggest test which is survival!

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And what I suggest is fairly outlandish I don't except everyone to understand this.

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Except for the kid that knows what it feels like to be Worth no more

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Worth no more than that D or that A That you receive on results day. The ones whose best stories

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Where never good enough for your English teacher. Because apparently you missed out

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key literal techniques Did not follow the class plan,

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And the language was too "informal" for

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him to understand. But then he'd reference Hamlet, Macbeth

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And you'd fight the urge to express your contempt

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by partially clenching your fist with only your medius finger left protruding in the

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middle of your hand,

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And asking if he was aware that Shakespeare was known as the innovator of slang.

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Or the kid at the back of the class who thinks,

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Why I'm a studying something that doesn't fuel my drive?

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But when confronted with a maths problem his eyes come alive!!

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So this one is for my generation The ones that found what they were looking for on Google

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the ones who followed their dreams on Twitter, pictured their future on Instagram,

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accepted destiny on Facebook.This ones for my "failures" and "dropouts"

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For my unemployed graduates. My shop assistants, cleaners and cashiers with bigger dreams!!

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My world changers and dream chasers!!

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Because purpose of "Why I hate school, but love education" was not

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to initiate a world wide debate,

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but to let them know that whether 72

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or 88

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44 or 68.

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We will not let an exam results decide our fate. Peace