Back then, kids were split into two groups—those who cared and those who didn’t. Kids who cared were organized, had new pencils, and even new dividers in brand new notebooks. The kids who didn’t care couldn’t find homeroom, didn’t get signed up for the right classes and had to borrow a pencil from their neighbor.

When the teacher yelled “Listen up!” when the class got out of control, the kids who cared did, and those who didn’t, didn’t. Therein lies the story of their future.

Good jobs, promotions, and non-McDonald’s jobs await those who ‘listened up.’ You know this is true.

The world is full of the too-cool or the overlooked or the under-motivated or the un-educated; sadly, these perpetual victims learned every one of life’s hardest lessons except the one that mattered the most.

If this is you, and assuming you would like a do-over, what can you do now? Or is simply too late, just because back in 5th grade you chose the wrong path.

Any ideas? Anyone? Anyone?  (I am sure it is NOT really you, but others,  Ideas for them?)