A significantly large amount of money is spent by us buying and consuming excessive amount of alcohol on a weekly basis instead of using that money to collectively fund these initiatives. S/O to you Pen for reinforcing value and leadership in our minds for our children's sake.
You are so on point. My son is 5 heading to grade one next year, I haven't applied for any school as yet because I'm scared he will be bored and he had already said it about creche: "school is boring, we don't build anything". The guy already knows how a combustion engine works, knows about submarines, aerodynamics just to mention a few. To nurture his curiosity (for lack of a better word) I do stuff like servicing the car with him, changing light bulbs and just this week he showed his mother and sister how to start the generator during loadshedding - for home the house was powered up. I'm in the process of getting model cars for him to build and when he starts reading I want to get a real car and let him strip it and rebuild it again and see drive it. One thing I know with our education system heel be branded as being hyper active and suffering from ADHD. Also been searching for alternative education but to no avail for his age as engineering schools are for teens. Radford in Northcliff send like the only school available to try get him in but the costs and logistics if he were to be admitted are closer to impossible mainly on where we leave, cost I may chance. If he happens to lose interest in his curiosity later, I'll nurture the next curiosity he takes and so on.
That's just being delusional. I bet if you could compare profession by by profession, individuals with university degrees will always trump those without. Even in the first year of employment those with degrees out earn those without. Households with parents who have university degrees outperform those without in every metric.
i agree with the both of you,"street intelligent vs book smart ,both of these are highly needed in our society and they can co exist and work together", lauryn hill said it too on her speech to university graduates.
💯 you hit the nail on the head. Hence mine are homeschooled and learning a lot of skills in conjunction to stem subjects. Taking a child to public school alone is not enough, it’s best to get them in few apprenticeships learning skills. Balance is the key
I absolutely agree that taking kids to school is not enough. Parents need to always do more. But how far you take it also depends on what you hope to achieve. Also remember that kids are kids they need time to play, because they learn from that too.
Pen my friend this video is so on point. I am going to apply this to my sons and their friends in my complex. This is a much needed message. Writing down these notes using my Black Pen as a matter of fact...
Just because graduates are sitting at home with no jobs doesn't mean education isn't important. The most progressive nations are educated. Our problem is leadership
Dude maybe you shouldn't say that out loud 😂. Because that shows how stupid you are. That's on you though! Engineers are taught to design and maintain systems, even invent new ones. Of course wits is not going to teach you how to wire a plug duh, go on RUclips or find a book at the library and go to the lab. 😅 I am an architectural technologist but I know how to wire a plug, install a tap, lay sewer pipes, install a door, paint and more. Things I was not taught at university, I taught myself. If they'd add that to the curriculum it'd be five or six years instead of three and cost even more. Something people like you and Pen don't factor into your fancy ideas. The course I did mainly focused on design, costing, contract administration and site visits. It's structured similar to others in the built environment across learning institutions.
ey pan you even have some Afrikaans words there at the end 🤗🤗. you really love the Afrikaans people, anyway those are great views you have there the current system is not working.
Pen, i have been thinking about this a lot lately. I just don't know how to go about it. I have just enrolled myself at a college for Clothing Production. My intention is to teach children.
This Education system is old and outdated. It used to take months to move from one continent to another l, now we so it under 24hr. We can't be studying for a profession for 3 or 4 years it need to be less. If the years we study is reduced even the cost of educating ourselves would be less. Covid should us a lot bout online learning. It was more easy and convenient. The only cost was data. If the whole nation of going to school was removed and everything was online it would be way cheaper. Look at Tymebank compared to other banks, Tymebank is a digital bank and it's cheap.
