Straight-A vs Flunking Students: Do Good Grades Matter? | Middle Ground
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Jubilee IM SO IN LOVE WITH THE BOYS ON THIS VIDEOOOO, HOW CAN I GET THEIR INSTAGRAMS????
@@edovale1391 exactly😂
Do all 1st generation students think the same?
Lmao
Thanks for getting a sponsor instead of putting 400 ads in the video 😃
The Flunking student guy: Wisdom
Straight A guy: Humble
Fr the guys in this one are top tier
Moral of the story? Men >
@@solitaryconfinement1975 no
@@solitaryconfinement1975 boooo
@@solitaryconfinement1975 lol .....are u still stuck in girls vs boys ???.......lame
These kids acted MUCH more mature than the adults in some of these middle ground episodes.
AverageGirl true. Haha
*most of these middle ground episodes
SARISNU .R k.
*Has flashbacks*
The flat-earthers Vs scientists 🥴
Cooper is really cool, the way he's not arrogant about his grades and tries his hardest to relate to others. He seems like the kind of person who would make a really loyal friend.
he was a zombie in 2013
@@cristobitches3700 what 😭
@@lemonbirdo what?
@@lemonbirdo oh damn I didn’t know that
yeah
These kids are by far the most unprejudiced, empathetic and respectful people I've ever seen on Middle Ground. The way they listen to each other without interrupting or dismissing anyone is truly heart warming.
They all go through the same struggle, that is school.
If only the flat earthers were like that
This younger generation is super emotionally intelligent
@@ralphtyrell6439probably not, theres gen z's out there that will just give you a headache
Prejudice is taught…
okay but the teenagers had a way better conversation than the adults.
Potentially they are just more open to new ideas and understandings than adults
@@hunterscheib6882 Shouldn't adults share their experience?
@@masterchief4189 100% they should give their opinion! But should they keep a closed, unidirectional, us vs them tribal mind set? I have seen countless times when older populations consider their view the only way. It shuts down opportunity for growth and evolution of the mind.
kaleigh carpenter to be fair this is a much less controversial topic than most of the other topics that the adults get. it’s easier to stay civil.
kaleigh carpenter TEAA
Cooper is going places, being able to see both sides. He seems like a cool kid
J R seriously some students are born smarter. However intellect is just one aspect of a person and there also that struggle of staying sane with such a powerful gift . I like Cooper.
It's a quality most people don't possess. I hope he never loses that.
He was in True Detective. Ass-pen Conroy lmao
@@TakeaRideWithMyTrunkOpen cooper wasnt born smarter. He's just a hard worker.
@@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329 that's what more people need to understand. Getting grades is about 10% intelligence and 90% work ethic. When you don't understand something at first, all you need to do is just put in some effort and eventually you'll get it, I've been there many times.
Honestly grades are a sign of work ethic more than anything else.
Truth.
Grades are a testament to A) dedication, and more secondarily B) how well you absorb knowledge.
@@platosfavoritestudent6509 I'd say how well you absorb knowledge through a very particular method.
@@Nothing-ce8uv precise
They can be but not always
1.8 gpa in high school, 3.9 gpa in college, currently in medical school. The only difference in getting straight A’s is dedication. High school gpa doesn’t mean anything. Find your passion, leave the childish behaviors behind, and grind.
How did you enter medical school with a 1.9 GPA?
@@clairobscur7697 cs he had a 3.9 gpa in college… the real question is how did he get into college with a 1.8 gpa
@@clairobscur7697 Maybe he went to a community college then transferred to a 4 year college
It happens a lot and a lot of people became very successful that way
Bro 1.8? Were you trying to fail💀
@@KitKat-vy5pk Who spat in your coffee omg
These teenagers sound more grounded logical and mature than some of the adults who come on this show
Unnecessary comparison
i love your videos :")
Most "adults" really don't have life any more figured out than anyone else, especially when they try to over-emphasis their intelligence and superiority over others.
I like ur channel
Luke Alexander no 🧢
Young people talking without arguing > older people being passive agressive to eachother
Antonio Damoura2 One example versus hundreds. Teenagers are not always like this.
Source: Am a teenager who realises Jubilee picks certain types of people.
TheÜberLord certain type of people?
I dont care about statistic bias and selection, its nice to seen young people having open, respectful discourse
@@antoniodamoura631 a
Gen z>> boomers
Straight-A or Flunking, all these kids know how broken the educational system is and what actually defines a valuable person to society. Shame the educational itself is not "smart" enough to know that.
Well it Definately is doing exactly what it was made for lol
High school are made to train kids into factory working it more about control then actually learning
The education system in most other developed countries is better don't generalize because of your narrow world-view, this is mainly an American problem.
@@SierNotsruhtno its not it's in most countries around the world
@@SierNotsruht not at all lmao
I completely agree with Cooper's statement about different learning styles, and also different skills and kinds of intelligence. The fact that the education system only values a certain set of skills and learning styles might be its greatest flaw.
@@ethanweimer-kopf6907 Imma check that out
In america* most developed countries have a better education system than the US
"Might be"? It most definitely is.
@@SierNotsruht not really, the US probably has the best education by far. You can look up top 100 colleges and see :)
@@baljeetpatel1745 The education system is not just colleges.
