the phrase "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink" really applies here because a lot of schools don't seem to realize that if you keep pushing the horse's head in the water it'll just drown.
While that's true let's be honest if kids weren't forced to go to school a majority of them wouldn't go. Same thing goes for school work and stuff. I think as we age we just accept that it's something we have to do and eventually just go with the flow and it helps us learn alot of things we wouldn't have learned from just playing video games all day. Not talking for everyone just the general consensus
@@krazymeanie my comment was about schools ruining something enjoyable by forcing it down children's throats and that those enjoyable things should instead be shown to students . your reply somehow misconstrued that into some statement about kids getting to choose whether or not they go to school entirely. so no, your reply was not relevant.
It’s the same thing with chores you say “I’m gonna clean my room!” But then your parents walk in and say “clean your room” and then you don’t wanna do it anymore
Lmaoooo. I found this video extremely relatable when it came out. Later finding out I had ADHD from Jaiden. I specifically came back here to see how relatable it still is now and yeah…
Some people play games, some people draw, some people play music. Everyone has some way to de-stress and such and what’s important is that you enjoy it.
James: makes a book Jaiden: post video “Why I don’t like reading” Sad James noises Edit: Thank you Jaiden for making these animation videos. You have inspired me to start making my own stop motion videos too on this channel.
None of the things they are to learn, should ever be made a burthen to them, or impos'd on them as a task. Whatever is so propos'd, presently becomes irksome; the mind takes an aversion to it, though before it were a thing of delight or indifferency. Let a child but be order'd to whip his top at a certain time every day, whether he has or has not a mind to it; let this be but requir'd of him as a duty, wherein he must spend so many hours morning and afternoon, and see whether he will not soon be weary of any play at this rate. -John Locke
Actually, it's pretty normal reaction. People in general don't like to do things they "have" to do. It's the same reason why so many people who try to make their hobby a job end up extremely disappointed when they realize they've lost all the enjoyment they had in their hobby once it became responsibility. In other words, it was not a good parenting.
VoidX I think they mostly meant being given a deadline for said hobby-turned-job. Like when someone becomes a cartoonist and ends up working for a company that always has a curriculum for something that person just wanted to do on their own terms. Stuff like that. Working for freelance is the ultimate goal in those careers, because then you get to pick your own deadlines.
lol I want to be a comic artist for webtoon and make my own comic and I’d have to upload something new every week But I don’t think I would be disappointed when I start something I usually don’t want to stop until I’m done + I love drawing
therealCrazyJake As an artist and storyteller, I have to disagree. I’m working for myself and I don’t ever want to freelance or work for someone, lol. Freelance is the exact opposite of what you’re talking about, you follow your clients terms while sometimes giving your professional advice on the project. You also have to follow the deadlines your client gives you.
Relatable! As an adult, looking back, I may have had a case of ADHD, so whenever I was forced to read I'd get bored and my mind would just start wondering off... I've never actually finished a novel book... I did go through a phase with poetry book, that was nice... but I don't believe I've ever finished any other books
I like how reading is seen as a 'healthy habit.' Here I am staying up until 4am sobbing and mourning the loss of my favourite characters and having no social life because the real world sucks.
You ever have those moments where you read a book or watch a show and movie and relate to the characters, while loving the world and want to live in it, only to realize you live in the real crappy world? Welcome to my life.
Literally the exact same reason I play video games. It’s fine to get sad over characters, but staying up all night in an uncomfortable position that most likely hurts your neck isn’t. That’s why I hate it when adults say, “everything in moderation” when you play video games for hours, but they don’t say it when you read for hours because “reading can never be bad”
Hedwig noooo, literally every other cool character in harry potter, lord of the rings and percy jackson noooo. This also happens to every serie at Netflix
English teacher: The blue curtains represents the character's spiral into depression. The author who meant the blue curtains to be blue curtains: Hmmm, are you haveth the leger of overthinking?
If only schools would realize that people don’t like doing things when they’re forced to. I love writing, but if I have to write an essay, it’s going to be shit lmao
ORCA OMG RIGHT! I love to write stuff but when having to write a essay on a specific thing I hate it, Id prefer is they did what my 7th grade reading teacher did and let us write a short story on what ever the heck we wanted
I remember being so frustrated doing creative writing assignments because it’s *creative writing*, I’m supposed to *enjoy* it, but when it’s an assignment I just worry and think it sounds terrible and all that. In fact, a writing workshop about depth about caused me to not like writing short stories anymore because now I never feel like it’s good enough! Yay?
I think one of the issues for "trying to read" or "trying to listen to music" is that many people do it because they know that others enjoy it and so they think they should be enjoying it themselves. You should do these types of things because you want to, not because you want to want to. I hope that make sense/ is connectable/ won't get people to hate me like I irrationally think they do.
@@ElMuffin5 she's neurodivergent but didn't know it when this video was made. The "I can read books when I want to but as soon as I have to it becomes te borngest thing ever" mentality is a clear sign of adhd.
The natural reaction to say "ASPARAGUS" means that this vegetable has somehow been implanted into the charachter mind so it would be a natural reaction Maybe she was starved and could only eat ASPARAGUS?
@@stickynote-slumber didnt they literally write it together, she literally sang it and they made a music video? and its on her channel?? didn't boyinaband make a video about making it? idk
I think I'm in the same boat with you there: a former ADHD kid who despises reading because of highschool trauma. It's always been a source of shame for me, and I am still trying to work on myself, but I think I've found peace with it by just accepting that it's okay to be a non-reader. This isn't to say that I ENDORSE non-reading. Reading is a really constructive hobby to have if you make it work for you. Nobody should take PRIDE in being a non-reader, but they deserve to have self-acceptance for it. They also deserve to be able to talk about it without receiving judgement or unsolicited book recommendations.
I was reading "Messenger" the third book of the giver quartet, and at the end the main character died, who was my favorite character throughout all of the books, and I cried myself to sleep for at least a week. I am still depressed about it and it has been about 2 months
*me currently working in a library* ..the first scene actually sounds wonderful. I think I‘ll make myself some camomile tea and finally water the plants in the house. Thanks for inspiring and reminding me! Btw I‘ve always loved cats :D
Let this be a lesson: When you turn a chore into a game, a child can be persuaded to do it. When you turn a game into a chore, you can turn the child against it literally for the rest of their life.
same i was shocked and in case if you are wondering, the type of music i like is vocaloid. Hatsune Miku is a very popular vocaloid, you guys should listen to her music but my personal fav is luo tianyi
My parents told me to read when I was little and I love reading so sometimes there's a special case. You just need to get interested in the right book. Thank you, Harry Potter and Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus
@@Krokoklemmee emmm no? Just cause somone knows how to play an instrument dosent mean they can just produce music on there own I've been playing piano for 8 years now and god if I try I just rather sit on the flow and listen to music. Depends on the time of person and not if they can play an instrument or not :^ ..don't dare creat a stereotype
Yeah, being forced to read , or do anything really, can really ruin any enjoyment you might have. I got lucky as a kid and my parents encouraged me to read by letting me choose a book every month and buying it for me. So it was always my choice and to my tatstes.
@@wagawaga2010 my parents bought books that i thought were interesting, then i would get them, if was a series and i liked and finished that book we would look for more of the series
It's the opposite for me, my parents rarely get me books but sometimes me and my family go out to get books and I found a book that I really liked and it was the first one I actually finished, so I waited for us to go out again and still i am waiting, slightly losing hope :l
I found your ADHD! This whole video really, but also 4:19 so relatable as another ADHDer. Jaiden, my first introduction to your channel was your "I have ADHD" (*whisper also ASD*) video from like a week ago, and Ive been bingeing your content since. You are great, and it's honestly quite funny to play spot the ADHD (and ASD *quietly*). As someone also diagnosed as an adult, reflecting back on the signs is both humorous and healing!
animal farm is so good though (at least I really liked it) and I kinda feel bad for people that had to read it by force bc that makes anything boring as shit
@@f.i.r.e.5119 Okay, what I've always hated about that is that it's an opinion question that technically has no wrong answer and then there's always a "correct" answer. Maybe YOU think it represents the character's hidden courage, but I reserve the right to think it ties back to their love of macaroni that keeps getting mentioned every few chapters but is somehow not actually relevant and/or the autumn season in which the story is set. Not based on an actual example.
I feel like there is 1 mistake that people make while reading a book that is exclusive to those who are really into books or at least one particular book series: They finish it to quickly. While finishing a 500 page book in a day may sound impressive, you barely let any of part of any chapter sink in before moving onto the next one. Its like going to an art museum but sprinting through every single room until you've seen all the art. You don't take any time to admire it.
