What's Missing in School

I remember looking for fireflies in the hot summer nights,
but they don't fly live in Florida.
I remember lemonade stands on the street by our driveway,
And the funny faces our customers made when they bought a cup;
Who knew we needed to add sugar?
I remember the day the car ran out of water even though the gauge read "full".
Was I supposed to know instinctively the gauge didn't show the amount of water in the tank?
That's what the gas gauge did.

Why are there so many things I didn't know?
How to boil rice.
How to clean a bathroom.
How to keep a husband.
Who was supposed to teach me these things?
There were no Home Economics classes, no Auto Mechanics.
Were there ever classes on Marriage?
The Sexual Education classes seemed more interested in teaching us how to prevent things,
Rather than how to preserve.

If I were running the schools -
I'd do away with the unnecessary classes
Like Mathematics and Literature.
Who needs these in life?
Better to teach the children important life skills -
How to maintain a car,
How to clean a kitchen,
How to stay married for thirty years without killing each other.

Besides, if too many people study math and literature,
They'll start talking about things  -
Like probabilities
And statistics,
And before you know it they'll be reading to their children
About fireflies in the summer.