all i really need to know i learned in kindergarten you didn't share everything play fair don't hit people put things back where you found them clean up your own mess don't take things that aren't yours say you're sorry when you hurt somebody wash your hands before you eat flush warm cookies and cold milk are good for you live a balanced life learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some take a nap every afternoon when you go out in the world watch out for traffic hold hands and stick together be aware of wonder remember the little seed in the styrofoam cup the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why but we are all like that goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the styrofoam cup they all die so do we and then remember the dick and jane books and the first word you learned the biggest word of all look grow up preceding unsigned comment added by