US education must be terrible, because they're not stupid...but they know N O T H I N G, it's unbelievable ...I actually find it quite moving the way they struggle with words and things as a grown adult
American "education" is a horror show. It has been that way since the early 20th century. The ideology behind it is not to educate the child, in the sense of "liberal education", and expose them to knowledge, art and culture. It is to socially form the child so they are adjusted to modern society. The child is essentially a cog that is filled up with acceptable attitudes and responses.
I love the fact that Al's comedy gets people thinking and discussing serious issues! The 'No Fail' culture seems to exist throughout the world in schools (Initiated, I guess, by the parents with failing children, (or bad teachers)) but I guarantee that it doesn't exist in the big bad world outside of academia... I think the problem is Teachers have NO EXPERIENCE of the REAL world. They go from School to University and then back to School. Most of them have no REAL WORLD experience. The pre-requisite for ANY teacher should be at least 5 years outside the academic environment. The most poisonous environment is a business full of 1st/2nd class degree students who are so used to be patted on the head all the time that they never co-operate and don't interact with others, or are unwilling to share, in case they don't get a 'pat on the head'. So many problems exist in business with the brightest people that cannot socially interact at a basic level with others. (A culture nurtured by teachers and academics) Teachers never come across this, because they (for the most part) have never been out the loop....
The US education system is so broken, I'm surprised it manages to impart the most basic of information to the pupils. When I went to school (back in the 70's and 80's), my school was a private boarding in Scotland (think Dead Poets Society, just stricter) we would be punished if we didn't complete homework or assignments, we got detentions. If the work given during detention was not done by the end of detention, we got a beating, on the backside, with a cane. You can bet your ass, we never handed in anything late (except for a couple of idiots, but they did so after their parents got a hold of them). If you cheated in a test, you had a chance to retake, different questions, but the parents were also informed. Back in those days, the parents actually did do their jobs. Yes, it was a boarding school, but for a lot of kids, that was normal. In my school, 95% of the boys (yeah, it was an all boys school), came from military families who were posted overseas, and the school was the best option for the family. The other 5%, came from kids from overseas, kids who's parents' companies had posted them to a different office for a couple of years, etc. I was one of the kids from overseas. Things have changed so much, not just in the US but in the UK, that surprisingly, private schools have actually become very popular, because they do enforce standards, be they manners, general behaviour, class attendance, studying, participation in school activities, etc. I'm sure you have something like that in the US as well. You have a great channel. Always look forward to the new uploads.
@@Peter-uy3ti Well, 95% of the boys came from military families and 95% of them ended up there as well, the other 5%, we came from families who lived overseas, and whose parents wanted the best education that their money could provide. And back in those days, you could count the darker-skinned pupils, on one hand, and the black kids, you didn't need any fingers to count them.
Agree with you. I went to a private school (all girls) from 1977 to 1985. Two hours of prep every night (known as homework to others) and six on the weekend. Exams at the end of every year from age 11 so that ' O' Levels then ' A' Levels seemed a breeze! We daren't even look with a bad attitude at a teacher as there would be repercussions. There were no learning " groups" in classes where children are supposedly to brainstorm but in reality is five minutes of work and twenty minutes of playing up doing their own thing. We had single desks, in rows, facing the board. The Secondary Modern and the Grammar schools were of the same ethos. Everything started to unravel when comprehensives were introduced and also when competition for University places ceased as every college, polytechnic and similar were permitted to call themselves universities. Standards fell. More youngsters with "degrees" now but only those awarded at the traditional universities actually hold anything of any real value in many areas of employment.
