Public Education Failed Gen Z. Here's Why.
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I had to re-upload this video due to rendering issues and so it should be good now. Let's start a thread, what are your thoughts on the US Education System compared to other countries' education?
All I can say is that the education system sucks
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I don't have any particular thoughts or ideas about how we can improve the educational system in the USA. However, I have 3 points to be made.
1) The USA aren't the only ones that are struggling. People from other parts of the world make fun of American citizens because they suck at geography (which is true), but I come from a poor/developing country (Tunisia, North Africa) and let me tell you people aren't geniuses there. I mean, your child has very low chances of succeding without after school tutoring for SEVERAL subjects (at least 4) and high school graduation/sucess rates are around 40%.
2) People are obsessed with good grades that they've forgotten that school is a place where the primary activity is learning. I mean, I know me and my cousins felt the pressure to perform well in school partly because we need good grades to get good jobs (especially in my home country where everything is falling apart). People forget that children are children and that school is a place where learning takes precedence over grades (which is why I appreciate Scandinavian countries' approach to education). I am not against telling little children that they need to study seriously to get good grades or to go to good colleges, I just think that igniting children's passion for learning is better in the long term...What I mean by that is that I think students should be encouraged to LEARN first, to explore all different subjects and see what motivates them or what subjects do they like the most. They need to appreciate learning before we start talking about jobs and colleges because a life without passion and thirst for knowledge isn't a fulfilling one, imo.
3) The rising of influencers and social media content creators (which is a thing I am not against, obviously) shows and sheds a different reality : people can succeed without going to college/university. Even though it represents a minority of people, the number of content creators and influencer has increased over the last years and children, teenagers and adults see that success isn't guaranteed with a college degree. I even see it in my cousins who don't want to work in traditional jobs (doctor, lawyer, engineer, secretary, lab tech, teacher, financial advisor, accountant...) and want to be influencers and become rich.
Is it possible we could get uncut footage from the interviews you conduct?
I never feel satisfied from your videos. I guess because they are so "middle road" it never feels like you go anywhere. The problem with schools is obvious and has been for decades
Follow the money. Students are unhappy, teachers are unhappy, and parents are unhappy. The only happy ones in this economy are government bureaucrats and corporations.
And these bureaucrats and corporations are not satisfied and happy.
@@Somethingfs-sx1ft I'm convinced happiness is just a myth that was sold to all of us when we were children
@@nickcunningham6344 agreed
@@nickcunningham6344 Things used to be significantly better. This is historical fact. It's not about something as airy or abstract as "happiness." The education system has been deliberately, patiently kneecapped.
I agreed so much
My boyfriend, who has been a high school math teacher in a public school for the past 3 years, has observed a troubling trend. Many students struggle with basic arithmetic skills, and despite his passion for teaching, he's frustrated by the fact that half of his math department is advocating for an 'Equity-Based Grading' system. This approach essentially dumbs down everything and allows undeserving students to pass with ease. His colleagues do not deliver traditional lectures; instead, students are left to self-learn, often with minimal or no homework assigned. Exams can be retaken without limits, with only the highest score counted, rather than averaged, and students can use notes and calculators freely. While there's a place for notes and calculators, unlimited use is questionable.
This system fails to instill accountability and responsibility in students, leaving them ill-prepared for college and standardized tests. Consequently, many students simply pass without truly learning. As a result, my boyfriend often finds his colleagues' students seeking his tutoring, completely lost and struggling to grasp the subject matter, which is disheartening. Because of teachers like these, it makes him want to leave the profession entirely. He has a math degree and can earn more money elsewhere than as a teacher. Another important point to note is that a significant number of students choose not to pursue college, believing they can rely on skills they've learned from TikTok, such as entrepreneurship or real estate, without realizing their deficiency in the basic math skills required for these professions.
This is so sad! I'm sorry to hear about his situation, as well as the state of teaching as a whole in this country. 😢
My sister went to school to be a teacher. She has a HUGE passion for teaching and working with kids. She worked for 1 year before she got pregnant and decided to be a mom instead. Parenting other people's children is a nightmare, especially when you can't discipline them or help them in the ways they really need.
