Push Through It

The stress is getting to me
I have so much to do 
and almost no time
i just want to cry

How does society expect students
to go to school 40 hours a week,
another 20 including extracurricular activities,
Work 20 hours a week 
do homework 15 hours a week 
sleep 56 hours a week,
and still go above and beyond with projects and tests?
Not to mention all the time students are supposed to socialize
in order to make it in society.

We are humans
not robots. 

we have to somehow keep the sanity we don't have
we have to be proper and polite and ignore the pressure 
we have to fake a smile like everything is alright
we have to pretend like we are looking foreword to tomorrow.

we don't get praised for the work we do 
we only get yelled at for the work we don't do 
what is is supposed to help us
is really hurting us

We want to cry
but we cant
there is simply not enough time

So we go through life
numb
waiting for the days to end

But we push through it
knowing it's only temporary
and we will only grow stronger





I understand that teachers are supposed to push us to help us get better.
But what if they push us too far?