I got to know got to find out today
Can anybody tell me, can anybody say what is cool,
cool in school
What is cool, cool in school
I got to know, can anybody show me what is cool

I gotta be cool, I gotta be hip
So the teachers and the kids don't give me any lip
What is cool, cool in school, what is cool, cool in school
I got to know can anybody show me what is cool

Chorus:
Is it the way you tie your shoes, the way you comb
your hair
The superheroes on your underwear
What is cool, cool in school, what is cool, so cool in school

I'm gonna pray that somebody can say what is cool, cool in school
I asked somebody, this is what he said
"You got to wear your shirt backwards, smear jelly
on you head"
I did what he told me, but when I - to school
All my friends said "You look like a fool!"

So I asked Terry, and she asked Joe
And he asked Larry, but it seems that nobody knows
What is cool, so cool in school, what is cool, cool in school
I'm wearin' my mind out cause I can't find out what is cool

Well everybody tells me I got to be cool
From now on I'll do just what I want to do
I"ll be cool, cool in school, I'll be cool, so cool in school
I'll decide for myself and nobody else what is cool
Cool in school.....

 

Discussion Questions:
Is peer pressure a powerful force in your school?
How does it influence kids?
What is cool at your school?
What isn't cool?

Research Project:
Choose somebody from history who dared to go against the rules at the time.

 

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