By: Mary Anne Sawe We chased the grades, the perfect score, Believing they would open every door. Through sleepless nights and heavy sighs, We measured our worth by numbers that rise. But wisdom grows where questions bloom, Not in a silent, memorized room. The world needs hearts that dare to care, Minds that create and boldly share. Success is not a test to ace, But courage found in every place. It’s in the hands that build and mend, The voice that leads, the will to bend. Let learning shine in many forms, Beyond the charts and classroom norms. For life’s true test is how we live, The strength to rise, the gift to give.