But have you heard how many pronounce it on Amerian tv...TWOT? Another word I remember an American barmaid asking me about, while I was on a trip across the States...it was said a couple of times on the tv show...Married with Children was on tv in a bar in Seattle. This barmaid was telling me about Seattle...where to go etc. just being friendly and I started to laugh and was a little embarrassed at the word said on the programme...until I realised she had no idea what it meant to an Englishman ( and Aussie/Scot etc.) Al Bundy's wife, Peggy and family came from 'Wanker' county. She said she thought it meant 'silly' or a little dumb. She was quite shocked when I politely explained what it meant to us over here. She got over it and I got a free beer.
I am really sorry but I love Al Murray as the pub landlord but as an Oxford educated man.. the angels' in his heaven would cry at the thought of you appreciating him, bathing in his reverential spirit an putting a f**king 'E' in the word RIDICULOUS 😍😍😋☹️☹️👿👿
I know some very intelligent American people including my relations. Americans have a label attached that says they have little knowledge of other countries . I suspect this may have something to do with being the number one superpower where teaching the American aspect of history is more about nationalistic pride . The British system would have been similar when Britain was the no 1 superpower but with one difference perhaps in that Britain had an Empire and lessons would include many other countries in that Empire . For example i was born just after the war and we were taught a lot about the war and our Christmas film would be a war film [not very Christian perhaps] with the point being that specific circumstances of individual countries influence teaching somewhat . We can be guilty of making generalizations which of course politicians use to avoid difficult questions.
He was being ironic about 12 year olds failing exams, making the point it can damage a young person by labeling them a failure so early on in life, "your12 years old and a failure, what's wrong with that ?" He is inviting the audience to conclude it's not a good thing to do......🙂
We know. We didn’t take that too seriously but if you think about it for a second, we can’t be afraid to tell kids the truth from time to time as long as it’s done with love.
@@BoringReviews A good alternative to being sensible about it :- Is Billy Connoly's school janitor talking to a five year old "good for nothing, you'll come to nothing"
Palliatives earn more than cures, so why invest in cures when it's non-lethal? With an illness you sell loads of palliatives and the patient remains a patient longer. For a terminal illness or disease it makes sense to create a cure, it increases your potential customer base, or more accurately prevents the reduction of it.
Happy New Year Boring Reviews The commentary in the final 1/3 was a little 'home counties/parochial', you would have to know in detail many of the food stuffs that make up many GB people's food staples. The outrageous & very funny Pub Landlord was drawing a comparison with French alternatives, I could itemize the products & their comparisons, but I'd risk boring you. Great Britain, as often referred, eat many French food products washed down with beautiful French wines , Cognac, and Champagne, even though the latter's process was an English invention. I have a viewing suggestion, if you're taking suggestions. Little Britain was a unique cacophony of comedy sketches, offering; contradictory, hilarious, and often an ugh feeling. May 2023 be full of fun and mischief for you both. R
But in real life, hardly anyone in Wales actually talks Welsh. A few places in the North but Wrexham is not one. I live on the border and went to University in Aberystwyth. Welsh girls I made friends with then now complain that their children 'waste so much time' learning Welsh in school (even though these girls can speak Welsh themselves). It is quite a complicated subject.
You are making the mistake of taking him seriously. You miss the irony and don't seem to understand the character he is portraying is not him or his personal views. He is portraying a chauvinistic character. Of course he thinks it's harmful to tell a 12 year old you are a failure in life. He said it in such an extreme way that you know he doesn't mean it. Away from his comedy role he is a very different person.
Yards of 'L's' on the typewriter ribbon... you looked a bit bemused. It's a little dig at the Welsh language... there's an abundance of L's in their words...or so he makes out. A lot of Welsh words and place names begin with a double LL or have a double LL in them ...like Llangollen or Llanelli...pronounced something akin to Clangollen and Clanechli...it's a bit guttural...throaty for want of a better description. I like the accent.
That is true. But it seems like it is your preference that we say nothing at all as the video is happening. It’s not everyone else’s. As we currently are always trying to improve we have started to pause the video when we have something to say. But there will still be quick audible natural reactions as we watch. If it is someone’s first time watching it and our laugh or one or two word outburst interrupted the video for the viewer, they can always watch the original afterwards. I always leave it in the description.
