(Sequel) Breaking The Juvenile (In Process)

Chapter 9

Listen to the song, while reading after the three ~~~
(Important Author's Note.)

"Hey moms!" Valerie says as she walks in. She kisses my cheek.
"Oh my God!" The girls scream, and they go running towards the puppies, forgetting all about Akila, and I! Kiara was already playing with some of the pups, as Tykeil, and Jabari were taking snaps.
Akila look at them, and laughs. She turns to me, "hi mom!"
"Hey mom!" I reply. And, kiss each other's cheek.
"I guess that's all we're getting today." I laugh.
"Babe, I got to go to work." Akila says , kissing all the girls' foreheads, and bro hugging the guys. She kisses me, passionately, and leaves.
"Alright! Jabari email your teacher, and ask for the homework, and girls go upstairs, and start y'all homework. Tykeil, we need to read Odyssey."

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"So,who is speaking in this opening scene?" I ask. I know he knew the answer, he's incredibly smart.

"Homer, come on Mrs. G, everyone knows that!"
"You'd be surprised by how many dummies I had." He starts laughing. "Nah, I thought you can't say people are dumb, because you're a teacher."
"That's what people want to say. You know, if your child is dumb, and he don't want to learn, then he's dumb!" I laugh, with him.

"Alright, second one. What is a Muse?"
"Goddesses that inspire, Muse the goddess of Epic Poetry, music, math, and so much more." He says, he writes it all down.

"See, I knew you knew about Mythology." I tell him.
"Nah, I'm not smart like that."

"Boy, if you know what the Iliad is, you're automatically smart to me." I tell him, he smiles.
"Those are just stories to keep me going, you know? Throughout all the struggles, I know that I can actually make it, when I try to."

"I get that, that's how I was growing up. Okay, next question, What happened in Troy?"

"They won the war with the Trojan horse." He spoke out loud, then wrote it.
"What's that?" I ask, pretending to be dumb. I want him to put more information down.
"What do you mean?"
"What's the Trojan horse?" I ask, trying to serious. He gives me the 'bitch, if you don't stop that shit' face. I start laughing.

" The Trojan horse, is a wooden horse they made to trick the Trojans into take them inside the walls. You see, the Trojans thought it was a gift from the Gods, and it would be a sign of victory. But, you know, the Grecians all came out during the night, and slaughtered them... You know the princess, Cassandra knew it was going to happen, but no one cared, they thought she was crazy."

"See! You're completely smart! I knew that, but when I was you're age, about 18 years ago, I knew all that, but people didn't care back then."
"They don't care now. I got to act like a damn idiot to even be known around here."

"Sometimes, you have to make sacrifices, in order to get ahead. So, where is Odysseus trying to go? And, why is he important?"

"He's trying to go home to Ithaca, where he is the king."

"That was last night's, I'll give you a pass on tonight's homework. But, I want to know, how come you say you have struggles?"

He looks the other way, and lays his head on his arms. "My mom is never home. We're barely fed, she's always fighting with dad, but he's childish too... I saw him at the store, kissing that girl. I've seen it before, back when mom was pregnant with Kiara. It's nothing different! I need to provide for Jabari, and Kiara. I refuse for them to grow up ignorant, like them. It's disgusting! Dad works at Burger King, because he doesn't want to go to college, and Mom, she couldn't care less. They're good people, but not good parents." Silent tears ran down his face. He's 16, he knows what the hell he's talking about!
"Look, I had struggles too. I was a victim of domestic violence,when I was 19. I understand that shit. Hell, I barely spoke to my mom, because she let that happened. I hated ignorance, and discrimination! I still do, because that's what I was raised by, and I turned out to be the exact opposite. You teach yourself, and I love that. I did the same, teach yourself, forget the crowd, because at the end of the day, who's really going to make it? But, look people aren't lying when they say 'School can only help you.' You need to learn, and be educated, that's the only key to success. And, I know you know that! But, I can tell that you were born for a reason. Intelligence like yours only happen a few times. And, with a story like yours, greatness is the only thing coming." I kiss his forehead, and hug him.
"Goodnight, honey."

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That is a summary of what really happened to me, in this chapter. And, I understand what it feels like to be completely alone, to feel that the whole world is against you. And, it kind of is, being black in America is almost a crime itself. And, here's a bigger crime, loving your skin, and flaunting yourself!
But, I do it! And, I'll lift up homosexuals, females, and minorities for the rest of my life. We need equity, not Equality! If this is my people's Equality, than I must not know the meaning of such freedom!

And, also this has been bugging me! The shootings against cops are pointless, you ain't no better! You're taking innocent lives, who some have done nothing but protect this Nation!
Revenge is not the answer!
Intelligence is! Because you know one day, I dream of a place with much wisdom, that ignorance will no longer be rewarded!
But, the things happen the world now, will only kill the planet, then kill us. And, what will be the lesson?

That we all are the same. Not matter what benefits you have, from privilege, all the way to melanin, because we all know how much it helps us!!
Ain't shit special about the homosapiens (Humans). But, we're so stupid, to have this imaginary pride, when honestly it's all an illusion! Love one another, because I'm going to tell you this; This planet will get rid of the problem (Us), and fix itself if we want it to or not. We'll just make the destruction much faster...