PEACE G.O.D!! As always LOVE these ideas, but HOW do move from the vocal stage to being PRACTICAL!! I have given up on the Government, sekumele sizibambele mathupha! I'm all ears, I willing to meet with like minded people and build this future for our kids
I love this Perhaps in "Afro-forum's" agenda We should add this to our list of items and then test out wat works and filter out wat doesn't work. Give it about 5 years -Document it. And we keep implementing new innovative ideas as we go. But can we please just start.😢
Great advice Pen. Purpose in life and self respect will flow from this which is a firm foundation. A certain level of maths and English is key to progressing technical skills beyond a point. Dont believe that social credit is replacing jobs; it is utterly unaffordable never mind moronic. If the ANC left growth and administration to the private sector, unhindered by BEE, EE etc, the investment would flow in, and the joblessness will drop to single digits (as it used to be way back). The latter will provide the biggest black growth in jobs, skills and empowerment than the job killing, spirit crushing ANC.
school and religion were designed to keep a black man average or even below,our education system paralyzes our kids,eg as much as they excel in their curriculums at school they can't function in real life independently like we used to at their age,we used to have all the skills you have mentioned and more with our syllabus,it's upon us now as parents to put in that extra effort ,
BP I am a certified commercial Air Condition and Refrigeration technician with over 30 yrs experience covering 4 countries, I will be more than willing to mentor and teach kids that are willing to get into this field, the world is a village so teaching can be done from any geographical location vertically
International investors do not invest in countries where the majority of tertiary students enroll for the "easy peasy" degrees. The amount of useless bachelors in political science, religious dogma, sociology, psychology, etc leaves alot to be desired when competing against Asian countries where mathematics/science is mandatory for everyone until they leave school. We have more than enough world-class tech and science study programs, but seemingly mostly the previously advantaged's children seems to enroll for those "difficult" programs and then end-up with the current high paying in-demand jobs. Which explains why they remain advantaged. I was also a financial management student and whilst I sh*t hard, most of my peers had no problem with their Faculty of Arts degrees. Once we graduated, I never had a problem finding work in currently relevant sectors whilst my former student peers work as retail cashiers. On the day of course enrollment for first year students, I've witnessed how the majority of especially previously disadvantaged students ask the student enrollment officers which courses are the "easiest" because they don't want to struggle and that's why at EVERY tertiary institution the amount of students studying rubbish Faculty of Arts degrees vs technology are heavily skewed. The jobs will be created when the workforce has studied courses that's relevant for today's economic sectors. Someone commented that folks should study law. Wrong! That's also a very easy degree and that's why there's an oversupply of law bachelors in the market. Those law graduates end up competing for call centre jobs because there's just too many law graduates for the available article internships. Why don't Azania have a problem with too many actuaries? Too many chartered accountants? Too many physicists? Too many technology developers? Whenever a Faculty of Arts graduate complains to me about how hard it is to find a job, my response is always to ask why they studied worthless bullsh*t in the first place and not something where they know there's a demand for the particular skillset. Nothing worthwhile is ever easy, so let's be honest that the majority of Azania's students lack work ethic and actively avoid the difficult degree programs that matter!!!
School/university is to improve your critical thinking ability, the workforce is changing drastically, certain jobs are being wiped out the work market, one needs to be fluid and adjust
Dude read books. Watch people like Penuel (educational)... Your critical thinking will improve... I personally don't think that being locked up in a place for 8 hours straight and following orders improves critical thinking. School was designed to make you an employee it's not my opinion it's a fact do your research about the history of the education system around the world. Now the thing is, there is no employment available anymore which now counteracts with the initial motive behind the development of the school system
I would encourage citizens to spend their efforts in voting for a new government. One that has proven to be capable. And participate in passing of new legislation by sending their comments ir boycotting said laws or policies. Currently the same people you're speaking to and probably a majority of them are non-voters and part of the problem. They are registered i would imagine, but they expect someone else to do the hatd work for them. Additionally no policy or law gets passed in the country without the citizens being invited to comment. Unfortunately only a few participate in this process and the majority cries when laws get passed and pretend as though they were outsmarted by the state. Is government not by the people and for the people?
School isn't the only problem. Most people don't seem understand how value works hence they find themselves in the long unemployment line. The first trick is to study for fields which have a shortage of skills. Then second trick is to study the needs of different stakeholders in the economy and try to satisfy them. Making money really isn't that difficult when you understand the formula.
It’s at work but it’s not working tbh. Our education system generally isn’t producing people who are capable of solving the problems that are unique to our community and country as a whole. It needs a major revamp
Why don't we guide our children into higher paying fields? If doctors in South Africa make over 600k per year and lawyers make over 500k why don't we encourage our children to go into those high paying fields?
