Java vs Python

I'm a noobish programmer who has been simultaneously learning Python and Java. As a beginner, I must say I FUCKING HATE JAVA and Python is nice. I came upon this article just now http://pythonconquerstheuniverse.wordpress.com/category/java-and-python/
and it eloquently points out java's lameness and pythons awesomeness.
In light of this, why are they teaching Java at my school and not python? Like srsly?

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