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I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate - Suli Breaks,Vanity Fair,2009
"I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate" picks up on the education topic but takes a different stance and angle from "Why I Hate School But Love Education". This poem talks about how we have been made to think about how education and getting university degrees can give us opportunities to have a better chance in making our dream careers a reality. It also touches on how as individuals we are judged and tested by how well we perform on exams, but not all people perform well in exams so why are they made out to feel like they're dumb? The inconsistencies of the education system are really peeled open to reveal a deep problem that needs to be addressed and how society's needs have changed to make this even more apparent.
When it boils down to it, why are we misled into thinking that education is the only way forward for successful means in our work and career lives? We need to open our minds and educate ourselves that exam results aren't the barometer of success and that we can't let them decide our fate. We are in charge of our own destinies!
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“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
ALBERT EINSTIEN
Well tbh though fish with let's a say a monkey isn't fair. I don't really believe this but humans are the same mammal. Eg I bet people can compare monkeys with monkeys but why not human with human? Ik everyone has different ability's but that quote is kinda contradicting itself.
I love the message, but the quote compares one test for different species, whereas exams are for humans only 😝
Sophie K Ikr!
So surely Einstein wouldn't have quoted that; it's not a valid comparison!
Disclaimer: I do get your point though :)
and thats why there is a variation in subjects? 😂
Showed this my mum thinking she would understand, bhoyy was i wrong ima end up homeless on results day.
ahahahaahahaha
hahahahhah...sorry.
Damn that's jacked up 😂😂😂😶😶😶😐😐💯💯
Only a couple more days left. :((
I swear they will get ignited at you like fuck
that bit about remembering something 5 minutes after the exam is so relevant to my exams this year
Which program are you in?
+Fab noz sqa exams
+Fab noz nationals
@RUclips Is Censorship lmao this video is a throwback hahaha, I’m fine thank u for asking
It's a great point. If students were taught more life skills like:
- How will I be taxed?
- What's the difference between employment and self-employment and what are the pros and cons of each?
- What different career paths are there?
- Which industries are looking for people, which are saturated?
- How do pensions work?
- What is life insurance all about?
- How do I buy a house? Is it better than renting?
- What happens when I get married, what rights change?
- What are my legal rights when buying goods, or selling goods, or signing contracts?
For all the critics on this feed, wouldn't that have helped you going into adulthood more than learning how to measure the area of a parallelogram or how potatoes transmit water through their cell walls? Surely?
We'll choose economics or business in your school either one
+physique If only I had the power to change the way schools teach students.
+Zubair ahmed I picked business studies and my school doesn't offer economics. It hasn't taught me any of these things. Quite frankly it's hasn't even taught me much about how to run a business!
+Annabelle Parker I'm not exactly sure what your Business Studies class goes over, but if you guys haven't gone into specifics on how to run a business, then it must be a very general or broad business class. It might be something like a class I took called Business Core, where it goes over a wide spectrum of different business aspects (ex: Economics, Marketing, Typing Skills, etc.). If you're looking for something that pertains more to running your own business, try asking your counselor if your school offers a marketing or entrepreneurship class. If they don't, then that's disappointing. I took Marketing/Entrepreneurship last year, and it was a huge eye opening experience at how much effort and research it takes to make your product or service a successful business.
you will be taxed on the results of you earnings. and when you fill the irs you can get a % of you're money that was taxed back.( in portugal at least) and as an exemple: if you earn 1000 euros. and if any one earns between 1000 to 1500 euros are taxed for 50% for social securaty its 1000-50%=500 euros. i know this is a pesudo example but that is how it works. and i take it you learned in school on how to find the x value in % in math. so yes most of the shit you learn is ussefull.
Intelligence should be measured in enginuity and creativity not in memory.
yeah You,sir, deserve more likes.
thanks :)
yeah And how do you propose we measure 'creativity'?
***** Has it ever occurred to you that creativity is a self contradictory concept?
yeah YES
'A+ students' hating this video completely missed the point.It's not saying you're wrong for excelling, BUT your counterparts aren't failures either. They're the untapped potential of our generation who's unique learning styles are being ignored. People romanticize the past, but our generation are the most well-connected, well-informed we've ever had. We're not apathetic we're underestimated and unengaged. It's time we stopped forcing kids to fit into the system and change the system to fit us.
dilemma may Thank you. I am a good student myself and was saying the exact same thing about these collectivists. They take everything that is said in the school propaganda bullshit at face value and do not even bother to look past education form a one-size fits all system as they do not do any research or provide any strong counterarguments to what they state. The same things they always say: "Some kids do know what they want out of life, so they do not no any better, ""You need to be a well rounded individual", or the common one: " Your just lazy and do not want to put any effort into anything, grades measure that", " this is just stupid kid who dropped out of school" and so on and so forth. It pisses me off to no end is they are so naive about the problems with education reformation and jump to conclusions before trying to comprehend it.
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I have succeeded in the current system, that's my point lol I completed grad school at 22, all while barely cracking a textbook and starting assignments the night before. Does that mean I'm a genius? Highly doubtful. It says a hell of a lot more about our system than it does about me. I would have loved to have been engaged in my education, but I'm lucky enough to have "adapted" so to speak. I'm just not blind or insensitive to people who aren't so lucky and could have succeeded in a less archaic system.
dilemma may I absolutely love your comment. To judge someone by their inadequacies is to turn your back against their strength. A kid who performs poorly is the one who learns the value of education and not the one you receive from books. Thank you for your comment, more people need to see this
Divergent.
dilemma may But they are failures. They literally failed. They failed to study, to work hard, to achieve their potential. They have no one to blame but themselves. The thing is, they don't need to be failures forever. Start working hard, start studying, learn a skill, read a book, BECOME SOMETHING. There are so many opportunities out there that people refuse to pursue. Join the peace corp, join the army, learn a trade, live off the land, there's something out there for everyone.
Test us with tests but the finals are never final. For they never prepare us for the final test which is survival
+blazecine yeah, always been my favorite part.
+blazecine Smh, "survival" i guess you mean sitting on your couch watching tv is a test, so apparently i got a b+ on the "Final" test.
+Wer War No, "Survival" as in the common everyday real world tasks needed to be an independent adult and free-thinking individual. Which is, according to Alfie Kohn,"autonomy, belonging, and competence.". The kind of things that traditional schooling tend to eschew because they are more in favor of intellectual totalitarian procedures.
"Test us with tests but the finals are never final. For they never prepare us for the final test which is survival "
Wise words
This man speaks all of the truth, this is what every young person thinks but is to afraid to say, Our entire lives, dreams and aspirations can come true or break depending on if we can pull it out on the day
true
Word
I am not afraid to say it, I just don't always know how to say it
Nah this is just an excuse not to work hard.
+themarsbar112 you might work hard but the work don't get appreciate
Repeat after me "I will not let an exam result decide my fate!" Whether you do well or poorly during tests, everyone should have the same opportunities to succeed. Whatever "success" means to you, you can make it if you try.
I agree, you do bad on a test! We don't fail life
Exactly!
Haha
XD
i encourage you to fail tests so that you can leverage that into success in life
The poetry is strong in this one.
Definite truth
hi
my 13 year old brother steered me towards this...i am in awe...i just wish someone who could change the system would take it to heart
You don't need to change "the system" simply abandon it, because time and time again it breeds average results. If you are simply studying to find a job with a good pay, then it is a better use of your time for you to start learning the language of money from people who have mastered it. As I always say, you will only be as rich as the people you learn from.
Jeremy Siganga We can change the system we just have to scream it in their faces till they listen
I think a way to change the system is silently pulling your kids out of public school if you are concerned and homeschool?
Used to write "I will not let an exam result decide my fate" on the back of my geometry exams in the 10th grade. My teacher wrote back to me and told me how much I reminded her of her in high school. I was awe struck because that meant somebody like me COULD become something good such as a teacher. 10 years later, i'm in a teaching credential program along with my masters in Education. These videos reshaped the way I learned and viewed learning.
This is for all the guys that, like me, didn't get great exam results.
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All I can say is WOW!!!!!!! exactly how I felt just a few days ago with my final exams!! he spoke to the heart.
no, this isnt just simply to make people feel better, he is actually speaking the truth, i got good exam results but yet i aslo believe in what he's saying, my good exam results have got me no where in life, i've applied for so many jobs but yet still haven't got a job because there are just so many people applying, i'm also at college now and i feel that it is a waste of time, i don't feel that i'm learning anything from it, exam results have always felt fake to me, its just a letter on a piece of paper, i think that so long as you feel that you are clever and that you are happy in life then exam results should't matter because it's like they're trying to tell you how smart you are when really they don't know anything about you.
same -_-
I suck at exams but i know which direction i will pick in my lifetime
The Freeman Initiative I defiantly agree!!! The education knows nothing about us young people!!!
It seems to me that the message in this video has been skewed in the comment section. He specifically says that he LOVES EDUCATION but HATES SCHOOL. He says people will not all understand this message, and it is very apparent by the amount if people saying "This is ignorant, math is very important and he is influencing a mindset against learning the basics". You have missed the point.