On the bright side, home schooling is an option for people. My hope is if we push it hard enough as a society, we might be able to get higher incomes again so more mothers can be homemakers and teachers to their children. 😊
The self learning part really reminds me of a majority of my teachers curriculum, the teachers I was used to in Minnesota would just be RUclips button clickers. Have a video tell the lecture and sit there to only answer questions, which said teachers aren't even versed in hence their ineptitude to even begin teaching. However I do remember the good teachers, the few there was but each one made me leaps better, now only imagine if it wasn't as rare to find / support a person to teach properly and with care. but even then the whole system is flawed to the core. Where is the compassion for the kids? There needs to be more checks making sure the classroom is alright
I work in SpEd and one thing we've been seeing is this influx of kids with learning disorders who are kept in gen ed courses and who were passed exactly as you described. A TON of my work has been catching kids up on core math skills so they can perform at grade level, or adjusting their work depending on their individual needs (not lowering expectations, but rather changing how the information is done)
@@Krelp I went to high school in Minnesota as well. We had a few math teachers who were pushing a self-learning system, believing it would better prepare us for college. At the time, I was taking Precalculus and enjoyed math. The teachers utilized RUclips videos for instruction, which we were required to watch at home. In class, we would work on problems rather than traditional homework. These in-class activities weren't graded; only quizzes and exams were. This approach led to concerns from many parents who noticed their children's grades declining. Eventually, the teachers had to make adjustments, including grading homework and conducting in-person lectures. Everyone has a unique learning style, and that particular method wasn't effective for everyone. This also made me dislike math. I originally planned to take more math classes even though I already had more than 3 years of math.
@@badasspinkpony5486 That's truly commendable work you're doing! Your dedication to helping kids with learning disorders catch up on core math skills and ensuring they receive the support they need is making a significant impact on their educational journeys. Your commitment to not lowering expectations but instead adapting the approach to meet individual needs is exactly what these students require to thrive. I know it can be challenging, as I have a cousin-in-law working in the same field, but keep up the excellent work. You're making a lasting difference in their lives and education! 🌟💪📚
I feel like the culture in schools is a problem too. In school, trying hard and getting high test scores is looked down upon, while cheating and not caring is encouraged (by peers) and cool.
So where do you think this culture comes from?
@@hansklok3564don't even start it
I think we need to adopt japans style tbh..
@@hansklok3564the teachers obviously your teachers will scold you for getting a low grade when they taught me nothing to do with the test. So obviously cheating is common. And people look down on those with high grades because it makes them look like they spend all there time in the day studying (which they do). I understand students can be blamed for it but is it them or is it that teachers don’t teach them anything useful?
@@jordanren2949 does not explain where it comes from, in my school, getting good grades was not looked down upon (also, you dont have to study much per se, some people just learn faster and can remember stuf easily). However, im not from the US. And from what i know from the US school system, it might be somewhat of a cause for this culture. Reason beeing, where i come from (netherlands) we segregrate schools based on your “level”, so what would probably be considered nerds in the US, are in the same classroom. Not saying this is a great system per se.
Something else you forgot to mention - The fact that Teachers overwhelmingly send their children to a private school, even when they themselves work at a Public School.
20% which is twice the average population. But most kids go to public school. My mom was a public school teacher, and I also only done public school 😂.
@@timothypaulino8454 Yh my son's teacher has all her kids in the same public school. Wonder where he got that stat from?
Can you even send a kid to private school on a public school teachers salary? One off comments like yours sound nice in your own head, but will probably fall apart completely under even the slightest scrutiny. I think that mentality is a huge problem in society… people just get in their emotions, then shoot off at the mouth with what they think sounds like makes sense.
That’s pretty off topic though..
I’m not denying that there is and probably has been a problem with American education for a few generations at least, but the larger issue is the direction society, in general, is headed.
Or perhaps, now I’m the one shooting off at the mouth, saying what I think sounds good.
private always been better then public and that gap only got bigger, in the USA.
You're thinking of white teachers who got into education as a "calling". Because copyright and corporate oligopoly made distribution of human capital an impossible minefield.
You get the scraps of materials into the public domain, and when corporations share them behind closed doors retraining, they pay hefty pensions to keep the professionals form going into education, where they would be gagged form spilling corporate owned (state funded) business secrets, anyway.