@@BoringReviews I will now remove that very point I was going to make... you really do miss a lot...not a dig just trying to point you in the right direction😁. There are many times 'Al' seems to finish what point he is making... but does say something else almost quietly that either does finish the joke or turns the previous comment on it's head... thus the audience laughing at something whilst you are talking. Just for extra info... he has a degree in History from Oxford and actually did put himself forward as an MP for his local constituency. I think he got some 318 votes...he ran as the Pub Landlord...his character on stage...not as himself. His political party's name? FKUP ! There is a show he did, on youtube where he told the audience this and he put his manifesto in the show...all sensible ( sort of believable) ideas...but ridiculous reasoning and his logic was like his shows...very funny
The dumbest graduates in America come from our "Schools of Education". They have been shown for decades to have the lowest test scores and academic achievements . The schools of education are based on a sociological model that sees the student as a cog that must be adjusted to modern society. The graduate of education schools is not taught the substance, or knowledge base of any particular subject. They are taught a technique of filling students with acceptable attitudes and responses so they are "socially adjusted and relevant" in a degenerate modern society. The American teacher is totally lacking in knowledge even of the subject matter they "teach".
You Americans miss half the jokes by talking and a lot of the content is unknown to you such as when you said what is Welsh. Welsh is the language of Wales if In case you do not know is on the west coast of Britain and seems very difficult to understand. End of rant.
As it happens, Fleming and his team, stumbled upon the mould by accident and then ignored it, leaving it for an (English) another scientist to use British thinking and invent pennicilin. The last bit was that today's effeminate 'New Man' would have washed the dishes instead of leaving them to develop mould.
@@deeperanddown Not really. Fleming was a self-publicist and though he recognised the overall potential, he gave up. He was unable to isolate the active antibacterial element, penicillin, and could not keep it active long enough to be used in humans. In 1929, he wrote a paper on his findings, which did not garner any scientific interest. Twelve years later scientists at Oxford developed its true potential.
I once as a child did an exam in religious knowledge. I was always led to believe you got at least 1% for writing your name. This turned out to be a lie and i actually achieved 0% in the exam. That's failing in style!!! True story.
The Pub Landlord is a grotesque comedy character, not a comedian giving his, "Take" on modern life. If you agree with anything he says, then you are the person he's trying to parody.
Appreciate the comment. We do try to cut down the intros so we are not like those others that just react and then leave. But if we do have longer ones like this one it’s fine with us that you skip the intro and go straight to the reaction if that’s what you came for.
Guys, thank you for educating on the education system in the US. It explains a lot of what is going on today, in Today's World!
My doctor says if you take something for a cold, it will be gone in seven days, if not it will take a week!
US education must be terrible, because they're not stupid...but they know N O T H I N G, it's unbelievable ...I actually find it quite moving the way they struggle with words and things as a grown adult
It's designed that way to maintain a dumb easily divisible society of consumers.
American "education" is a horror show. It has been that way since the early 20th century. The ideology behind it is not to educate the child, in the sense of "liberal education", and expose them to knowledge, art and culture. It is to socially form the child so they are adjusted to modern society. The child is essentially a cog that is filled up with acceptable attitudes and responses.
Rather rude.
I love the fact that Al's comedy gets people thinking and discussing serious issues! The 'No Fail' culture seems to exist throughout the world in schools (Initiated, I guess, by the parents with failing children, (or bad teachers)) but I guarantee that it doesn't exist in the big bad world outside of academia... I think the problem is Teachers have NO EXPERIENCE of the REAL world. They go from School to University and then back to School. Most of them have no REAL WORLD experience. The pre-requisite for ANY teacher should be at least 5 years outside the academic environment. The most poisonous environment is a business full of 1st/2nd class degree students who are so used to be patted on the head all the time that they never co-operate and don't interact with others, or are unwilling to share, in case they don't get a 'pat on the head'. So many problems exist in business with the brightest people that cannot socially interact at a basic level with others. (A culture nurtured by teachers and academics) Teachers never come across this, because they (for the most part) have never been out the loop....
