As part of the promotion for his latest animated film Kung Fu Panda, actor Jack Black has agreed to become this month’s guest editor for National Geographic Kids. In a hilarious video on the topic of pandas, the environment, and kung fu, Black answers a bunch of kids’ questions. Here’s our favorite: 

If you were elected President, what would be the first thing that you would do when you got into office?

“If I was President? Ok — the first thing I would do is spend half of the federal budget on combating the climate crisis. I would ensure that our entire country was as green as possible. There would be solar panels everywhere — the roof of ever house and the hood of every car. 

Then I would do away with school. All of it. It’s totally overrated — a waste of time. Except for Kindergarten. Because Kindergarten is fun. And it actually means ketchup in Chinese. And the 5th grade — 5th grade was fun. It was a blast. 

You know what? Forget it. I’m not doing away with school. It was a bad idea.”

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