This comment section is 50% intellectual discussion and 50% hopping on the Cooper bandwagon.
I don’t see the appeal
He cute
@@aliced602 he really is tho :>
He really is
What? He genuinely seemed like a cool guy. Idk why, but the other straight A students strikes me as the “silently judgy” type and he wasn’t like that
Cooper is the type of dude you would accidentally spill coffee on and he'd be the first to apologize
So your saying cooper is Canadian eh
Btw I’m Canadian
@@fivesow8037 why are u like that tho? Just curious
Minecraft Station they’re not it’s just that US culture is mostly about oneself while other countries tend to care more about other a little more
Abbas Noman true true
@@minecraftstation6422 idk we dont got alot of bullies here
I got straight As through high school, and then failed half of university. School isn’t one size fits all, and education fails students. Education is so standardized and once you are out of highschool education is all to make money. It’s quite sad we still learn the same way we did 100 years ago.
I was the opposite, barely made it through high school and straight A’s in University. So random
@@sarah-qn1qz what do you study
@@ariamahmed3434 acting
@@dyingpatient1974 😂😂😂
Same here, the instruction quality in university is terrible, I've never thought there could be teachers this bad. If only attendance weren't mandatory...
I was very gifted when I was younger. Now my grades are dropping because school isn't about learning anymore, it's just a lot of unnecessary content which needs to be memorised
I was looking for this comment. Let's try and fight through. More power to y'all
@NeEYaH that's where trade school or college comes in
Absolutely. Post secondary education is a complete farce and it’s all for money
Sometimes it's just ticking boxes, a few days ago in my geography classes went on a feildwork trip journey there and back was 6 hours and it costed about £14 we were on the beach for literally less than 15 minutes to do beach profiling measuring pole distance and an angle, and then we came home biggest waste of time in my entire life and we were taught like nursery children, we couldn't touch the water explore or anything and had to stay in the group of teachers, I'm 16! everyone else in the class is 17
well you are supposed to learn the content and actually understand it, not just mEmorise it mindlessly.
“I can’t relate to the other side” none of the straight A’s kids went to the seats. They know how it feels to fail. It shows
But someone on the flunking side brought this up and I agree: maybe they can understand failing a test or not doing well in a subject, but it’s not the same. I think unless they have flunked in the past, it’s hard for them to truly relate.
@@hannahbloom relate means "feel sympathy for or identify with". So like if you got straight A's in school but then got a bad grade once i think you could then identify or feel sympathy to the person whos getting them all the time. Relate doesnt really mean that you have to be just like the one youre relating to.
Entropy of Levanter - yes, but my personal feeling is that failing a test and failing a class are quite different, so even if you fail a test, it’s not really the same thing/feeling/problem
@@hannahbloom well i still disagree but i understand what you mean so im not gonna argue more:)
they have to fail to get Grade As, that's how it works. the smartest people have to have got every answer wrong. As a wise man said "make every mistake possible and you'll never fail".
“I am smart.”
And smartest person in the group hesitated the longest.
Cooper has an incredible character and emotional intelligence capacity.
I feel like he doesn't believe in being inherently smart as what he accomplished is through his own hard work but seeing others step forward made him not want to discredit them.
Honestly I’m a 4.0 student and I have to say I truly do not believe I am any smarter than kids that fail. I just have the gift of memorization so classes like math and science really click and are easy. Classes where I have to do essays I struggle with, but I persevere and do my best. But I do understand that some kids do not have that memorization and perseverance.
@@lemonman394 I also struggle with essays, like, for me at least, they don't connect with what I learn.
What exactly made him the smartest?
Generally smart people know enough to know that they dont actually know all that much relative to how much knowledge is out there. Its called the dunning kruger effect
I was top 10 of my class in high school and am currently getting praise from my college teachers. Thing is, I don't know half the things I turn in. I feel brainless. It's more as though my hands are the ones that do the thinking rather than myself. I'm not smart at all, I just know how to get my way around a teacher. Then again, school is not something I'm passionate about. If it were, I'd probably put in true effort.
What class are you in??
It seems like you underestimate yourself or have an evaluation of yourself that may differ from what's true. You are an intelligent person. Intelligence isn't just about content - it's those other things too. Teaching and learning is relational.
You want somethings that makes you understand the topic at hand?
Make a group of friends to study with, and put yourself into the position of teacher.
It's more about the fact that you are turning the stuff in, and many other people are not.
knowing your way around people is also a very valuable skill later down the road, so have more pride in that skill C:
My older brother flunked every single class, had to move schools bc of it, came back to our school again, and still flunked. And so he dropped out in 11th grade. He got his GED and instead of taking the 6 week courses to get his GED, he took the tests the first day of class and aced every single one with 100% (except English). Then he joined the marines and got like 1 point off in the asvab test (marines intelligence test) because he is THAT smart. School failed him not bc he didn’t try, or he didn’t know. But he was too smart and had adhd and couldn’t sit through the boredom.
With that, I had he same math teacher as my brother the same year my brother dropped out. When he dropped out my teacher said to me. “He would nap in my class all the time. And if I called on him to answer a question, he’d pick his head up, stare at the question and give the correct answer within 30 seconds. Then lay his head back down and go to sleep”
School is built for teachers pets.
