Excuse me cowboy, all we got here in jail is dirty work...you want special privileges like books, cable, visits from friends and family (girlfriends) you better do your chores.
Otherwise, that cell of your can get pretty boring. You want to learn how to cook? Cook might make you a special helper. Good thing to know how to do. You could end up the star of your family gettogethers, you can learn how to cook for 50.
You may be here a while, you might as well be helpful.