“You Americans” are doing great, love the content & Channel, keep it coming 👍👏🏻😀🇬🇧
The US education system is so broken, I'm surprised it manages to impart the most basic of information to the pupils. When I went to school (back in the 70's and 80's), my school was a private boarding in Scotland (think Dead Poets Society, just stricter) we would be punished if we didn't complete homework or assignments, we got detentions. If the work given during detention was not done by the end of detention, we got a beating, on the backside, with a cane. You can bet your ass, we never handed in anything late (except for a couple of idiots, but they did so after their parents got a hold of them). If you cheated in a test, you had a chance to retake, different questions, but the parents were also informed.
Back in those days, the parents actually did do their jobs. Yes, it was a boarding school, but for a lot of kids, that was normal. In my school, 95% of the boys (yeah, it was an all boys school), came from military families who were posted overseas, and the school was the best option for the family. The other 5%, came from kids from overseas, kids who's parents' companies had posted them to a different office for a couple of years, etc. I was one of the kids from overseas.
Things have changed so much, not just in the US but in the UK, that surprisingly, private schools have actually become very popular, because they do enforce standards, be they manners, general behaviour, class attendance, studying, participation in school activities, etc. I'm sure you have something like that in the US as well.
You have a great channel. Always look forward to the new uploads.
Obviously no winging black kid's in your school
@@Peter-uy3ti Well, 95% of the boys came from military families and 95% of them ended up there as well, the other 5%, we came from families who lived overseas, and whose parents wanted the best education that their money could provide. And back in those days, you could count the darker-skinned pupils, on one hand, and the black kids, you didn't need any fingers to count them.
Agree with you. I went to a private school (all girls) from 1977 to 1985. Two hours of prep every night (known as homework to others) and six on the weekend. Exams at the end of every year from age 11 so that ' O' Levels then ' A' Levels seemed a breeze! We daren't even look with a bad attitude at a teacher as there would be repercussions. There were no learning " groups" in classes where children are supposedly to brainstorm but in reality is five minutes of work and twenty minutes of playing up doing their own thing. We had single desks, in rows, facing the board.
The Secondary Modern and the Grammar schools were of the same ethos.
Everything started to unravel when comprehensives were introduced and also when competition for University places ceased as every college, polytechnic and similar were permitted to call themselves universities. Standards fell. More youngsters with "degrees" now but only those awarded at the traditional universities actually hold anything of any real value in many areas of employment.
i have an illness called multiple sclerosis i have to take 10 tablets a day to keep me out of pain & stop me from shaking
Of course for reasons of their own, pharmaceutical companies prefer to have as many people as possible convinced they are under the weather !!
Twat is such a quality and flexible word 👌
But have you heard how many pronounce it on Amerian tv...TWOT?
Another word I remember an American barmaid asking me about, while I was on a trip across the States...it was said a couple of times on the tv show...Married with Children was on tv in a bar in Seattle.
This barmaid was telling me about Seattle...where to go etc. just being friendly and I started to laugh and was a little embarrassed at the word said on the programme...until I realised she had no idea what it meant to an Englishman ( and Aussie/Scot etc.) Al Bundy's wife, Peggy and family came from 'Wanker' county. She said she thought it meant 'silly' or a little dumb. She was quite shocked when I politely explained what it meant to us over here. She got over it and I got a free beer.
In the 17th century folk believed that snorting nutmeg would protect against THE Plague, and this led to nutmeg being more expensive than gold.