Nice imagination you got there no human can wake up and know thousands of years of advancement in human understanding of maths and sciences English and other subjects you simply living a dream he must have studied at some point before taking those tests
@@abz7800 "I can't do it that fast, so that means no one else can and therefore humanely impossible"
@@panpan9861 if you read the comment again with your tiny intellect you’ll see there’s no mention of a the person actually studying and the commenter acts as if the person just took the test and immediately scored well without prior studying therefore my comment is valid and suggests it’s not possible for a human to know something from nothing
I have ADD but I still tried and put effort onto subjects I myself hate English and a 100% is very high
@@panpan9861"someone on the internet said it it must be true"
Cooper: I....
People: okay he's definetely an intellectual.
I...
coop oh hey coop
Jihan Putra HES so cute tho
666
@@raytas9140 right?!?!?
My teacher has a sign that says “Don’t let schooling get in the way of your education” and I really feel that.
deep
You go to school for education. Just know the difference between education and indoctrination
My teacher. Also Einstein
@@justanotherweirdo11 lol
Like Elon Musk said "Don't confuse education with schooling, I didn't go to Harvard, but people who work for me did"
In all honesty I'm a straight A student, but I never felt like I earned it in school. My brain worked differently because I have some really bad ADHD, but it still worked a lot faster because it just put things together faster than everyone else. It gave me this facade that I was super intelligent and smarter than everyone throughout middle school and it made me arrogant.
It was a lot different in high school when I finally put together I just learned I wasn't more intelligent than the other students around me. One of my closest friends struggled so much throughout middle school, then one day he asked me for some help it finally clicked. He was having trouble with the way they showed him to do something in math, and I realized that was the same problem I had had with it, but I had come up with a different formula to get it done. I showed him my way and it clicked for him almost immediately, and he started doing the problems faster than I had.
It was remarkable to me and incredibly eye opening. I wasn't any smarter than him, we were just different. Still one of my favorite people and smartest friends.
Everyone has add
@@Ty-cr7pf No they don't...
I have adhd but I guess it just got worse for me in 8th grade bc im unmedicatated and just overall burned out. I used to be an all A student until now and I'm even failing a few classes. I'm disappointed 8h myself tbh but oh well
@@y2kiwii512 charge it ygm
@@anzibzz698 ?
My mom was a straight A student, and she tells me every now and then that all she did was study and memorise what was required and nowadays she doesn’t even remember what she studied since she only tried to reach the maximum possible score on the exams. She then told me that the ability to question everything within reason makes you very smart in comparison to someone who just blindly memorizes everything that the upcoming exam requires.
Hey that's also the exact idea i came up with after realising i was a mindless drone during all of my childhood and most of my adolescence
That’s why people with adhd struggle in school. They aren’t made to retain information that isn’t worth our time. We only pay attention to the things we enjoy, which is why (personally) I had terrible grades in math and very high grades in history. we are only passionate about the subject, not the grade it gives us
Cooper is such a homie, he's the most reasonable
Sinai Yes, Cooper and Randy are my favorites
Krish Dutta same
@Sinai Hi person with a similar name!!!
@@stripp1219 and everybody always calls me siani lol
Honestly tho
Cooper: talks
All the girls: Yeah... Yeahhhh
he's intelligent he's cute he's a total package
0:46 Doesn't go outside their house.
I used to get mostly A's and this was true for me. I failed a class, but still don't have a life. Put having a life before school, because if you don't you might become miserable and fail anyway. Although I did my homework in class so school would only waste 7 hours a day.
But hes 18, those girls arent LEGAL yet
Not my type....more into R A N D Y Y Y Y Y Y
Affirming what the other is saying, and expressing that you agree is normal in conversation. He made a lot of good points, and of course, people agree.
I really hope that mental health is addressed at some point when it comes to this topic. I have had depression, anxiety, social anxiety, depersonalization disorder, and trauma for around six years now and was just diagnosed with ADD. I used to be a straight A student, but of course, once quarantine rolled around it made everything worse and now I’m a flunking student. It’s not fun to know you are failing and that people look at you differently now because you have horrible grades.
I feel u 100%
im so sorry girl! You've got what it takes to achieve your goals though, you can do this!!
agreed . it’s genuinely heartbreaking to know others view you as less intelligent when really it’s mental illness .
Yeah, that was me 2 weeks ago. But I realized I was dropping, so talk to people, talk to adults, look online for resources and GO OUTSIDE!! The sun releases endorphins in your brain which is the natural version of cocaine. They activate the same brain chemicals.
Do you know what these issues stem from?
As an a-b student, I worried about my grades a lot. I was very competitive and in the advanced IB classes. Highschool IB is harder than any college. I also had a social life. I chose no sleep instead. Grades to me were always about how well you handle stress more than intelligence. There's two kinds of intelligence. Emotional intelligence versus analytical intelligence. School doesn't teach enough emotional intelligence.
IB messed me up and got me into academic burn out. In this burn out my grades dropped dramatically. I'm currently trying to make up for this by dropping IB and taking summer classes.
