1) Teenage students address parents, teachers, and politicians, asking to be listened to and understood from their perspective.
2) They acknowledge parents' care and rules but argue they need freedom to learn from mistakes and experience the world.
3) Teenagers feel pressure from academic expectations, homework, and tuition but want to pursue their own dreams instead of others' dreams. They ask for a chance to make others proud through their own efforts.
1) Teenage students address parents, teachers, and politicians, asking to be listened to and understood from their perspective.
2) They acknowledge parents' care and rules but argue they need freedom to learn from mistakes and experience the world.
3) Teenagers feel pressure from academic expectations, homework, and tuition but want to pursue their own dreams instead of others' dreams. They ask for a chance to make others proud through their own efforts.
1) Teenage students address parents, teachers, and politicians, asking to be listened to and understood from their perspective.
2) They acknowledge parents' care and rules but argue they need freedom to learn from mistakes and experience the world.
3) Teenagers feel pressure from academic expectations, homework, and tuition but want to pursue their own dreams instead of others' dreams. They ask for a chance to make others proud through their own efforts.
Listen to Us, Please So, please do take us seriously!
Switch off the laptop!
No more facebook! No more tweeting! We need your trust, dear adults. Get ready for your tuition! (solo) Where are you going? Owh…………….. They ask (Solo)Who is calling Sounds familiar?…annoying? They are curious Irritating? (Solo) Why are you wearing like that? Oh welcome to the club They complain Oh!! We need a break! Good morning..good morning (solo) I can’t stand it anymore! Go….od morning. Today, we (snaps finger) Hey, Are you still with us The students from SMK Teluk Kumbar Dear parents, we trust you want to drive you into a world We never ask you your whereabouts called “teenager’s world”. We never ask about your friends Wait..wait..you mean our world?(solo) We never enquire your boss about you Yes!!! We know you are doing the best and Please believe that we are doing our best too. Dear parents, Teachers, Dear parents Politicians, Oh dear parents Politicians?...shh….. Listen to us Listen to us, please. Please..please Listen to us Who is a teenager? Someone who could never help with the We are tired of your rules dishes? No weekend outing with friends! Someone who is never too tired to hold a No midnight movies phone? No facebook, no boyfriend Someone who falls in love at least twice a week? No…No…No Ouch…That’s mean! Why are there so many No’s? We have a lot of …dreams, aspirations, responsibilities, commitments That’s because we care about you Homework (Oh shut up!) We want to keep you safe Under our wings, away from lurking predators
We don’t want bundles of homework
We don’t want to be machines But..But …wait a minute We want to be humans You can’t keep us under your wings forever We want to be street smart (Good one!) (thumbs up) We have wings too We live only once We need our freedom So let us live it as we wish We know you care But we promise you But..but let us learn from our mistakes dear parents and teachers… Let us see the world as it is we will make you proud Life is not a bed of roses we will be somebody in life And you can’t protect us forever but please….please don’t kill us with your high expectations What about the academic pressure? AAAHHHHHHH Dear society, Study! Study! Study! We are afraid to walk on our streets Tuition!tuition! tuition! We no longer feel safe, Homework!Homework! Homework! Snatch thieves, rapists, murderers Pheee….wwww What has the world become?
(solo) But that’s for your own good We…
We want you to achieve your dreams the teenagers of today are very clear We are very confident, We are smart Our dreams! Not yours! We dream big, I want to be a singer! And We are not troublemakers I want to be a football player! We certainly are not burden I want to be a model! Give us a chance And you will not regret We have our own dreams We will make you proud We have our own aspirations Because the future is ours Dreams that would make us happy Aspirations that would make you proud With that, we bid you a goodbye And for that Thank you..thank you and thank you…. we need you To guide us, to walk with us Ramyah14