Why I Still Loathe Motivational Posters

My school is a treasure trove for asinine (put your enraged fists down, kids, I'm not cussing at you, it means "ridiculous") motivational posters. Wait, no. "MOTIVATIONAL" posters. There we go.
Why the quotes around it? Well, I already told you I hated motivational posters for the lack of connection with the motivational saying and the photo. And while my school continues this tradition of being schizo with the photos and quotes, they also manage to quote the most ridiculous (put down your pointing fingers, kids, I'm not educating you, ridiculous means "asinine") sayings I have ever heard. Let me show you by example:

• We have a poster with two frogs sprawled over each other like teenagers making out in a basement ( sorry, teenagers). Underneath the photo, the picture says "Talking comes by nature, Silence comes from wisdom." Not only is this the most stupid thing I've ever heard but...well, IT'S THE MOST STUPID THING I'VE EVER HEARD. OK, look at this logically. Babies? They don't talk. In fact, they don't even THINK about talking until they hear you do it over and over and over. If you shoved a baby in a bubble and left him in the ocean floating without humans, I promise you, when he comes back at age seventeen, he will not be able to talk...or even relate to anyone other than whales... Next! If you are being raped, beaten, or shocked by a toaster, what do you do? You YELL. You TALK. You're not so wise-looking if you're dead now are you? Talking is by learning, Silence is by teachers wanting you to shut up.
• We have another amazingly bogus poster stating "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember what you said." Isn't that what court of law is all about??? Just saying.
• There's a poster of a bear lounging on a rock besides my desk in science. I like to poke his nose when I'm bored. (Yes, I know, I'm weird, we KNOW this, guys.) He says "I like work, but it just cuts into my day." What day?! You're a grizzly bear, not a stay-at-home mom! Your day? Your day consists of: Eat, fish, hibernate. I think a little work would be good for you, Yogi.
• In my Spanish class, there is a picture of a football player. Under the picture? "Never quit." What if you're addicted to crack cocaine?
• Lastly, in my Spanish class, which is also a science classroom, there is a poster of a map of Washington D.C. Spanish? Science?...Geography? Something doesn't add up.

Basically, if it's lamented, tack it to your wall. I think that's the rule of thumb they use.

"We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger,
We, the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend, Pioneers! O pioneers!" -walt whitman

A little seriousness for you to consider.