The video is about school GRADES in relationship to success in life. Educators will preach about the undeniable importance of these subjects, but if you don't make a high enough mark to even become a scientist, what was the purpose of all that studying? The comment on "remembering the answer 5 minutes after the test" is important too. As everyone knows, the education system is flawed. But what is not normally discussed is the importance of personal empowerment. We are taught that if you don't do well in school, you won't accomplish anything. Know why? Because people are automatically biased against people who have bad school records. Individual qualities, talents and ideas are overshadowed by how well you did on a test that one time.
In order for an individual to properly respect a system, the system has to account for the individual.
When he says Love Education but Hates School. I can totally agree with that. I love learning knew things, exploring my mind but I hate the way that the school system works(if its even a system anymore). Like was does one test determine if we pass or fail. We all learn in different ways so why test us all the same, when some will fail. I love the message he gives here.
jenessa armstron Everything school offers as of now has its place. But like everything in this world, we need to be innovating and improving, and our means of teaching are no exceptions to that.
Exactly.
It's scary how 10 minutes in a exam hall can change your whole life
3 years and this still means so much
My life is totally being decided by a single maths grade. I'm deemed stupid and unworthy to study a completely unrelated subject at university simply because don't understand maths. I'm sinking here. I just wish someone would throw me a life saver.
The best tip I learned in math from my professor was to not try to memorize formulas or anything, try to understand the concepts it makes it a little easier to grasp
It's sad nowadays. As Sully said in his video, societies needs have changed so much from what they were back then, and it effects so many people in education because of one grade they cannot achieve it. Don't let this put you down, all we can do is try the best we can and ignore those who call you stupid.
it's like judging Stephen hawking's ability to be a theoretical physicist based on his ability to play football.
MrPurplephrog bad example... stephen hawking has a disability. Also what are you planning on studying at Uni because I can bet maths is related in some way? Maths is also just a good indicator to employers of your problem solving skills and good numeracy skills... that's why people like to employ/recruit/accept employees/students who are good at maths
MrPurplephrog I get your struggle, but Mike's tip is actually meaningful. Listen to it. Learning concepts in priority to facts.
I always wanted to be a doctor, but I can't, because I was never good at maths when I was in school. I mastered every other subject. It hurts so much.
Well... I don't think that was exactly what this video was getting at. If you wanted to be a doctor, you'd need to math-- can't really have you giving the wrong dosage to patients. But if you know what want to be a doctor because it's something you would have a passion for then maybe you should push yourself that extra mile to make it happen
He might be able to measure a dosage of medicine. I think the video is saying more to the fact that there is so much more irrelevant things in maths that ultinately can decide whether you fail or pass that youll never use again. For example what doctor would ever require pythagoras theorem?
David Frigault Your comment became irrelevant when you started discussing farmers and janitors. They're both well needed fields, they don't even need to be compared because they are all needed. Doctors are special because you need them to survive.
David Frigault
you don't need doctors to survive??? OK how about this next time you get sick go to the white wizard to heal you with his magical herbs..... or maybe the almighty Jesus will help ya
BTW>>> farmers, janitors ofcourse we need them who said we don't
David Frigault Wrong. You can't start a paragraph with misinformation. SURGEONS make an average of 300,000$ not all doctors. Educate yourself, then try again.
I did really badly on a maths gcse today that I was almost guaranteed to do well on. I came straight here. Made me feel a little better.
You're not alone...
+David Williams did you do edexcel or ocr?
Edexcel..... it was bullshit
Ahaha same here... Edexcel killed me
Argh, same I just got back from from from doing a Aqa maths paper on FUCKING FOUNDATION and I couldn't answer some questions and they were all worth about 20 to 30 marks so that's fucking 20-30 marks lost I came to watch the video but it has not made me feel better at all😡😔😒😞
Eh I just wanna get out of fucking Spanish class
my nigga, I got a 42 in Spanish.My dad gone kick my ass. I feel u fam
+Never Nochelant What grade is that?
+Never Nochelant I was in spanish for 5 years. Still only know Hola and some cuss words.
Seaman Whoopa Vete a la mierda idiota you transtle that to english to see what am saying
Seaman Whoopa Really just hola ive been learning spanish for 3 months and i know much more you can transtle this to what am saying kk:Vete a la mierda idiota
Genius! We don't study for an exam because we like it, or because it's key to our success. We do it to get that subject over with and not have to take it again. I'm terrible at test, but I'm creative. Still, I fail a test and have to take the subject over again, even if it has nothing to do with what I'm gonna be when I grow up. Why do they fill our heads with a load of garbage? I like the seventh art. I like movies and making up stories. I love imagination. I've learned to be more creative by my experiences outside of school, than by my experiences inside the school. School doesn't let you dream. I have ADD and people hate it when I get distracted in class. I take that distraction to my advantage because of have a vivid imagination. That's why I write stories, yet school doesn't like it if you write another kind of story than the one they ask. They limit you.
your not alone
Agreed! I have aspirations of becoming a rapper myself, and I realize I need to increase my vocabulary. I'm taking it upon myself to learn the entire dictionary front to back. I don't need an English class to help me do that.
I'll keep at it, and I bet you I'll end up with a better vocabulary than 80% of the people 'teaching' me.
OMG i totally agree with you !!!
Life ruiner. That's all school is. Depression, anxiety, pressure, stress, the list goes on. The education system is ridiculous, anyone who disagrees is a fool themselves. I'd love to write a paragraph about my opinion on this matter, but instead I have to go and attempt a maths practice exam to prove to my teacher that I am not going to fail a subject. to make my parents proud of me and not worry that my life will be a complete failure, to ensure a teacher doesn't look down on me in the most condescending way known to man, and to somewhat relieve my mind of some of the current stress I have. 6th year of my school work, currently in sixth form, and the only way I can describe school is by using the term "prison".
I live by two quotes:
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a goldfish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing that it is stupid" - Albert Einstein
"If you don't build your dreams, someone will hire you to build theirs."
CaptainSours Exactly! Most of the people that disagree with this video ,which is obviously the ones that openly insult the speech with no strong counterarguments, fail to admit that Suli speaks the truth. So they lash out in egotistical and pesudo-intellectual anger as a defense mechanism rather than accepting the truth. Most of those naysayers are nothing more than typical bombastic and egotistical collectivists who only see education in a myopic one-size fits all perspective.
Evan Urena Nah. you're a winy bitch with no drive and a problem with authority. its really clear. anyone who disagrees with you is egotistical and inferior to your intelligence which defies the normal scale of reference because you're so unique and outside the lines.
CaptainSours Why don't you find out what you want to do and go do it? Drop out of 6th form and work on yourself and your dreams. That's what I'm doing. Most of my friends who go to sixth form don't even know what they want to do so they take useless subjects that aren't going to help them. Things will get better when you get out, don't worry man.
Your right
You're*
The thing I agree with the most about this is the fact that an artist with ADHD is expected to get an ACT score just as good as the brainiac math kid sitting next to him... will never make any sense to me.
Life isn't fair and not everyone will succeed. A harsh truth even adults are in denial about.
Had to come hear after doing my biology exam today😪
SAME HAHHAHA
+Justice Jackson lool xD Religious studies tommorow
Did you do aqa biology i did fucking 15 year old and there drinking habits and drunken rats.
anyone know what an independent company and favourite alcohol of 15 year olds have to do with biology
+mike king independent companies might sell bio equipment and drinking affects your synapses and nervous system 😝 I do however agree, that aqa are complete and utter bullshit 😁
School sometimes can be so hard. Is not that i'm not mentally capable but rather that sometimes i don't have time or i'm just not emotionally focused on school.
***** The sarcasm is tangible lol.
sebastian cuello No, school isn't hard. It's ridiculous, indoctrinating, dumbing and pointless
The messege in this is "I will not let an exam result decide my fate". Not "dont go to school", or "dropp out now its fun". Majority of you did not get that. Some of you did.
There's too many people who will get a bad grade on a test and believe they are failures and nothing else. Believe it or not but you decide your success. Dont let a test decide.
Results day today. Who else came here for hope?
me..
Me 🙁
+PScraftGaming my bro failed all his exams is that terrible ??
+Ryan Mckell For now. But not all hope is lost. Tell him to knuckle down in his work. He can do it.
+CtrlAltDan Ye but he's got learn difficulty but Will he get a job without qualifications
I failed my GCSEs because of my Attention Deficit Disorder. This made me happy. Thank you. I will not let an exam result decide my fate.
This is really touching. I hate the way your future impends on test scores and shit that you won't use in the future, but there's only so much we can do. If we didn't have school, we'd have uneducated kids trying to go for skilled jobs. I agree with the fact that exam scores should not determine whether or not we can pursue our dream, but college and the learned material to get to your dream career is important. High school exams, a little different.
What world we live in huh, every year I'm reminded of how fucking messed up the world we live in is. It makes you want to wish you never existed. Yet I can't get over the beauty of life. Nothing we can really do... I don't know about you people but I'll try my best to live happy.
Good point.