I always worry about my grades a lot too
Highschool IB harder than any college? R u serious lmao
@@sgnti7164 Yes actually. I had IB graduates tell me first hand when they got to college that my schools IB program was harder than any college course. I took biology in 9th, chemistry and physics in 10th, and 11th grade was IB biology, effectively biochemistry. I had 4 years of Spanish, with the expectation that I'd write full essays by year 4. I was doing government and economics in 9th grade, word history AP in 10th, US history AP in 11th and 19th 20th century history for 12th grade. I had co directed and wrote my own plays for IB theatere. There was advanced algebra and geometry in 9th. I took pre Calc in 10th. 11th grade was IB math wich was mostly an exponential review. 12th was full calculus. And for English I had ancient epics in 9th, 10th was western world English classics, 11th was IB level analysis and writing. I did SO much in so little time all with more tests than the average highschool class. I worked my butt off to get what I could. I had to do full presentations in a foreign language, do homework for hours until it was late into the night, and do all the regular highschool requirements on top of that. You cannot tell me that YOU had accomplished all that in 4 years of highschool, let alone if I add two years of college. The IB program is very difficult and has a low rate for handing out diplomas. College is no where near as difficult as that.
@@Marshmallow95506 also idk why u had to write a paragraph to seek validation in yourself by bragging about the classes you took in highschool Im sorry but it isn’t impressive you took worthless classes just to validate your own intelligence just because it had the stigma of being a difficult course
when randy said “there’s a homework assignment, but there’s a skateboard” i felt that.
how did you learn to feel words
mushroom block it’s an art really
I felt it, lmao the skate life
That is pretty lazy.
Eric Lopez not sure what you mean but skateboarding isn't easy
"Don't ever let school get in the way of your education." - Mark Twain
Don't let school get in the way of your education
I think that just reminded me that my purpose of going to school is to better myself and my community, grow my knowledge on how to do better understand the complex ideas of how things work so I can solve it, I want to go to a good school like Rice because I want to make sure I can have the experience to project back into my community, my school is not the definition of my intelligence, I can learn anything I want and test scores don't reflect my knowledge and understanding
LMAO💀💀 my school grades are the only things I genuinely care about I’m not learning anything just here for the grade
Reminds me of when in Rick and Morty, Rick said: “School isn’t a place for smart people.”
@@v1ncebuthesjesus135 "You sit around and see someone say 2+2 is 4, then the guy in the front waits for you to say 2+2 is 4"
@@yong_yin_7373 uhm I'm not even gonna
I'm a failing student, I try as hard as I can but just getting out of bed is a struggle at this point. When i sit down to do homework i end up not being able to think about anything that's homework related. I'm not someone who can sit down and do something that requires to just sit there in silence and think, because all I can think about is not being here. I dont know what to do at this point.
Honestly same
Have you considered working with music or standing up, with brown noises perhaps?
@@boredd_isa244this! Playing piano music or jazz in the background has been very soothing for me when I do any homework. Helps me relax and take it one step at a time
same
try harder cause there's no way YOUR BEST is failing
i just don't understand why schools teach what they teach. why do i need to be taught all these insane mathematical formulas? i will literally never use that again in my entire life. why can't they just teach us important life skills and then IF there are SOME kids who DO wanna learn all that stuff, make classes available to them. and also having your parents constantly on your back like "you need to try harder" or "i know you can do better than this" WHEN YOURE ALREADY TRYING YOUR ABSOLUTE HARDEST- that hurts. ugh i'm so glad i ain't in school anymore
It's a way to practice your brain flexibility. To be sistematic, logical and to have a routine. I agree, it is quite overwhelming, however it is rewarding
I think the reason they teach math is because so many, If not, most jobs require math. Scientists, doctors, pharmacists, architects, physicians, engineers financial jobs, programmers, data scientists, and many others use a lot of math. Because most kids hate math, if we make math optional, then very few kids would take the math class and very few would become the jobs I listed. But this is what I think, there might be another reason.
@@apdifpapdjaapickgspjakf5937 I do agree that math is needed but not to the extent that it's taught . But yeah basic math is definitely needed
Mathematics are inportant due that they are almost everywhere. Most people who says that do not going to use mathematic sinply ignore mathematic or science in their everyday life and also mathematic make think in more organize and rational with other thought proccesing that otherwise could not be possible to other subject. Economic have some mathematic on it, Art and music sometimes use it. Mathematic is a tecnical language that requieres critical thinking , abract things and spatial thinking. More importantly, it requiere practice and understanding of concepts otherwise will you not understand.
@@moonhoney3823 Is "sistematic" actually a thing? 😂
The comments is basically just a diary entry of everyone who fell in love with Cooper.
My first thought watching this: h e ' s c u t e
Green Goblin bro I don’t understand but he’s mad cute
I knowwww
THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE SJFJDH
@@fffffffffff3722 and him bringing everyone up and encouraging everyone,,,, proud
School for me:
1. I like the class - I get an A
2. I don’t like the class - I’m going to do the minimum
Jacob Hewitt it’s mainly teachers
My point
Big facts
@@JasmineHatake you can't really blame teachers man 80% of my professors sucked ass you have to take responsibility and teach urself using RUclips, tutoring center, group projects etc. Unless the teacher assigns wayyy too much homework and doesn't even go over it then you shouldn't even complain cuz that's how college is now
diamond beatsx Whats the point of the teacher if you’re just going to teach yourself?