It is indeed amazing how a school can find such a worthless book with no story to force us to read. I also have stacks of Geronimo Stilton books and love them. I still have 5 unread. But school has made me hate books so much i literally don't have any motivation to read anymore. Which is a shame.
@@maximcoppieters Same story here. I had an entire book series I loved, reading them many times back to back, never getting tired of it. But after I finished middle school I was so *done* with books. My motivation, eagerness, and everything, was completely destroyed. I have an entire bookshelf full of stories I used to like but now, just... can't. Not that I don't want to, I just almost feel like I can't bring myself to read, because the pain is engrained in my mind. I almost feel like if we were required to play videogames and we were forced to complete so many tasks each day, students would reject videogames too. Education systems are so screwed over...
after school closed i learned 2 new programming languages, learning vector art rn, made some 3d models, made some music loops, covid-19 helped me more than many years of school
It's like this for anything I do, I like doing things on my own terms and I feel more fulfilled doing it that way, forcing it on me just makes me not want to do it at all
Forced reading in school was also what killed my interest. Being your typical sci-fi/fantasy nerd, none of the material we were given interested me, and I’m really subconscious about the things I enjoy. The second-to-last book I read for school, The Illegal, is easily the least enjoyable book I’ve ever read. I never finished the last book, a biography on Tolkien, as I only read it begrudging and none of the assignments were really relevant to the books themselves.
Reading is objectively better than movies for these reasons: 1) In movies, they can't include as much because they have to stick to a budget and certain scenes would be ridiculously expensive with all the editing and special effects. With books, the author doesn't have that problem. 2) In books, it forces the reader to slow down and really take in what's going on. 3) Books are more accessible, for lack of a better term, to those who don't have electricity than movies are. 4) It takes hundreds of people to make a movie. In takes just a few people to write a book. 5) With movies, there will once in a while be this scene that'll be utterly visually disturbing. That can't happen with books. 6) It is difficult to have a story in 3rd person omniscient in movies. It is pretty easy in books. 7) There is so much a narrator can say in books. If you have a narrator in a movie, it just feels out of place. 8) Graphic novels exist for visual people like me. 9) Movies cost millions of dollars to make. It costs barely anything to write a book. 10) Books are already divided into smaller sections that you can take breaks at (chapters). There isn't anything like that in a movie.
“Reading is calming” Me: Yeah it is. Also me: *Yelling at the book because a character made a dumb choice, there’s a huge plot twist, or there’s a cliffhanger.* (The only books on my mind right now are Keeper of the Lost Cities, so if you read the books, you may know who or what I mean)
being forced to read vs. wanting to read has the same energy of when you are cleaning and then your parents walk in and shout "yeah you'd better be cleaning"
or when you’re about to do chores and then your parents would go tell you to do it, really makes me not want to do anything anymore. i guess being told what to do just sucks
@@iregretmylifechoices5910 oh i second this so much. like, i'm about to do something out of my own volition and motivation and now you (parent) went and made it look like i'm just reluctantly following orders
yeah, when your feeling independent and then someone tells you to do something likes it's expected of you at all times makes you feel less independent like what you are doing is not a change in modivation. Like if you are cleaning you room for once to try and improve you mood and impress your parents, then they just tell you to do it like, "YEAH, I was GONNA, but THEN you made it like you had to TELL ME or else I "wouldn't do it" which makes me seem lazy and under your power. I WAS DOING IT ON MY OWN TERMS!!! Now it looks like I only did it because YOU ordered me to!!! Now I feel like I'm you slave, and don't want to clean my room anymore. THANKS ALOT for killing my mood. This is your fault, and now you can go tell everyone hoe lazy and unmotivated I am. "ugh"
It’s a matter of psychology: When it’s our idea on our own terms, it motivates us to succeed in a goal that we’ve made for ourselves. It’s a want, rather than requirement. But when someone forces us to do something, especially if it’s not a subject that interests us or is deemed undesirable- we tend to associate that activity with losing that free will, even when we have regained the ability to function on our own terms. That mindset also reinforced when that activity can result in punishment. Our brains are wired to remember bad associations more vividly than good ones, so we’re more likely to act defensively when something triggers that bad memory. Even if it’s not under bad circumstances. You associate reading with being punished both by your mother and at school with bad grades, therefore your brain tells you books are boring and force you to lose your free will. Typically people who love books, in my own experience, are trying to get away from their life in one way or another. So they associate books with getting away from the punishment and bad memories of their life. They cling to them and it allows them to escape, regaining that sense of free will in a life that feels out of their control. We are creatures of choice and the need to express ourselves- whether that’s fully consuming ourselves in an activity, or completely avoiding it and anything associated with it.
There’s actually an article called How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading by John Holt that basically describes the exact same thing you are. He says stuff about like how the way that schools force you to look up random words or references in books makes you hate reading. i mean when people actually read for fun they don’t look up every word they don’t know or look into the symbolism. Anyways, all you need to get into reading is a book series that you really enjoy. and since you know people who can give you suggestions that makes it easier. you’re probably never gonna see this but it’s whatever
I do want to encourage everyone to give reading another try. Even during quarantine your local library likely has free audiobooks and ebooks for you to sort through and get directly on your phone/computer/tablet. You can browse vast selections and pick books that appeal to you. It's easy if you model it after the type of movies, shows, or video game stories you like most. There's always a book for everyone, fiction or nonfiction. I hope you all give it another shot!
There's also a whole thing where the style that took over most of american literature pushed "show don't tell" so much that symbolism got real subtle and harder to identify. Possibly as the result of a CIA plot to make it harder for subversive ideology to spread
I remember a teacher in college asking the class who disliked reading, and why: 80% of the class said it was because they were forced to read books in school. I don't know about other countries, but in France they give us pretty complicated books to read at age 10/12 with subjects you won't enjoy reading at 12, then call you dumb and interested in nothing if you don't like (or have difficulties) to read this oh so wonderful classic writer of the XVII century... No wonder most kids will be discouraged about reading.
For me, my apathy toward reading didn't hit me hard until High School. The reason why my apathy hit me there and not in Middle School like most people is because in Middle School they still had some book series that I enjoyed from Elementary School. Those books are Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate. During Middle School, I was introduced to comic strip compilations like Calvin and Hobbes and Mutts and I was also introduced to the Dog Man books by the creator of Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey. So while I was raised to old-time books during my Middle School years and my time spent reading did take a bit of a backseat during that time, At least in Middle School the magic of reading still lived on for me, even if it did take a bit of a backseat. High School, on the other hand, was when the magic was just GONE for me. The books that I liked reading in Middle School were gone, the books recommended by the school librarian were just melodramas or plain dramas, books felt a bit too layered for my liking, and I was spending way too much time either watching RUclips or doing something else. While I did read some good books during my High School years, most prominently the Bone books by Jeff Smith and "Me, Earl, and The Dying Girl" by Jesse Andrews, and "El Deafo" by Cece Bell, The Magic of reading for me died during my High School years.
Its not the books that are bad. Its the work they assign. Its like "oh cool Animal Farm is about communism thats cool", then FUCK YOU WRITE A 2 PAGE ESSAY ON HOW THE PIG IS STALIN AND NOW RESEARCH RUSSIA
When I was a kid in grade school, I used to love reading. I would just devour book after book. I even stayed up late and read with a flashlight because I was so into it. I don't really know what happened. When I got to high school something snapped and I just didn't like reading anymore. I'm guessing it's probably because in highschool I was forced to read books and analyze the crap out of them. I no longer had time to read the books I was interested in. This must've caused a negative association for me because ever since then, I've never wanted to read another book, not even for leisure. I just can't focus anymore whenever I try to read.
Same, I used to really enjoy reading or hearing my grandpa read me stories. Then school came along and changed that. My school also had a point system. They make you take a test to determine the kind of books you should read. The better you score, the more advanced books you're forced to read. And if you get 781 points, you can only read books in the 700 hundred category. Which sucks because not only was it forcing you to read and make you take tests on the books but you were forced to read from a small selection. Which only made me dislike reading more. Nowadays I only read fanfiction and not really books. They don't peak my interest anymore.
I had the same thing! I used to love reading as a kid, I'd read everywhere and anywhere. I loved spending my time at the school library! But something just suddenly snapped and my love for books vanished. I am pretty sure it's the schools forcing everyone to read books and analyze the crap out of them as well as my parents really being pushy with my literature. My dad to this day loves buying me comics non-stop and I wish I could indulge in them but even when I try myself to read, I just can't. Now I just read fanfics, webtoon comics and twitter arguments..