Intelligence is based on how good your memory is how bad is that?
madgirltt but not everyone has that ability
Nathan Osualla exactly.
madgirltt
Yeah... I have mental disorders so its hard to make your parents understand that I am indeed trying my best.
So here I am stupidly hoping for momentarily for distraction. Lol 😹😹😹
thats the thing , who set that measurement up ? ... why is memorizing something seen as intelligence , you memorize things someone else did years ago but they didnt have to memorize it , they had free will to discover it and now we're are memorizing what they"discovered" and came up with .... why dont we teach people to be creative and freee thinkers to discover their gifts and talents
Madgirltt [Tracey] not everyone learns the same way
The year is 2020 and I keep coming back to these videos even when I've been out of school for so long. These videos taught me how there's more than one perspective on life. That not everything is black and white. Though I learned these truths too late as a teenager in school that it never really set in until it no longer applied, I will be sure to teach my kids and anyone else the importance of being unique and that test results doesn't define them.
He's saying that a bad grade won't change your fate. This video is not to pity the people who failed their yearly exam, this video was made to say that all people have their own dreams, their own talent and their own 'Thinking processes". What he meant about the education system being bias is that teachers, exam markers will only mark you based on the marking criteria and not HOW good of an answer it was. Like he said "You got a bad grade for your story because it didn't follow the class and it was informal" (I think it was along those lines). Jeesus you guys are going on about the education system being broken. Of course its not, he's implying another meaning to his poem.
He also implies WHAT are some subjects that will benefit us in the future. Reciting dates, times, formulas what is this going to help us with. "we always get yearly tests, but they never give us the most important test, SURVIVAL"
Thomas Cullen Stop with this nonsense. These "dates, times and formulas" are higher knowledge. Learning to survive is something you should be able to do on your own.
i agree im a student who is bullied by my teacher trying to get me out of her class she uses me as an example for the rest of the class she dosent understand im better at other things
I think you're just lazy.
I really try are you a student
I'm a student, and I also have a job. Everyone judges you by what/how much can you do. This will always be true.If you're good at something else, work hard to be average on the rest of disciplines, and focus at what you're good at. I don't think that being good at something should be an excuse to be really bad at everything else.
im good at history and art i want to be an animater
what are you planing to do
why do videos like this not going viral but one of children opening toys does?
Adenike Greigg because of paid views
Good point.
simple: we're doomed
Queen A because people don't like facing their fears
Because majority of people are afraid of the truth and try to hide it
I’m going to be judged so badly if I get bad exam results :( not everyone is perfect and people need to understand that! I will not give up if I get bad grades. I’m not letting an exam result take over my life.
Sad thing is educators and governments will never get it and if they do which we know they do, they will not change a thing. School is not for learning in the public education system. It is about conformity, NOT education!
I'm a straight A student, anything less is unacceptable to me because ever since I was 11 I've had the importance of exams drilled into my head to the point where I stay up until 3AM cramming revision into my head for a mark that will be nothing more than a colour coded assumption of how well I'm progressing. I spend day in day out trying to find a way to enjoy my subjects because I do love education; but I remember nearly crying as I wrote in my GCSE options of 4 subjects I'd least like to take, but they'll "look good on application forms". I remember the time I got a C in my math exam and was told I need to try harder but when I get an English Lit A* where I enjoy working I'm told to focus on something more "intellectual". Because the grades for show matter more than the grades for ME. That's my problem.
***** Just because someone gets good grades, it does not always mean that the person put a lot of effort or did his best. Also, we should be focusing on our dreams and goals, not following a linear list of mandatory requirements and ignorant exams that do not measure intelligence but the ability to memorize and regurgitate information that one will later forget soon after. Yes, however, many of the greatest thinkers and inventors were not remembered because on how well rounded they were , we remember them for the contributions to society based on their specialized field of study. Why is it that even though we are encouraged to be educated and prepared for the real world yet we are only taught how to only pass an exam or get a good grade by parroting previous accomplishments of past geniuses or learning subjects that we have no dream or desire for. True education does not come from getting good grades, exams, or doing mandatory subjects you will barely ever use again. It comes from interest, motivation, passion, creativity, wisdom, and most importantly exploration. instead of creating robotic worker bees incapable of thinking for themselves and making their own decisions out of life, why not inspire young minds to fulfill their own dreams based on their own determination of what they aspire to be. Education has been dying because of these privatized and standardized institutions that only imprison a child to follow a list of mandatory list of mere requirements rather than to craft their own path towards success.I have no problem with kids taking an interest in many different subjects to explore their options. However, they should be able to make their own decisions on what they want out of life. Making education a mandatory list of requirements is counterproductive and sets the kids up for failure in the real world. Kids are fueled by curiousness and imagination at a young age and when they are born, once they start to go to the K-12 school system, all that creative thinking and interest in learning something they love is suppressed. The point is that education is not a one size fits all system. I love higher level mathematics. In fact I am majoring in mathematics as higher level mathematics has always intrigued me. However, many other people have a different dream or passion then I do. So to give a kid a mandatory list of requirements with little to no input in their decision makes education rather one-dimensional and lifeless as education like that does not prepare one for the real world at all. It rather prepares you to follow procedures without question and hinders your ability to be able to make your own decisions or choices in the real world. Education is about exploration not incrimination. You need to realize that kids need to learn to explore their interests and passion rather than wasting precious time being force fed information in which political and corporate overlords think that they should decide what a kid should learn. The fact remains that the people that run the education system couldn't care less about the children achieving their passionate dreams or success. In fact, they do not want successful kids as they want obedient slaves to help create or build their own political, corporate dreams for them. It is a scheme for the elite to gain more power. Why should a bunch of political and corporate conglomerates dictate what is applicable for a child to learn, it is ludicrous and is one of the biggest reasons why the education systems in many countries has become an abomination. Mind you, this is coming from a college student of mathematics who graduated high school with a 4.3 GPA and did not get much out of high school.
Evan Urena you should become a rap artists preaching truth
Muzzy 911I love real good rap music like Immortal Technique, The Last Emperor, Fort Minor, Mos Def, Slim Shady, Macklemore, etc.but i am more of rock and metal kind of guy. My favorite kind of rap is actually rap mixed with rock or metal like Linkin Park, Flobots, P.O.D, Rage Against The Machine, Bionic Jive, etc..
Getting a c in maths is not being a straight A student then isit? Don't chat shit mate
jon carna He is talking about over all grades, not based on a couple tests.
Regurgitation =/= Intelligence. You develop intelligence when you think for yourself, rationalize between right/wrong, and follow your instincts which lead you to what your natural talent. People who follow what they are naturally great at and enjoy what they are doing will eventually become successful.
+Gaming With Balance Nothing but truth and common sense. Unfortunately, the detractors disagree with it.
+Gaming With Balance I don't know where you have been studying (probably McDonalds) but any uni course worth it's salt is about teaching skills, "regurgitating information" is almost always secondary (although there are some subjects where learning large quantities of information is required such as languages, the law and medical subjects, in which case that information will probably be useful).
Also not everybody will become successful if only they "follow their dreams", grow up you stupid hippie.
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There is no doubt that these professions have great importance and application, such as STEM. I myself like math and i am majoring in it. The problem is that students are trained to think in a narrow and rather artificial intellectual manner that stifles the autonomy and independence of an individual and is more in favor of obedient and standardized thinking. Something that does not prepare you for the real world. So he is a hippie and probably works at McDonalds just because he does not agree with your view on education. The fact that you resort to an ad hominem attack before and afterwards rather then just simply disagreeing is also an indication of someone needing some growing up in their life.
'If you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its life thinking it's stupid.'
If the world needs people who can climb trees, no matter how good a swimmer you are, it wouldn't matter
But for every square kilometre of jungle there are thousands of square kilometres of water. You just need to guide the fish to the place it really belongs.
All we do in school is learn how to pass a stupid test, and once those tests are over, we can finally begin to learn about the world around us and what we can do for it. Kids at school don't fail because they are stupid or don't try, its because they don't feel engaged with what they are doing. I'm a 16 year old living on the south coast of England and the only thing I truly care about in school is music. I have my GCSE exams now and there's a good chance that I will fail to get and A*- C grade in most of them, and that's OK. I will not allow myself to be changed by a letter on a page, because I am happy the way I am. And in the end... Isn't that all that matters?
True. You should be able to have more of a say in what you want to learn.
If you are happy to live with failed GCSE'S No one is going to come arrest you Tristan. You aren't engaged despite knowing how important knowledge is, just because you only care about MUSIC, doesn't mean you shouldn't learn about anything else, how is humanity going to progress if we have a bunch of people only bothered about one thing. I hope you mature when you grow older.
