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"How do they see me? How do I see them?"

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Perception. For one second, make an exception and listen to a person younger than you, not really wiser than you. Give me a minute and I just might surprise you.

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"Once we face history and look it in the eye, it's an embarrassment. Yes, yes, good intentions meant. But we still went wrong on our encouragement to have the right perception."

"And you're telling me it's okay to give a blind eye to the less fortunate simply because they're beneath you?"

" I'm trying to be all that I can be and they still stone me with their misconceptions about black men."

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it just seems deep

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"Test. You, in a dark suburban alley alone, see a black man. Looks like he's far away from home. Fear runs down your spine and your thoughts roam as you say in your mind, this little black boy's up to no good and should be picked up by the police. But would you believe that that boy was me and what you didn't see was I was coming home from youth group?"

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"You, in a dark suburban alley alone, see a black man. Looks like he's far away from home. Fear runs down your spine and your thoughts roam as you say in your mind, this little black boy's up to no good and should be picked up by the police. But would you believe that that boy was me and what you didn't see was I was coming home from youth group?"

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" Perception. Now I see people plagued with this lasting infection of carelessness."

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How do they see me? How do I see them? For I notice that there's this thing called perception that gives people the opportunity for exceptions

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"Perception. For one second, make an exception and listen to a person younger than you, not really wiser than you." 

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"Perception. For one second, make an exception and listen to a person younger than you, not really wiser than you." 

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Kind of relatable. - Chase

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Because, when you take a closer look,There's something good in every day

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"how can we help them over in Africa when the woman down the street's still recovering from Katrina? We see how the government put them in the political back seat. The very same woman is crippled and weak and they're trying to cut off her welfare."

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"You, in a dark suburban alley alone, see a black man. Looks like he's far away from home. Fear runs down your spine and your thoughts roam as you say in your mind, this little black boy's up to no good and should be picked up by the police. But would you believe that that boy was me and what you didn't see was I was coming home from youth group?"

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Fear runs down your spine and your thoughts roam as you say in your mind, this little black boy's up to no good and should be picked up by the police. But would you believe that that boy was me and what you didn't see was I was coming home from youth group?

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"good" "happiness" "attained" "Very good day" "mind and heart"

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This establishes the tone because it shows that even if things are bad there is still good.

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"True happiness can be attained

Only if one's surroundings are good.

It's not true that good exists

I'm sure you can agree that

The reality

Creates

My attitude"

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"True happiness can be attained

Only if one's surroundings are good.

It's not true that good exists

I'm sure you can agree that

The reality

Creates

My attitude"

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These poems are alike because both of these poems play on the concept of perception, by giving in real life examples.

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"even if"

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you can either look at the cup half empty or half full

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"when you take a closer look" saying that it's not going to only be one way for the rest of your life, things will change

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"when you take a closer look" saying that it's not going to only be one way for the rest of your life, things will change

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both have to do with peoples views of the world

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Says what they think without room for others judgement.

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ones longer
the first ones for worldwide perception while the second is the persons day idk

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both of these poems compare perception and perspective

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Both make you think of things in a new perspective. - Chase

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Both make you think of things in a new perspective. - Chase

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they both share negatives and positives and a sense of hopefulness that you will find something out everything.

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Worst Day Ever is a little more interactive, whereas Perception raises questions to incite the reader and uses real life examples, Worst Day Ever in itself is an example of perceptions.

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the first one had to do with how humans perceive each other, while the second one is how they perceive life

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The way the poems look ath the world and themselves completely differ because reading down thinks its the worlds fault and that everything is bad while reading up says that even with the bad just make yourself have a good time.

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The first one kind of tells you all of the bad things that you did and makes you reflect on those but the second one is more just like looking at the good. - Chase

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The first one kind of tells you all of the bad things that you did and makes you reflect on those but the second one is more just like looking at the good. - Chase

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first one is made accessible for people worldwide that go through the same thing and the second one is what goes through certain people within

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The first one discusses how there needs to be change of your perception with you involving yourself in the bettering of society and not just thinking about it, but the second one tells you to think about different perceptions and telling yourself things are better than they look

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The first one discusses how there needs to be change of your perception with you involving yourself in the bettering of society and not just thinking about it, but the second one tells you to think about different perceptions and telling yourself things are better than they look

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Fear runs down your spine and your thoughts roam as you say in your mind, this little black boy's up to no good and should be picked up by the police. But would you believe that that boy was me and what you didn't see was I was coming home from youth group?

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and its not true that satisfaction and happiness don't last some goodness does shine through once in a while

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both have to do with other peoples views of things

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the first one explains how people view other people and the second talks about how people view life