I was in the same situation! Except I then became addicted to reading fanfics online and, just holding an actual book and looking at the cover makes me feel a bit uncomfortable… maybe it’s bc books became so much more expensive during quarantine and suddenly I feel really awkward tryna buy a book to actually read…so now I just read mangas. I mean they have pictures 😃
It’s when reading is made to feel like a chore, it just becomes something you hate It also doesn’t help that school gives us the WORST BOOKS to do book reports on
As an avid reader, I think just having students choose a book(s) they'd like to read and offering extra credit and/or other small rewards as incentive for kids to read and write about their experience would serve much better to improve both literacy and enjoyment.
@@meowsquared Making me choose a book as an incentive to read is the perfect assignment for me in an english class. It gives me an excuse to tell my professor exactly how stupid the concept alone is, much less how bad the actual book was, except I would love talking about Goblin Slayer. I have nearly the same opinions as jaiden on reading, except my thoughts on reading are... Visceral. For Jaiden, it's "I hate reading", but for me, it's "I abhor reading more than any activity, including nothing".
@@nepnep615 I get that. I think even if it was handled better by the education system there would still be plenty people that grow up to not enjoy reading. But at the very least we wouldn't have people who genuinely enjoyed reading as children like Jaiden, only to have that enjoyment killed because they were forced to do it. There's just something viscerally unpleasant about being forced to do something. As she said, your brain starts to associate that idea as a punishment so that even things you would otherwise enjoy turn into something to be unhappy about.
@@meowsquared Absolutely, but the thing is that I never enjoyed reading. It was always a hassle to me because playing video games was more fun for me when I was a kid, and continues to still be fun to me now (I am now an esports player on my college team and we are top 15 in America).
Me: Maybe, here me out, they sat because they were tired? Teacher: *NO* THEY SAT DOWN BECAUSE THE AUTHOR WANTED TO SYMBOLIZE HOW HEAVY THE WEIGHT OF GUILT WAS WEIGHING THEM DOWN YOU IGNORANT PIECE OF SHI-!!
No! It’s actually a meta commentary about how society always expects us to be on the go and moving and since the character is rebellious, it symbolizes her feelings on the revolutionary war and how much she hates sand!
*I believe that as you sent this comment onto such a platform concocted for online electronic media where oneself may share infinite possibilities to millions of citizens around the world (commonly known as ‘RUclips’), your upside-down question mark means something much deeper than the supposed, standard comedic material. As a typical human being may notice, it appears that the one question mark used to punctuate the closing sentence of the paragraph commented on this form of media has had its Y-Coordinate reversed. In other words, it appears that the question mark has been flipped upside-down. This may share a relationship between this commenter’s mindset, as their lives could have been ‘flipped upside-down’ at some point (This, of course, is a figurative form of language). This, perhaps, could be exposing some form of depression and/or anxiety to the one who has made this joke on the video platform. Thus, this individual (assuming the low probability of multiple people collaborating to create this comment is not true) must be feeling sad due to previous traumatic experiences, and has decided to conceal these feelings behind this very RUclips comment, feelings in which only the most intelligent of beings shall be able to decipher.*
When she said "to kill a Mocking bird" it got me excited suddenly, all just because i had a book that has a title named that? And i didnt even enjoy reading it.
I'm starting to feel this way about drawing now, unfortunately. I always loved it, so of course I wanted to take art classes in high school. I'm a senior in AP Art and Drawing now, and I hate it but it's too late to transfer out. I don't like being forced to make presentations, deeply analyze art, and sticking with the same old "inquiry question" for the entire year, you know? Absolutely needing to do things that relate to your passion (especially when it's required to be done within a certain timeframe) can sometimes make you lose interest in it, at least for me. I don't want to be a "real artist" and make complex pieces with a meaning that I have to explain. I want to draw fan art in a cartoon style and minimal cat art, dammit.
I know how you feel! I'm also taking an art class this year, and we've had to analyze art and answer questions as bell ringers almost every class! We haven't had to draw anything with "deep" meaning yet, but so far, we've only drawn things in a realistic style. I get trying new things and all, but realism really isn't my thing. I hate it! Personally, I think realism is boring. Don't get me wrong, realism artists are extremely talented, but why would you want to only draw realistic things? It can limit creativity quite a bit. We also have to do a weekly drawing in our sketchbook (what we have to draw is assigned to us btw), which makes it harder for me to finish my drawings that aren't for art class. I'd rather be drawing cartoon art of my OCs and other characters that I'm interested in drawing. I hate feeling as if I can never take a break from art because I have so many pieces that I want to make, but then art class adds things that I'm not interested in drawing onto my pile each week, and it stresses me out so much! Back to the topic of meanings, I'm really not interested in giving my artwork deep meanings. I hope we don't have to make anything with deep meanings in art class, but if we do, it will be extremely hard for me to come up with something. I just want to draw something for fun, not to display some kind of meaning! My artwork almost never has a deep meaning behind it unless it's vent art. Art class has unfortunately started to make me lose interest in art. The enviornment of my art class is actually really nice, but I hate the assignments because they're boring and stressful.
Aw I feel so bad. My mom bribed me to read a book one summer and OMG I fell in love with it so much! 25 years later and thousands of book I'm still obsessed.
"Reading is supposed to be calming" Literally every fangirl reading literally any series: *sobbing on the ground because their favorite character just died*
For me a lot of the time it's not even a favorite character. In one of my favorite book series, 3 characters related to the main cast of characters die in separate books and I cried. each. time. They were such sweet characters ;-;
when i was younger, in elementary school, we had reading logs. i HATED doing those. my parents would force me to read when i really didn’t want to. they didn’t want me to grow up hating reading, so eventually they just stopped forcing me and started faking filling out my reading logs so that my grade wouldn’t suffer and i could still go outside for the extra recess that we would get when we got the required amount of minutes. anyway, because they stopped forcing me, i’ve grown up to love reading, writing and english as a subject overall so i think they did good😭👍
Tamara Stroyan, I’m not saying this is me. I think it would be ridiculous to unsubscribe from somebody just because of their opinion, and I totally get her point of view.
The worst situation a person who is getting into reading, is being forced. I enjoy reading because I enjoy sharing with others who are curious about the series I'm reading, and it's a great way for me to get to know what others enjoy reading at times if they're reading themselves. It also makes for a great resource for inspiration for me since I love drawing art a lot. Also also I prefer Manga because it's easier for me to connect with the story.
Generation Z is the failed generation. You have low attention spans, find enjoyment in low quality things, and have major identity issues. If you read as kids, you wouldn't be misspelling half of the words you type on the internet.
U know that happend to me they made me read 7 god dam books. Due in a week, this was because I was mean or something...even though I wasn’t! I got revenge.
Me who has dyslexia: *visibly confused for 2 minutes trying to read a RUclips comment* Also me: *figures out what it says* Also me: but what does it mean (*・～・*)
Moral of the story?
Forced reading sucks, free reading’s cool.
yes
This is exactly what I was thinking
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I agree
yes
"Am I supposed to read up to chapter 7 or through it?"
That hit different.
I just read ahead anyway lol
but yeah it did
I just read past it.
yea
Everyone's gone through it
Fr I thought I was the only one.
Books: are released
New York Times: Ur a bestseller, ur a bestseller, Everyone’s a Bestseller
Why have I said the same thing on another video?
I rarely follow bestseller lists. For that very reason. I mean, who reads these?
Lmao EVERYONE IVE READ SAYS THAT
And when everyone's a best seller, no one will be.
Often they are best sellers cuz they buy their own books to mess with the algorithm so they can claim to be best sellers. Its totally rigged.
0:44 turns out fate had other plans for that allergy....
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@power2people879 tote bag
the phrase "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink" really applies here because a lot of schools don't seem to realize that if you keep pushing the horse's head in the water it'll just drown.
While that's true let's be honest if kids weren't forced to go to school a majority of them wouldn't go. Same thing goes for school work and stuff. I think as we age we just accept that it's something we have to do and eventually just go with the flow and it helps us learn alot of things we wouldn't have learned from just playing video games all day. Not talking for everyone just the general consensus
@@krazymeanie not relevant to my point at all
@@krazymeanie what are u even talking about at this point you lost me before u were even halfway through
@@bmprimer7809 Actually it's quite relevant to your point you just don't seem to understand what I said.