“Shows my hard work” I worked 6 hours for a test each day and still got a 51%
I worked 5hours on a test yesterday that i hadn’t studied on before and got an A
@@RXDSARI everyone has a different learning ceiling
It seems the harder I work the worse of a grade I get, it’s a shame.
i did that and got a 99%
@@Cillian-wwweeeeyes but. it depends on HOW you study
“Straight A vs Flunking Students”
Me as a average grade student: *spectator mode*
"I feel like my mom looks at my paper and says girl this that new math, i can't help with that"
That hit different...
Crystal Minds So true 😂😂
Math i math
It really does
I’m lucky my step dad has a math degree
woah ikr
Should have had a third group who are literally the middle ground.
Straight C student.
Oh that's me
thats me bro. working the system. I got a perfect 2.0 Associates degree and now I'm a carsalesman making a decent wage lol
The point of this show is to get an average by comparing the two "extremes" of a topic. They want to achieve a middle ground not have it already.
I read a book called A students work for C students a while ago
omg that's me , they needed kids who are in between .
After graduating college I learned that grades do not matter to an extent. As long as you don't fail classes you can still secure great jobs. I did poorly in high school but excelled in college. My roommates had worse grades than me but graduated into jobs making 100k plus. Grades are a reflection of how well you performed in the lens of a curriculum set by a teacher.
I was a 4.0 student throughout grade school until my junior year of high school. I dealt with a lot of instability in my family and it became overwhelming in high school. I went from straight A’s to graduating with a 1.9 GPA. It makes me sad to hear these flunking students say they deserve the grades they get. Looking back, I genuinely think one’s support system and environment determines one’s grades. Sure, there are going to be the outliers who can excel even in difficult circumstances, but for the overwhelming majority of students, it will be near impossible to get a 4.0 without the help of others.
If I graduated with a 4.0, I don’t think I would be able to say I could relate to flunking students. When you fail, there’s a stigma and a deep insecurity you develop from experiencing systematic injustice in the educational system… it’s not something people can truly relate to until they’ve experienced it.
Best comment here.
Cooper: *Exists*
_[Everyone liked that]_
This comment :EXISTS
(Everyone liked that)
@Törtle your comment exists
(Everyone liked that)
His mere existence is perfect
@@kenn.3234 Lol
lmfaooo i love seeing fallout references
“Letters don’t define me”
Every college/university: I’m about to end these people’s education
Shelly: That's Fallacy!
Erin: That's not Vegan!
100% true
*Bill Gates Laughs in the distance*
Grey Shades 1 being the lowest 9 being the highest
This is a more mature conversation than most adults can hold
I relate with Naema a lot! She had me in tears when she started explaining the things that go on at home which is why she’s flunking. I hope she understand that she IS smart and it’s not her fault that she was dealt those cards in life. I have faith that she will be something amazing in this world ❤️
I would’ve like to see “Straight A students vs Flunking students in their 30’s or 40’s”
hahah, yes!! I think itd blow some peoples minds~
@@cameronbrown339 honestly when you go to Harvard you gonna have a good life in your 40s
@@jennbrandon8182 Not every straight A student is gonna get into Harvard, and even then your school does not dictate the rest of your life. While sure, I guess paying 300k for education might get you better chances in life, it doesn't guarantee you success. Just remember, the Unabomber went to Harvard also.
@@jennbrandon8182 that's not realistic, that's the same effect as saying you didn't go to Harvard you're going to have a terrible life in your 40's. It helps for sure, but your paper will never define or guarantee success
@@cam0030 true but if a future employer sees that you graduated from Harvard, boy all doors are wide open. It's elititism
we all know the blonde girl was the one with all the colored pens in middle school
P Kallos she was literally irritating me through the entire video
IM SCREAMBING CJSBSJSNSKXJKNSJS
Not stereotypical at all😒😒
Daphne Oldenburg it’s just a joke lol
Highlighting everything in different color highlighters
I got straight As in high school (4.7 GPA). I ended up getting into my dream college which I am very thankful for, but it didn't feel like my grades is what got me in. The people around me in college didn't all get straight As, but we all shared a common ground of being passionate in something. The motive is shifting from perfect grades to driven mindsets. I honestly wish I knew that sooner. I'm not a straight A student anymore, but I feel much more fulfilled. Having been both a straight A student and a regular C and B student, grades do not define intelligence at all! Like one person said, cheating is so common. If you want the grade, you'll find a way to get it. If you want to learn the material/subject, you'll find a way to understand it. Grades != intelligence.
Python reference! Nice!
Only crap I didn't know a GPA could go that high
I agree! And also, CS major? :)
@@reddrumdrum maybe its a 5 pt scale
haha I just learned that in my CS1 class
things in my life don't distract me from school. school distracts me from life
Well said
Cooper: **breathes**
Everyone: he’s so sophisticated, he possess so much power, what a wonderful mind
*breathes*
Not to be mean, it's just so frustrating
@@preciadomu2ic must be sad doing poorly because you rather blame skin color than do what you need to do to succeed.
