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Dear Bored of Education |
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So are we, huh, so are we |
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At no point in the lives that we actually live do we sit in rows and listen to pontifications |
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At no point did momma pass written exams out on how to wash the dishes, no |
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She pulled the stool up next to her, at the sink, handed us a dishrag, like |
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"Watch how mommy does it, now you try." |
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Learning by doing, such a crazy idea, it might work |
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Them stools felt like a magical ladders into an alter universe |
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Into the grown-up world |
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Informational portholes, wormholes, into other places |
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Where kids were equals, being made privy to information only those with |
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Driver's licenses and facial hair had |
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Who knew we were learning, no clue Pops was teaching us time management |
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And budgeting, miniature project coordinators |
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He said, "Imma show you how to do these chores. And if they're done when I get home |
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Then that allowance is yours. Maybe some ice cream's involved too." |
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Remember when we were in kindergarten, and you had to learn about worms, yeah, you went outside |
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And you played with worms, what a [novel] idea! |
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Dear Bored of Education!, huh, so are we[Verse 2] |
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Dear Bored of Education, all I've learned from your system is that it's just the system |
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That you set up. And if I just repeat what you just said, in James Schafer method |
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Then I passed, right? You're just testing my ability to regurgitate |
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And if your best instructors are miserable, I'm pretty sure it's not the kids' fault |
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This pain I know first hand, the grand learning moments, the innovative lesson plans |
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That causes eyes to sparkle as if them students have just caught rides on shooting stars |
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These lessons have wings, only to get clipped, to fit, into the Low-Res JPEG. you call |
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"The State Standards." Why do you insist this is still the industrial age? |
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My child is not a widget. And a school should not be an assembly line. Making my daughter's |
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Diploma equivalent to an inspected by 2235 stamp |
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Dear Bored of Education, so are we[Verse 3] |
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Dear Bored of Education, there's not a Scantron on the planet that can measure inspiration |
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This is what our teachers pass on that matters |
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But you'd rather them do a jig to the tune of an AYP score |
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As to avoid losing WASC right? |
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NCLB got us shockin' and jivin', but you can't measure a kid inviting their |
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Teacher to a Quincenera or a soccer game, or waiting rooms at free clinics |
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I can name ten kids off hand who would still be in handcuffs if it wasn't for Mr. Singer |
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Nick Luvanno runs his own design firm. And he failed the exit exams twice. FAILED |
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Dear Board of Education, I mean, can we not Google when the Magna Carta was signed? |
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If your brightest stars are always dim, something must be wrong with your glasses |
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If every place on your body that you touch hurts, then your fingers must be broken |
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You are PhD.'s, you have five suffixes at the end of your names, you're the people that know |
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A lot, how come you're not smart enough to know that you don't know what you don't know? |
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Did anyone ever suggest, that maybe, we should test the test? |
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Dear Bored of Education, my dear Bored of Education, so are we |
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So are we |