@@krazymeanie my comment was about schools ruining something enjoyable by forcing it down children's throats and that those enjoyable things should instead be shown to students . your reply somehow misconstrued that into some statement about kids getting to choose whether or not they go to school entirely. so no, your reply was not relevant.
Me reading: **already in Chapter 100**
My brain: **trying to understand Chapter 4**
House of leaves
Wut?
Is it just me... or does that happen to everyone?
That was always mee 😂
Mute its kinda weird how you said “just me” even tho he said it too.
It’s the same thing with chores you say “I’m gonna clean my room!”
But then your parents walk in and say “clean your room” and then you don’t wanna do it anymore
Saaaaaaaaaame!!!
Claire Lord it’s about being able to do things freely. FREEDOM.
Story of my life
truth 😂😂😂
I remember this vine lol
Today in: Obvious signs for Jaidens ADHD Diagnosis
I WAS THINKING THIS "oh lol this is demand avoidance. The adhd makes sense lmao"
Honestly, I think I might have ADHD and that video kind of explains me being unreasonable.
Lmaoooo. I found this video extremely relatable when it came out. Later finding out I had ADHD from Jaiden. I specifically came back here to see how relatable it still is now and yeah…
There is a new video where she found out she had ADHD
why? I understand that she was diagnosed but I find her behavior normal in this video
Me: almost at finishing the book
Also me: Don't know the characters names
Thats me every goddamn time
Even i sometimes create other names for characters because their names sometimes be stupid
@@omarqassas7095 ok its normal
*reads Twelfth Night* *only knows Viola and Sebastian*
Omg you get me lol
That's me with manga. Read all of Beastars and they're still wolf boy, bunny girl and deer guy in my brain.
Some people play games, some people draw, some people play music. Everyone has some way to de-stress and such and what’s important is that you enjoy it.
I love all three
IDraw
Tuba Player some people sexually abuse people
Prea Nankieshore wtf
I’m a book lover, I don’t read to de-stress. I do it because I like it and it’s fun.
This makes so much sense after the ADHD video
James: makes a book
Jaiden: post video “Why I don’t like reading”
Sad James noises
Edit: Thank you Jaiden for making these animation videos. You have inspired me to start making my own stop motion videos too on this channel.
What would that sound like?
AmeenDoesStuff **weeuuw**
@@AmeenDoesStuff you ruin jokes
LOL! That funny
@@dantiagoa1459 thaaaaaank u for helping my point
How Schools Destroyed the Perception of an Entire Art Medium: Part 1
Yup.
Fr
Yup
None of the things they are to learn, should ever be made a burthen to them, or impos'd on them as a task. Whatever is so propos'd, presently becomes irksome; the mind takes an aversion to it, though before it were a thing of delight or indifferency. Let a child but be order'd to whip his top at a certain time every day, whether he has or has not a mind to it; let this be but requir'd of him as a duty, wherein he must spend so many hours morning and afternoon, and see whether he will not soon be weary of any play at this rate.
-John Locke
Sounds like the name of a book that you’d have to read in school.
Actually, it's pretty normal reaction. People in general don't like to do things they "have" to do.
It's the same reason why so many people who try to make their hobby a job end up extremely disappointed when they realize they've lost all the enjoyment they had in their hobby once it became responsibility.
In other words, it was not a good parenting.
A passionate hobby that makes you money is less likely to make you disappointed, lol.
VoidX I think they mostly meant being given a deadline for said hobby-turned-job. Like when someone becomes a cartoonist and ends up working for a company that always has a curriculum for something that person just wanted to do on their own terms. Stuff like that. Working for freelance is the ultimate goal in those careers, because then you get to pick your own deadlines.
lol I want to be a comic artist for webtoon and make my own comic and I’d have to upload something new every week
But I don’t think I would be disappointed when I start something I usually don’t want to stop until I’m done
+ I love drawing
therealCrazyJake As an artist and storyteller, I have to disagree. I’m working for myself and I don’t ever want to freelance or work for someone, lol. Freelance is the exact opposite of what you’re talking about, you follow your clients terms while sometimes giving your professional advice on the project. You also have to follow the deadlines your client gives you.
Nutest Are you serious about being a comic artist? I’m curious because that’s what I do now.
Relatable!
As an adult, looking back, I may have had a case of ADHD, so whenever I was forced to read I'd get bored and my mind would just start wondering off...
I've never actually finished a novel book... I did go through a phase with poetry book, that was nice... but I don't believe I've ever finished any other books
This comment feels like foreshadowing after the Jaiden ADHD diagnosis dropped lmao
@@originalname241 😂🤣 OMG YOU'RE RIGHT!
Jaiden: "School kinda ruined books for me"
School ruins everything it touches by making it into a requirement smh
Exactly!
Too true
Music? Playtime? Learning? The very concept of group association? Yup, ruined forever.
My happiness: Gone
My hopes and dreams: Gone
Everything that is important to me: Gone
This all happened because of school
They ruined music, singing and theatre for me
I like how reading is seen as a 'healthy habit.' Here I am staying up until 4am sobbing and mourning the loss of my favourite characters and having no social life because the real world sucks.
i've never related so much to a person on the internet
You ever have those moments where you read a book or watch a show and movie and relate to the characters, while loving the world and want to live in it, only to realize you live in the real crappy world? Welcome to my life.
Literally the exact same reason I play video games. It’s fine to get sad over characters, but staying up all night in an uncomfortable position that most likely hurts your neck isn’t. That’s why I hate it when adults say, “everything in moderation” when you play video games for hours, but they don’t say it when you read for hours because “reading can never be bad”
someone who understands my pains
Hedwig noooo, literally every other cool character in harry potter, lord of the rings and percy jackson noooo. This also happens to every serie at Netflix
Jaiden: enjoys reading a book
Someone: forces Jaiden to read the same book
Jaiden: *Well, now i am not doing it*
Omg I was hoping someone would make this comment lol.
( ' . ') ok
/ \
*omg Jaiden anime commented on my new video.wthh*
That's exactly how I am
@me next time
Oh my! The ADHD signs were always there Jaiden!
Wait where?
@@KathiravanSankar-s7k this is a clear case of something called demand avoidance, which has many researched ties to adhd
@@KathiravanSankar-s7k x2 Where?
English teacher: The blue curtains represents the character's spiral into depression.
The author who meant the blue curtains to be blue curtains: Hmmm, are you haveth the leger of overthinking?
Ikr I couldn't agree more they are it more complicated than it actually is
My English Teacher: Read, i dunno whatevs I just need money
Ikr , it's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo realatible
If only schools would realize that people don’t like doing things when they’re forced to. I love writing, but if I have to write an essay, it’s going to be shit lmao
exactly lmao. i used to love writing but now when I pour my heart into an essay and get an 80 it makes me so unmotivated
ORCA OMG RIGHT! I love to write stuff but when having to write a essay on a specific thing I hate it, Id prefer is they did what my 7th grade reading teacher did and let us write a short story on what ever the heck we wanted
Sooo true
True, I love drawing but when the art teacher asks me to draw something it turns out like poop and I hate it.
I remember being so frustrated doing creative writing assignments because it’s *creative writing*, I’m supposed to *enjoy* it, but when it’s an assignment I just worry and think it sounds terrible and all that. In fact, a writing workshop about depth about caused me to not like writing short stories anymore because now I never feel like it’s good enough! Yay?
I think one of the issues for "trying to read" or "trying to listen to music" is that many people do it because they know that others enjoy it and so they think they should be enjoying it themselves. You should do these types of things because you want to, not because you want to want to. I hope that make sense/ is connectable/ won't get people to hate me like I irrationally think they do.
Well said!!!
Makes sense
yeah, i love reading, but if i have to do somthing like that for someone else, i hate it
That's why I don't like sports (exept ice skating and bikes)
das deeeep man
You see this is called foreshadowing.
?
@@ElMuffin5 she's neurodivergent but didn't know it when this video was made. The "I can read books when I want to but as soon as I have to it becomes te borngest thing ever" mentality is a clear sign of adhd.
@@jeremiahsacks2868 I have combined ADHD
Jaiden: *is fine with reading*
Mom: *forces her to read book*
Jaiden: "Well now I am not going to do it."
Jaiden: "ASPARAGUS!"
English Teacher: Interesting reaction, but what does it mean?
Nigga
@@mrcreepmcpasta2959 NOT THE N WORD!!!
@@rychu8546 >:)
The natural reaction to say "ASPARAGUS" means that this vegetable has somehow been implanted into the charachter mind so it would be a natural reaction
Maybe she was starved and could only eat ASPARAGUS?