And only to keep that BUYING POWER covered by the next generation who has no human capital. Pension finance is a ponzi scheme.
It’s Elise Pham from Harvard! It was a pleasure being part of this!❤
hi :)
My eyes still hurt from that glare off your forehead
50 years ago a student wouldn't even dare to talk back to their teachers, but now it's the status quo. The main problem with education today is that a large percentage of children are raised in broken homes with parents that don't care about actually raising their children
They actually did and some students didn’t even have any consequences. Yes, 50-60 years ago education.
This is the reason society as a whole is so ill.
Man I had a math teacher that had a lobster claw for a hand and he would swing his hand in our faces and say “at least ur hand doesn’t look like this!” 😂 not once did anyone ever say shit about his hand or get out of control in his presence. He commanded that classroom.
@@xwrtk seems like that’s always been an American thing bc in other countries the teacher would’ve beat you with a stick. Atleast where my moms from lol.
@@Michelle-rdz17 I had a former teacher beat on student’s desk especially if they were falling asleep or nearly falling asleep. She called parents too about students who skipped class. That was only like 10-15 years ago when some elders I met didn’t even have any similar consequences to beating on students desk due to more lenient teachers. I have cousins/nieces in communist Vietnam that don’t even experience that. In the past yes for Vietnam for beating students or just beating on desks but I guess times have changed.
Kids and their parents are partially to blame as well. My friend is a high school teacher and he's noticed over the years that students are more and more distracted and disrespectful to teachers. A lot of kids are just on their phones not paying attention during lessons, and he is powerless to stop it. When teachers tried to take the kids' phones during class, parents complained about "emergency situations" when in reality the phone is still in the classroom and they always have an option to call the front office. Kids can't go 45 minutes without looking at their phone now.
I think it's pretty fair to argue that kids can't be blamed for paying poor attention when US schools are intentionally designed to be super exhausting, dull and heavy on routine so that they come out as perfect little factory workers.
The kids are smart enough and have access to so much genuinely interesting and exciting things that I can't imagine why they would ever WANT to pay attention. Especially not ones who are at all creatively or scientifically inclined.
Imagine being a 14 year old who could watch amazing and valuable science content in a million different ways that ALL entertain them and help them remember. But then you have to go to school and be asked to listen to someone drone on and on while skipping over so much cool and important information ( or worse if they are into biology, US schools basically just lie or teach biology horribly wrong because they have to try and avoid conflict with Christians. )
@@abirdnamedwill And you think most kids are out here trying to actively consume educational content? Most are on TikTok or social media all day.
Online content cannot replace education and schooling, which helps build discipline, work ethic, and academically well rounded individuals. Formal education is the cornerstone to a developed and successful society.
@@dr.woozie7500 I absolutely agree that it cannot replace education at all but my point is that when kids are #1 presented with constant and genuinely stimulating content, educational or otherwise ( btw yes, I do think a lot of teens watch informative content. The demographics of these channels are publicity available and lean heavily towards teens and college age people) #2 they are in an incredibly poorly designed, exhausting and dull school system and #3 they have access to friends and peers from around the planet and therefore have FULL knowledge that their school system is horrible and dishonest... They will obviously end up not caring about that system and all the testing/stress that accompanies that.
Rather than pretend that it their fault, the adults of society are responsible with making them a system that fits them and helps them in the modern world rather than the world of the 1930s.
It's the same reason we can never get any improvement in the country. We never want to put blame on systems or large problems, why would we when their are individuals to blame.
Less people working? It's not the pay or lack of labor rights, they are just immigrants stealing your jobs or wasting tax money.
Less people having kids? It's not concern for the incoming struggles of the future or the fact they can't afford them. It's those naughty LGBT demons
Worse performance in our schools? It's not a failing school system or lack of priority in that system. It's those devilish radical teachers and lazy kids.
I'm under 18 and I agree with you. I rarely bring my phone places due to it being a distraction, What I dislike about these parents is that they give their kids unlimited access to a phone anywhere they go and allow them to install social media like TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.
