Chords for Student Vs. Teacher (2021)

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_ _ _ Your son is a failure.
He's barely passing my class and with grades like this, [Gm] I'm just not sure what kind of future he's going to have.
[G] _
What do you have to say for yourself?
You're supposed to graduate this year.
Listen to Mr.
Johnson.
What kind of future do you think you're going to have?
_ [Bb] _ _ [D] With all due respect, don't call me a failure.
[Dm] Failure is an event, not a person [D] in fact.
You're right.
[C] And you talk about the future, Mr.
Johnson, but [Am] you're not preparing us for [Cm] that.
_ Excuse me?
Just [C] listen to what I'm saying.
[Fm] This should be good.
Would you [C] agree that [Dm] in the future, [F] most careers will become automated?
Yeah, so?
[C] So the people who succeed will have to be curious, [Am] innovative, with [Gm] resilience to adapt to new changes.
_ [Bb] What's your point?
My point is, the focus in this [Dm] school is not on that.
It is on regurgitating information and test taking.
[C] And that's just real.
But in today's world, creativity [Am] is the most important leadership skill.
_ Oh, that's how you [Bb] feel?
You don't have to believe me, but maybe you will believe the 1,500 executives [Dm] who recently said creativity is the most important leadership [C] skill.
_ See, pretty soon, no one will be hired because of what [Am] they know.
Because who cares what you know or if you've memorized [Bb] a fact?
We've got Google and Siri for that.
In the future, [Dm] people will be hired because of what they can do with their knowledge.
Can they creatively [C] solve real world problems, not just follow instructions or [F] directions and bubble in multiple choice questions?
So, Mom, [Dm] that's why I'm stressed, because these robotic tasks we learn in [Bb] school should stop.
Because no one [Dm] can do a robot's job better [G] than a robot.
_ _ [F] Billionaire founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, said that we should not compete with [A] artificial intelligence, but instead [Dm] focus on developing unique human intelligence.
Mr.
Johnson drills off her teeth, not the human mind.
[F] So these [C] repetitive knowledge based tasks we must leave behind.
Oh, in the future, _ you're going to find a lot of people graduating out of your class.
[Bb] _ Right into the unemployment [Dm] line.
See, many top companies today don't look at grades.
Mom, that old way [C] is expiring.
Google has been quoted as [Em] saying GPAs [C] are worthless criteria for hiring.
Founder of Tesla, [F] Elon Musk, [Bb] agrees.
So I say this with unease and sorrow.
[Dm] If you continue to teach today as you taught yesterday, then you rob [C] us students of tomorrow.
Mr.
[Am] Johnson, I'm going to keep it real [D] with you.
[C] Sometimes sitting in your class is tough.
I'm [F] constantly [Bb] thinking if I don't look up at the clock, maybe it'll speed [D] up.
So I listen to you do my work and pay attention, feeling like an hour had to have gone by.
But [C] it was only three minutes.
_ [Am] So if you [F] wonder why we're bored in class, look, you want to get a kid to hate reading.
[Bb]
Give them this, a school textbook.
And some people [Dm] think it's all fault.
And that hurts me.
They say you can lead a horse to water, but you [C] can't make him drink.
And to that I say, no.
Firstly, you [Am] can put salt in that [C] horse's hay and make him thirsty.
[F] And if you [Bb] bring joy in your [Fm] classroom, you can make any bad student [F] nerdy.
[Dm] As he or she discovers the beauty of truly learning.
Mr.
[C] Johnson, I mean no disrespect.
You have the most important job on this planet.
[F] You build, create and save lives.
But if you really care about [Bb] my future, like you say, then you have to fully commit and ask [Dm] yourself honestly.
How do I prepare a child for a future [C] that doesn't yet exist?
_ Here's a hint.
The answer is [F] not found in this.
It's using this and this.
See, in [Bb] the future, we will need more passion and compassion.
People with [Dm] inspired hearts and wisdom to uplift this planet.
And mom, [C] I love you, but can I be real?
Go ahead.
[F] You want to know one of the [Am] biggest factors for childhood [F] success?
It's not [Bb] IQ.
It's family meals.
And we haven't had one [Dm] of those in a while.
See, I know sometimes you don't feel [C] proud because I may not be a straight A student, but I'm not stupid.
[F] These tests may be 70 percent of my grade, _ but they're [Bb] zero percent of my future.
_ But don't worry.
I'll pass this class and get through this.
[F] But I need you to give me the space I need to be me and [C] live true.
Because the best [F] feeling in the world is that your own [G] parents [F] get you.
[Bb] There's a passage in a book [F] called The Prophet by Khalil Gibran.
And if you don't mind, I'd love to [Dm] share it with you.
Go ahead.
_ See, he [F] says, your children are not your children.
They are the sons and [Am] daughters of life longing for [C] itself.
They come through you, but not [F] from you.
And though they are with you, they do not belong to you.
[Dm]
You may give them your love, but not your thoughts.
For [Am] they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies, but not their souls.
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow.
[C] _
_ [F] So, mom, I'd appreciate it if you give me the love that I [D] need to pursue my dreams.
_ See, if [C] we are to succeed, all three of us need behavior change on all [A] fronts.
_ [G] [Cm] We talk about the future, but the [C] future is now.
And it is [Dm] created now _ [F] by all of us. _ _ _ _
[Bbm] I've never heard you speak like that before.
_ [Fm] Yeah, I didn't know.
_ But I'm going to reach out to administration and [Bb] try to change some things.
[F] You have my word. _ _ _
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