Ah yes, ASPARAGUS! An Unus Annus safe word.
Jaiden: I've never been a huge fan of music.
Also Jaiden: *makes a song
I think she means like sitting alone and listening to music. It makes her feel lonely.
an it was some other boi who used her words in a vid, edited them a lot, and boom. song. slap it on a random youtube page and there.
@@stickynote-slumber didnt they literally write it together, she literally sang it and they made a music video? and its on her channel?? didn't boyinaband make a video about making it? idk
Whicj she's a liar
I think I'm in the same boat with you there: a former ADHD kid who despises reading because of highschool trauma.
It's always been a source of shame for me, and I am still trying to work on myself, but I think I've found peace with it by just accepting that it's okay to be a non-reader.
This isn't to say that I ENDORSE non-reading. Reading is a really constructive hobby to have if you make it work for you. Nobody should take PRIDE in being a non-reader, but they deserve to have self-acceptance for it.
They also deserve to be able to talk about it without receiving judgement or unsolicited book recommendations.
Everyone: “likes reading books”
School: “read this one, it’s great”
Everyone: “well now I am not doing it”
Related
I just wanna type this, F*ick
Honestly though
RELATABLE!!!!!!!!
I mean... not completely wrong lol
But if my English teacher recommends me a book, I’ll probably read it.
“Reading is calming”
Me: That’s true
Also me: *Cries so hard because my favorite character just died in a book*
Nana Flores 99 samee
I was reading "Messenger" the third book of the giver quartet, and at the end the main character died, who was my favorite character throughout all of the books, and I cried myself to sleep for at least a week. I am still depressed about it and it has been about 2 months
I have some weird thing where I read my dreams as books... I think that means that it's time to read a book.... it's been 5 years
Oof
This is me in every way possible
Jaiden: Audio books make me feel lonely
James: Audio books are the pinnacle of luxury
yes yes... mmmmm yes goood yes yes
I love audiobooks 😌 ig I like the feeling of loneliness 😀
This is the height of luxury
I agree with James
Audio books make me feel lonely
Me: ah so no difference ey?
*me currently working in a library* ..the first scene actually sounds wonderful. I think I‘ll make myself some camomile tea and finally water the plants in the house. Thanks for inspiring and reminding me! Btw I‘ve always loved cats :D
Let this be a lesson: When you turn a chore into a game, a child can be persuaded to do it. When you turn a game into a chore, you can turn the child against it literally for the rest of their life.
Okay so the first part is called gamification(not a joke) and the second part is very, very true.........
It's all so true
So true!🤔
The lesson is:school ruin everything
Literally what school do all the time.
Teachers: Ok class were gonna play a game
Class: really!?
Teachers: a math game!
Class: 😐😐😐
Adults: Makes reading a chore or a punishment
Adults: "Why don't our kids love reading?"
Yeah right?
Yup
Facts
Fr I relate to this so much.
Same with homework
In a Nutshell: You lose interest, if someone forces you to do something
I used to love reading, but then my dad forced me to read every day and I started hating it because he turned it into a chore :/
True
yup
XD
I agree
Jaiden - "I have a cat allergy"
*The universe - Are you sure about that.*
Jaiden: “I’m not really a big music person...”
Me: **drops phone in shock**
Me, a band geek: *faints*
Oh calm down there bear furs
So.... ur a furry? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
shut
same i was shocked and in case if you are wondering, the type of music i like is vocaloid.
Hatsune Miku is a very popular vocaloid, you guys should listen to her music but my personal fav is luo tianyi
Jaiden: I like pictures
Literally Everyone: *huh who would’ve guessed*
Hannah King 😂🤣🤣
Why don’t she read comics?
Mhh
@@runitback1985 Yea comics are the only thing I read
Sofia Rovezzi just stop, get off youtube, no one uses emojis anymore
People who love reading: "My parents used to read with me as a kid. :["
I'm starting to see a pattern...
Ohhhhh
...that I'm not pretty sure I like
My parents told me to read when I was little and I love reading so sometimes there's a special case. You just need to get interested in the right book. Thank you, Harry Potter and Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus
So that's why I love reading
I hate reading and my dad lets me play games all day.
Hmm, ADHD: Medicated
Cat Allergy: Non-Existent…
Do you like reading in a book nook with the fall air creeping in with Tostada cuddled up?
Child: Likes reading
School: Oh you like reading? How about you read this book for an English assignment.
Child: Well now I don't like it
It’s just how life works
How do you know a child’s brain
@@ethantoonshd3119 Just a guess: because he was a child at one point too.
Intellectual oh yeah I wasn’t thinking
Pro tip: If you tell a child to do something, they will not do it. And when you tell them to not do something, they will do it.
Common sense, schools.
Jaiden: Everyone thinks school should die!
Coronavrius: I gotchu homie
Me: YAY!!!!
I disagree, my life is quite boring and depressing with school. But that's just how I feel!
Jajajaja
Dude I felt the same way I hated school but now I want it back so bad!!!
This made me cackle
This gives me
Me: "I will clean my room today!"
Mom: "Hey, Greg clean your room!"
Me: "Well now i'm not doing it >:("
Vibes
Hehe,nice
Yeah but it actually does ruin reading idiot.
@@ProximityDuck dude take a chill pill
@@clutchjs122 srry
I did that recently before my grandma came over 2 our house
Juliet = Lesbian???
SINGLE HANDEDLY the best thing I’ve seen all week.
Lesbian Juliet cures my depression.
“Reading is boring.”
*laughs in scripts*
Im the 69th like
ilikememes nice
AnonymousGamer 287 nice
Jaiden: I’m not rlly a music person
Also Jaiden: “plays piano like a gOd
XD
A lot of people who play an instrument themselves, actually tends not to listen to so much to music as people who do not play an instrument
@@lukasgarly193 probably because they already know an Instrument and can just make music whenever they want
@@Krokoklemmee emmm no?
Just cause somone knows how to play an instrument dosent mean they can just produce music on there own I've been playing piano for 8 years now and god if I try I just rather sit on the flow and listen to music.
Depends on the time of person and not if they can play an instrument or not :^ ..don't dare creat a stereotype
@@lukasgarly193 that's just not true
Yeah, being forced to read , or do anything really, can really ruin any enjoyment you might have.
I got lucky as a kid and my parents encouraged me to read by letting me choose a book every month and buying it for me. So it was always my choice and to my tatstes.
You are lucky my parents randomly buy me books that l don't like most of the time
@@wagawaga2010 my parents bought books that i thought were interesting, then i would get them, if was a series and i liked and finished that book we would look for more of the series
It's the opposite for me, my parents rarely get me books but sometimes me and my family go out to get books and I found a book that I really liked and it was the first one I actually finished, so I waited for us to go out again and still i am waiting, slightly losing hope :l
I found your ADHD! This whole video really, but also 4:19 so relatable as another ADHDer.
Jaiden, my first introduction to your channel was your "I have ADHD" (*whisper also ASD*) video from like a week ago, and Ive been bingeing your content since. You are great, and it's honestly quite funny to play spot the ADHD (and ASD *quietly*).
As someone also diagnosed as an adult, reflecting back on the signs is both humorous and healing!
It’s even funnier as a long time Jaiden fan who only recently found out I have ADHD. I found this and many of her other videos very relatable lmfao
Me too
animal farm book: "old major died peacefully in his sleep"
animal farm live action movie: old major gets shot, falls out a window and freaking dies
@Louie And Alfie Movie,Books and more Reviews oh god
I think Jaiden killed old major and buried him at the foot of the orchard
That live action animal farm was like a fucking weird fever dream
Aaaaaaa don't spoil it for me I am still on chapter 3 with my class ._.
*Jk the story is soooooooooooo boring that idc if u spoil it or not XD*
animal farm is so good though (at least I really liked it) and I kinda feel bad for people that had to read it by force bc that makes anything boring as shit
Great summary of Animal Farm.
“All the animals were communists.”
Yes
oh my gosh it's an actual book sksjfakjdsk;
*insert Soviet anthem*
Classic George Orwell
and one race ruled
Author: "the curtain was orange"
English teachers: *The words, mason, what do they mean?*
*In your own words*
@@arpodyssey7913
No, no, no, not _literally,_ what they mean for the _theme!_ The _THEME,_ Mason!
In your own words!
@@f.i.r.e.5119 This is to realistic, please stop before I get flashbacks.