@@Penuelism One doesn't need to be a genius in order to be a doctor. Just passing matric is enough for anyone to be given the opportunity to be trained as a doctor over a period of 5 or so years. Plus it's easy for doctors to be self employed. There's huge demand for doctors everywhere. People are willing to stand in queues for hours just to have access to doctors. The only thing preventing those unemployed doctors, that you speak of, from working for themselves is government policy prohibiting them from opening their own practices. Doctors never lack in potential patients/clients. Allowing more of our children to access these higher paying fields like Dentistry, Medicine & Law is the crucial first step. Not asking them to do low skilled practical work
@@simplyballing1592 What you're asking for is unfortunately elitist, in my opinion. I'd rather focus on what I believe to be more important and easier to action.
@@Penuelism Looking for the easy, low barrier, convenient option seems nice at the beginning but it actually leads to a life of mediocrity and inevitable demise. Instead of encouraging people to become bricklayers or gardeners, I'd rather encourage them to become doctors who perform surgeries. The only way to achieve long term prosperity is if we are willing to expand our intellectual capacity. Keep telling people to do the low skilled work while others practice delayed gratification and actually undergo long term training that will pay off exponentially in the long run. The most successful people in the world were willing to do hard things. Not succumb to the temptation of quick money. We're all entitled to our own opinions. I hope you'll have an awesome weekend.
You seem to suggest that higher education doesn't work due to the number of unemployed graduates! While we know very well that the high unemployment rate is a consequence of ANC mismanagement if the economy. We were not talking about graduate unemployment in the 90s and early 2000s because the economy was growing at about 5%. Things began falling apart during the Zuma days. It seems your analysis is extremely flawed and the solutions you propose inapplicable. Jobs are not created by skills, but investment. And investment needs a conducive environment, which we currently don't have. The education system has been and continues to work, producing quality individuals who are technicians, engineers, accountants, lawyers, doctors, scientists, artists, CEO's etc.
If higher education truly worked then all of this unemployed graduates would know that education is a problem solving mechanism and therefore they would've solved their unemployment problem. I also don't like the ANC but to sit there and say only the ANC is to blame for the problems in the economy would be a false predication. Economic problems are for citizens(This includes graduates) and private institutions to solve, after all, which affluent economy has had most of it's problems solved by the Government.
@maxwellmabuza1988 I agree with many of the things you said but the system needs all of us and not just the educated. Making money and creating employment is mainly about providing value or satisfying needs, education is just a means to an end.
A significantly large amount of money is spent by us buying and consuming excessive amount of alcohol on a weekly basis instead of using that money to collectively fund these initiatives. S/O to you Pen for reinforcing value and leadership in our minds for our children's sake.
You are so on point. My son is 5 heading to grade one next year, I haven't applied for any school as yet because I'm scared he will be bored and he had already said it about creche: "school is boring, we don't build anything". The guy already knows how a combustion engine works, knows about submarines, aerodynamics just to mention a few. To nurture his curiosity (for lack of a better word) I do stuff like servicing the car with him, changing light bulbs and just this week he showed his mother and sister how to start the generator during loadshedding - for home the house was powered up. I'm in the process of getting model cars for him to build and when he starts reading I want to get a real car and let him strip it and rebuild it again and see drive it. One thing I know with our education system heel be branded as being hyper active and suffering from ADHD.
Also been searching for alternative education but to no avail for his age as engineering schools are for teens. Radford in Northcliff send like the only school available to try get him in but the costs and logistics if he were to be admitted are closer to impossible mainly on where we leave, cost I may chance.
If he happens to lose interest in his curiosity later, I'll nurture the next curiosity he takes and so on.
Definitely, a person with a skill is much better than the one holding a certificate. Practical vs Theory. Thank you 😊
That's just being delusional.
I bet if you could compare profession by by profession, individuals with university degrees will always trump those without.
Even in the first year of employment those with degrees out earn those without.
Households with parents who have university degrees outperform those without in every metric.
i agree with the both of you,"street intelligent vs book smart ,both of these are highly needed in our society and they can co exist and work together", lauryn hill said it too on her speech to university graduates.