You were definitely lost towards the end 😄😆 however keep up the Al Murray reactions and maybe some jimmy Carr to. Much love from London 👍❤
I am really sorry but I love Al Murray as the pub landlord but as an Oxford educated man.. the angels' in his heaven would cry at the thought of you appreciating him, bathing in his reverential spirit an putting a f**king 'E' in the word RIDICULOUS 😍😍😋☹️☹️👿👿
"Why is my kid failing?................oh, never mind, their teacher is called Gabe......."
Falling asleep aredy. Lol :-)
It is actually from the Scottish surnames Moray
I know some very intelligent American people including my relations. Americans have a label attached that says they have little knowledge of other countries . I suspect this may have something to do with being the number one superpower where teaching the American aspect of history is more about nationalistic pride . The British system would have been similar when Britain was the no 1 superpower but with one difference perhaps in that Britain had an Empire and lessons would include many other countries in that Empire . For example i was born just after the war and we were taught a lot about the war and our Christmas film would be a war film [not very Christian perhaps] with the point being that specific circumstances of individual countries influence teaching somewhat . We can be guilty of making generalizations which of course politicians use to avoid difficult questions.
He was being ironic about 12 year olds failing exams, making the point it can damage a young person by labeling them a failure so early on in life, "your12 years old and a failure, what's wrong with that ?" He is inviting the audience to conclude it's not a good thing to do......🙂
We know. We didn’t take that too seriously but if you think about it for a second, we can’t be afraid to tell kids the truth from time to time as long as it’s done with love.
@@BoringReviews
A good alternative to being sensible about it :-
Is Billy Connoly's school janitor talking to a five year old "good for nothing, you'll come to nothing"
Actually life expectancy in America is going down. Enjoy your pills and potions . 😂😂😂
Look for Al Murray second world war documents. Very very good. He's history graduate..
I am with your husband on meds. I also think we live longer due to easier life styles in the modern world.
You need to stop analysing ( yes, that's the correct way to spell it !) things and just LAUGH AND ENJOY IT !! It's called COMEDY !
Palliatives earn more than cures, so why invest in cures when it's non-lethal? With an illness you sell loads of palliatives and the patient remains a patient longer.
For a terminal illness or disease it makes sense to create a cure, it increases your potential customer base, or more accurately prevents the reduction of it.
Happy New Year Boring Reviews
The commentary in the final 1/3 was a little 'home counties/parochial', you would have to know in detail many of the food stuffs that make up many GB people's food staples. The outrageous & very funny Pub Landlord was drawing a comparison with French alternatives, I could itemize the products & their comparisons, but I'd risk boring you. Great Britain, as often referred, eat many French food products washed down with beautiful French wines , Cognac, and Champagne, even though the latter's process was an English invention.
I have a viewing suggestion, if you're taking suggestions. Little Britain was a unique cacophony of comedy sketches, offering; contradictory, hilarious, and often an ugh feeling.
May 2023 be full of fun and mischief for you both.
R
His point about asthma wasn’t that it’s easily fixable, it’s that somehow 9 in 10 have it😂😂 it’s ridiculous how common stuff like that is now
Hey guys - welsh is really weird - have a listen - that soccer team Ryan Reynolds brought is in wales.
But in real life, hardly anyone in Wales actually talks Welsh. A few places in the North but Wrexham is not one.
I live on the border and went to University in Aberystwyth. Welsh girls I made friends with then now complain that their children 'waste so much time' learning Welsh in school (even though these girls can speak Welsh themselves). It is quite a complicated subject.
You are making the mistake of taking him seriously. You miss the irony and don't seem to understand the character he is portraying is not him or his personal views. He is portraying a chauvinistic character. Of course he thinks it's harmful to tell a 12 year old you are a failure in life. He said it in such an extreme way that you know he doesn't mean it. Away from his comedy role he is a very different person.
Telling a child that he is failing is far, far better than ignoring his failure and pretending thaty he is doing just fine.
@@tomarmstrong5244 I agree but, not to tell him he is a failure in life at 12. There are always chances for improvement.
