What I learned in school vs. What I didnt learn in school. \rbriTunes: | Bandcamp: \rbrI cant remember feeling so passionate whilst writing something in ages. I absolutely love a lot of the subjects I mention in this - astronomy, particle physics, pure maths. but I hate that everyone is forced to learn them. It should be a choice. There are a million other things wrong with education, but this one stood out as the most obvious and most insane.\rbr\rbrThe point of this song is to get people talking - if you share it, use #DontStayInSchool so we can all get involved in the conversation.\rbr\rbr\rbr\rbr\rbrLyrics:\rbrI wasnt taught how to get a job\rbrbut I can remember dissecting a frog\rbrI wasnt taught how to pay tax\rbrbut I know loads about Shakespeares classics\rbr\rbrI was never taught how to vote\rbrthey devoted that time to defining isotopes\rbrI wasnt taught how to look after my health\rbrbut mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell \rbr\rbrNever spent a lesson on current events \rbrinstead I studied The Old American West\rbrI was never taught what laws there are.\rbrI was never taught what laws there are.\rbr\rbrLet me repeat - I was not taught the laws for the country I live in,\rbrbut I know how Henry the Vİ killed his women.\rbrDivorced beheaded died, divorced beheaded survived\rbrglad thats in my head instead of financial advice\rbr\rbrI was shown the wavelengths of different hues of light\rbrbut I was never taught my human rights\rbr Apparently theres 30, do you know them? I dont\rbrWhy the hell cant we both recite them by rote?!\rbr\rbrI know igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks\rbrYet I dont know squat about trading stocks\rbrOr how money works at all - where does it come from?\rbrWho controls it? How does the thing that motivates the world function?\rbr\rbrnot taught how to budget and disburse my earnings\rbrI was too busy rehearsing cursive.\rbrDidnt learn how much it costs to raise a kid or what an affidavit is\rbrbut I spent days on what the quadratic equation is\rbr\rbrnegative b plus or minus the square root of b squared \rbrminus 4ac over 2a\rbrThats insane, thats absolutely insane.\rbrThey made me learn that over basic first aid\rbr\rbrHow to recognise the most deadly Mental disorders or \rbrdiseases with preventable causes How to buy a \rbrhouse with a mortgage if I could afford it\rbr ‘cause abstract maths was deemed more important \rbr\rbrthan advice that would literally save thousands of lives \rbrbut its cool, ‘cause now I could tell you if the number of unnecessary deaths caused by that choice was prime.\rbr\rbrNever taught present day practical medicines, \rbrbut I was told what the ancient hippocratic method is\rbr“Ive got a headache, the pain is ceaseless\rbrwhat should I take?” umm. maybe try some leeches?\rbr\rbr“Could we discuss domestic abuse and get the facts\rbror how to help my depressed friend with their mental state?”\rbrUmmm. no but learn mental maths\rbrbecause “you wont have a calculator with you every day!”\rbr\rbrThey say its not the kids, the parents are the problem\rbrThen if you taught the kids to parent thats the problem solved then!\rbrAll this advice about using a condom\rbrbut none for when you actually have a kid when you want one\rbr\rbrIm only fluent in this language, for serious?\rbrThe rest of the world speaks two, do you think Im an idiot?\rbrThey chose the solar over the political system\rbrSo like a typical citizen now I dont know what Im voting on\rbr\rbrwhich policies exist, or how to make them change\rbrmais oui, je parle un peu de Francais\rbrSo at 18, I was expected to elect a representative \rbrFor a system I had never ever ever ever been presented with\rbr\rbrBut I wont take it\rbrIll tell everyone my childhood was wasted\rbrIll share it everywhere how I was “educated”\rbrAnd insist these pointless things\rbr#DontStayInSchool\rbr► Facebook: \rbr► Twitter: \rbr► Tumblr: \rbr► Music: \rbr► T-Shirts: \rbr★ ★ ★\rbr\rbrTHANKS TO MY PATRONS FOR SUPPORTING ME!\rbr► Patreon: \rbrBart aka FantasyIH, Ema Simpson, Thomas Lloyd, Vincent Olsen, Ofer Mustigman, Sergey Khegay, Lance Thackeray.