What I say
to the ignorant
when they ask
“Why aren’t you in school?”
and
“Don’t you need a good education?”

I say:
The public schools
are designed
to suck peoples’ brains out,
and make them dependent on others
(the experts, the Government, Big Brother).

I got A’s in my final exams,
and they gave me
failing grades in my classes ---
because the curriculum is not about “learning,”
but about obedience
and subservience
to those in authority.

I like my brain
and I like freedom,
so I don’t go to public school.

That’s what I say.

PS -
Why spend thirteen years
(or seventeen)
learning how to
Do What You’re Told,
when you can learn *that*
in five easy minutes?

Merry Christmas
to the relatives gathered
and wondering about poor Mike
and asking questions well meant.

(forgive them,
for they know not what they do.)

Have a GREAT 2006 :-)

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Replying to:

What I say
to the ignorant
when they ask
“Why aren’t you in school?”
and
“Don’t you need a good education?”

I say:
The public schools
are designed
to suck peoples’ brains out,
and make them dependent on others
(the experts, the Government, Big Brother).

I got A’s in my final exams,
and they gave me
failing grades in my classes ---
because the curriculum is not about “learning,”
but about obedience
and subservience
to those in authority.

I like my brain
and I like freedom,
so I don’t go to public school.

That’s what I say.

PS -
Why spend thirteen years
(or seventeen)
learning how to
Do What You’re Told,
when you can learn *that*
in five easy minutes?

Merry Christmas
to the relatives gathered
and wondering about poor Mike
and asking questions well meant.

(forgive them,
for they know not what they do.)