Jaden and Willow Smith Are Literally Too Cool for School

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In light of their fresh new albums, cool teens Jaden and Willow Smith spoke their minds to T Magazine. If you spend your days attending "normal school," the children of in-bed photographer Will Smith are concerned for your well-being.

Sixteen-year-old Jaden lays out the groundwork, "Here's the deal: School is not authentic because it ends. It's not true, it's not real. Our learning will never end. The school that we go to every single morning, we will continue to go to." He elaborates, "Kids who go to normal school are so teenagery, so angsty." His 14-year-old sister chimes in, "They never want to do anything, they're so tired." What a bummer. Oh, and car accidents? Blame it on driver's ed, says Jaden. If driver's ed was effective, then there would be no such thing as car accidents. Willow didn't mind school because it was where she realized why kids are so depressed. But on the flip side, she was also depressed. And that's it for today's lesson in stay in school kids.

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