饶舌诗人激情演讲—我们上学到底是为了什么

感谢ShamyForever提供文本，但是我感觉不全啊·····

What is school for? Feel free to call me slow, but I spent sixteen years going to school, and I still don’t know. When I finished, I didn’t know how to do my own taxes, purchase a home, or apply for a loan.

我们为什么要上学？你可以说我愚钝，但是我上了十六年的学，仍然不知道答案。毕业之后我不知道如何为我自己报税、买房、和申请贷款。

I didn’t know a thing about investments, building credit or get in a job. I graduated at the top of my class and what did I have? This fancy diploma to sit at home with.

我不知道什么是投资、建立信用、或者找工作。我以高分毕业，可我得到了什么呢？那个放在家里的毕业证书。

But luckily they did teach me some important skills, like factor and trinomials, and how mitochondria is the power house of the cell. I’m so happy I remember the Pythagorean theorem. Cuz it helped me a lot.

但是幸好他们至少教会了我一些东西，比如因数和三项方程，还有线粒体是细胞中制造能量的结构。我真的好开心我还能记得勾股定理，因为它给了我很大的帮助。

Okay I’m lying, let me stop. Because all the stuff they taught me truthfully, I forgot. Mom, remember when you would ask me, what did you learn in school today, and I would say nothing much. I wasn’t being modest, the truth about it, mom, is I had already forgotten

好吧没有，我在撒谎。因为实际上他们教给我的东西，我都忘记了。妈妈，还记得你会问我今天在学校都学了什么我会说没什么。妈我不是在谦虚，而是因为我已经忘记了。

And it’s not just me, millions of students sing the same song. How many of you guys have avoid eye contact with the teacher to try and not to get caught upon. Afraid to raise your hand for fear of being wrong, which proof that school isn’t an environment for learning or building up the intellect. It’s just again you play for the grades and how many A’s you can collect.

不光是我一个人，千万个学生都有着同样的经历。你们当中有多少人曾经为了不被叫起来而躲避老师的视线，害怕答错而不敢举手？这都证明学校不是一个学习和积累智慧的环境了，你在那里只是为了你的分数和你可以拿多少个A。

But I guess what you would expect when the most commonly asked question in class is “is this gonna be on the test?” Haha, is this gonna be on the test...Is this gonna be on the test? See if school really put learning instead of testing and memorizing as the top standard then the letter "F" would not stand for "Failure." It would stand for "Find another Answer." 

但是我猜你最期待的是当在课堂上被问到这是要测试？哈哈，这是要测试····

And if school was really interested in our personal and academic success, students would wake up later, have more freedom and homework... a lot less. And that's not my opinion, this conclusion has been scientifically tested and proven. And any teacher that doesn't believe me feel free to check my works cited page to inspect. 

Oh, and I did it in MLA format because I know that's all you will accept. See students would get more benefit from an extra hour of sleep than putting them through the torture of an extra essay, reading 150 pages, doing problems 1-60 on the worksheet, and having 3 projects due by the end of the week. 

Not only is it pointless pain but it's also dim-witted. Because we get so much work, but they don't teach the time management skills to deal with it. See in school we are controlled by bells. We have to learn in rooms with the Feng shui of a prison cell. 

We have to ask permission to relieve bodily functions but not before the teacher asks a million questions like: "Why Didn't you go before class" I'm sorry my bladder is kinda on its own schedule and it's not always timely. 

See teachers always say: "Use your time wisely." But that never made sense to me. 'Cause these six cruel hours of our lives we call "school" might literally be the worst use of time management ever in history. Think about it, the traditional teaching method is foolish. No, it's useless multiplied by the square root of... stupid What they do is: They cram information in your head, force-feeding ya And then you throw it up on the test. THAT'S NOT EDUCATION.... that's bulimia. 

And the more bulimic you are the better you will do on assessments. So it's no wonder why so many students graduate mentally and emotionally anorexic. See school teaches you how to memorize dots. 

TRUE education SHOULD teach you how to connect them. TRUE education teaches you how to catch a fish. School teaches you: yeah you caught the fish but u didn't show your work so it doesn't count. Throw it back! I'm just asking What is school for? 

It's not education, that's just not true. If you still think that, you might be sniffing the glue. See the word education comes from the Latin root "educe" meaning "bring out" i.e bring the gifts out of a person and make them viable. But school doesn't bring out much. It just stuffs more facts inside of you. 

Now some of that stuff is justifiable. We need reading, writing, and some arithmetic-- that's fair. But are you telling me metamorphic and igneous rocks are more important than self-care? If suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death of ages 10-24 and Harvard studies suggest the biggest predictor for success is self-control and emotional health, then why the heck aren't we taught how to handle stress, bullies or rejection? How about anxiety or depression? 

You know-- skills we need for our entire lives. Bro, I don't even know how to cook. I'm honestly surprised I'm still alive. But hey at least I can name all the battles that happened in the civil war.

Seriously, what is school for? 

Some say you need it to be successful and that's something we do not doubt. But do you own a MacBook or iPhone? Did you know they both were created by a dropout? Are you watching this video on Facebook or YouTube? Doesn't matter which you choose. They both were created by dropouts. Ever used Snapchat, WhatsApp, shopped at Whole Foods? 

Well, Thanks a dropout. Does your home furniture come from IKEA? OK don't get the wrong idea-- he was not a dropout, don't be a fool. I mean how could he drop out, Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA never even went to school. I know what you're thinking: "He's just picking and choosing, there's millions who didn't go to school that aren't successful.