Public School actually made me anti-social and emotionally burned out
you can definitely drop the "socialization" aspect
Same, I'm Dislexic and never had the chance to hookup or date with hot girls at highschool, I had to reject all of these hot girls
cuz of homework and time which was a nightmare. Never got into school parties OR prom not even the opportunity to be more in social
events and make meaningful relationships cuz always... ALWAYS!!! there is always a F*cking EXAMS and ASSIGMENTS DUE in the nextday!
Never had time for NOTHING!!!
F*ck Highschool and F*ck College learning! 17years of schooling wasted for NOTHING!!
@@hyberkonawa272 yes man i can relate bro my friends treat me like a side friend and dont even talk to me😢 i fucking hate high school and i cant imagine what college look and feels like😢😢😢
I homeschool my children. I take socialization very seriously after reading forums from adult homeschoolers about how they were isolated. My children are in many activities and I constantly push and encourage them to talk to other children. I coach them on how to start conversations and how to make friends. So far, both my girls are doing a great job talking to other kids and making friends. I went to public school my whole life and still struggle with social anxiety. Homeschooling can be done right, but parents must be intentional and not allow their kids to isolate themselves and push their children socially. Honestly, even public schooled children need coaching on how to make friends and how to be a friend.
Most publicly schooled children, in my opinion, are awkward and don't know how to talk to people.
I'm a homeschooled student who has been isolated and neglected. Some of that is on me, but like you said, parents have to be very diligent and encouraging when homeschooling. Thank you for listening to us and doing better. It means a lot. Your kids will thank you.
One thing worth considering: I went to a high performing public school and one thing the teachers mentioned to us was that our funding had been cut because we hadn't "shown improvement" on standardized tests. Consider, 40% of my graduating class had a 30 or higher on the ACT. It wasn't that we were scoring low. We were just hitting the natural cap and the school was getting punished for it
and then people wonder why the government won't do universal healthcare. Do you trust that from a government that punishes schools for hitting the cap instead of rewarding them?
What does ACT stand for
@@jpraise6771 American College Testing. Its a standardized test here that's meant to measure college readiness and is on a scale of 36. 30 or higher would be top 6% of the nation for composite scores
What the actual fuck? They are punishing your school for this reason? Where is the limit? Until everyone gets 35+ on the ACT?
This is the social justice conception of "equity" in practice. Disadvantage the high performing students/schools and redirect resources to the low performing students/schools under the misguided hope that equal outcomes will result.
maybe if they actually taught in schools and stop the activism maybe we'd be better off
This
I teach and I hate people who push their political view onto kids.
Hahahah, public schools and public universities are impressive.... looking forward to watching this video. Will edit after I watch.
I’ve seen this both from rogue teachers and in the curriculum itself.
That’s bigotry ..RUclips report this person for violent words
Community college was a mixed bag, some teachers graded you poorly if you didn’t pander towards their opinion whenever it was something controversial or ‘political’. Every time i went with a more liberal opinion with whatever it was on, I got an A. The one time I challenged the teachers opinions I got a worse grade. Some classes are there to try and indoctrinate people that don’t think for themselves. Some classes were no bs and just learning.
When research, data, common sense and history all support Left leaning beliefs for a century or more across every higher educated demographic in every country and across all subject matters, you are being "indoctrinated" of given bad grades due to disagreeing with you professors personal ideology.
You are being given bad grades, because center-right or far right view points and beliefs have virtually no evidence supporting almost any of their beliefs. You won't get good grades for being wrong no matter how hard you work at being wrong.
Typed on phone, apologies for random grammar issues and typos.
I do feel that vibe aswell, these fucking classes try to show you a bunch of text and guidelines and shove it down you by making you make an opinion supporting it
Or your essay just sucked and its not just oppression.
I'm more right-leaning but I always write my college essays from a liberal perspective for this exact reason 😅 I've noticed the same trend. And I'm really not that passionate about politics, so I'm gonna choose whichever side is gonna give me a hiring grade. But it's really sad that your grade can be influenced by which side you choose.
Your presentation style and asking questions, rather then statements, is what makes this one of the best channels to learn current political issues. I appreciate what you're doing and please don't stop!
Agreed tbis channel is a breath of fresh air for youtube
Here is real journalism going on today. Thank you, Gen!
