Don't Stay in School

(I wasn't taught how to get a job)

I wasn't taught how to get a job

(But I can remember dissecting a frog)

But I can remember dissecting a frog

(I wasn't taught how to pay tax)

I wasn't taught how to pay tax

(But I know loads about Shakespeare's classics)

But I know loads about Shakespeare's classics

(I was never taught how to vote)

I was never taught how to vote

(They devoted that time to defining isotopes)

They devoted that time to defining isotopes

(I wasn't taught how to look after my health)

I wasn't taught how to look after my health

(But mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell)

But mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

(Never spent a lesson on current events)

Never spent a lesson on current events

(Instead I studied The Old American West)

Instead I studied The Old American West

(I was never taught what laws there are)

I was never taught what laws there are

(I was never taught what laws there are)

I was never taught what laws there are

(Let me repeat, I was not taught the laws for the country I live in)

Let me repeat, I was not taught the laws for the country I live in

(But I know how Henry the VIII killed his women)

But I know how Henry the VIII killed his women

(Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived)

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived

(Glad that's in my head instead of financial advice)

Glad that's in my head instead of financial advice

(I was shown the wavelengths of different hues of light)

I was shown the wavelengths of different hues of light

(But I was never taught my human rights)

But I was never taught my human rights

(Apparently, there's 30, do you know them? I don't)

Apparently, there's 30, do you know them? I don't

(Why the hell can't we both recite them by rote?)

Why the hell can't we both recite them by rote?

(I know igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks)

I know igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks

(Yet I don't know squat about trading stocks)

Yet I don't know squat about trading stocks

(Or how money works at all, where does it come from?)

Or how money works at all, where does it come from?

(How does the thing that motivates the world function?)

How does the thing that motivates the world function?

(Not taught how to budget and disburse my earnings)

Not taught how to budget and disburse my earnings

(I was too busy there rehearsing cursive)

I was too busy there rehearsing cursive

(Didn't learn how much it costs to raise a kid or what an affidavit is)

Didn't learn how much it costs to raise a kid or what an affidavit is

(But I spent days on what the quadratic equation is)

But I spent days on what the quadratic equation is

(Negative b, plus or minus, the square root of b squared)

Negative b, plus or minus, the square root of b squared

(Minus 4ac, over 2a)

Minus 4ac, over 2a

(That's insane, that's absolutely insane)

That's insane, that's absolutely insane

(They made me learn that over basic first aid)

They made me learn that over basic first aid

(Or how to recognise the most deadly mental disorders)

Or how to recognise the most deadly mental disorders

(Or diseases with preventable causes)

Or diseases with preventable causes

(Or how to buy a house with a mortgage)

Or how to buy a house with a mortgage

(If I could afford it)

If I could afford it

('Cause abstract maths was deemed more important)

'Cause abstract maths was deemed more important

(Than advice that would literally save thousands of lives)

Than advice that would literally save thousands of lives

(But it's cool, 'cause now I could tell you if the number)

But it's cool, 'cause now I could tell you if the number

(Of unnecessary deaths caused by that choice was prime)

Of unnecessary deaths caused by that choice was prime

(Never taught present day practical medicines)

Never taught present day practical medicines

(But I was told what the ancient hippocratic method is)

But I was told what the ancient hippocratic method is

("I've got a headache, the pain is ceaseless, what should I take?")

"I've got a headache, the pain is ceaseless, what should I take?"

(Umm, maybe try some leeches?)

Umm, maybe try some leeches?

("Could we discuss domestic abuse and get the facts)

"Could we discuss domestic abuse and get the facts

(Or how to help my depressed friend with their mental state?")

Or how to help my depressed friend with their mental state?"

(Ummm, no, but learn mental maths)

Ummm, no, but learn mental maths

(Because "You won't have a calculator with you, every day!")

Because "You won't have a calculator with you, every day!"

(They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem)

They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem

(Then if you taught the kids to parent, that's the problem solved then)

Then if you taught the kids to parent, that's the problem solved then

(All this advice about using a condom)

All this advice about using a condom

(But none for when you actually have a kid, when you want one)

But none for when you actually have a kid, when you want one

(I'm only fluent in this language, for serious?)

I'm only fluent in this language, for serious?

(The rest of the world speaks two, do you think I'm an idiot?)

The rest of the world speaks two, do you think I'm an idiot?

(They chose the solar over the political system)

They chose the solar over the political system

(So, like a typical citizen, now, I don't know what I'm voting on)

So, like a typical citizen, now, I don't know what I'm voting on

(Which policies)

Which policies

(exist, or how to make them change)

exist, or how to make them change

(Mais oui, je parle un peu de francaise)

Mais oui, je parle un peu de francaise

(So at 18, I was)

So at 18, I was

(expected to elect a representative)

expected to elect a representative

(For a system I had never, ever, ever been presented with)

For a system I had never, ever, ever been presented with

(But I won't take it)

But I won't take it

(I'll tell everyone my childhood was wasted)

I'll tell everyone my childhood was wasted

(I'll share it everywhere how I was "educated")

I'll share it everywhere how I was "educated"

(And insist these pointless things)

And insist these pointless things

(Don't stay in school)

Don't stay in school