"Teachers make a goddamn difference!Now what about you?" Taylor Mali is passionate about how you can't judge someone by how much they make in his poem "What Teachers Make". "Those who can do, do; and those who can't, teach." is a bold statement by a dinner guest at Taylor Mali's house who continues "I mean, you’re a teacher, Taylor. Be honest. What do you make?" Taylor responds with an aggressive answer that no one expecting. "And I wish he hadn’t done that— asked me to be honest-- because, you see, I have this policy about honesty and ass-‐kicking: if you ask for it, then I have to let you have it." Taylor goes on about how makes children work with their best abilities, how he makes them make no mistakes, and how he makes them use their brains so that they can follow their hearts. The point of this poem is to never judge someone by how much they make. He uses humor to catch your attention and get the message across.
"Hip Hop" by Beau Sia is a very important poem to society these days. Hip Hop is one of the most popular music industries but how is it going downhill? Racial slurs got out of hand. ""Damn, she’s fly/high, with chinky eyes" and "Chinky-eyed Korean/ spy and if I’ll buy.” I don’t understand the words.Why don’t you teach me? Is there a word for the eyes of Puerto Ricans?" "Yo, is it cool now to use racial slurs to talk about someone’s physical features? Like is that what’s hip? Are there rock songs about n-word asses? Country songs about w-back hair? Pop songs about a woman’s rhymes-with-bike nose? I wanna know!" It's not okay to call someone a rude word just because of their appearance. They are the same human being you are but just with different features. This is a quite powerful poem.
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