WATCH: John Oliver Offers Hilariously Great Advice to High School Students

Janet Allon
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 AlterNet
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 Janet Allon
September 07, 2015

John Oliver is on hiatus for the Labor Day weekend, but he still had time for some sage words for high school students as they start another school year. Advice like:

"In American history, all you need to know is about Warren G. Harding's love life," which you can find out by googling his "penis named Jerry."

High school students can also expect to learn that, "Africa and Asia are places and that's about it," Oliver quipped ruefully.

Don't believe the hype about high school math being something you will need later in life.

And memorize who dies at the end of a few great pieces of literature.

Simple as ABC.

Watch and laugh:

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