higher education

Higher education

I started my junior year with a positive puff

With the world telling me it’s going to get ruff

I took my blade to challenge advanced placement

In the end, I was filled with disappointment

From straight As to curved Bs and Cs

With my parents telling me, I’ll do better in the future

But clearly they’re eyes showed a different picture

With my fire still burning I did not give up

With sleepless studying nights with midnight snacks

In no time, I was back on track

I ran to my parents, “I completed my quest”

“oh okay, what about your standardized tests”

My smiling lips faced the ground

As if my face was turned upside down

Oh boy! The struggle was real

Now I had to take standardized tests

Who call themselves a non-profit organization

The 60$ bill I paid, proved it was a misconception

With all this procrastination 

I came to a realization

They set the bar too high!

With their cheeky commercials saying,” if you want to become a dentist, then our college is the best for you”

Well if you do two years of a foreign language, I year of government politics and calculus AB

Because who knows when a French politician will suddenly ask you a question on calculus while treating him

And then they say, “we make sure everyone can afford our college”

well yes, all you need is a small loan of a million dollars

and with the so called financial aid

I can pay back my loan in twenty years instead of thirty

and as those four years flew by

I completed my graduation

Freed from the chains of my student life, I was instantly caught in a guillotine called debt

And as the years flew by, this one thought was always in my head, “was it worth it”(x6)

And as I slide my hand through my pocket and opened my wallet’s mouth

“oh yes it was”