Estudo Errado

Attention for roll call! Aderbal?
Present!
Aninha?
Here!
Breno?
Here!
Carol?
Present!
Douglas?
Hello!
Fernandinha?
I'm here
Geraldo?
Me!
Itamarzinho?
Absent
Juquinha?

Why am I here?
Is it to learn?
Or is it to sit, settle in, and obey?
I'm trying to pass the year so my dad won't hit me
No break, fed up because I didn't do the homework

The teacher is always watching me, always catches me
Disguising, spying, copying every test from my classmates
And she rubs a big fat zero in my face
And when the report card arrives at home, I hide

I want to play marbles, video games, button games
But my parents just want me to go to school! And study!
So this time I'll study until I memorize everything, buddy
To do well and have my mom let me stay up later
Or maybe increase my allowance

So I can buy more comic books (about Smudge?)
No. With naked women
The fun is limited and my dad has no time for anything
And the cinema entrance is restricted (go home, kids!)
The street is dangerous so I watch TV
(There's another body lying on the ground)

During the news, I turn it off because I don't even know what inflation is
Didn't they teach you?
No, most of the subjects they teach seem useless to me
In vain, not very interesting, I get mad

I'm tired of studying, staying up late, what a sacrilege
(Go to school!)
So I reread everything before the test started
I came back excited to tell

Mom! I got a ten on the test
I did well, got a hundred, and I want to see who can fail me
I memorized the whole lesson
Didn't get any question wrong
Didn't learn anything good
But got a ten (good job!)

Almost everything I learned, I'll forget by tomorrow
I memorized, copied, memorized, but didn't understand
Almost everything I learned, I'll forget by tomorrow
I memorized, copied, memorized, but didn't understand

Rote learning: That's the teaching method
They treat me like an amoeba and I can't think
I don't learn the causes and consequences, just memorize the facts
This way even history becomes boring
But the elders told me that the 'why' is the secret
So when I don't understand anything, I raise my hand

Because I want to use my mind to become smart
I know I'm not an adult yet, but I'm already a person
And I know studying is a good thing
The problem is without motivation, we get bored
The system puts a lot of nonsense in the program

But to learn to be ignorant
Ah, ignorant, I wouldn't even get out of bed (ah, let me sleep)
I like the teachers and I need a master
But I prefer them to teach me something useful
What is corruption? What is a congressman for?
Don't tell me Brazil was discovered by chance!

Or that the earthworm is hermaphrodite
Or about the solitary tapeworm
Don't make me memorize about the hereditary captaincies!
Hello?
What will be on tomorrow's test?
Square of the hypotenuse, chromosomes, periodic table, ah!
Let's escape from this cage!
Today I'm happy (did you kill the president?)
No. The class

I skipped class because I couldn't take it anymore
I couldn't stand it anymore
And I went to listen to the Philosopher hidden from my parents
But if they were my age, they would understand
(This isn't the value a student deserves!)
Uh-oh (huh?)
The supervisor!

(The party's over, go to the coordinator's office!)
I thought I was going to be suspended but it was just to talk
And they told me that school was my second home
And it's true, I really learn a lot
Make friends, meet people, but I don't want to study forever!
So I'll pass the year
I have no other choice
But ideally, school should prepare me for life
Discussing and teaching current issues
And not giving me the same classes they gave my parents
With subjects they don't remember anymore
And when I get a ten, it's always the same joke

Mom! I got a ten on the test
I did well, got a hundred, and I want to see who can fail me
I memorized the whole lesson
Didn't get any question wrong
Didn't learn anything good
But got a ten (good job!)

Almost everything I learned, I'll forget by tomorrow
I memorized, copied, memorized, but didn't understand
Almost everything I learned, I'll forget by tomorrow
I memorized, copied, memorized, but didn't understand

Take children more seriously
Because school is where we shape our personality
You treat education as a business where greed, exploitation, and indifference are partners
Those who should benefit are only harmed
So you'll create a generation of rebels
Everything's wrong and I'm fed up
Now give me my ball and let me go to recess
Juquinha, you're talking too much, so I'll have to keep you from recess!
But it's just the truth, teacher!
I know, but cooperate or I'll lose my job!