Yards of 'L's' on the typewriter ribbon... you looked a bit bemused. It's a little dig at the Welsh language... there's an abundance of L's in their words...or so he makes out. A lot of Welsh words and place names begin with a double LL or have a double LL in them ...like Llangollen or Llanelli...pronounced something akin to Clangollen and Clanechli...it's a bit guttural...throaty for want of a better description. I like the accent.
All I can say, there are teachers out there, not to be confused with youtubers 🙈🤭
You need to remember, when you first watch it, it might be the first time we watch it. And you talk over your content 😬🇬🇧
That is true. But it seems like it is your preference that we say nothing at all as the video is happening. It’s not everyone else’s. As we currently are always trying to improve we have started to pause the video when we have something to say. But there will still be quick audible natural reactions as we watch. If it is someone’s first time watching it and our laugh or one or two word outburst interrupted the video for the viewer, they can always watch the original afterwards. I always leave it in the description.
@@BoringReviews I will now remove that very point I was going to make... you really do miss a lot...not a dig just trying to point you in the right direction😁. There are many times 'Al' seems to finish what point he is making... but does say something else almost quietly that either does finish the joke or turns the previous comment on it's head... thus the audience laughing at something whilst you are talking. Just for extra info... he has a degree in History from Oxford and actually did put himself forward as an MP for his local constituency. I think he got some 318 votes...he ran as the Pub Landlord...his character on stage...not as himself. His political party's name? FKUP !
There is a show he did, on youtube where he told the audience this and he put his manifesto in the show...all sensible ( sort of believable) ideas...but ridiculous reasoning and his logic was like his shows...very funny
@@BoringReviews Sorry for the rather rude comments, you guys are so friendly, funny and witty. I enjoy your content so much.
Ridiculous. Come on guys I thought you are teachers.
* in the US
The dumbest graduates in America come from our "Schools of Education". They have been shown for decades to have the lowest test scores and academic achievements . The schools of education are based on a sociological model that sees the student as a cog that must be adjusted to modern society. The graduate of education schools is not taught the substance, or knowledge base of any particular subject. They are taught a technique of filling students with acceptable attitudes and responses so they are "socially adjusted and relevant" in a degenerate modern society. The American teacher is totally lacking in knowledge even of the subject matter they "teach".
You Americans miss half the jokes by talking and a lot of the content is unknown to you such as when you said what is Welsh. Welsh is the language of Wales if In case you do not know is on the west coast of Britain and seems very difficult to understand. End of rant.
Yaki da boyo.
Whatever the fuck that means
Im not sure they realise its a character
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That's what COVID said.
Covid Schmovid
As it happens, Fleming and his team, stumbled upon the mould by accident and then ignored it, leaving it for an (English) another scientist to use British thinking and invent pennicilin.
The last bit was that today's effeminate 'New Man' would have washed the dishes instead of leaving them to develop mould.
@@deeperanddown Not really. Fleming was a self-publicist and though he recognised the overall potential, he gave up. He was unable to isolate the active antibacterial element, penicillin, and could not keep it active long enough to be used in humans. In 1929, he wrote a paper on his findings, which did not garner any scientific interest. Twelve years later scientists at Oxford developed its true potential.
I once as a child did an exam in religious knowledge. I was always led to believe you got at least 1% for writing your name. This turned out to be a lie and i actually achieved 0% in the exam. That's failing in style!!! True story.
😁
Er, I think you failed
Your ideas about soap maybe the problem 🤔.
The Pub Landlord is a grotesque comedy character, not a comedian giving his, "Take" on modern life. If you agree with anything he says, then you are the person he's trying to parody.
Like your videos but a 4 minute intro is ridiculous.
Appreciate the comment. We do try to cut down the intros so we are not like those others that just react and then leave. But if we do have longer ones like this one it’s fine with us that you skip the intro and go straight to the reaction if that’s what you came for.
Garbage