tread softly

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uAovPpfK_DA
it looks incredible

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they think we need to learn the virtue and value of hard work and resilience. they think thats where the missing chink is. thats why we burn out we give up we stop caring we forget we fail them. they think so little of us, that we are lesser versians of themselves. in truth, being young has its own worth and insight.

we feel more than they think, think more than they expect, expect more than they can provide. so what they should be doing is getting to know us better. maybe if they asked for our dreams and ambitions they would understand why good grades means absolutely nothing to us.

and maybe if they tried respecting us as real, proper, sentient people for once, we would feel the security and confidence needed to keep pummeling furiously.

if they didnt scoff when we said we want to be

magicians
diplomats
photographers
librarians
cafe owners
fashion journalists
broadway actors
singers
journalists

if they sat and listened to Yeats