Well if thats your attitude to school you deserve to not get an A - C
Bruce Wayne I said that the one thing I care about IN SCHOOL is music, because it is the only class in which I feel engaged. Outside of school I take interest in many other thins. Yes I do care a lot about music, but that does not mean that it is the only thing I try to learn about. Religion, Politics, Social issues. I take great interest in things that I am not taught in school, things that may one day actually have relevance to my own life. I learn very little about the real world from school, I learn about most of it myself through the internet. To say that I am only interested in one thing, one subject is simply untrue, I find many, many things interesting. The fact that I don't feel engaged or interested in my maths and geography classes does not make me any less of an intelligent person. How is humanity supposed to progress when creativity and freedom is being taken away from those who need it most? Children are the future, and everybody needs to start to work together to make sure that my generation doesn't fuck the world up any more.
Peter Wayne Focusing on one topic isn't a bad thing albert einstein wasn't focused on literature and he seemed to progress society. If what he loves is music and he dedicates himself to it I'm sure he will find a way to make it help progress society and if not he is enjoying his life. EVryone is to focused on progression they are losing track of enjoying themselves.
This is so amazing!He spoke only the truth!
wow
Well said.
+Plazacky no need to be rude. you're obviously everywhere too if you see them everywhere...
+deja higgenbottom ayyy lmao
+deja higgenbottom Loool
+deja higgenbottom Nice one
A teacher of mine showed us this back in middle school and it was probably the best thing a teacher has ever shown me in a class because it was clear he understood us and he believed in us and actually wanted to help us. Ironically when I showed my mom this video when I got home, she said she was offended by it.
I did really shitty on an exam once and I went to my professor to see what I did wrong and he said; don't worry about the exam, it won't make you who you'll become. Very inspirational poem friend, you are going to help inspire students to be themselves. Great Job :)
watching this while studying for one of my last end-of-year exams is really helping me!! Every time I worry about a test I immediately think of the powerful message in this spoken word, it's great and I'm feel much more relaxed now!!
Man I still love this video 6 years later. I remember being 17 and listening to this for the first time, I felt so empowered.
"education is what's left when all the facts are forgotten" Simple.
the problem with this education system is that they are trying to prepare us for a future of their perspective and what our future should look like...they try to show us how to run society their way and they want us to learn from their mistakes....from their perspective...yet they don't let us shape it ourselves....also the fact that this system isn't meant to educate you at all.......Today...i went up to my algebra teacher....and asked him...when will we ever use these equations in our lives....and what he said pretty much shocked me....he himself agreed never....but what he did say is that we needed this to graduate high school and go to college...now if we all have a basic understanding that most of the stuff we are "learning" in school is pointless....why do we do it??? because of private companies like pearson...mcgraw hill.....holt mcdougal...glencoe...etc.......this system is nothing more then a mass corrupted idea......ever since the idea of trying to "educate" mass amounts of students by incorporating military teaching methods from prussia....this whole system was bound to be a failiure from the start...ever since then did it take so many years to establish a solid idea in peoples mind....that this is the way to be successful...and that the definition of success is only achieved by going through all of this....now that we are beginning to learn that this is all a sham...why do we still do it?? because of common core.....and ALEK...and all these government contracts with these private companies that force schools nationwide...to use their products and keep updating to the new "revised" version of this textbook...or the next grading software......this is a trillion dollar industry....where everybody no matter what is forced to use these companies resources and the fact that common core is forced upon the entire country and to use their methods...this was never even meant to benefit us in anyway....what truly comes out of this for you in the end...is a waste of your time...waste of hardwork that you could of put into something more meaningful like pursuing your goals in a more true and legitimate way...........and just a lifetime of doubt...but even if your the "smartest" student in your whole school and graduate as the valedictorian of your high school...and then go off to college..you will still be screwed over....because college is just another huge economic pothole which millions of people are "CONDITIONED" to believe is the way to go....and then they are conditioned to think this or otherwise that they won't get a job and they will become poor.....people have manipulated every single generations minds mostly not even out of conscious thinking...they were conditioned themselves and just passed down the reality that THEY have been taught by the previous generation and etc......but thats the genius of this idea...because now that you've implanted an idea into 80% of humans for the last (i don't even know how many) years...it would take a miracle to change peoples perspective on reality based on something they have known for their whole life.......but.....we could start fresh...start a new world...a new generation....just stop with all these economic "boosting" money plots and just let the children shape a world of their own..a world where people will have the ability to truly be able to learn what they want....where we don't put a price on our education....and where if we do..(taxes)...it will truly go to the schools that need support and actually help them and not just get a small percentage of it...and where the rest goes to private companies..because when you do give schools your taxes what does it go to??? yep..the private companies again...all their books..resources..everything...anyways...we just need to stop repeating a mistake every single generation which where we believe that were not...and the longer it takes for change to come the more problems will arise.....every single generation of children is getting smarter and smarter than the last one...because of all the resources they have like the internet..phones..all those things..the world is at their finger tips and they are learning from it all day every day....now since they are intrigued with the world around them like looking at google earth and seeing france and the eiffel tower...or taj mahal....or just watching you tubers play video games like assassins creed minecraft etc...is still educating them one way or another...they get harder to teach because they don't want to waste their time in a boring class room all day...they just want to be experiencing the world around them...then understand the problems around them....ive also noticed something....most of the kids in ap classes that i have known....didnt have modern technological resources..and if they did the got it a little late than everybody else...and when others have been debating with them that the system is corrupt....(which has happened in my school before).....nearly all of them have disagreed..and just continued to ace every single class...and while everybody that do think the system is corrupt...just still keep doing average for the sake of not getting bothered with annoying emails and notifications to their parents and getting nagged at to keep doing "good" in school.....and just don't want to look retarded infront of their peers..which in majority are in the same position as well...but anyways....change needs to come sometime or sooner.....and it needs to start with our kids doing what they feel is right .....we need to stop holding them back and just keep on lying at them and keep saying that the world is theirs......yet they barely get any experience of it when you do...now a lot of you won't agree with me and thats fine...because thats how your excel...taking criticism and hearing everybody's opinions..whether its THATS SO FREAKING RETARDED WHATS WRONG WITH YOU....YOUR TOO DUMB JUST THROW YOURSELF OFF OF THIS PLANET...
This is one of the best statements I've ever read on the education system, I never even thought of how much money all of the book companies are making off of it, and it's so true that more and more kids are realizing that the standard way that school has worked for so many years is a waste of time and just want to really experience things rather than sitting around in some building all day with random useless facts being thrown in our faces.
Exactly. Every person who thinks this video is ridiculous should read traven64's comment on the education system.
traven64 I believe what you said is true. However although we don't need to use these formulas in our life, it is the method, the organisation, the logic and the way we think and the way we manage to solve a problem that will stay with us for the rest of our life. I believe that we learn something from everything we do at school. It may not seem useful at all, to memorize a formula and spit it out on paper only to forget it after, but simply the whole process of thinking of an efficient and logical way of finding an answer to a problem helps and we can use this way of thinking logically in our daily lives when we have bigger problems.
Marine IDK we are humans...its in our nature to think critically....since when were born we learn by trial and error..we learn by observing others....or other things.....if we see someone die by jumping off a cliff or whatever...its instinct and nature to NOT do that.......now i know this isn't a fairly well example of thinking critically and etc etc...but its in our nature to.....if thinking critically...wasn't a need to survive...we wouldn't have developed it......humans were smart enough to build traps to catch prey...to develop strategies to fight prey....make shelter etc. now school doesn't encourage the ability to think in a different way...they encourage you to follow a way to think in a different way.....does that make any sense? ok.....for example....i take a science test....and the question asks me ......what do we breathe......if i say "air" am i wrong??? on paper i am because the correct answer is oxygen....(and i know science requires precise answers...but science is also about thinking outside of the box) and sure that answer is technically wrong....but it also is technically right....but school doesn't support that spontaneous divergent thinking....when people do that they mistake it for ADHD or ADD and they prescribe them pills or whatever which is very harmful for them....so you talked about the method.......tell me how the method of factoring trinomials comes to play in our life?? is it the the trial and error aspect? is it the rigorous desire to atleast have an answer to get a better grade??? does it support the ability to have a need in this world???? what does it "logically" let you use it for... ( I'm actually asking as a genuine question not rhetorically)....
traven64 Human's nature IS to to think critically, but I'm saying that I find EDUCATION leads to the develoment of a critical mind and especially a conscious mind amongst other important things. Whether you were educated at school with teachers or at home with your family. Now to see someone jumping of a cliff and die as you suggested, and you said it's in our nature and instinct not to do it, well why did the first person who jumped off and died do that? Even though it's an example I would expand this to say that the choices we make reflect on what we've been through, the support we might not have, the education etc. because educ. helps to develop a good conscience, which means more than to think critically, according to me, because everyone acts critically to survive (anyways the subject here isn't even about survival!), but some may not act with a conscience, knowing what's good or bad. For example, some kids soldiers in Africa were taken away from their families at birth or at their early childhood to be taught that killing is good and some of them killed their friends, because kids that age are mostly vulnerable and innocent and cannot fight back. They were educated the wrong way since a young age and that is why they become bad. To them, thinking critically has a new meaning which stems from their bad conscience which is rooted in the bad education they have received. Again I'm not talking about school, but about education here. Now back to school. Umm I have to admit that I find your example about the oxygenated air we breathe quite irrelevant because for question like there can only be one good answer. There is no ONE good path to take. If you think that school encourages you to think one way and not diverge from that way of thinking, well I say you just fight back that school system and think your own way! Isn't that part of education? Finding your own way of thinking, your personality without disrespecting others. Society may impose certain criteria, whether it's a way of thinking, a way of dressing or a way of acting, if people (including me) are against that, we should rebel in peace without using violence of course, so in a way I support what you say, but I think we are all free to think what we want and that no one prevents you from that. So education isn't about helping you solve problems, but to do it consciously and critically. There ARE changes to be done and I believe that there are people willing to help make things better who grew up with a good education whether it was at school or not. Regardless of what people or society tell you, it's your choice to take in whatever you think is right for YOU. btw I can't find a sense to your question
How are you able to come up with such strong, brilliant, and profound words. Isn't it hard performing your own work on RUclips in front of millions a people. Have you ever been criticized for speaking the truth.
