A 17 Year Old Tupac speaking on education (1988)

"School is really important: Reading, writing, arithmetic.
But what they tend to do is teach you reading, writing, arithmetic... then teach you reading, writing, arithmetic again. Then again, then again, just making it harder and harder, just to keep you busy.
That is where I think they messed up.
There should be a class on drugs.
There should be a class on sex education.
NO
Real sex education class, not just pictures and illogical terms...
There should be a class on scams, there should be a class on religious cults, there should be a class on police brutality, there should be a class on Apartheid, there should be a class on racism in America, there should be a class on why people are hungry, but there isn't
Their class is on... gym
Their class is like Algebra.
We have yet to go to a store and say, "Can I have XY+2 and give me my Y change back, thank you."
You know?
Like foreign languages, I think they are important, but I don't think it should be required.
Actually they should be teaching you English, and then teach you how to understand double talk; politicians double talk.
Not teaching you how to understand French and Spanish and GERMAN.
When am I going to Germany?
I can't afford to pay my rent in America! How am I going to Germany?"