Black 🖊 must be our next Minister of Education. The current state of SA schooling system needs a complete revamp.
💯 you hit the nail on the head.
Hence mine are homeschooled and learning a lot of skills in conjunction to stem subjects.
Taking a child to public school alone is not enough, it’s best to get them in few apprenticeships learning skills. Balance is the key
I absolutely agree that taking kids to school is not enough. Parents need to always do more. But how far you take it also depends on what you hope to achieve. Also remember that kids are kids they need time to play, because they learn from that too.
Pen my friend this video is so on point. I am going to apply this to my sons and their friends in my complex. This is a much needed message. Writing down these notes using my Black Pen as a matter of fact...
Ay baba inamandla lena ngifisa ngabe ONQONQOSHE bayayizwa💯🙏🙌 ngyakuhlonipha Mfo KaMlotshwa 💯
Just because graduates are sitting at home with no jobs doesn't mean education isn't important.
The most progressive nations are educated. Our problem is leadership
This video is so true. Our children need to learn the basics.
Don't they learn the basics already 😂?
SA needs you as a leader,,,i see so much potential is your food thought
I agree. We need to value blue collar more 😎
😂your child will suffer to the core if you’ll listen to Pen😅😅😅🤞🏿
My dream is to have a well oiled South Africa in terms of skill. We have the potential, but not if we don't fertilize it, things are gonna get worse.
Facts I’m at Wits learning nothing,doing electrical engineering can’t even fix a plug 😂
Dude maybe you shouldn't say that out loud 😂. Because that shows how stupid you are.
That's on you though! Engineers are taught to design and maintain systems, even invent new ones. Of course wits is not going to teach you how to wire a plug duh, go on RUclips or find a book at the library and go to the lab. 😅
I am an architectural technologist but I know how to wire a plug, install a tap, lay sewer pipes, install a door, paint and more. Things I was not taught at university, I taught myself.
If they'd add that to the curriculum it'd be five or six years instead of three and cost even more. Something people like you and Pen don't factor into your fancy ideas.
The course I did mainly focused on design, costing, contract administration and site visits. It's structured similar to others in the built environment across learning institutions.
ey pan you even have some Afrikaans words there at the end 🤗🤗. you really love the Afrikaans people, anyway those are great views you have there the current system is not working.
Pen, i have been thinking about this a lot lately. I just don't know how to go about it. I have just enrolled myself at a college for Clothing Production. My intention is to teach children.
This Education system is old and outdated. It used to take months to move from one continent to another l, now we so it under 24hr. We can't be studying for a profession for 3 or 4 years it need to be less. If the years we study is reduced even the cost of educating ourselves would be less. Covid should us a lot bout online learning. It was more easy and convenient. The only cost was data. If the whole nation of going to school was removed and everything was online it would be way cheaper. Look at Tymebank compared to other banks, Tymebank is a digital bank and it's cheap.
Facts
PEACE G.O.D!! As always LOVE these ideas, but HOW do move from the vocal stage to being PRACTICAL!! I have given up on the Government, sekumele sizibambele mathupha! I'm all ears, I willing to meet with like minded people and build this future for our kids
Black Pan 😂❤...Invite Winston or Duduzane again
On point this fundamental
This reminds me of the biography "Up from Slavery" of Booker T. Washington.
Hola Kingpen, hayikhona, you're very smart, siyabonga.
I don't believe ukuthi it's you, that I know for .....years.
You are so right
🙏
I teach young ones Art every Saturday afternoon
We need to make time to pass our skills
Thank you so much for your wise words
@@aldabikindou4875 💯
We already have technical schools and TVET colleges for tht
Those also create job seekers, he is talking about creating problem solvers who lessen the burden on unemployment and government
@@nsikelelomacuphe9665 no, in line with what he says, they create problem solvers who also have certificates
I fully agree man💪
I love this
Perhaps in "Afro-forum's" agenda
We should add this to our list of items and then test out wat works and filter out wat doesn't work. Give it about 5 years
-Document it.
And we keep implementing new innovative ideas as we go.
