It\u2019s just that simple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A lot of times, we find ourselves in hard decisions between does this align with my morality? My beliefs, or do I have to just go with it for the sake of the dollar sign being thrown in my face?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it all happens in your 20s. Or does it start before? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I\u2019ve said before, you find yourself in situations where you\u2019re new to scenes, new degree, new style, new fresh attitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You\u2019re optimistic, you\u2019re ready for that moment to shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, sometimes the \u201cdream job\u201d or the ideal title isn\u2019t that great when you get in it and realize – What exactly am I doing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout a lot of moments in my career, I have found myself questioning decisions, asking leadership, even, \u201cAre you sure?\u201d- they don\u2019t like that.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Did she really question us? Yeah, because I just learned in college XYZ and now you\u2019re telling me \u201cYZ with a dash of capitalism\u201d. That\u2019s another story for another day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Or is it? Is it really a numbers game, or has American society built up the idea that the most important part of your job is your analytics? Not your mind that helped you learn that skill, or how well you complete projects in a fashionable manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s more so, \u201cDid you make that sell?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Regular people are selling their soul everyday, you don\u2019t have to really get on a stage and sing a hit song to be a soul seller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I know that sounds so insane, but it\u2019s true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Think about it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The moment you compromise your time to stay late, for the job to finish those data points, you\u2019re telling \u201cthe machine\u201d – I\u2019ll compromise my family time with you – to be here and make this money. You’ll do anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The moment you cut your teammate by the throat, you have already let the dirty game make you a dirty player. You’ll do anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The moment you let the job say, \u201cHey, you can\u2019t wear your hair like that, or you need to change your hair to this style because it\u2019s more professional\u201d you have already let the system control your appearance. You’ll do anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The moment you allow a title or a degree to define your self-worth, and make you feel you\u2019re \u201cbetter\u201d than the average, you have let the system dictate your sense of humanity. You’ll do anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some people are in relationships, selling themselves to an idea that this individual or title is worth it, but are completely unhappy because society has told them, \u201cYOU GOT TO BE MARRIED. YOU GOT TO HAVE THIS TITLE TO BE SEEN AS A REAL ADULT,\u201d if not, you\u2019re just single and alone. \u201cWhich is sooooo weird.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n You’ll do anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But don\u2019t get me wrong. I am not here to make you not get a degree; I am not here to degrade the American work system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am pointing out the obvious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s all just a dream. Some truly do benefit, but at what cost<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who are the winners and losers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Society can say the winners are those who got their degrees, went on to work in their field, have a family and have a 410K. They got \u201cit\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But what about the people who did get their degree, did work in their field and found out, \u201cI don\u2019t know what this is about anymore\u201d. Where do they stand?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or the people who never stood a chance from the very beginning because the system already has a set of \u201closers\u201d who aren\u2019t going to be positioned to win in no capacity because \u201cwe gotta have a group that loses\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s all a lottery system. There are some people who are going to automatically win, and others are going to \u201cbe stuck\u201d. I am not stuck, though. I am writing blog posts about how the system is rigged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And a family who cares about me dearly. I am a part of the \u201cprivileged\u201d group. Yes, I am a Black American woman, but I am privileged as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I went to the best schools in my neighborhood, I went to college, I actually finished, and I have worked in my field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plus, I have a great mother and family who have always been my support system and have provided me with not only material gain and support but also the morality and integrity to hold it in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t succeed because of the jobs on my resume, but the skills and mindset that God has provided for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Which is a privilege to have and a blessing to accept with full grace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m a walking success story, but at what cost<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n It started in elementary school, and I was one of those smart kids. The ones with the good grades, I came to school on time, and I wore my uniform every single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was fifth grade, actually fourth, \u201cYou need to take that test and go to one of those \u201cbetter\u201d middle schools.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n What is a \u201cbetter\u201d middle school in Detroit?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Do they even exist now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to my long but short story, they said, \u201cYou\u2019re a smart kid, and you need to be around more smart kids.\u201d See, my elementary school was merging with the \u201cCoffee kids\u201d. It wasn\u2019t spelled like actual coffee, but the school been closed for so long, the building probably doesn\u2019t even exist anymore – I don\u2019t remember the spelling of the name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maybe, I\u2019ll just Google it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway, we were merging with a \u201crough\u201d neighborhood school, and when that typically happens, it can have an impact on the next school. I\u2019ve seen and experienced it twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There goes that game being played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kill a good school by adding a bunch of students who are not at high reading levels, have a low-income background and they don\u2019t come to school because guess what?