@@f.i.r.e.5119 Okay, what I've always hated about that is that it's an opinion question that technically has no wrong answer and then there's always a "correct" answer. Maybe YOU think it represents the character's hidden courage, but I reserve the right to think it ties back to their love of macaroni that keeps getting mentioned every few chapters but is somehow not actually relevant and/or the autumn season in which the story is set.
Not based on an actual example.
@@_stupidbro
Yes. Thank you.
I feel like there is 1 mistake that people make while reading a book that is exclusive to those who are really into books or at least one particular book series: They finish it to quickly.
While finishing a 500 page book in a day may sound impressive, you barely let any of part of any chapter sink in before moving onto the next one. Its like going to an art museum but sprinting through every single room until you've seen all the art. You don't take any time to admire it.
School: killing the desire to learn.
Exactly. Start the I-agree-o-matic
its almost an art form at this point
It is indeed amazing how a school can find such a worthless book with no story to force us to read. I also have stacks of Geronimo Stilton books and love them. I still have 5 unread. But school has made me hate books so much i literally don't have any motivation to read anymore. Which is a shame.
@@maximcoppieters Same story here. I had an entire book series I loved, reading them many times back to back, never getting tired of it. But after I finished middle school I was so *done* with books. My motivation, eagerness, and everything, was completely destroyed. I have an entire bookshelf full of stories I used to like but now, just... can't. Not that I don't want to, I just almost feel like I can't bring myself to read, because the pain is engrained in my mind. I almost feel like if we were required to play videogames and we were forced to complete so many tasks each day, students would reject videogames too. Education systems are so screwed over...
after school closed i learned 2 new programming languages, learning vector art rn, made some 3d models, made some music loops, covid-19 helped me more than many years of school
“Everyone thinks school should die” - jaiden
5 days later: school died
They brought it back to life a few million rona cases later
Lets hope so
This comment was written 5 days ago. ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ YEAH
Were it so easy
i'm reading ur comment from 5 days ago and...
im sad to tell u but school is still going on...
*When you hate reading books but love watching 2 strangers fight in the comments*
nothing is better than watching the rage of 2 people clash at another.
I do that sometimes
This makes me want to start a argument
@@miTrinavega darn you
@@miTrinavega yes FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!
It's like this for anything I do, I like doing things on my own terms and I feel more fulfilled doing it that way, forcing it on me just makes me not want to do it at all
Jaiden: Doesn’t like music
Also Jaiden: is a frickin boss at the piano
also made a song lol
Isaac Canales - Soo true
hOI!! i’m teMMie!!! - Guess what... I hate. Yo- EVERYONE
Jk
as a future english teacher, the reading ptsd is a mood. College ruined reading for me, I feel you Jaiden
My study in History was great for the greater freedom of reading ironically.
Forced reading in school was also what killed my interest. Being your typical sci-fi/fantasy nerd, none of the material we were given interested me, and I’m really subconscious about the things I enjoy.
The second-to-last book I read for school, The Illegal, is easily the least enjoyable book I’ve ever read. I never finished the last book, a biography on Tolkien, as I only read it begrudging and none of the assignments were really relevant to the books themselves.
sheesh.
well, at least you learned the word "begrudging" from reading.
Omg!! I love the Warriors series so much, and I am surprised Jaiden mentioned it❤❤❤
All the animals were communist, but some were more communist than others.
Keep in mind they are still communist that doesn’t change
It's bad that I get this reference. Screw the education system
Bro Toki Pona is in jaidens video this is so cool
Gemma Jordan Animal Farm?
I got the reference. I did learn something in english class
Jaiden : Everyone hates school
Corona : *Say no more...*
Welcome Corona
Honestly lmaoo
Schools:doesn't know about Coronavirus and just like hey coronavirus
:coronavirus hey
The next day
School:WHY AM I SHUT DOWN
Me with nothing to do: *slowly does of boredom*
I'm actually kinda missing school though...
Reading is objectively better than movies for these reasons:
1) In movies, they can't include as much because they have to stick to a budget and certain scenes would be ridiculously expensive with all the editing and special effects. With books, the author doesn't have that problem.
2) In books, it forces the reader to slow down and really take in what's going on.
3) Books are more accessible, for lack of a better term, to those who don't have electricity than movies are.
4) It takes hundreds of people to make a movie. In takes just a few people to write a book.
5) With movies, there will once in a while be this scene that'll be utterly visually disturbing. That can't happen with books.
6) It is difficult to have a story in 3rd person omniscient in movies. It is pretty easy in books.
7) There is so much a narrator can say in books. If you have a narrator in a movie, it just feels out of place.
8) Graphic novels exist for visual people like me.
9) Movies cost millions of dollars to make. It costs barely anything to write a book.
10) Books are already divided into smaller sections that you can take breaks at (chapters). There isn't anything like that in a movie.
I agree so much with this. 😂
I agree but I still hate reading 😂
@Bill_W_Cipher
Number 2 and 4 are completely false!
Oh my- you are so lucky your mom didn’t bring out the “then what happened in the chapter” trick.
Same
Oh fuc thats the worst
Ok i wont bich
That’s the worst
For me I would read the first page of the chapter and nothing else because of how demotivated I was.
"the animals were communists"
- Jaiden animations
Its the socialist party not the communist party
I think she was talking about the pigs
@@jesusortiz2126 Same
@@jesusortiz2126 have you read the book?
I know exactly what book she's talking about
“Reading is calming” Me: Yeah it is. Also me: *Yelling at the book because a character made a dumb choice, there’s a huge plot twist, or there’s a cliffhanger.* (The only books on my mind right now are Keeper of the Lost Cities, so if you read the books, you may know who or what I mean)
This feels like me, recently, going through "Your Turn to Die".
Check it out, it's free.
Me: NOOOOOOOOO NOT LIKE THIS. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The other people around me:
( it was warrior cats, alot of death )
Keeper of the lost cities was a very enraged book for me, but I still love I t
You should read Gregor The Overlander then it’s amazing! There is around 300 pages and 5 series
dalmations
Jaiden's Mom: Read this book!
Jaiden: Well, now I'm not going to do it.
Hobbes Hobbiton lol
being forced to read vs. wanting to read has the same energy of when you are cleaning and then your parents walk in and shout "yeah you'd better be cleaning"
or when you’re about to do chores and then your parents would go tell you to do it, really makes me not want to do anything anymore. i guess being told what to do just sucks
@@iregretmylifechoices5910 oh i second this so much. like, i'm about to do something out of my own volition and motivation and now you (parent) went and made it look like i'm just reluctantly following orders
Ikkrrr
yeah, when your feeling independent and then someone tells you to do something likes it's expected of you at all times makes you feel less independent like what you are doing is not a change in modivation. Like if you are cleaning you room for once to try and improve you mood and impress your parents, then they just tell you to do it like, "YEAH, I was GONNA, but THEN you made it like you had to TELL ME or else I "wouldn't do it" which makes me seem lazy and under your power. I WAS DOING IT ON MY OWN TERMS!!! Now it looks like I only did it because YOU ordered me to!!! Now I feel like I'm you slave, and don't want to clean my room anymore. THANKS ALOT for killing my mood. This is your fault, and now you can go tell everyone hoe lazy and unmotivated I am. "ugh"
also when they do that and you stop they assume you're doing it out of pure spite when in reality they have removed your desire and motivation
Jaiden: Everyone thinks school should die
Corona Virus: *Allow us to introduce ourselves*
Jerry LOL
LOL
I was gonna write this exact comment ;-;
You now what when I was in school i said to my self i hate school. But now I meets it now cuz I miss my friends
Us?
watching this after your ADHD video to connect dots
It’s a matter of psychology: When it’s our idea on our own terms, it motivates us to succeed in a goal that we’ve made for ourselves. It’s a want, rather than requirement. But when someone forces us to do something, especially if it’s not a subject that interests us or is deemed undesirable- we tend to associate that activity with losing that free will, even when we have regained the ability to function on our own terms. That mindset also reinforced when that activity can result in punishment. Our brains are wired to remember bad associations more vividly than good ones, so we’re more likely to act defensively when something triggers that bad memory. Even if it’s not under bad circumstances. You associate reading with being punished both by your mother and at school with bad grades, therefore your brain tells you books are boring and force you to lose your free will. Typically people who love books, in my own experience, are trying to get away from their life in one way or another. So they associate books with getting away from the punishment and bad memories of their life. They cling to them and it allows them to escape, regaining that sense of free will in a life that feels out of their control. We are creatures of choice and the need to express ourselves- whether that’s fully consuming ourselves in an activity, or completely avoiding it and anything associated with it.