@@user-ic3os6px3jteachers unions are an additional factor, but the other things he said about why are also true and not just about homeschooling
Although this video appeared to be unbiased, it had quite a few issues with how it presented its arguments, didn’t demonstrate very equal perspectives from both sides of the political spectrum.
For example, although there was a right-wing pundit claiming that there was “rampant Marxism” in schools, the opposing liberal viewpoint was just a relatively moderate teacher with a more neutral viewpoint.
Contrasting these two perspectives against each other shifts the Overton window into a very right-biased perspective, especially considering how much homeschooling was foregrounded throughout the video.
I’d be happy to have a neutral viewpoint for ‘real journalism’ but this just isn’t it, because instead of completely unbiased reporting, on a situation, it’s more just asking themed questions while platforming specific ideas and people.
(Although the statistics provided throughout the video are helpful and convey important truths regarding American perspectives on the education sector)
Higher education isn't a scam. I think people, especially high school age people, just don't put enough thought behind their career path and they just go to college just to go. It's such a shitty, almost predatory pipeline that sets up kids to fail. I'd be more interested to hear whether or not people who went to college later in life found higher education to be a "scam".
Personally I’m quite excited for my college experience.
it's a scam in the sense that it shouldn't cost as much as it does
Exactly. You have to be smart about it from the beginning and have a plan that leaves you better off than when you started.
@@BrandyKpopit's also a scam in the sense that graduating with your degree doesn't actually prepare you for the job market for nigh all degrees. They still have to teach you once you enter the workforce.
As a college student it is more of a buisness than it is about education. This is why you have to take gen Ed’s and unrelated classes to your major since the school can profit more that way. Rather than focusing in on what you pay for. So I could see why people say it’s a scam.
its not that college is a waste of time. its that college MUST be affordable. students are making terrible decisions. the plan should be community college -> state university. NOT going to ur dream school on no scholarship and taking out loans just to live upstate. thats the students fault
No, that's communism, so it's illegal in muricah
First step to making college affordable, remove the bankruptcy protection on student loans.
I love how the onus is on students to bend and not the system that made it unaffordable to begin with.
For what it's worth, most top universities have a no-loan policy when it comes to financial aid. For the vast majority of the US population, a degree from Harvard ends up being more affordable than one from your state university. The students with loans are typically *not* the ones at the Ivy League in recent history
I heard somewhere in california, the system was set up for the CSUs to teach vocational jobs like nursing/teaching and the UCs to be for grad school. What we have now is world class professors/researchers in the UCs wasting their time teaching intro to whatever classes to kids who will probably fail out and dont care.
I used to be a straight A student. Then I got to my sophomore year of high school and lost all motivation to do anything. I felt like I was just wasting my time learning unnecessary stuff that wouldn’t help me in my field of interest, and I was. The classes got more and more excruciating as I sat there in each period listening to my teacher talk about the assignment for 5 minutes, then proceeding to ignore the class for the rest of the time as we silently did our work. I hate it so much that I decided college wasn’t worth my time either
I hate my school with a burning passion. The only thing I like about it is that we have an auditorium, where the a’c is very cool and where we go for events rather than in the gym like most schools but the school management system was so bad. Teachers were placed in academics that they never studied in or have a diploma in? Like wtf? And the teachers get mad because they literally tell the people in charge what they have a profession in and yet they don’t go into that profession because they need people in other subjects from the lack of teachers. They don’t even tell the teacher that they aren’t going to get the subject that they requested, they just let them find out for themselves. And when we have summer school? We have such a shortage that they literally don’t use a teacher, they make us take an online program. A FKIN ONLINE PROGRAM. Filled with standard shit, that my teachers failed to make me learn. And the teacher in charge doesn’t even know how to help because everyone’s working on different subjects.
The only class that benefitted my working life was a business writing class that was taught by a unrelentingly hard grammar first teacher. That teacher would be fired in today's insane campus environment.
Felt like that in 7th grade for me
To avoid dodging the real reason homeschooling has a bad rap is that lots of parents do it terribly wrong.
I know of one young woman who, tested to prepare for high school finals, scored below 2nd grade level across the board.
Her mother is a high school dropout who claims to have acquired a GED.
it's almost like teaching requires practice and skill and commitment to do it correctly.
