///choose your arguments to convince both politicians and kids, don't give them the impression that you are complaining selfishly///

Well I am complaining selfishly!! That's exactly what I'm doing. I don't want to change things selflessly because I'm doing this for your own good--what kind of dipshit would I have to be to think that way?

I want to change the way this country educates its citizens because I am personally embarrassed to be an American and seeing this stupid shit.

Do we really need to know about Charlie Parker?

Hell no, of course, we don't so just shut up, sit the hell down and read your "Pride, Prejudice and Zombies" because I'm certain you will find that way more interesting than anything Charlie Parker ever did.

We deserve the education system we have, we deserve the TV programming we have, we deserve the popular music we have, we deserve the political system we have, we deserve the celebrities we have. And if we're settling for that then, sorry, but we ARE stupid.