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kill two birds with one stone, destroy the good school too. Now you have only one neighborhood school, and it\u2019s a bunch of chaos because how dare my mom pack me a lunch in my brand new lunchbox, but you\u2019re eating that nasty pizza and milk for lunch at 10:39 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See what happens?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now the kids who parents are middle class don\u2019t want their kids going to a school where the classroom has 30 kids. The \u201crough\u201d kid who didn\u2019t go to bed last night because his parents were up fighting or he has to stay up all night and baby sit his little siblings because his parents are just not trying to be behind on rent another month. After all, if they do – they\u2019re homeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\u2019s in class now, tired and most likely hungry and angry. He\u2019s labeled a \u201cproblem child\u201d and probably has an IEP, and teachers hate to see him coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\u2019s so disruptive that he bullies the kids who aren\u2019t even bothering him. Everybody catching a stray, don\u2019t you dare wear some better shoes than him, he may throw a pencil at you and hit you in the head FOR NO REASON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n True story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now your mom is coming up to your school like\u2026. \u201cWhat\u2019s going on? What\u2019s up with him? Why is he attacking my child?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the school is like, \u201ctrying to work with him\u201d because they know he\u2019s safer there than anywhere else, and he just doesn\u2019t know any better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh, and it\u2019s a numbers game, so they really need his enrollment because finding another kid to replace him will cost too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another full circle moment? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you see what I mean? Everyone, even the teacher making maybe $42,000 a year, has a selling point. She\u2019s not going to keep reporting that kid because while he may get on her darn nerves, she knows the school needs enrollment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh, and don\u2019t forget that we\u2019re having a merger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We have the \u201c rough\u201d neighborhood kids coming in, and they\u2019re just as bad, so she may as well \u201cget used to it\u201d because not only do they throw pencils, but they throw desks and will have a teacher out for months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bye-bye, science teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The good teachers are leaving; they can\u2019t do this, \u201cghetto mess\u201d anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, I am seeing all this go on, and I am in like fifth grade, and I see the decline. I see the effect of dang, \u201cmaybe the Coffee kids should\u2019ve stayed where they were,\u201d but don\u2019t get me wrong, I made some new friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They’re scary, kinda bossy, but also kinda cool. They like Willow Smith, \u201cWhip My Hair\u201d too, they like wearing designer clothes and the color pink too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We get along pretty well. Does her cousin possibly knock people out during recess\u2026 yes. But, she\u2019s really cool though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n (I truly hope she\u2019s doing well)<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t remember the year, but I do know my mom was over the shenanigans. Parent-teacher conferences were no longer about my progress; it was more like \u201cHey, Chandra is smart. She needs to apply to Ludington MAGNET Middle School.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n RIP TO LUDINGTON MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL<\/p>\n\n\n\n (We will get to that) another full circle? Lol <\/p>\n\n\n\n I took the test because I mean, school is no longer about academics. I\u2019ve been exposed to about 20 fights in the last few months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My pencil case, MY BRAND NEW PENCIL CASE, full of pencils, new erasers and that cool sharpener got stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the bullying eased because, mind you, I am friends with the girl who cousin, \u201cDon\u2019t play,\u201d so we good, plus she ain\u2019t a sucker either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But class is no longer about learning. Reading books? My English teacher is aggravated; she only caters to the “smart kids”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Science? We had a sub the entire year, remember they jacked my home room teacher up! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Breaking up a fight, she HURT herself. Permanent sub? I am not getting paid enough for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some folks aren\u2019t selling their peace for the price. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n My previous friends were already gone. The middle-class parents left the city, \u201cno more good schools in the city\u201d. So, why am I still here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite living only five minutes away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, with the \u201cuppity Black folk\u201d, two-parent households, and good jobs, I sorta fit in. I am not a \u201cwell-off\u201d kid, but my mom makes pretty decent money for a single mother, and my grandma does live with us, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It wasn\u2019t a great transition, a girl called me out of my name, I slapped her \u201cplayfully,\u201d or was it a \u201cf around and find out\u201d type of thing because I was just around ole girl who I knew wasn\u2019t afraid to stand up for herself\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Told I shouldn\u2019t be slapping folks despite her calling me out of my name. The folks at school were like, \u201coh, you something\u201d, \u201clet me watch out, so I won\u2019t get slapped\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Probably should\u2019ve kept my hands to myself, but guess what? Ain\u2019t nobody mess with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So now I really gotta be careful because technically I am the girl who slaps folks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, my friend and I have a good school year, and we\u2019re pretty close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I didn\u2019t get in trouble again, except for my shoes. Wow, a girl can\u2019t wear her new Chucks because of the white soles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This school is STRICT! Are we in prison?