That's honestly a tragedy that young woman scored that low.
Not all parents are as smart as they think unfortunately 💀
Oh wow, that's honestly really sad. Imagine being a decade behind all of your peers, and it's not even her fault. Damn that's really shitty
It sucks to spend so much time home schooling only to end up at the same level as the public school kids. 😁
To be honest, I just think we’re just hitting the tip of the iceberg. As a high school student, I also see phones being a major problem… don’t get me wrong I believe cell phones can be a great tool, especially for students that have to teach themselves especially when teachers just give the work and not the lesson. But we do have social media that I seen is distraction for students, games, Netflix, stuff that student be on during class. Let alone that some students got school jobs and after school school activities to attend too. Which can make the student remarkably have harder time to pay attention in school, due to sleep deprivation, Hence students falling asleep during class.
Phones are a really big problem - I used to stay on my phone in all my classes. I used it as a way to escape reality, to distract myself from the environment and people I didn't get along with. I wished I didn't have a phone, even when I was using it when I shouldn't have been. I wouldn't have dropped out otherwise.
@@naniok4271 Same here, I would've been much better off without all those distractions
You’re a moron if you think that
Getting through my wfh workday is hell bc my devices are distracting and i have no self control.
Idk, I feel like the issue is more on the fact that the school system just hyper focuses on getting students to pass state exams and that's it, rather than teaching general knowledge. Like more than half the things that were major topics throughout school I've completely forgotten about because I've never needed them after I graduated. At least that's how it was like where I am from. Other states might be different.
Because different people will need different topics. Most people in stem will use trigonometry and algebra in life, yet many art majors and such complain about learning them.
Not really saying this as a some type of comprehensive argument for all random things you learn, but as much as you might FEEL like you don't use algebra or geometry and stuff in daily life. You would be absolutely shocked if took the time to notice how much learning those things improves your problem solving abilities. You may not consciously remember all the different formulas and methods but your brain very much develops incredible new channels to think about and solve issues.
@@danka1167While that is true, the way they execute learning is flawed. The reason why most people forget subjects is because they were never taught how it would be useful, or how to apply it. They were just taught do well on your tests and pass. Then they get homework taking away their free time after spending 8 hours a day at school, so of course they aren’t going to be interested in learning math jargon.
I do know the school system where I'm from completely cut out practical courses that could potentially be useful later in life. They got rid of autoshop, woodshop and other trade classes.
@@blueischiii1575correction they were never anything u would need and they would struggle to say a legitimate excuse besides “what if I become a engineer or a builder” it’s dumb 😂
I have to say, from Europe it is really strange to see all this debate on the teaching of politics. Here in Italian high schools, as part of the literature program, we periodically do writing tests in which we have to choose a current topic from some options and talk about it. Professors don't give a score to your idea, but to the technique you use to present your thesis. This encourages us to stay informed, look for historical examples, develop critical thinking and debate in our free time with our classmates. We have sex education in biology, a citizenship and constitution course and an optional theology course where we are taught empirical facts, but for everything that concerns personal opinion that does not influence mutual respect for peaceful scholastic coexistence we are free to develop what we we believe it is right. For example, I once did an essay in which I defended the death penalty, although our country is historically one of the first to abolish it and in general it was almost unanimously against it, but I still got a good grade. I see you arguing about whether it is right to teach opinions or completely ban certain topics from schools, and it seems to me that you are approaching the issue with the wrong foundations: historical facts and scientific theorems are taught, personal ethical opinions are formed. You can teach the method, but not the content. Remember that "Ipse dixit" dragged humanity into a millennium and a half of darkness.
Also, another thing I'll never understand is sports-related scholarships: if you want to learn physics being good at soccer doesn't mean shit, your knowledge does.
@@athosbernabei5504Exactly. In Romania it's the other way around: if you want to play football (soccer), you have to present good grades (not excellent, just good) for everything else.
@@athosbernabei5504 yeah sports related scholarship is weird to me
I had a high school physics teacher that taught us the fundamentals but also pushed us towards understanding and exploring any situation.
