This is the third poem in my spoken word album called, “The Future of Education.” I hope you enjoy! Transcript: I propose the solution of emancipation within education. To do away with the biases and discrimination that has oppressed generations. Our people today are more diverse than ever before, so let us fuel the inspiration undoubtedly indebted within our population. Let school be the place where novel ideas prosper, and where imagination takes on its full potential A place that fosters creativity, vulnerability, and individuality instead of negativity and selectivity A place that does not lead to the path of incarceration and the excessive use of nonessential medication Let school be the place where the next Mark Twain learns to not contain his words, but let them flow like the rain and use them for good. And the place where the next Ernest Hemingway is not so earnest with his words that he uses them in a charming, unapologetic way, And the place where the young entrepreneur becomes the next Steve Jobs And while he will not invent the iPhone, truly he will have found his calling Malcom X said, “education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” Truly, these words have transported through time because although they were uttered nearly sixty years ago they still resonate with us today. May we all remember that education uplifts the next generation to pursue innovation and imagination.