He is being criticized right now by the sheep of naysayers that are commenting on this video.
This will get lost but it’s mad how this still is still relevant, no changes and even worse we are getting our grades based on an algorithm. Shocking and whatever is said on that piece of paper next week I know it won’t stop my rise because I know everything is done for a reason. God bless you all❤️
Been 3 years and nothing has changed :'(
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Your videos give me chills and goosebumps every time. You have such an incredibly oratory, and you are so inspirational! THANK YOU for motivating me to persuing my dreams!
So many dumb people misunderstood the msg of this video lol
agree!
Danielous I second that
This video was amazing
I remember watching this as a little boy n being wide eyed as this man spoke, watching this again a decade later n this message has never been any stronger
Facts. I’m 24 now I remember loving this video when I was 14.
Dear People,
QUESTION EVERYTHING & THINK CRITICALLY.
Peace.
Exams aren't meant to find out what your good at or what you enjoy, there to prove that you will WORK to get through even if you hate it. Employers don't care about what exams you do, they only care about the grade because this shows how much you have worked for it. It's up to yourself to find what you enjoy after you have shown the best you can grind for something even if you hate it but know that it will help you in later life.
How so.
no they dont.they care about you being able to do the job.hence why they love experience
Thank you for commenting that :)
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to change you, is the greatest accomplishment"
Wow, great quote. I love it.
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you are my inspiration we watched one of your videos in my tech class and after it every one was clapping and saying yes in awe that there is someone out there who is stating societies struggle to understand your topic that everyone can relate to
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+Suli Breaks this is sooo good xoxo i love it so much
+Suli Breaks mad ting brov you make the best of spoken words
That Barber gets me every time :D
1) You don't have to have a degree to become successful, but with a degree your chances of success increase a hundredfold.
2) When a kid complains about having to study a subject (most notably maths), it's likely because he's too immature and/or stupid to appreciate its worth, or because he'd rather spend his time playing games and hanging out with his dumbass friends. Left on his own, he wouldn't, in all likelihood, spend his time more productively than he would at school.
3) By all means, boycott schools and the education system. Have fun bagging groceries in the future.
He is not saying to boycott schools, he is stating that there could be better ways for teachers to teach their students.
you sir, have not watched this video.
He has said in his other videos.
Logan, I want my groceries packed in a paper bag, not plastic.
Red John John, I would like you to watch the video again before you make judgements...
Nobody should be judged on what is written on a piece of paper, “Stop judging that you may not be judged, for with what judgment you are judging, you will be judged; and with the measure that you are measuring out, they will measure out to you.” (Matt. 7:1, 2)
Agreed, school and most people judge you by their assessments. They judge you on the letter grade made by this outdated system. This system that does not even help you for the most part in life. This system that is not even worth your time. Thank you Sulibreezy for making these videos, showing everybody that school is not the same as education.
I don't want to offend - the piece is good and I'm not attacking it. The message however is misguided.
Education is a game. You play the game by their rules, jump through their hoops and yes a lot of it wont be used later on. But that was never the point. You are demonstrating your ability to assimilate and use information. It sucks I know, you get GCSE's just so you can get A-levels just so you can go to uni just so you can get a degree - for a job that might not even be there in the end.
You're not supposed to like school although its great if you do. You're not supposed to enjoy studying - it was never fun for me or anyone I knew but we ticked that box anyway.
True you don't have to have qualifications to be happy or successful but its a foundation - a fall back position when plan A doesn't work out and you have to start filling out forms telling people what GCSE's or A-levels you have.
Play. The. Game.
Its as simple as that. Even someone like me with learning difficulties - having to give up my evenings for extra tuition and studying my arse off I still managed good grades. I got into a decent uni and was able to study something I really wanted to be good at.
What a shame if you never fulfill your goals because you fell at the first hurdle just because of some GCSE or A-level results.
Even at uni you will encounter box-ticking exercises you don't want to do but its all part of the game.
Its a tiny portion of your life to give up. Ask for help - do the haird thing and persevere. Its too easy to say "fuck it - its not my thing anyway" How could you possibly know that with the life experience you have so far? Thats the decision a child would make. Time to man up and if it doesn't work out in the end at least you can look back on that tiny amount of time you had to give up and you can hold your head high, knowing you did your best.
thepolarblair1 Then you have have failed to comprehend the true meaning of education. You sound like a sanctimonious politician and self-centered higher elite who believes that everything should be a game.
Evan Urena I'm not sure how to respond to that - maybe if you had offered an alternative view or something that could qualify as dialogue instead of just trying to sound smart (and insulting)?
I went to a comprehensive in Consett in County Durham - elitest my arse. The place was a shithole where the slightest attempt at trying to do well in your studies was tantamount to drawing a massive target on your back.
Why don't you enlighten me on your view on education?
The point I was trying to make that regardless of whether or not being judged on your qualifications is fair - that's life. Sure as fuck wasn't fair on me and I found it harder than most - still do. You play the cards you're dealt instead of whining how unfair the world is. Again - its a TINY portion of your life to dedicate to your future.
Even if you don't go the university route and learn a trade, just as much learning is involved. You still study for qualifications to get ahead.
Perhaps you couldn't comprehend the point I was making as what you have written bears no relevance to my original post. Maybe read it through again and see if you didn't just get the wrong end of the stick?
thepolarblair1 Education is like playing your favorite instrument. You practice it every day like it is your imaginary friend. I did that with mathematics since i was six year old. I study mathematics because I enjoy. Education is about finding ones true passion and maybe one using your creative mind to think and possibly come up with new ideas. That is real education and critical thinking. Something most people do not fully learn until college. Having little say in what you want to learn and what gives great happiness in school subjects hinders you from thinking. Instead of encouraging students to become intellectual clones who conform to the status, you must encourage and guide them in a quest to comprehend thier own qualities.
Common sense is the only education you need. You don't need to regurgitate someone else's bullshit to survive. FUCK HIGHER EDUCARION AND WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO TEACH. I WILL LEARN ON MY OWN.
+Eric Key yo, how do you expect anyone to take what you just seriously when you don't even know how to spell "education"
You don't really need education that much. What you need is therapy. Speaking to Eric.
+MJProductions As much as i like certain aspects of college such as good professors. Money and ego is the number one goal and drive of college/university institutions while students come last. College and university has rather become nothing more than a business complex, sports entertainment facility, and G.P.A/grade focused institution rather than just a place of learning and knowledge.
+Eric Key THE WORLD IS MY UNIVERSITY. EACH DAY OF MY LIFE IS A LESSON.
+Eric Key Nice :D
The problem's deeper. Mathematics in the UK is taught completely wrong. Obviously being able to do algebra, trigonometry and geometry is required; but it lacks the reasoning. Lacks context, lacks the testing of imagination and logic but tests memory and ability to fill meaningless equations with numbers. Even universities aren't satisfied with it. Thus STEP, MAT and AEA mathematics papers which test logic and reasoning (but you still need to know identifies and standard calculus results).
I've identified one subject, even physics A level lacks the calculus aspect (so PAT papers test maths skills). How we think about education needs to change, how it's taught and who it's taught to.
+AlchemistOfNirnroot Thank you. Same one shares the same way i feel because I like math as well. I'm now at math beyond calculus and the classes still rely on in-class examinations. Even worse , you are graded by exams. The reason why people hate math is simply because of the way it is taught in schools, not because of the subject itself. Have you read Lockhart's A Mathematician's Lament. It goes in depth to the many problems behind math in the education system and how the curriculum prevents people from thinking like mathematicians.
+AlchemistOfNirnroot That is because kids are not taught how to think or do things like a mathematician, they are only taught what to think to do well enough to pass exams and get good grades in math.
I understand the point this video is using but there are a lot of lazy kids out there with a deep sense of entitlement that will see this video and think "Yeah, he's right i'm not going to bother with school now". The education system isn't perfect but it's a fucking marvel compared to countries where access to education is for the rich minority.
