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None of the Above
by Barry and Carol-lee lane


For Peggy Robertson


One Teacher
who changed the world
www.unitedoptout.com


I got to school on Monday
and we took a benchmark test.
Two answers were stupid
Two could be the best

When I went to pick the right one
it wasn't on the sheet
I could feel it in my heart
as it pounded a new beat

It cried,
None of the above
None of the above
Real education is an act of love
Children are not robots,
Teachers are not fools,
Bring respect and dignity
back into our schools


It started back in WW I
with a guy named Bobby Yerkes
We needed better officers
to help us fight the Turks
So he made a little test to see
who’s smart and who is dumb
and today it teaches children
that their classroom is not fun

So we say

None of the above
None of the above
Real education is an act of love
Children are not robots,
Teachers are not fools,
Bring respect and dignity
back into our schools


John Watson knew a baby
named little Albert B.
and taught him how to be
scared of a big furry bunny

It ‘s fear that drives their learning
the frowning doctor sighed,
and children are like Pavlov’s dog
don’t hug them when they cry

But we say

None of the above
None of the above
Real education is an act of love
Children are not robots,
Teachers are not fools,
Bring respect and dignity
back into our schools



Fred Taylor ran a factory
and watched the working man
He made production faster
and efficiency began
scientific management
seemed to be heaven sent
now children are just products
and teachers Implements

But we say,

None of the above
None of the above
Real education is an act of love
Children are not robots,
Teachers are not fools,
Bring respect and dignity
back into our schools


We ought to measure kindness,
We ought to measure love,
Learning needs a safe heart
Facts alone are not enough.
Children need connection
and creativity
No Program can take the place of
what a teacher sees.

So we say..


None of the above
None of the above
Real education is an act of love
Children are not robots,
Teachers are not fools,
Bring respect and dignity
back into our schools


None of the above
None of the above
Real education is an act of love
Teachers are not robots,
Children are not fools,
Bring respect and dignity
back into our schools



Bring respect and dignity
back into our schools.

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from More Than A Number: Songs for Sane Schools, released May 12, 2013

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Barry Lane Vermont

I write songs about kindness for children and songs about hope and justice for adults.

I love Pete Seeger, and believe, as he did, that a single song can help change the world by uniting hearts and minds.


We are the mixed fruit of one tree,

Live in peace and unity.

Forget the old
embrace the new,

Less me, me, me,
more

You, you, you.

For now is the New Day.
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