But can we please just start.😢
Great advice Pen. Purpose in life and self respect will flow from this which is a firm foundation. A certain level of maths and English is key to progressing technical skills beyond a point. Dont believe that social credit is replacing jobs; it is utterly unaffordable never mind moronic. If the ANC left growth and administration to the private sector, unhindered by BEE, EE etc, the investment would flow in, and the joblessness will drop to single digits (as it used to be way back). The latter will provide the biggest black growth in jobs, skills and empowerment than the job killing, spirit crushing ANC.
I agree . can we start a school together , i can focus on sports and farming
Your school would fail because it won't comply with the law, if you take Pen's advice 😅
school and religion were designed to keep a black man average or even below,our education system paralyzes our kids,eg as much as they excel in their curriculums at school they can't function in real life independently like we used to at their age,we used to have all the skills you have mentioned and more with our syllabus,it's upon us now as parents to put in that extra effort ,
BP I am a certified commercial Air Condition and Refrigeration technician with over 30 yrs experience covering 4 countries, I will be more than willing to mentor and teach kids that are willing to get into this field, the world is a village so teaching can be done from any geographical location vertically
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Brilliant
Hey pen, can you bring up Sizwe Dlomo and Solly Soka for interview
You should run for presidency sir🔥🔥🌍
Mmh yeah man its so hard to get job these days yerr
Globally knowledgeable,
you're a critical deep thinker
Mmusi Johannes I'm watching...
Time to live like the Amish people
International investors do not invest in countries where the majority of tertiary students enroll for the "easy peasy" degrees. The amount of useless bachelors in political science, religious dogma, sociology, psychology, etc leaves alot to be desired when competing against Asian countries where mathematics/science is mandatory for everyone until they leave school. We have more than enough world-class tech and science study programs, but seemingly mostly the previously advantaged's children seems to enroll for those "difficult" programs and then end-up with the current high paying in-demand jobs. Which explains why they remain advantaged. I was also a financial management student and whilst I sh*t hard, most of my peers had no problem with their Faculty of Arts degrees. Once we graduated, I never had a problem finding work in currently relevant sectors whilst my former student peers work as retail cashiers. On the day of course enrollment for first year students, I've witnessed how the majority of especially previously disadvantaged students ask the student enrollment officers which courses are the "easiest" because they don't want to struggle and that's why at EVERY tertiary institution the amount of students studying rubbish Faculty of Arts degrees vs technology are heavily skewed. The jobs will be created when the workforce has studied courses that's relevant for today's economic sectors. Someone commented that folks should study law. Wrong! That's also a very easy degree and that's why there's an oversupply of law bachelors in the market. Those law graduates end up competing for call centre jobs because there's just too many law graduates for the available article internships. Why don't Azania have a problem with too many actuaries? Too many chartered accountants? Too many physicists? Too many technology developers? Whenever a Faculty of Arts graduate complains to me about how hard it is to find a job, my response is always to ask why they studied worthless bullsh*t in the first place and not something where they know there's a demand for the particular skillset. Nothing worthwhile is ever easy, so let's be honest that the majority of Azania's students lack work ethic and actively avoid the difficult degree programs that matter!!!
I would argue what you saying is not governments agenda. Easier to lead a fool
School/university is to improve your critical thinking ability, the workforce is changing drastically, certain jobs are being wiped out the work market, one needs to be fluid and adjust
Dude read books.
Watch people like Penuel (educational)...
Your critical thinking will improve...
I personally don't think that being locked up in a place for 8 hours straight and following orders improves critical thinking.
School was designed to make you an employee it's not my opinion it's a fact do your research about the history of the education system around the world.
Now the thing is, there is no employment available anymore which now counteracts with the initial motive behind the development of the school system
I would encourage citizens to spend their efforts in voting for a new government. One that has proven to be capable. And participate in passing of new legislation by sending their comments ir boycotting said laws or policies.
Currently the same people you're speaking to and probably a majority of them are non-voters and part of the problem. They are registered i would imagine, but they expect someone else to do the hatd work for them.
Additionally no policy or law gets passed in the country without the citizens being invited to comment. Unfortunately only a few participate in this process and the majority cries when laws get passed and pretend as though they were outsmarted by the state.
