What You Will Do

Writing Prompt: Watch the video and follow along with the mentor text below. Reflect on the last time you felt like you needed to do really well on something—from a test in your most challenging subject, to playing the song at your piano recital perfectly. Where was the pressure coming from, and can you think of a strategy you employed that helped you manage that stress? 

The Letter A’s Failure

My parents raised me for success:
a future that never belonged to them,
yet it’s destined for me.

The path to get there is a line.
It’s sharp and crooked
like the teeth of a villain
and as unforgiving as their heart.
Education is what it’s called.

A single mistake
sends you tumbling into letters
that describe your future in a single stroke.

The only way to succeed is to float. Float on...