When Johnny Can’t Read or Write No More

When Johnny Can’t Read or Write No More

(To the tune of When Johnny Comes Marching Home)

Huck.Konopacki Labor Cartoons

When Johnny can’t read or write no more 

Hurrah! Hurrah!       

We’ll send him to Iraq once more

Hurrah! Hurrah!

He’ll be useless as a wage slave

Or wind up in an early grave

When we attack our public ed-u-ca-tion

When Johnny can’t think or problem-solve

Hurrah! Hurrah!
He’ll end up with a lousy job

Huck.Konopacki Labor Cartoons

Hurrah! Hurrah!
He’ll be overworked and underpaid

Or scraping by on government aid

When we attack our public ed-u-ca-tion

But, if teachers are allowed to teach

Hurrah! Hurrah!
Free from tests and corporate reach

Hurrah! Hurrah!

The kids will grow, they’ll learn and strive

Their future is better when they’re alive

When we support our public ed-u-ca-tion


Thanks to EdNotes Online for inspiring me with their reposting of the Cathy Black Attack parody