Luyện nghe bài hát I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate

[Intro: Tarek
on Reprezent 107.3 FM
My is Tarek
Now listeners you may remember not too long ago we had a spoken word artist by the of Suli Breaks
Came down dropped a live session and a lot of you excited about that
I was excited this morning I opened up a package, had no idea what it was
it up, put it in the player, pressed play, and it totally blew me away
It's his brand new piece his brand new "The Dormroom EP"
I'mma have to let spoken word do it does best, and let it speak for itself
new Suli Breaks!

[Verse: Suli
now
There is a kid parents' evening in a heated discussion with his mother
Saying, why does he have to study subjects he will never use in his life?
And she will at him blanked eyed, stifle a sigh, think for a second and then lie
say something along the lines of:
"You know to get a good job, you need a degree and these subjects will help you get a degree, we never had this opportunity when I was younger".
And he reply:
"But you were young a time ago, weren't you mum?"
And she won't respond what he implies makes perfect sense that societies needs would have changed since he was 16
But she will ignore him, grip his hand sternly and drag him to the car
What she doesn't is that she didn't ignore him just to shut him up
She didn't lie because they are just returning him from evening
And an argument in the would look bad on her resume
She won't lie because she had just the last one hour convincing a stern face teacher that she would ensure that her child studies more at home
No! She lie simply, because she does not know any better herself
Although all her adult life, she has used or applied
theorem, Pathetic fallacy, and does not know the value of "X"
She will rely to tell her child who has one of the sharpest mind in the school, is hyperactive, unfocused, easily distracted and wayward

Students!
How many equations, subjects and dates did you memorize just before an never to use again?
How many "A" grades did you get, which were never asked for when applying for a
How many times have you something 5 minutes just after the teacher said: "Stop writing"
Only to receive your results a month to realize that you were only 1 mark short of the top grade?
Does that remembering 5 minutes earlier would've made you more qualified for a particular job?
Well, on an application form it would
We all have different abilities, thought processes, experiences and
So why is a class full of individuals tested by the same
So that means Cherrelle thinks dumb, because she couldn't do a couple sums
And if issue is not addressed properly, it then becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy
every school has the audacity to have policy on equality
Huh, the irony!

Exams are society's of telling you what you're worth
But you can't let society tell you you are
Cause this is the same society that tells you that is wrong, but then looks down on teenage parents!
The same society that sells products to promote nature hair, looks and smooth complexion with the model on the box, half photoshopped, and has fake and hair extensions
With pastors that preach charity, but own private
Imams that preach greed, but are all fat
Parents say they want "educated kids" but constantly marvel at how rich Richard Branson is
Governments, that preach peace, but endorse war, that say they believe so much in the importance of higher education and further
Then why increase tuition fees every year?
I believed Miss when she took me into the office, said that my exams would be imperative to my success
Because we were taught to follow when Miss Jefferson led
Then I took Jefferson out of the equation and learned to think for
I realized, we were always taught to when misled
Huh, the irony!

Test us with tests, but the finals are final
Because they never prepare us for the biggest test is survival!
And what I is fairly outlandish
So I don't expect to understand this
for the kid that knows what it feels like to be worth no more than that D or that A that you get on results day
And the ones whose best stories were never good for your English teacher
Because apparently you missed out key techniques
Did not the class plan,
And the language was too "informal" for him to
But then he'd Hamlet and Macbeth
And you'd fight the to express your contempt by partially clenching your fist with only your medius finger left protruding in the middle of your hand
And asking if he was aware that Shakespeare was as the innovator of slang
Or the kid at the of the class who thinks:
"Why am I studying that doesn't fuel my drive?"
But when confronted with a problem his eyes come alive

So one is for my generation,
the ones who what they were looking for on Google,
the ones who their dreams on Twitter,
Pictured future on Instagram, accepted destiny on Facebook.
This one's for my "failures" and "dropouts", for my unemployed graduates, my assistants, cleaners and cashiers with bigger dreams,
My entrepreneurs, my world-changers and my dream-chasers!
Cause the purpose of "Why I school, but love education" was not to initiate a worldwide debate,
But to let them know that 72 or 88, 44 or 68,
We will not let exam results decide our

Peace.