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Poetry 
 
 

The “Born A” Student 
 

By  
 

Alfonso C. Hernandez 
 

For a “Born A” student at American High. 

I am not the cause of your unhappiness 

I am not here to soothe your failing tests 

Four weeks per chapter your tests always half done 

And your parents will cancel your summer camp trip? 

You hate to study you hate to have homework everyday 

You hate to MEMORIZE and still want a “B?” 

Because you were born obviously an “A” student. 

You listen to Heavy Metal and Punk music 

You drink Alcohol and tried Pot and Crack 

Or some other newly invented chemical in Raves 

To find the Ecstasy of watching TV until 3 a. m. 

And you arrive to my class with no brain to learn. 

And I will be the cause of all your failures in life 

Like not entering the University of your Choice? 

 
 
 

 
 
 

Photo by: Veronica Sanchez 
Tlaxcala, México