We are given many subjects at school to help us become well rounded individuals, many principles in one subject will help in others. If you don't get inspired by a particular subject in school you don't have to carry on with it. This attitude is quite patronizing to the kids that also felt that way but muddled on through regardless of how tedious they found it. The real issue in this country and indeed the western world is that because education is free many people attribute that to it having no value, this to me is the saddest fact about the education system.
tom c our answer is based on ageism rather than accuracy and the paramount needs for cognitive development in adolescence. You place a stereotype in which you think that all teens are immature and inexperienced, which is simply not the case. Even if that was the case, it is very counter productive to make all the decisions for what a teen should do with his/her life and is not conducive to preparation for university and the real world. Alfie Kohn said it best. Teens need three things. Autonomy, Belonging, and Competence which is what high school/junior high completely ignores and is more in favor of a totalitarian/standardized based system in which everything must be instructional and hand picked for them. High school has not changed me at all, as i already knew what my dreams were, even when i was in elementary school.
Teens rarely are given the opportunity to even mature as a young adult because they have little to no opportunity for autonomy, competence, and belonging. They have no autonomy in school because they have little choice or say in what they want to do in the real world and are only treated to punitive discipline and orders. When it comes to competence, they are only given a mandatory cookie-cutter list of requirements to follow that contradict the intentions of maturation , rather given the chance to develop their own educational/real world endeavors. When it comes to belonging, school assumes that every student needs the same thing and no one is unique. What is ridiculous is that teens in high school and junior high actually have less autonomy then even kids in kindergarten because elementary kids are at least given the freedom of when they can do recess, circle time, arts and crafts etc. by a democratic vote. This is quite ironic considering that teens have much more of a capacity to make decisions of their own then a 5 year old does, yet have less of an opportunity to do so.
Not to say that students do not need to learn basics of reading, writing, and math, but they do not need to be forced to do so for their whole childhood. Which is why junior high and high school is even more ridiculous than elementary school because it puts so much emphasis on artificial curriculum benchmarks, standardized testing protocols , memorization, and dictation of a student's education rather than preparation for real world autonomy, competence, and belonging.
I understand your point however this dictation of what kids should be doing simply mirrors what happens in adult society. I'm not saying that the social structure is right but school prepares you for that. In life we all have to do thing we don't want to do, such as that minimum wage warehouse job etc.
My opinions don't come from ageism but experience from bot having gone to school myself and having worked in two different schools. Most kids think they should only have to do the bits they enjoy and can ignore the rest, the world doesn't work like this. Not all kids are like this granted but it seems to be the majority these days. The view you seem to take is very idealistic and would be great if the world worked like that but if everyone just got to do what they wanted we would have a world full of artists and rock stars and our streets would be covered in rubbish and our sewers overflowing.
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We all have to do things we don't like it's just that as school its the first time kids are made aware of it so naturally they fight against it.
tom c If you did watch the video, you would notice that he is not bashing education. He is showing us that grades do not automatically define intelligence or hard work and that education is not a one-size fits all system. His words are figurative metaphors showing that intelligence, hard work,etc. cannot always efficiently be measured through just an in-class examination as it only takes limited kinds of intelligence into consideration.
For example, Socrates never went to compulsory K-12 schooling. He was unschooled and developed his teachings through his own mind by learning and researching the ideas of Plato. He did not go to school for seven to eight hours each day to develop his own ideas and philosophy. He did not ace exams or standardized tests to get good grades. He simply learned from Plato, accomplished his research from teachings of Plato, and did not go to school. Also, Socrates never had to deal with many forced compulsory subjects that political and corporate figures shove down a child's stomach. The reason why Socrates was successful wasn't because of school, standardized testing protocols, or grades, he was successful because of the work he completed which is ironically taught in school textbooks. Micheal Faraday, the father of electromagnetism and Charles Darwin, the father of evolution also had the same fate as Socrates
You do not seem to understand one of the glaring contradictions/double standards of the traditional public school system . The contradiction is that anyone faces animadversion simply because that person has a different view and path of education that does not fit the molded conformity or conveyor belt of public education yet we study the theories of many successful people that never finished schooling or never went to school. In other words, were fed this perpetual propaganda that the only way to succeed in life is to go to public school, go to college to get a degree, than get a job yet we learn and praise intellectuals like Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison, Malcolm X, Aristotle, Plato, or Socrates. People that never completed their schooling or never went to school. We study these men in school textbooks yet they were never educated because of standardized tests, subjects they never used in their lives, grades, or exams, etc.
Just because a few well respected people have been successful despite (and that is the key word here) having conventional schooling that doesn't make education null and void. Most of the examples you cite didn't have a conventional education simply because they didn't have access to it and one could argue that they may have excelled further in their fields had they had access to better education. For ever example of someone succeeding in their given field (particularly the sciences) there are countless examples of people that have succeeded thanks to their education.
We do have a one size fits all, cookie cutter type of education system but this is because logistically it would be impossible to tailor education on an individual level, the best we can do it cover all bases and hope that people appreciate this. Judging by your views it shows that it is being massively under appreciated.
+tom c When did i ever say education was null and void, you said that. When did i ever say that the system was pointless and under appreciated , it's the narrow-minded principles behind it that are the main problem. Some basics such as reading, writing, and basic math are important but should not determine and dictate someone's success altogether for 13-15 years of someone's life. You are misinterpreting what i am saying and projecting your own preconceived notions onto my responses.
Many modern day intellectuals like Wiles who proved Fermat's last Theorem are successful because they did research from other accomplished works of past geniuses to help them formulate their own accomplished works. Wiles used Galois Theory from Abstract Algebra to prove Fermat's Last Theorem. All he needed was Mathematics and Technical Writing to accomplish that goal. That was just one example disproving your point. Also, Wiles did not learn those things from the school system, he learned that from university and research.
Also, you do seem to forget the fact that past intellects like Darwin actually had access to standardized schooling but dropped out due to the fact that he did not follow the school standards. Despite that, he still became successful regardless of that. So even if not all of them had access to the standardized system, it still does not disprove my point of the school system not being the only way towards a successful life or not being the only way to be educated.
The average high school graduate today, especially in America, is dumber due to the cookie cutter system and overemphasis on standardized testing protocols to college admission, high marks, and examinations rather than adequate preparation for college and the real world. Instead of having high school students focus on exploration of one's educational endeavors, students are expected to follow a repetitive formula/mandatory list of requirements and standardized testing that force learning rather than encourage the process of learning.
This is very powerful, and relates to a discussion I had with my friend. It's sad to think that we are only seen as a number.
Tomorrow it will be 10 years from when this was released!
I remember listening to it over and over. Share it with everyone now.
Everyone who disliked has flawless grades xD
+Nayphun Probablly
Most of the people that get good grades aren't that smrt, they are just suited to the education system
I get good grades, but green with this video
I don't have good grades but still disliked this video because it's saying these grades don't matter yet i won't be able to do what i want if i don't do well.
Christian Plummer True, but that's the problem, and that's what the video says, that grades shouldn't decide for you if you can follow your dream
Reads my mind. save humanity not make fking kids slaves for 20 yrs.
I honestly don't think that there's a better "education" than traveling. And I don't mean stay in hotels or hostels with your suitcases and duffel bags, I mean carry only the essentials. From that point on, you just hoof it. You learn what you're capable of, how patient you are, how great people are when they give you a helping hand, how much you really need to get by, and most importantly, a priceless experience. An experience no university or school could give you. You make your own itinerary and do what you want, when you want. You go where you want to go. Your curiosity and freedom go hand in hand when you put yourself out there when you seek for new adventure. With school, you're bound to only the individuals you attend school with as well as the classrooms that surround you. Yes, you meet new people and make friends but when you travel, your new friendships are much more valuable than you would ever expect. So avoid the classrooms, and take to the world where everybody is a teacher as well as a student. There, you'll receive more than just a piece of paper that is supposed to make our lives so easy. And no matter what you do, your future is never determined, degree or no degree. Remember that.
+noobie1890 One of the best comments on this video. Well spoken.
+noobie1890 How do you start if you do not have the money/affordability?
+Evan Urena You don't need much to travel. There's plenty of people that travel on nothing. Look up Break Borders on RUclips. Two guys from Europe hitchhiked across America without spending any money and when they had money, they bought gifts for people. Its interesting to see how people can get so far just by coming across generous people
+Evan Urena *Breaking Borders
Swear Suli Breaks became a big impact in my life. When I feel down or need advice I'm here. He's like my go to for everything lol. Now I need a I won't let an exam decide my fate shirt cause I was just arguing with teachers about an Exam I will never use and all they could say was to make their school look good. Smh if only his words over came my rage that day.