While others spread positivity and kindness you spread bitterness. Way to go!
lolll i didnt think he was all that but he def conveyed his points properly and rlly well
It’s crazy how Cooper was hesitating on joining the “I am smart” agreement, because I felt as if he was the brightest one in the room.
I noticed, too
I felt the same omg ! I feel like he’s so wise & mature... he’s thought so much about everything
The more you know, the more questions you can ask and this leads to a sense of uncertainty that ignorant people do not suffer from.
His hesitation is only proof of his wisdom and intelligence to me, he's smart, but knows how little he actually knows.
It’s called the dun Krueger effect pretty interesting imo
Pressure is an issue. Grades become identity and that makes expectations. School work sucks for everyone.
perfectionist + procrastinator + fear of failing is such a problem for me its scary
cooper's parents should be so proud of having a son that's really smart and self-aware.
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@@Casey11. omg i didn't even notice this comment had a lot of likes haha
It pisses me when he said he wanted to relate to what it feels like to get a fail... No you really don't, you can try to understand.
@@shadofreally it's like a humble brag,isn't it?But probably he's just too perfectionist or something and can't possibly risk his grades to know how failure truly feels
plain_ yoghurt but I think you should understand that for people like him getting a B or a C does feel like your failing because you set a standard for yourself and once you don’t meet it you become disappointed feeling like a failure for not being able to meet that standard as a person myself who is like cooper I could understand how the flunkies feel in some ways of course I’m not necessarily flunking or doing bad in school but sometimes we can understand I especially relate to giving up on work half way and procrastinating doing things last minute I truly don’t deserve the grades i get
_Cooper is that one guy in the class you wish you were friends with._
Imagine thinking his name is copper lmao
ah yes, copper. i love that metal! such a chill copper.
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Thanks Mr Cool Guy 😎👍🏻
Conservative Ash welcome bro
I used to be a straight-A student all my life until around 2019 it all just went downhill and now I am struggling so much and I honestly don't even know why.
same
@@zuzannawicherek6552 same, I've always gotten A's in math but this year it just hit hard, some of the stuff we're learning, even after I study and go over it, I still don't understand
@@dyylannmd11 I understand, for me even focusing for more than 15 mins is rly hard, I don’t now, I used to have best places in every competition and had the best grades in school a couple of times but now I’m so burnout I’m honestly scared for my final exams
@@zuzannawicherek6552 yeh, and the most annoying is that if I don't understand something my teachers say 'use your notes' but then their not their cause we never went over the problem
@angel !! I understand, and it is super hard. I hope you can get yourself back up, no matter how hard it is.
the last question they were discussing made me cry a little, their answers were so wholesome. They understood each other so perfectly its so amazing
Cooper that kid that was a nerd in middle school, then became less socially awkward and now everyone just likes him
haha nice
Yup
Me
Or they were a nerd in elementary school.
That's just like me
I just feel like school isn’t about learning anymore but about grades.
Finished high school two years ago and your sentence just remembered me all the hypocrisy that was present about "learning"
Wouldn't grades measure the effectiveness of what you learned, though? Granted, there has been a more noticeable demand for grades ( at least in my school ) and that full learning experience has kind of faded away. Now, it's just a race to who gets to the ivies or equally good schools like MIT or Stanford...
And grades are becoming more about memorization and less about comprehension. Its why students don’t remember a majority of the stuff their tested on a month later. If you understand what you’re learning, it’s easier to remember it.
BrokeSamson exactly what I’m saying
@BrokeSamson As a Vietnamese myself who lives in the States, thats no different from any school in the world.
I'm a A student and I absolutely don't think grades define intelligence. Personally I've understood topics and preformed very poorly on the exam because of the anxiety or because a part of the test was unexpected. You can have A+ knowledge on one aspect of a test and no understanding of another. A test doesn't show what's going on in your mind or life lol
Yes, but the hard truth that people don't accept is that intelligence is to an extent, genetic, you can only improve intelligence to a certain extent. Someone who is naturally more intelligent will most likely do better in school than someone who isnt, not everyone can do anything, someone with average innate intelligence will never become a successful physicist and vice-versa.
I think only practical knowledge define intelligence, not theoratical knowldege can define our intelligence.
what do you think?
I’ve always hated that school is a competition. It’s not a competition but a game we all have to play, how we play doesn’t define us.
it’s hard when your parents consider a B as “failing”
Those types of parents end up with suicidal kids
Just dont play their game leave their house and dump em @burgerking
@@Jay-jb2vr African parents
I feel u, my parents think the same
@@Jay-jb2vr Okay buddy relax
What a respectful group of people. Jeez they were more civil than the adults on this show
Exactly! They are so respectful. I felt no rude tension. No passive aggressiveness. They were all so chill.
And that’s on Periodt
Kids are great! I’m so glad the coming generation carries societies best qualities!
To be fair, the topic is much less controversial.
Its ironic that the next generation learn more about what not to do than on what are we taught to do .