Okay, that actually makes sense why I got really rebellious when I do what my parent's ultimatum.
Cool
So that's why even if I might be planning to clean my room but if my mom said me to clean it now that I feel pissed and don't do it
So now you proved me that I SO MUCH HATE READING HAAHHAHAHAH
So basically it’s like when I want to eat but then my mom tells me to eat. I WAS ALREADY GONNA EAT YOU DONT NEED TO TELL ME THAT. Oh I see. Ur right
Jaiden whenever she has to read her script: *bored Jaiden noises*
Jaiden in 5th grade; I can read300 pages in 2 days!!
Me in 5th grade: I can read diary of a wimpy kid in 2 hours.
@@minidisx Thank you, thank you. I'll be here for as long as quartine and beyond!
@@Tr1tay Me in 7th grade: I can read
@@Tr1tay lol i only look at the pictures
Jaiden from this video would NOT believe Jaiden from 2024 owning a cat
There’s actually an article called How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading by John Holt that basically describes the exact same thing you are. He says stuff about like how the way that schools force you to look up random words or references in books makes you hate reading. i mean when people actually read for fun they don’t look up every word they don’t know or look into the symbolism.
Anyways, all you need to get into reading is a book series that you really enjoy. and since you know people who can give you suggestions that makes it easier. you’re probably never gonna see this but it’s whatever
I do want to encourage everyone to give reading another try. Even during quarantine your local library likely has free audiobooks and ebooks for you to sort through and get directly on your phone/computer/tablet. You can browse vast selections and pick books that appeal to you. It's easy if you model it after the type of movies, shows, or video game stories you like most.
There's always a book for everyone, fiction or nonfiction. I hope you all give it another shot!
SO TRUE
There's also a whole thing where the style that took over most of american literature pushed "show don't tell" so much that symbolism got real subtle and harder to identify. Possibly as the result of a CIA plot to make it harder for subversive ideology to spread
Jaiden: *reads book
School: Read, but it counts towards 20% of grade
Jaiden: well now I don't want to do it!
That's what happens
This is me but when I’m studying and my mother asks me to study
.... yes :)
I remember a teacher in college asking the class who disliked reading, and why: 80% of the class said it was because they were forced to read books in school. I don't know about other countries, but in France they give us pretty complicated books to read at age 10/12 with subjects you won't enjoy reading at 12, then call you dumb and interested in nothing if you don't like (or have difficulties) to read this oh so wonderful classic writer of the XVII century... No wonder most kids will be discouraged about reading.
Everyone: makes a comment about Jaiden's disdain for reading.
Me: Oh wow, young Jaiden has a new hair style. I like it.
Yeah its pretty cute looking
Same
Yeah it’s cute
yeah
Y E A H
For me, my apathy toward reading didn't hit me hard until High School. The reason why my apathy hit me there and not in Middle School like most people is because in Middle School they still had some book series that I enjoyed from Elementary School. Those books are Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate. During Middle School, I was introduced to comic strip compilations like Calvin and Hobbes and Mutts and I was also introduced to the Dog Man books by the creator of Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey. So while I was raised to old-time books during my Middle School years and my time spent reading did take a bit of a backseat during that time, At least in Middle School the magic of reading still lived on for me, even if it did take a bit of a backseat. High School, on the other hand, was when the magic was just GONE for me. The books that I liked reading in Middle School were gone, the books recommended by the school librarian were just melodramas or plain dramas, books felt a bit too layered for my liking, and I was spending way too much time either watching RUclips or doing something else. While I did read some good books during my High School years, most prominently the Bone books by Jeff Smith and "Me, Earl, and The Dying Girl" by Jesse Andrews, and "El Deafo" by Cece Bell, The Magic of reading for me died during my High School years.
Reading isn’t necessarily bad, it’s the fact that school ruins it. You have to memorize, and read terrible books.
School is a pain.
when i’m forced to read a book..
it doesn’t end up read.
i only read the stuff i’m actually curious about..
not so true. schools can give you good books, and bad ones. depends on wether you are learning in a public or non public (lol) school.
Its not the books that are bad. Its the work they assign. Its like "oh cool Animal Farm is about communism thats cool", then FUCK YOU WRITE A 2 PAGE ESSAY ON HOW THE PIG IS STALIN AND NOW RESEARCH RUSSIA
I started hating reading cuz it felt forced like my school and parents made me do it
me: *finishes rereading a series during this ‘break’*
also me: *sees new video discussing reading hatred*
me: yes.
which series may I ask?
Jassi gill haha the sisters grimm. pretty good read after not reading it for four years. 10/10
@@jsoap4714 oh nice, thanx for replyin
I was also reading when I got the notification for this video and laughed!!
William Budden Brideshead Revisited
When I was a kid in grade school, I used to love reading. I would just devour book after book. I even stayed up late and read with a flashlight because I was so into it. I don't really know what happened. When I got to high school something snapped and I just didn't like reading anymore. I'm guessing it's probably because in highschool I was forced to read books and analyze the crap out of them. I no longer had time to read the books I was interested in. This must've caused a negative association for me because ever since then, I've never wanted to read another book, not even for leisure. I just can't focus anymore whenever I try to read.
Same, I used to really enjoy reading or hearing my grandpa read me stories. Then school came along and changed that. My school also had a point system. They make you take a test to determine the kind of books you should read. The better you score, the more advanced books you're forced to read. And if you get 781 points, you can only read books in the 700 hundred category. Which sucks because not only was it forcing you to read and make you take tests on the books but you were forced to read from a small selection. Which only made me dislike reading more.
Nowadays I only read fanfiction and not really books. They don't peak my interest anymore.
I had the same thing! I used to love reading as a kid, I'd read everywhere and anywhere. I loved spending my time at the school library! But something just suddenly snapped and my love for books vanished. I am pretty sure it's the schools forcing everyone to read books and analyze the crap out of them as well as my parents really being pushy with my literature. My dad to this day loves buying me comics non-stop and I wish I could indulge in them but even when I try myself to read, I just can't.
Now I just read fanfics, webtoon comics and twitter arguments..
Same, you’re just like me
I was in the same situation! Except I then became addicted to reading fanfics online and, just holding an actual book and looking at the cover makes me feel a bit uncomfortable… maybe it’s bc books became so much more expensive during quarantine and suddenly I feel really awkward tryna buy a book to actually read…so now I just read mangas. I mean they have pictures 😃
books sux
“Reading, books, libraries…..it’s all boring.”
Me: clicks off immediately.
Kidding! Kidding. I’m still here!
Everyone:Likes reading book
School: "Read this one, it's great"
Everyone: *Well now im not doing it*
BASICALLY
thats meeeeeeeeeeeeee!
So true
School: read this one!
me: but it's old and for boomers, I prefer doing something else in my free time thanks
Jaiden: don't send me suggestions for boo-
Me: MICHAEL VEY
It’s when reading is made to feel like a chore, it just becomes something you hate
It also doesn’t help that school gives us the WORST BOOKS to do book reports on
HMMMMMMMMMMMMM
As an avid reader, I think just having students choose a book(s) they'd like to read and offering extra credit and/or other small rewards as incentive for kids to read and write about their experience would serve much better to improve both literacy and enjoyment.
@@meowsquared Making me choose a book as an incentive to read is the perfect assignment for me in an english class. It gives me an excuse to tell my professor exactly how stupid the concept alone is, much less how bad the actual book was, except I would love talking about Goblin Slayer. I have nearly the same opinions as jaiden on reading, except my thoughts on reading are... Visceral. For Jaiden, it's "I hate reading", but for me, it's "I abhor reading more than any activity, including nothing".
@@nepnep615 I get that. I think even if it was handled better by the education system there would still be plenty people that grow up to not enjoy reading. But at the very least we wouldn't have people who genuinely enjoyed reading as children like Jaiden, only to have that enjoyment killed because they were forced to do it.
There's just something viscerally unpleasant about being forced to do something. As she said, your brain starts to associate that idea as a punishment so that even things you would otherwise enjoy turn into something to be unhappy about.
@@meowsquared Absolutely, but the thing is that I never enjoyed reading. It was always a hassle to me because playing video games was more fun for me when I was a kid, and continues to still be fun to me now (I am now an esports player on my college team and we are top 15 in America).
The book: they sat down
English teachers: wHaT dOeS iT mEaN?¿
Me: Maybe, here me out, they sat because they were tired?