Great video suli and this video hits home for me personally. I failed my GCSEs back in 1998 when I was 16 when I got mainly D and E grades and some of the teachers,my mum,my aunty and other students who done well in their GCSEs(A*-C grades) told me that I was a loser and that I will fail in life and the future. Needless to say that I passed my GCSE resits and passed my GNVQ Foundation Leisure and Tourism and I had to do it due to my poor school grades but what happened between year7 to year 11 just before doing my GCSEs I got bullied alot,teachers were putting me down telling that I wasnt going to mount to shit and my own mum was telling me I was a loser plus my auntie told me that if I didnt do well in school that I was going to hell and god was gonna punish me which was a load of bullshit. I went to college and did well in my GNVQ Intermediate Business Studies by getting top grades of a overall merit grade(equivalent to four Bs at GCSE) and going to university and gaining 2 degrees (i.e Foundation Degree in Business Management and a BA(Hons) Business Studies Degree) at good grades and I proved to everybody who said that I wasnt gonna do well in education wrong because I found a educational subject that I liked and was good at. The point that I am trying to make to young students who fail their GCSE exams and who have people putting them down saying that they are worthless because they failed their exams for whatever reason and whatever problems that they are going through in their personal lives not to worry about your failed grades because it doesnt define who you are and getting bad grades is not the be all or end all as some people like to make out because there is a life beyond secondary school and GCSEs is just the first stepping stone to the future. You can always resit your exams anytime or if not find a career that suits you with or without good grades and become successful in what you do as we seen in history of the world that the most famous sportspeople,businessmen,music artists,actors,actresses,inventors etc left school with little to no qualifications to their names but they became successful in their careers and became household names because they found something that they was good at and stuck to it and they changed and influenced the world. The irony for me is that I have 7 GCSEs,2 GNVQs and 2 Degrees and I am still unemployed after 2 years graduating from university. Also getting lots of qualifications from school,college or university doesnt guarantee you a good job straight away. See my point here.
All the people who are hating on this video seem to follow the same false assumption: If one person ist better in a certain subject than the other person, than this means, he put in more effort and is more motivated than the person who does worse.
This is just plainly wrong.
1) The only skill schools really test is remembering facts. So all your marks in all your subjects, just reflect if you can remember stuff or not. Thats why people are usually good in all their subjects or bad in all their subjects. Not because they generally put more effort into it. It is because, all classes test the same skill: learning by heart. That’s why people often are so frustrated with school. Not just because they feel like they will never need these facts again, but because they feel like, they will never need the skill of „remembering stuff“ again.
2) When you are better at something it might be determined by how much effort you put into it, but much more it is determined by how easy things come off for you. When you are really short, there is no chance you will ever be a world class sprinter. You might become quite good, but it will take you a lot more effort, than a person with long legs. People, especially in America, believe success is just a matter of willpower, but it is not. People who are good at one thing aren’t just the ones with more willpower. If this would be true, people would either succeed in everything or fail at everything. It is this false assumption, why people think, if you fail at school, you will fail at everything. But no one would doubt, that someone who can’t run very fast can still be a great painter or a genius at Math. The school system makes the false assumption that, you can determine if someone is a useful human being by just checking if he can remember facts, as if all other skills would stem from that.
I knew a lot of people from my school who finished with the best marks possible. Yet they where lazy fucks. The barely ever put any effort into it, learned only for a minimal amount of time and finished as best of the class. Why? Because they just needed to look at a text and could easily remember it. Some people can just more easily remember stuff than others. This doesn’t make them better at everything. Just better at school.
3) Schools are totally ignoring a lot of very important skills: Social skills, critical thinking. Sometimes even logical thinking. I know a lot of people who did very well at Math, just by learning the formulas. I know people who always got A’s, but totally failed at a Biology test, because the teacher had replaced the rabbits from the textbook example with dogs and they where not able to abstract the problem.
4) If a society things schools are there to sort people into the groups of useful, skilled people and useless, unskilled people, it totally ignores what should happen, with the people it deems useless. Sure you can blame all the unemployed for not giving enough effort, but this won’t make them more less unemployed or less unhappy with their situation. And you shouldn’t be surprised if these people become criminal. It’s not because they have criminal genes or something like that. It’s just, that if society puts you into the dirt (because you have been deemed useless, since you where not able to remember facts), if you always get the feeling that you are worthless human being, it should be no surprise if you stop to care what people think of you, if you think it won’t matter if you start being a criminal, or if you are just pushed so hard, that you either commit a crime or starve.
Being bad at school at school is not just a decision people make because they are lazy. Being bad at school doesn’t mean, that you are useless for society. But being bad at school right now means just that. And it will put you in a hopeless position, from which there is basically no way of returning.
very true, most people have not even tried their own full capabilities and still judge others for 'failing' exams. unfortunately what schools teach best is usually just to hate the whole schooling instead of loving the knowledge.
as someone who started an engineering study at the age 36 without any particular required knowledge left i can tell you that you only know when you reach your own limit when you start failing -a lot- instead of succeeding... because at the peak of your capabilities you'll fail a lot of exams, despite of hard work.
still, if that's the direction you really want to go in life you will take any failure as a lesson to get better at whatever you want to achieve eventually, with or without school.
***** That is the problem you skimmed through his whole passage rather than reading the whole thing, go back and read what he said
1) No. Remembering facts is only ever one part of a subject. Applying the knowledge correctly, analysing it, drawing conclusions from specific situations requires a lot of skill from the specified subject. If this was all just one big memory test, half the world would have a degree.
2) Again no. Though it plays a part, pretty much any hurdles can be overcome with effort and art learning.
Mezworld The problem is though that compulsory K-12 schooling does not largely emphasize the practicality and application of knowledge to the real world. it rather focuses more on traditional learning and rote memorization that has been quite outdated for centuries.
School isn't about how smart you are, but about how hard you will work towards a goal.
A goal you don't care about. So in other words, it's about how much ass you're willing to kiss.
liq3
Yeah, but that's not what employers see
Employers see someone who can stick with something even though it sucks. You gotta think it terms of your future.
you can learn that if you train some martial arts! so you dont need school...
I hate my school because its not allowing me to follow my dream cause i waste time by learning stupid subjects and informations just to get good marks and please my parents :/
+H4shT4g Exactly my situation.
True shit
Exactly my situation
lol i have a exam tomorrow and I'm watching this
I realized this video can be taken two different ways. One: the true meaning, and two: the excuse.
Education IS important. However, our system isn't perfect. We are more motivated by the marks and grades on our paper compared to what we ACTUALLY learn. The more you learn, the better you'll get in most aspects of life. Even if it is finding the pythagorean theorem; it makes you just a bit smarter. The issue isnt all of the 'pointless' things we learn, it is the fact we dont remember it. We used to have the skill that is now lost.
However, if you have a passion about something; chase it. Some school subjects may seem like a waste of time, but if you are willing to put all of the effort and trouble, and are willing to fail a couple of times before you achieve your dream, then go for it. If not, then learn as much as you can; be well-rounded.
Unfortunately, this can also be taken as an excuse for not having good grades. That is not what this is about; you still have to work hard to learn. This is about working hard to achieve what you WANT to do, the thing you passionately want to do for a job. Whatever that may be. It doesn't mean that you can slack off.
So basically, fix our education system. Find a way to make it better. But in the meantime, we are stuck with this one. So in other words... the harsh reality: grades do matter. However, it doesnt always determine your fate, if you work hard enough on one subject. But I have high hopes that this will change soon.
Yes. Completely agree with that, so people need to change this. Maybe gain awareness; that's usually the best plan. Then we speak up against it. Find solutions, and create a plan. Eventually, things will change.
Very well said! SoundBlock
Thank you ^_^
SoundBlock Very well said. Grades still matter very much. Learning should not be used as a means to an end alone. Learning is itself an End.
This guy knows what's up.
That's all true in high school and lower, but when you get to University (allowed to enter University) you're forced to decide what you want to study, choose a career, while at the same time you are also forced to take subjects you will NEVER use. In my first year engineering I was forced to take two chemistry courses which brought down my mark significantly, I KNEW I hated chem and would never do it in my life before I even got to University, yet I was still forced to take it, where's the logic in that, my grades are based on me remembering information and knowing how to do things I will never ever use again in my life and I know that for a fact.
My lecturer introduced us to you, during sociology of the education. You, along with Sir Ken Robinson have totally opened my eyes! I will still get my degree, but I won’t stress about it as much. Well done, sir
"Test us with tests but the finals are never final because they never prepare us for the biggest test which is survival."
Stupid! Survival I guess, if for learned people to be able to drive to work or go shopping without being assaulted by ones like you. If you had chose to study instead of fashionable hair styling, you would have learned survival! You're using technology to post your silly remarks...technology that was LEARNED!!!
Mark Spott
Honestly how disgusting of you to call me stupid, tell me I assault people and basically calling me uneducated. Where’s your manners? All I did is post the quote the guy used in his video, which is really true for me, at least.
Say what you want to say to me but I’ll not change my mind. Yes, there are things we take in school that we actually use in life. But tests are just testing us of how good our memory can take short-memory information. You do not know me the least to tell me “If you had chose to study”. For your information, I am currently studying. And I hope I’m going to do something great with my future because I know really damn well the things I’m good at.
Say what you want to say to me but don’t you dare call someone stupid and tell them who they are. Which may turn out the complete opposite. Instead of guessing they’re name in society, ask them. I don’t want to call you uneducated because I don’t know you. But you clearly seem uneducated in your manners. Learn some. It’ll help with your “survival”.
( Plus I’m really bad at hairstyles, that’s something that you apparently thought I did. )
English is my favourite subject and I love writing stories. I remember for my coursework we had to write a creative writing piece. All my friends loved what I wrote but my teacher gave me a B because it was "too long"
I don't see why we have to cap creativity so strictly.