They didn’t let school rob their childhood. As an adult I wish I would’ve done the same. Props to that group.
why are conversations between teenagers more mature than the ones with adults😭😭
Skateboards: *exist*
Randy: :)
Homework: *also exist*
Randy; :(
Randy: “aight, imma head out”
XXD funne meeme
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I’m deadd 💀
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@@liamstevenson2896 it is funny though
Teacher: the test isn’t confusing
The test: “ 16 I’m going into my senior year and I’m also a freshman in college”
Some people finish high school at 17 because of cutoff dates, and schools that offer dual enrollment with local colleges usually graduate students that also have freshman or sophomore college student standing (or even an entire associates degree) and sometimes they can transfer all those credits to their university and start as a 2nd or 3rd year student directly
@@srigot6211 I don’t understand
Our school has a program with the local community college where you can graduate with your high school diploma and your associates degree
some schools have dual enrollment programs, like I'm a junior at the high school I attend, and also a sophomore at the college I go to. i'm working on getting my associates before my high school graduation.
Dual enrollment
they couldn't have chosen better people. I loved this episode and they all are very smart and kind
You can tell cooper is super smart
Randy is your average class-clown skater lmao
Yo I think I saw ya on that video about nikita being on Philip defranco's show lol
angelina dude almost exactly like me
right lmao
*sk8ter boi
love it
Homeschooled people watching this be like: 👁👄👁
Exactly!
yeah
mhm
How do you go to college?
@@flyingpotatoe1299 Do the SAT/ACT flex your guaranteed 4.0 and use the two to get a thick scholarship, and get a recommendation letter from someone in the community or your parent.
Its great seeing them sympathize with one another and listen to each other's aspirations
i'm a student majoring in biology and looking to go into biomed course with an honours degree. two year ago, i was flunking. flunking as bad as these kids and not having any motivation to get anything done. my sister got diagnosed anorexia and my parents split. something changed, i felt i had something to prove and live for that was bigger than the feeling of failure. to whoever it is reading this, u can do it. if i did it u definitely can.
💗
Thanks!!!!!
“Do all single parents think the same”
They did something related to that
“Do all satanists think the same”
Thomas Clarkson no cuz the dad could leave for no reason
@@swishersweets7095 or mom
Thomas Clarkson well this is kind of the principe of such videos. See if these traits define them or not. Btw being a single parent isn’t always a mistake
They should do one with Successful Drop-Outs vs Successful Graduates.
success is so subjective tho
Yess
@@leylayurtsever8127 that’s a point too
Rappers vs bankers
Successful drop-outs: *Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk start walking in*
I don’t really think grades reflect on your intelligence. It really shows how much effort you put into school. I know soooo many smart people that just don’t try or care which is why they get average grades.
It's not even that. Most 'bad' students at my school actually tried quite hard. They were just hated by teachers, had exam nerves, had mental health issues or had problems at home. Most of them were really intelligent, but the bad grades made them believe they are not and so they never got out of that cycle and up to this day some of them don't believe in themselves.
Grading systems are messing with teens' minds and this whole culture is toxic.
@@KiraLouu Fr, I’m a straight A student but it doesn’t matter one bit. I don’t try nearly as hard as the majority of kids in my grade because everything comes easy to me. Honestly I get really worried about it because it’s hard to adapt to hard work or difficult tasks because the school system has not helped. There’s really 2 sides to it
Yeah I know people who don't try or don't care and their straight As, its about natural intelligence unfortunately, that's why even if you study you might not be able to understand something
These kids... this is beautiful! I am proud of all of them! And the way they talk to each other is so civil and non-judgmental!!
Not only is Cooper a A+ Student, he’s also very intelligent with his words and how he understands both sides.
Yep he be hittin different
U sure ur a dude ? (Jk chill man)
Well I didn’t expect 200 likes
He’s also cute
Cooper is a whole package
flunking students are students that everyone lost hope in and straight a students have all eyes at them, both are suffocating
That's why it's wonderful being an average student😂
Booris Tiana I felt that on a spiritual level 😂
Not true (for me at least), I used to be a flunking student bc of mental health problems and other stuff.. but everyone (family, teachers) believed in me and supported me but I still couldn't get good grades, but something in me changed and now I'm a pretty good student.. and i still feel free.
Booris Tiana it’s a known strategy for schools to focus hardest on their average students because straight A’s will achieve good grades, and the flunkers will flunk. That way the school reaches highest success rate.
And flunking students tends to do better in life than straight a students
I agree grades do not define Intelligence. I was one of those students in high school that always struggled never could get straight As and was flunking at one point. Six years later, straight A student in college and grad school. Motivation, support and lots of hard work!! Anyone can do it ❤️
I can definitely relate to being a straight A student, because I procrastinate so much and I wouldn’t call myself a perfectionist but I do have the fear of failing. And a lot of people don’t take in the downsides of being that straight A student because at times I can work so hard and just not get the results I want and it gets discouraging and stressful. Another down side I hate the most is being bragged on, especially when teachers try to make you the example in a rude way to people who aren’t or can’t do what I do. It honestly gets embarrassing, and for me having straight A’s and doing my work shouldn’t be embarrassing.