Is government not by the people and for the people?
School isn't the only problem. Most people don't seem understand how value works hence they find themselves in the long unemployment line. The first trick is to study for fields which have a shortage of skills. Then second trick is to study the needs of different stakeholders in the economy and try to satisfy them.
Making money really isn't that difficult when you understand the formula.
The Zimbabwean people call the south African blacks stupid ! What does that say ?
Well look at their country 😅
Bro isnt all you have explained already covered by the Education system
the question is how , the "what" need to be done is always an easiest part.
I love you Penny
Peneul as a parent what are you teaching your children that schools are not teaching.
I admire your vision man 💫🙌🏿
All them kids by the same mother? You know what I don't even care, it's not my business, but it's surprising as FUCK😂😂😂😂
I agree….
Key word: *Basic*
😂here we go again 🧢 pen 🧢
I’m afraid he’s on point fam
@@Shamzisto He is repackaging a policy that is already at work. He himself is a product of it 😅.
It’s at work but it’s not working tbh. Our education system generally isn’t producing people who are capable of solving the problems that are unique to our community and country as a whole. It needs a major revamp
Why don't we guide our children into higher paying fields? If doctors in South Africa make over 600k per year and lawyers make over 500k why don't we encourage our children to go into those high paying fields?
1. Most kids struggle academically
2. Many doctors are currently unemployed
3. We need more kids doing practical skills
@@Penuelism One doesn't need to be a genius in order to be a doctor. Just passing matric is enough for anyone to be given the opportunity to be trained as a doctor over a period of 5 or so years. Plus it's easy for doctors to be self employed. There's huge demand for doctors everywhere. People are willing to stand in queues for hours just to have access to doctors. The only thing preventing those unemployed doctors, that you speak of, from working for themselves is government policy prohibiting them from opening their own practices. Doctors never lack in potential patients/clients. Allowing more of our children to access these higher paying fields like Dentistry, Medicine & Law is the crucial first step. Not asking them to do low skilled practical work
@@simplyballing1592 What you're asking for is unfortunately elitist, in my opinion. I'd rather focus on what I believe to be more important and easier to action.
@@Penuelism Looking for the easy, low barrier, convenient option seems nice at the beginning but it actually leads to a life of mediocrity and inevitable demise. Instead of encouraging people to become bricklayers or gardeners, I'd rather encourage them to become doctors who perform surgeries. The only way to achieve long term prosperity is if we are willing to expand our intellectual capacity. Keep telling people to do the low skilled work while others practice delayed gratification and actually undergo long term training that will pay off exponentially in the long run. The most successful people in the world were willing to do hard things. Not succumb to the temptation of quick money. We're all entitled to our own opinions. I hope you'll have an awesome weekend.
We are not all academically gifted.
I like that
Mooi man
Penzo. Can I just waste your time and take you out to eat ? Just to see you eat?😍
😂😂😂 oh wow!
Penzo I'm being serious here 😭😆
Can the parents do what you are outlining in this video?
Pen elimnyama madoda!!
You seem to suggest that higher education doesn't work due to the number of unemployed graduates! While we know very well that the high unemployment rate is a consequence of ANC mismanagement if the economy.
We were not talking about graduate unemployment in the 90s and early 2000s because the economy was growing at about 5%. Things began falling apart during the Zuma days.
It seems your analysis is extremely flawed and the solutions you propose inapplicable.
Jobs are not created by skills, but investment. And investment needs a conducive environment, which we currently don't have.
The education system has been and continues to work, producing quality individuals who are technicians, engineers, accountants, lawyers, doctors, scientists, artists, CEO's etc.
If higher education truly worked then all of this unemployed graduates would know that education is a problem solving mechanism and therefore they would've solved their unemployment problem. I also don't like the ANC but to sit there and say only the ANC is to blame for the problems in the economy would be a false predication. Economic problems are for citizens(This includes graduates) and private institutions to solve, after all, which affluent economy has had most of it's problems solved by the Government.
@maxwellmabuza1988 I agree with many of the things you said but the system needs all of us and not just the educated.
Making money and creating employment is mainly about providing value or satisfying needs, education is just a means to an end.