Spoilt kids
24 July 2015
JIMMY DREKORE
If it was bought by your father
It ain’t yours
If it was earned by your father
It ain’t yours
If it was achieved by your father
It ain’t yours
Don’t ride on his sweat
Don’t drink on his merit
Don’t boast on his achievement
You haven’t sweat it yet
You haven’t earned it yet
You haven’t achieved it yet
Don’t look down on your peers
Don’t display your colours
Don’t open your mouth
You ain’t on top
You ain’t colourful
You ain’t got anything to be proud of
Finish your school
Earn your education
Live your life
Not in your father’s glory
Very true Jimmy. I want the kids these days to read this.
Ignorant Facebook updates, pretentious lifestyles to boast of competing with each other about their wealth and standard of living, like it or not the social media separates the haves and have nots.
Ripple effects causing people to lie about themselves leading to unproductive content free loaders. Wanna live plush on the internet but cannot work hard enough in reality to achieve anything really. Sorry if my view is going off track
Posted by: Emmanuel David Landu | 31 March 2016 at 11:34 AM
This is a classic piece depicting sons and daughters of wealthy people being disobedient and ignorant. Misusing parents' sweat as if it is theirs.
Thus they need to read a lot to be more self reliant and respect their parents' hard work.
Posted by: Jimmy Awagl | 26 July 2015 at 09:36 AM
If our own children don't listen to us, perhaps they will listen to somebody else's advice. And that's why PNG authored books and literature need to be made available to students in our classrooms.
That's why the government ought to buy books by Papua New Guineans and distribute them to all our schools.
This piece by Jimmy is a classic example of the type of literature our children need to read, written by PNGeans. It is what every concerned parent is telling their children to change their attitudes, study hard and make it in life. Good one Jim.
Posted by: Daniel Ipan Kumbon | 24 July 2015 at 08:27 AM