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I find that education, it don't matter where you go to school, Italy, America, Brazil,
all are the same -- it's all this memorization and it don't matter how long you can remember
anything just so you can parrot it back for the tests.
I got this idea for a school I would like to start, something called the Five Minute
University. The idea is that in five minutes you learn what the average college graduate
remembers five years after he or she is out of school.
It would cost like twenty dollars. That might seem like a lot of money, twenty dollars just
for five minutes, but that's for like tuition, cap and gown rental, graduation picture, snacks,
everything. Everything included.
You know, like in college you have to take a foreign language. Well, at the Five Minute
University you can have your choice, any language you want you can take it. Say if you want
to take Spanish, what I teach you is "¿Como está usted?" that means, "how are you", and
the answer is "muy bien," means "very well." And believe me, if you took two years of college
Spanish, five years after you are out of school "¿Como está usted?" and "muy bien" about
all you're gonna remember.
So in my school that's all you learn. You see, you don't have to waste your time with
conjugations and vocabulary, all that junk. You'll just forget it anyway, what's the difference.
Economics? "Supply and Demand." That's it. Business is, "you buy something, and you sell
it for more." Theology, I'm gonna have a theology department, you know, since I'm a priest,
and what you have to learn in theology is the answer to the question, "Where is God?",
and the answer is, "God is everywhere." Why? "Because he likes you." That's kind of a combination of the Disney
and Roman Catholic philosophy. It's just perfect for the late 70s or early 80s you know, just
perfect.
Well, after the courses are all over, then it's time for a little Easter vacation. No
time to go to Fort Lauderdale, only lasts for like twenty seconds. But what I'll do
for you, I like to turn on the sun lamp you know, give you a little glass of orange juice,
that's for the snack part, orange juice, and then after vacation it's time for the final
exams. I say to you, "¿Como está usted?" you say "muy bien," "Where is God?" "God is
everywhere," Economics, "supply and demand," then you put on a cap and a gown, I get out
my Polaroid camera, you know, make a little snap flash picture for you, I give you the
picture, you give me twenty dollars, I give you a diploma, and you're a college graduate,
ready to go.
I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure, right next door to the five minute university, I might
open up a little law school. You got another minute?