How to Think

Stupid Parents

Adults get crazy with kids. They shout, 'you think you know everything!'You do.

Here's something to start you thinking. Your parents went to school for years and years and they learned almost nothing. Seriously, test them. Ask them just about anything from your maths or sciences books and you'll see what I mean. They'll say something like, 'oh I can't remember, I haven't studied biology since I was in school'.

Now that's funny isn't it? What they're really saying is that they've forgotten everything they've learned in every class they attended at school. That's crazy enough but the really crazy thing is that they're making you go to school knowing that you're not going to learn anything either. Why would they do something silly like that?

If you haven't worked this out already, the answer to that is simple - your parents are silly. How can I say this - they're just not very bright. The problem is that they don't learn so they make the same mistakes again and again. And I don't just mean sending you to school. They eat too much and complain they're full. They do boring jobs even though there are some great ones. And they say one thing but do another. They say you're not allowed to fight at school and yet they shoot real missiles at each other and kill children in the process.

That all sounds pretty stupid to me. What do you think?