<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can\u2019t even wear a striped sweater, and Abercrombie and Fitch just started selling them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who cares, though? I just started wearing Aeropostale, so I am \u201cbehind\u201d in the trendy brand game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But I do own a pair of new Uggs, the new iPod Touch and every other trendy thing I begged my mom to get because kids got \u201cmoney\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yeah, I guess. I got a new best friend, and I don\u2019t see fights. My teachers care a lot, I am learning a lot, lowkey I was smart, now I am intelligent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The shift did work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, while our alumni do go on to the merit high schools like Renaissance and Cass and then to MSU and the University of Michigan\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our school is broke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We eat lunch in gym.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The paint is chipping, the playground has one basketball hoop, because I mean, we only care about books, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those book nerds don\u2019t need a basketball rim! Our computer lab has computers, but they\u2019re probably like 10 years old. And one of the keyboards has keys missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have to close our building. What does that mean? Teachers, parents, and the principal are trying to save it because they know\u2026 It\u2019s coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The merger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just a few blocks down 7 Mile, we have the \u201cneighborhood school\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I can\u2019t get a break from these neighborhood kids! Mind you, I live off 7 Mile too, but jeez, why does this keep happening?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Am I carrying this merger vibe? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway, so it comes down to “you leaving or you ready to merge with this new school”, all over again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n What other middle school am I going to? Absolutely not Bates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Side note: Bates still exists to this day, maybe they were the better school (lol)<\/p>\n\n\n\n At what cost?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Principal leaves, I got all the tea. Mind you, I am friends with the principal\u2019s niece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She came too, but we\u2019re not in the same class. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh, you\u2019re in the ‘bad grade class’,\u201d why? I made good grades at the other school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What made me less?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Okay.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Why did 7th grade feel like 5th grade all over again, but now I got other smart folks who peep the bullcrap too. So, I am not totally alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because now, the other kids recognize my privilege. \u201cOh, you broke, you ain\u2019t got on real Minnetonka,\u201d they checking the bottom of our shoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Are you kidding me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why am I proving my mom got money to a girl whose mom is on Section 8?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our moms are both single mothers, though. Mine’s just has a degree and better money management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Are we paying attention in school now? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Because now we got fights, the classism war and a dash of colorism. \u201cYou’re cute cause you light skin, you’re cute too, Chandra, you just need your hair done.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sorry, I don\u2019t wear weave, and my mom doesn\u2019t know a reputable braider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She\u2019s old school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I went from being at the \u201cbad school\u201d to being at the \u201cgood school\u201d to going to a \u201cwhat the heck school\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mentally, I am all over the place. My friend is in the \u201cbetter\u201d classroom; I am in the “okay classroom” because while these kids were mouthy, they were pretty smart, just as smart as the others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It felt more like we were in a test classroom. The weed-out classroom. Some were going to make it and some weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because girl don\u2019t bring up my daddy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI didn\u2019t mean to disrespect your dad.\u201d When they can\u2019t attack your mind, they go for things you can\u2019t control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My dad passed away when I was in elementary school. I was jokingly talking to this boy who was talking smack to me first and I said something smart back because you get tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This girl decided to defend him because, for one. She never liked me anyway, I was from the other school, and \u201cwe thought we were better than them\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So she took an opportunity, and I went off on her. I started crying and got sent to the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Typical. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I got coined \u201cClass Crybaby\u201d in the 8th grade yearbook, but hey, at least I didn\u2019t get coined as something worse that actually did make me cry. Thanks for including me. Wow, I feel popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh yeah, I had finally made it to the big leagues in 8th grade, I was finally in the \u201cbetter classroom\u201d with all the \u201creal\u201d smart kids, competing to get good grades and acceptance letters from Renaissance or Cass. King too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boy, was it a JOURNEY. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I finally made it to the top high school in Detroit; my friend went to Cass. But a nice group of us went to Renaissance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We met the Bates kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But, man, why was this journey so chaotic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n But remember, only a nice group of us went to Renaissance or Cass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What group do you think went to those schools?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The originals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And a few of the newbies we met along the way. Even one of the girls I went to elementary school with from Coffee made it to Cass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But think about this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I never saw my friend with the \u201cdon\u2019t play\u201d cousin again. The folks who stole my pencil case, or the bullies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t get me wrong, Ludington had its own set of bullies, and so did Renaissance, but they weren\u2019t attackers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More so, uppity boujee kids with parents who made good money and cared about their well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While we may have been middle class in Detroit, there was still another type of \u201cBlack middle class\u201d – the suburban Black kids whose parents don\u2019t work at the plant, or own a small business. Nah, these are the \u201cdoctors\u201d, the Black pilots, the tech start-ups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The real classism eye opener. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You’re not middle-class for real. You\u2019re \u201cworking middle class,\u201d well, if you grew up in Detroit and went to inner city schools, if we\u2019re being honest. And that\u2019s subjective, but when FAFSA gives the girl next to you $0 and you get $1,000, that speaks volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DEI didn\u2019t exist for no reason. The low-income program didn\u2019t exist for no reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because guess what? They were only “better” compared to what surrounded us because they weren\u2019t made to be \u201cgood\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And do you see why they weren\u2019t good? They took the \u201cgood kids out,\u201d put them all together, but then broke them up, too, by merging or making their parents move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In actuality, we were a part of the lottery system that \u201cwon\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Remember, it\u2019s losers and winners?<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was amazing and a blessing to have parents, teachers, and a village to help us get us where we needed to be, but at what cost?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don’t get me wrong, I am satisfied with the education I received. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s just that every time we won, someone lost. Every time we sat in a seat, someone lost a seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “That’s just life, Chan.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another human shouldn\u2019t be able to dictate what your success looks like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This isn\u2019t about parents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is about the concept that society and the machine say, \u201cYou need to do this, do that, to be deemed successful?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n I had to say it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You really want to control their person, but you control their destiny. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sadly, though, it’s not even the destiny being controlled; it’s really the mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Think music, movies and what you consume. That’s another story for another day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The moment we got out of our mother’s womb, we’ve been paying a cost to achieve something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Our parents have either made it easy for us or made no way at all, because instead of our parents making a way, the system did. Your parent was just a victim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Alright, I am a 25-year-old woman, and I have my own small business now. I am moving into another sector of “success,” and it’s the same pattern just in another form, but with more technicalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When are we going to be free from the system that truly doesn’t benefit us? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Or can we just do us, our way, and let God be our guide?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Does that work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s something I have to come back to in the next few years with a report, but I can confidently say that the last 25 years of my life have been good, but also very costly in some capacity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rather, it was good cost or bad, I know now for me -I am not paying a price for my peace, though, especially the peace God has given me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ve lost the “game” a few times, but I’ve gained so much more from God with every loss of this fictitious world. So, as I said earlier, this isn’t a bashing of society or an anti-corporate rant; it’s just a piece to ask yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Morality or change for the sake of money? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Your decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n C.Alilijah<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Did you go to the big 3? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,376,6],"tags":[511,343,687,311,686],"class_list":["post-6636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts","category-lifestyle-content","category-whats-new","tag-chandra-alilijah","tag-detroit","tag-high-school","tag-lifestyle","tag-morality"],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow far am I willing to go?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
However, over time you realize that life is a numbers game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Everything is a sale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I think you get the point <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The winners and losers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What you saying Chan?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
However, thank God I have the Most High<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I would be lying if I wasn\u2019t transparent <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The system was made for them to fail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
You create a classism war <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Oh. Wait a minute. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I am just a \u201ckid\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou not like these kids, take the test\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I got in<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Oop! I got suspended <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I also got my old friend back, but she\u2019s the niece to the principal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Am I happier now?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Bad news <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I mean, you only got two years left, finish it out<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Now it\u2019s classism war part two, but between kids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Alright, what\u2019s going on? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I didn\u2019t slap anybody this year, I probably should\u2019ve, but I did go off<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Finally, we made it to Renaissance <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
College and classism <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
We were never at the best schools in the capitalist system<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s actually not normal and very man-made<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Who tf are you?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
That’s the problem – the control<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
However, the point I am trying to make is <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Why does this matter in 2026? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n