Mr. Young's class

I sit in this class,
I'm auditing, I'm not enrolled,
it's a class I've taken,
and passed.
These freshmen,
they make me wonder,
was I like this as freshmen?
I don't think so.
There is such a variety of students here.
The ones who genuinely try,
the ones who do the work just to pass,
the ones who don't care at all,
and in fact, are failing.
It makes me wonder about the differences,
why am I so inclined to succeed
when others are okay with failure.
What made this difference?
Is it the teacher?
The parent?
I think it starts before high school,
it must.
I've always been a hard worker,
with the need for success.
A drive for success is key.
I think it falls on the parent.
Not always, but typically.
There are always exceptions,
but generally speaking,
I think it's the parents.
They need to have high expectations,
especially if they want to see success.
Higher expectations leads to
higher success.
And vice versa.