One more thing is that for me I think grades are important not because grades determine whether you are smart but it’s what gets you into the colleges you want to go to. So for me I try my best to get straight a’s because it’s my plan b. If I can’t get in for my skills, then I want to get in for my grades and then still learn and practice my skills when I get to college.
I got the shittiest grades in my undergraduate degree due to personal struggles i was experiencing and passed my masters but I have a successful business, travel a lot and own an investment property. I have a shrewd business brain and an eye for making money that gives no fucks about school or grades. I think some people find their best inspiration outside the classroom.
I’m a HUGE perfectionist and I work as hard as I possibly can. Sure, I get stressed, anxious and quite miserable at times but I usually just suck it up and keep working because there isn’t much I can do about it. I always fear failing and procrastination, even when I get a high C i feel disappointed in myself because I know I can do better.
Is it just me or does cooper kinda have that tom Holland spider-man vibe
Maia JN I was thinking that the whole time
omg i was legit thinking this kid is peter parker
He does
**fangirl noises**
he looks like anthpo too
I noticed the "flunking" students are more into the arts or working with their hands..
Chan Taybron creative minds tend to be better at creative studies. I was an academic but i love creative stuff
Exactly. High school is completely fitted around the kids that learn through textbooks and papers, not the kids that are hands on.
When I'm neither creative or academic...
Chan Tayb i get straight As and i do art all the time.
girl- - that’s not the point
I like how nobody talks down on one another and how everyone just respects the differences/challenges they all face.
im a straight A in early semesters and flunk at the end. i lost motivation so much it hurts
same. for the first semester of sophomore year I got mostly 4.0's but then I had a mental crisis and flunked the second semester.
@@iamnonexistent3762 i got a 2.3 first semester and I’m probably going to fail this semester. do you have any tips to be a A student?
Finally an episode where everyone made valid points and everyone wasn’t arguing.
Anna L lol watch the Democrat republican one
Travis Jones that one aggravated me so much
Gee, I wonder why
Watch feminism vs masculinity
and this is the one where they are all TEENAGERS. I find that funny 😅
man... cooper even questioned his own intelligence 😢 he's probably the smartest one emotionally and intellectually
We all love Cooper for his life intelligence
Prob a sociopath tbh
@@ArchWolfVegasEditor then all people who question themselves are sociopaths lol he is something called a "genius"
@@ghoul890studios3 or gay,
Just for questioning their intelligence? 🤨
Ha.😂👏🏽
You got to be kidding when you have gone or is going through the struggles of school atleast once in your life you ask yourself that question. Straight A's or not so really that alone is not enough to support your statement.
The point that Randy made about being smart about yourself and your friends kinda blew my mind… like yeah that is totally emotional intelligence and I just never really thought about it like that before
I aced my way through Secondary school, then Uni humbled me. I might as well be a flunking student.
Cooper seems like such a nice and gentle person
He is indeed smart and thinks out of the box
I want to know him
He and Tom Holland must be related.
D.a .n.a j’adore le concepttt
@D.a .n.a
Next episode - “STEM majors vs. Liberal Arts majors”
OOOOO that would be heated, I'd love to see it
YEEEE
@@jeremydavis5661 I am a stem student but people like you are so angry and bitter
YES PLEASE
YESSSS PLEASE THISSS
i like how they all are so like you know open minded and actually know what is going on , i didnt expect but they all sound so respectful and understanding . it was a great episode
I would love to see a similar video discussed that spotlights adults in terms of this topic.
I feel it's important to hear how this topic plays out as life progresses. love these kids and I wish the flunkers and winners could hear how things change into adulthood. straight a's vs flunkers from the past
now bring in adults who were straight A students VS those who were flunking... would love to see what happened to them
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Tara !!!
@Jamal BBCLife I was a flunking student in high school and I'm now about to graduate from a high ranking law school this year. You shouldn't make such rash generalizations.
And tbh... Its totally possible to be a flunking student as well as a straight A student!!😉🙃
Look at garyvee 🔥
I love how they had so much understanding for each other
cooper is so well spoken i really enjoyed hearing his perspectives
randy and cooper seem like polar opposites that would attract if they ever become friends
Word is, they're now Best Friends.
@@KR-jg7gc for real?
@@KR-jg7gc yes
I mean, most of guys easily become friends. It's cool actually, no matter how far they are from each other's personality or whatever
@Carpee Cat read what i said one more time. Most, not all of the guys. Reading comprehension is important.
Cooper: *breathes*
Everyone in the comment section: *breathes heavily*
Hey, just felt like pointing out that ur name says 1700 subscribers but ur channel background thing and about page says 1600.
Hes a faker smh you should report him
@@amberkayes669 Thanks, i forgot about that lol
@@elisaliba2291 He ain't hurting anyone. I don't have a reason to report him.
@@LiteBlocks No worries
As a straight-A student in high school and now currently a flunker in college, this episode is just a godsend for me and I resonate with all of the points made, from how teachers can become a factor for a student's grade, to the fact that they all admitted struggling from their subjects and their thoughts about if they deserved the grades they got.
I did terrible in high school. I'm currently in online college and loving it, straight As thus far. Having a set of assignments and a deadline is way better than sitting in a classroom and listening to someone lecture.
What online school do you attend pls?