As much as I agree with this, education is vital to get a decent career, pay no attention in school and you will not get very far, only a few select people such as Richard Branson are lucky enough to get rich, there were many variables involved in his success that are not present in todays society, instead of seeing this as a message to disregard or give up on school use it as a tool to fuel your love for what you want to do and seek the education you need to get there, whether that be school, further education, apprenticeships or experience. More so to say that you should not let your grades crush you or outline what you can be in life, because through hard work and dedication you can get what you want out of life and be who you want to be.
Yeah but i don't think that's the message of the video. They know you have to do your best for your education to make it far, but the purpose of the video is to show that your qualities don't come from a simple grade on a test, but rather from what you put your passion in. I think schools need to put more effort in finding out what each individuals strengths and dreams are, and educate them on that territory. I agree very much with the video, i studied my ass off to make math class in highschool, only to now never use any of the knowledge when i become a physiotherapist? Seems kinda sketchy doesn't it?
this is brilliant! he is not saying education is bad, he says the way we educate is wrong, the way we educate we dont win great people but we lose people who are capable of greather things because they didnt reach the desired mark to fulfill their dream!.....awesome stuff from you man
I've watched a few of these videos and something has been bugging me about these videos. While yes in an average career you will not use all of the things you learn in school. But you want to know what? The reason they teach so many different subjects is because the human mind is logically indecisive. I've been wrestling with this myself quite a lot lately. And while I agree that we are all different in the way we learn, the way we think, and the way we think. We are indecisive. So tell me, if you chose a career and then decided "No this isn't what I want to do" and the system you begged and cried for is the system that only teaches you what you want to know. You have to start all over again. ALL over again. Our current system isn't perfect. Not in the slightest. Another thing, learning isn't memory, if you can only remember something for a test you're not doing it right. I'm going to quote my wonderful history teacher, a teacher of a subject that if I continue along my current path I will never ever use. But I still respect it. He said to our entire class this. "If you complain about something that is helping, something that you need to be a successful person in any place in life, you don't deserve the help. And I bet all of the people who are involved in sports, who think they are going to go pro, are saying in your minds 'What are you talking about Mr. Koelzer. I don't need this education.' Well here is my response. Out of the many people who attend this school I can bet you all that no more than two of you are going to go pro." There are somethings you cant learn through the internet. And to be ironic, these things you can only learn through spoken word. True spoken word. But this is just a random highschooler expressing their opinion.
+Matthew Secore Respect to you my man. Fantastic comment I'm keeping it.
You have a point but what this guy is trying to say is that school gets us WAY too focused on work to the point where when you want to persue your life dreams you cant because you had not time to learn because you were stuffing your mind up with 'Roman numerals', 'the X point of a shape'. Well spoken rather then school (specifically highschool) teaching us about life and what we need to do to prepare, they decide to teach us calculus and useless things for the career and life they want,
Baaaa! Greeting fellow sheep, I much enjoy my brainwashed life also. Bleeet! Bleeet! You made an average point and used slightly more advance language, the definitely non-oppressive overlords would be proud! I enjoy my life of ignorance, the more you stray from the beaten path the more you'll be corrupted and have to be dealt with... Isn't the system the best! I represent arrogance in its purest as I think because the system has some flaws it is somehow real! I make myself believe I am intelligent and hide behind results because of my utter arrogance and ignorance! Yay! Bleeeet! bleeeeeet!
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very thoughtful reply, indeed it is about learning to try, as much as anything else, people who follow the essentially marxist anti education myth propagated in this very samey piece of poetry (of which i have heard a 1000 over the years, entirely generic) over a very dull unimaginative piece of music end up being unable to TRY and become resntful if they are ever even asked to try and the marxists have a stock of insults to be able to attack anyone who asks them to try ever again in their life, it has decimated black people in american inner cities, exactly this midset - clever how they make it appear emminently reasonable, it is of course, a load of old tosh
Wow so many people who comment on another persons comment just to try and force their own opinion on that person and then when their forced opinion isn't excepted they start calling them stupid and ignorant
The system of exams is just BS itself its just a test to see how much someone can remember on a particular topic
Can't express how much I agree with you, but it won't change, people that do the exams, get good grades leave the exam forget about everything, people that actually learn the subject but aren't able to remember as much word for word, will get a lower grade but after the exam is finished they will still remember everything they've learnt, exams are just a load of BS as you said.
I'm the type of student that is really passionate for his subjects (Physics and Mathematics) but i find it hard to memorize the mark scheme word by word which all the other students do and get better grades than me even though i still know more about the subject but cannot pin it down on paper in the way the mark scheme wants me to...
yh i agree to i mean i dont really like many subjects but i enjoy doing Business Studies but i also have to to History since 3/4 are needed for University and since i have the knowledge but they way i write my essays doesnt fit structure of mark scheme which is fustrating because arent exams about being right? or having an argument? I just think its sad how a mark scheme determines our grade
MitzeIOS True.
So true, I don't remember shit about my GCSE subjects. I would fail them if I took them tomorrow, even though I got 7 A*-C.
5 years later after i first saw this vid still has such an impact on me he will never know how much he helped through school i showed a couple of my teachers this video too and one of them decided to allow us to chose to do her class and that she wouldn't force us to work, and that if we wanted to spend our time learning something we thought was more important then we could and she would be supportive
I write poetry, but man, you blow my mind away. The message you're sending and the talent you possess is extraordinary. You're an inspiration, man.
After watching this before my exam's i wouldn't care for a A or a F
You should, the grades shouldn't be disregarded, they are just not as useful as teachers say they are.
Agreed, I'm still going to try hard but after watching this I know there is more ways to be successful besides grades
Of course u r gonna care otherwise u will be on a minimum wage jobs
Jeez
I have watched this video 3 to 4 times and every-time I watch it I get a different message from it. Here is my two since I think it is possible to have a career which pays well (without attending college), but you will need to try 10 times harder then the person who has the degree. Lets face it, the society we live in today you are required to have some sort of diploma or degree in order to even qualify for a job better yet a career. There are blue collar jobs you can obtain (or be selected to work in) such as plumbing, election or a welder which all has its perks, but by the time you would obtain that certification which certifies you to work within your area you could have just went to school for an additional two years which would in return qualify you for higher paying job. I am not saying that everyone should go to college, but what I am saying is weigh out your options and choose the best path for you not the easiest and most convenient one
I must correct you. Sometimes when u go to University for years and years, when u come out, you actually dont earn that much. Around 60000 for business lets say. Ofcourse many earn more, but thats typically the average, maybe even less than that. However, if your a plumber, after 2 or 3 years of working you'll be able to buy your own mustang and even buy a house. Plumbers earn around 100000 a year and at a young age, u get to kep all that to urself therefore u are kinda rich. :)
I dont think that way, you lost 5 years on faculty minimum! and learn stuff that you need that you can learn in 1 year... so
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This is shut!!!
Suli Breaks is truly a wise human being. Thank you so much for this video.
Education is an amazing thing. We are given educational rights that allow us opportunities ....which then leads back to equality which is what America is all about. Statistics have shown that countries with education have less poverty, crime, corruption in society and more people willing to benefit society. America needs to support education more so that they'll be better teachers and more parents getting involved in their child's schooling. This poem just shows the flaws of the current systems right now, but if you look at the bigger picture, education itself is a wonderful thing.
look he's not saying that education is a bad thing he's just saying that if what your learning doesn't fule your drive or isn't what you want to do than don't do it, go after your dream and what you want to be in this life.
***** i think his basic massage is, society wants you to be something you might not want to be
I don't understand why people are being so negative, open your minds and consider what he is actually saying
them haters looking green like four leaf cloversm, they R using exams to bully the ones who don't score high, no different from someone stabbing another on a cold night day
I don't know if i've left a comment on this great video before or not but i would like to say that everytime i watch this my eyes waters up with tears #Respect Sully #Respect Tariq and much love and #Respect to all the brothers and sisters who participated in this great message for the uneducated nations all over the world
Thank You All once again
Such profound thinking. You're an old soul, a leader of our generation with a tale to tell!! Thank you for sharing
I was sitting on 95% in a Software Development course.
Weeks before the exam, my girlfriend of 7 years dumped me.
I couldn't deal with it, and failed the paper.
Luckily, my lecturer recognized that I was better than my exam. Sometimes the teachers don't believe everything should be decided by exams either.
I'm doing that course next year, I hope i do as well as you ;)
TehMinimac I'm sure you will mate :D
Dear School,
Please teach us useful stuff.
Sincerely,
Students
Yeah, don't put too much stress on us students, otherwise the students will kill themselves or won't go to school anymore
I sent this to one of my friends, she's getting her results tommorow and is worried that if she doesn't get the grades she requires it will ruin her life, but in think she is a lot better after watching this video. So thanks for making this
This guy should be touring the world preaching his knowledge. This is the only thing in the world that translates the thoughts in my mind with so much eloquence. Everyone should know about this video.