Teacher: *NO* THEY SAT DOWN BECAUSE THE AUTHOR WANTED TO SYMBOLIZE HOW HEAVY THE WEIGHT OF GUILT WAS WEIGHING THEM DOWN YOU IGNORANT PIECE OF SHI-!!
No! It’s actually a meta commentary about how society always expects us to be on the go and moving and since the character is rebellious, it symbolizes her feelings on the revolutionary war and how much she hates sand!
Can relate. My ELA teacher used to interpret the interpretation of the author’s literal meaning.
*I believe that as you sent this comment onto such a platform concocted for online electronic media where oneself may share infinite possibilities to millions of citizens around the world (commonly known as ‘RUclips’), your upside-down question mark means something much deeper than the supposed, standard comedic material. As a typical human being may notice, it appears that the one question mark used to punctuate the closing sentence of the paragraph commented on this form of media has had its Y-Coordinate reversed. In other words, it appears that the question mark has been flipped upside-down. This may share a relationship between this commenter’s mindset, as their lives could have been ‘flipped upside-down’ at some point (This, of course, is a figurative form of language). This, perhaps, could be exposing some form of depression and/or anxiety to the one who has made this joke on the video platform. Thus, this individual (assuming the low probability of multiple people collaborating to create this comment is not true) must be feeling sad due to previous traumatic experiences, and has decided to conceal these feelings behind this very RUclips comment, feelings in which only the most intelligent of beings shall be able to decipher.*
Gamey Gaming yes lol
When she said "to kill a Mocking bird" it got me excited suddenly, all just because i had a book that has a title named that? And i didnt even enjoy reading it.
Public schools: Destroyer of hobbies
I know right
r/bossbattle
Or something I can’t remember the exact name of the subreddit
*laughs in Australian where private school curriculum is pretty much the same*
Laughs in india where schools crush dreams
Schools in general
Reading is like art. Everyone has a different pace and can’t be forced.
And has a different style of art(reading)!
What's your favorite tea?
@@NiteSteel000 uranium
@@Pikminenjoyerbunchofnumbers ah, someone that appreciates the bulk, I see?
Hey
I'm starting to feel this way about drawing now, unfortunately. I always loved it, so of course I wanted to take art classes in high school. I'm a senior in AP Art and Drawing now, and I hate it but it's too late to transfer out. I don't like being forced to make presentations, deeply analyze art, and sticking with the same old "inquiry question" for the entire year, you know? Absolutely needing to do things that relate to your passion (especially when it's required to be done within a certain timeframe) can sometimes make you lose interest in it, at least for me. I don't want to be a "real artist" and make complex pieces with a meaning that I have to explain. I want to draw fan art in a cartoon style and minimal cat art, dammit.
I know how you feel! I'm also taking an art class this year, and we've had to analyze art and answer questions as bell ringers almost every class! We haven't had to draw anything with "deep" meaning yet, but so far, we've only drawn things in a realistic style. I get trying new things and all, but realism really isn't my thing. I hate it! Personally, I think realism is boring. Don't get me wrong, realism artists are extremely talented, but why would you want to only draw realistic things? It can limit creativity quite a bit. We also have to do a weekly drawing in our sketchbook (what we have to draw is assigned to us btw), which makes it harder for me to finish my drawings that aren't for art class. I'd rather be drawing cartoon art of my OCs and other characters that I'm interested in drawing. I hate feeling as if I can never take a break from art because I have so many pieces that I want to make, but then art class adds things that I'm not interested in drawing onto my pile each week, and it stresses me out so much! Back to the topic of meanings, I'm really not interested in giving my artwork deep meanings. I hope we don't have to make anything with deep meanings in art class, but if we do, it will be extremely hard for me to come up with something. I just want to draw something for fun, not to display some kind of meaning! My artwork almost never has a deep meaning behind it unless it's vent art. Art class has unfortunately started to make me lose interest in art. The enviornment of my art class is actually really nice, but I hate the assignments because they're boring and stressful.
I totally understand that! Art school almost destroyed my love of art!
analyzing art is stupid and shouldnt be graded!
@@thelittlestarlight6221 right? This just reminded me that I have a presentation in that class tomorrow ;-;
Drop out... I mena ginjaninjaowo did it anddd look at them now :D
Aw I feel so bad. My mom bribed me to read a book one summer and OMG I fell in love with it so much! 25 years later and thousands of book I'm still obsessed.
Jaiden: "Schools should die"
Corona virus: Allow me to introduce myself...
Joke so funny I forgot to laugh
My copied comment...
1000 subs with no videos challenge bruh everyone is posting that kind of comment so it honestly doesn’t even matter
You've accomplished your goal 😊
1 sub before 2022 ? I seen your name I got you homie 1st sub and no one can take that away from me lol
"Reading is supposed to be calming"
Literally every fangirl reading literally any series: *sobbing on the ground because their favorite character just died*
For me a lot of the time it's not even a favorite character. In one of my favorite book series, 3 characters related to the main cast of characters die in separate books and I cried. each. time.
They were such sweet characters ;-;
ALEXANDER SULLIVAN
*ugly sobbing*
This entire story revolves around the logic that “People are less likely to do something if told to do so.”
Reverse phycology 😲
Yep
Absolutely true, and so is the fact. I much prefer to read something I choose to read.
U are even smarter than I thought Darth Vader. P.S. ur my favourite Star Wars character
but if we are told to not do something its more fun to do that thing
when i was younger, in elementary school, we had reading logs. i HATED doing those. my parents would force me to read when i really didn’t want to.
they didn’t want me to grow up hating reading, so eventually they just stopped forcing me and started faking filling out my reading logs so that my grade wouldn’t suffer and i could still go outside for the extra recess that we would get when we got the required amount of minutes.
anyway, because they stopped forcing me, i’ve grown up to love reading, writing and english as a subject overall so i think they did good😭👍
Jaiden: *talks about Geronimo Stilton*
Me: Ah yes, a woman of culture
Lorx Thea Stilton wya??
shoe thea stilton is just great value geronimo stilton
I only ever saw the tv show and comic
@@TimelostGamer the tv show was kinda wierd
shoe thea Stilton is the reason I’m gay-
Jaiden: I’m gonna go read this book
Someone: Go read this book
Jaiden: Well now I’m not doing it
Lol
😂
That's actually me too tbh I don't like being "bossed" around
100 true
IM EARLY
Jaiden: says she doesn’t like books
Her nerd fans: *Gone. Reduced to atoms.*
They didn't watch the vid then. She used to, but being forced to turned her away. I resonate with her sentiment.
Some people have this superpower called "respecting other people's opinions even when you don't agree with them"
Get the joke all the boomer dudes that will reply to this.
@@sto-humanfriendly r/woooosh.
Tamara Stroyan, I’m not saying this is me. I think it would be ridiculous to unsubscribe from somebody just because of their opinion, and I totally get her point of view.
The worst situation a person who is getting into reading, is being forced. I enjoy reading because I enjoy sharing with others who are curious about the series I'm reading, and it's a great way for me to get to know what others enjoy reading at times if they're reading themselves.
It also makes for a great resource for inspiration for me since I love drawing art a lot.
Also also I prefer Manga because it's easier for me to connect with the story.
This entire video is just the meme
*“Well now I’m not doing it.”*
Jesus loves you
Beeno
69th like. Nice.
Generation Z is the failed generation. You have low attention spans, find enjoyment in low quality things, and have major identity issues. If you read as kids, you wouldn't be misspelling half of the words you type on the internet.
@@RobbieStacks90 you made this comment because?
@@xxjoebamaxx7782 You need to hear the truth from somebody who feels awful for your generation.
Child who enjoys reading: **exists**
School:Oh, so you like reading? Name every book. It's due in one hour.
and its 100% of your grade so chop chop
I used to love to read, and now I can barely look at a chapter lmao
@@pootispow4073 It's more like it is worth 130% of your grade and there is a test on it worth 200% of your grade
U know that happend to me they made me read 7 god dam books. Due in a week, this was because I was mean or something...even though I wasn’t! I got revenge.
@@cxmrade9163 in a week? That’s pretty easy. I had to read 12 books (they were all in a series) in 4 days
“Why i don’t like reading”
“B-because you have dyslexia?”
Me who has dyslexia: *visibly confused for 2 minutes trying to read a RUclips comment*
Also me: *figures out what it says*
Also me: but what does it mean
(*・～・*)
XD i have it to
I was dum back then
That’s James
I have ADHD witch is worse
"I might have some reading PSTD from *school* "
yup, I feel that's the main reason most people who say they don't like reading