Since the dawn of time schoolchildren have been writing song lyrics in their homework. I remember copying Manic Street Preachers' lyrics because I thought it political and profound. Admitedly it was kind of pretentious as I only half understood what they were on about but at least the lyrics were sort of about something. I think, though not the bit of stealing suns from hearts.

Today whilst checking the homework diaries of my form I came across the following:

Cause' you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up and you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight we break up, we kiss we make up
You! you don't really wanna stay no, but you don't really wanna go-oh
Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up and you're down

There's nothing wrong with Katy Perry, it's a perfectly good pop song, but why the hell would they feel the need to scribe the lyrics into their diary? It's just a few steps up from the Teletubbies.

Still it's not so bad as finding one of my year elevens had written 'She's just being Miley' on the front of their maths book.