Sylvia Wynter's Dream

Perfect Scholar

When you reach town, hold on to you bags and keep them in front of you; don’t take your phone out of your bag; keep your jewelry off your neck; take your gold earrings out your ear; take a bus, no cars, you can be kidnapped; take a bus and keep your bags at your knees, no widow seats; when you reach to your room, lock the door with your keys; don’t eat from anybody; don’t take from nothing from anybody, only sensible words; when going out greet everyone you see; everybody is a somebody on a campus, you never know the future of who you meet; wear clothes that fits your tall slender body, tight yet not too open, long dresses, short dresses, don’t forget fitted jeans pants that hugs your butt, or brunch looking sets from ZARA and SHEIN; no bright color dresses, no floral prints, those make elegant people nauseous and dizzy; your eyebrows must be done, you know not to do them too small; as long as your eyebrows are done, your face automatically looks bright; hang around the medical science department, or even law; law and medicine students are always bright; But mi a Literature’s major; your ticket is there, sit under a tree and read books, bring light snacks, like low cholesterol chips, or energy bars; don’t eat messy food in public; garlic and onion foods cause bad breath; milky products whiten your tongue and leave a sour smell in your mouth; munch on food while you sit and eat, not every time you read you eat, no man wants a wanga gut; read books and learn big words; read the dictionary, you are always on your phone; practice your tones and accent; don’t use the letter ‘D’ when you using ‘Th’ words; everything can be found in a phone; play the sounds on your phone to make sure you are calling the words right; don’t go around referring to girls as him, him is he with a penis, and she is girl, a girl is her, or she; I call girls she; shave your legs and sit at the front of the class; follow each person with your eyes when they are speaking; volunteer to read in class when the lecturers ask; attend every meeting, activity, and clubs your university offers; raise your hand whenever the lecturer ask a question; Suppose me nuh know the question?; that is why you going to read.