Learning Curve Lyrics

Don't be the outlier who challenges archetypes

Who see stereotypes as trite

Squeeze your personality into this mould

Don't fall outside of the lines

That's what we are told before we are old enough to know

That there is more than one way to grow

It isn't the children failing in the education system

It's the system failing the children

The ones who communicate best through music

The ones without art would lose it

The ones who already know they're not an aspiring mathematician

Teachers are so quick to show us the different types of angles

But never share different points of view

They keep it secret that no one can excel in everything

Failing grades cascade around confusion

Chipping away at confidence

Each failed exam the threat of negative consequence

How different would society be if education was made fair

Perhaps more people would be able to hear their calling

Maybe it would be easy to see that the educational system

Is as flawed as the corrupt economic system and industrial-military complex

With every year that passes

I count the missed opportunities for real education

Why didn't you tell me that I'd have to invest in emotional intelligence

Why didn't you teach me that people out there will use my mind against me

Why did you leave me to ponder the meaning of life

When the simple answer is

whatever you want it to be

Kids are taught about the old world,

Not the world they have to navigate

Prepare them for the complex system of finances taxes and law

Empower them by introducing them to true nutrition

Not just spinning the facts that line the pockets of pharmaceutical companies

Our lifestyle is killing us

Each meal can lead us closer to disease that can bankrupt us

Mindfulness may never be mandatory in the curriculum

But you can introduce it to the rhythm of life

You can facilitate generations growing together happy

Avoiding mental health labels that will follow kids to the grave

Just one act of kindness can stand in the way of suicide

You'll probably never know which

But you can be content

Knowing that you helped the world to keep on growing

You don't have to be perfect for kids to look up to you

Show them the inevitability of imperfection

Show them the beauty in flaws

Show them they haven't been cast into a new system aged 18 all alone