Prompt: In “We Real Cool,” the speakers make choices that seem exciting, bold, and rebellious, even though those choices lead to consequences. Write about a moment in your own life when you followed what looked cool or fun, only to realize afterwards that it wasn’t the smart or responsible path. What influenced your decision, and how did your perspective change later?

 Prompt: In “We Real Cool,” the speakers make choices that seem exciting, bold, and rebellious, even though those choices lead to consequences. Write about a moment in your own life when you followed what looked cool or fun, only to realize afterwards that it wasn’t the smart or responsible path. What influenced your decision, and how did your perspective change later?

 A moment when I looked at my own life and realised what was cool, or fun, wasn't a smart or a responsible path was when I spent more time playing games with my friends than studying and getting good grades, and my grades were dropping, but then I realised that wasn't good, so then I started learning more and playing less.

Today in class, we read the poem We Real Cool and we had a class discussion about the poem.

Today I realised that within the people I know and associate with, our definitions of cool are very different from what apparently the other- majority of teens think is cool