My teachers in high school have taught me
that in order for you to make change,
whatever ideas and thoughts that you do have,
you must act upon it.
You must try.
No matter if you are a student,
no matter what you identify as,
no matter who you are,
it was very important
that it doesn't even matter
how many times I get rejected,
but at least I knew I tried
because who knows?
Someone might say yes.
And those are the teachers that did say yes,
and those were the ones that even believed in me
because I believed in myself.
And they trained me to become a better speaker.
They trained me to critically think outside the box
and not limit myself,
not limit what people are telling me to do.
You can't limit yourself
to what society tells you to do,
especially if parts of society is wrong,
you must change it.
And they were the first ones to taught me that.