There was a lot of time spent figuring out methods to kill classmates, and math regarding the range of rail cannons, and that one dude who did all his assignments with "penguins" as a unit of measure (one lightyear is approximately 7.6 tera-penguins). He was also open to a lot of discussion and debate ranging many topics. Lots of physical demonstrations and labs were heavily student driven.
He also kept a list of students that outsmarted him/proved him wrong. Best teacher ever.
Ah Europe... the 2nd best country in the world (according to Americans)
Well done! I am a teacher and was also homeschooled. You hit on so many of the actual problems. Time to get back to the basics.
One of the biggest problems in the American educational system is a concept called “least restrictive environment”. You have students with various problems that should not be in a regular classroom. This is especially true when they have problems with authority figures and are violent. How do you teach a teenager who is 250 lbs and trying to punch you in the face?
The fact you need to spend thousands of dollars for 4 years of college to be teacher just to work a full time job 5 days a week and make just a little bit above minimum wage. Its even worse because now you can get a job a McDonalds and make 12 dollars an hour.
Bro, they get the summer off...
@@hejiranycYeah but alot of them can't even enjoy the summer off since they have to pick up a summer job just to make ends meet in today's economy 🤷🏻♀
Yeah, let's blame the poor schmuck working the fries at MickyD's.
This is such a complex issue involving technology, government policies, socioeconomic divides. I think you've done a great job highlighting some of these. One of the things not mentioned was the "no child left behind act". On the surface, this seemed like a good idea, to make sure that students do better and schools have more accountability to make sure their students do well. However, in actuality, this led to a slew of issues including the push to teach students how to perform well on standardized tests, more work for teachers to have to justify their teaching methods, which in turn had a dramatically negative effect on teachers, and in turn, their teaching. Teachers were "afraid" to fail students because schools made it more difficult and instead teachers have to give students accommodations to try and get their grades up. In some cases, this is a good thing and necessary for students with learning disabilities, but more often than not, the students who fail do not have learning disabilities, they just do not want to/care enough do the work. So now teachers have to struggle with either do more work to fail students, or make their classes easier, so that students pass. Guess what, most choose to do the latter. This has had a cascade of downstream effects starting from elementary school. By the time students get to high school, they are not able to do high school level learning because they do not have the foundation knowledge. So guess what, high school teachers have to dumb down the material in order to get students to pass, all the while still trying to get them to do well on standardized tests.
This should be included and has caused many issues. I remember wasting a whole day to take a dumb test that was far below or daily work. My junior and Senior year the Physics and Math standardized tests for Texas high schools were going to change to a new format. Now our school was one selected to be a benchmark for the exam. I remember our teachers and administration telling us to purposely bomb both exams as it would be unfair to the other schools to be held to the same standards we were. So most of us marked up the test with random answers and just turned it in. Looking back we did a huge disservice to those coming after us. A note my entire class had already passed the Physics AP mechanics and electrical exams. All passed the Calculus AB and most passed the BC AP exams by our sophomore or junior years.
Anyways I know this is anecdotal but I figure I throw in the fact that even at top schools we were told to do bad or slow down. As you said make the classroom easier.
@@richie5751you did the right thing. That level of achievement is really damn impressive. I took precalc in my junior year and thought i was hot shit. The calc class after me only had about 6 kids in it and this was southern california.
I have been homeschooled from day ONE of my education and I thank my parents for it even now in 8th grade. I go to a community of homeschoolers one day a week so I still get social interaction, so much so that most people can't tell I'm not public schooled. When I go to test my learning every year I score either in the upper high school grades or in some cases college, that being modern college an high school levels, with ease. I don't understand where the education system went wrong, but I truly feel bad for my generation, where it feels like they know next to nothing and still pass every grade. The scariest part of what I've seen is when I'm accused of being stupid by public schoolers, I have on MULTIPLE occasions asked them when the war of 1812 was, only to receive a confused look in return. I know that there are definitely people in my grade or maybe even younger who are smarter whilst being public schooled, but the number of those who aren't even equal to my intelligence in nothing short of terrifying.
The confused looks might have been because that's a stupid question not because they don't know the answer. unless they actually said they didn't know unironically
I'm glad you've had a good experience being homeschooled. I've been homeschooled and I'm a big believer in more homeschooling regulations.
There are many homeschoolers who are ahead of those in public schools, like you, but there are are some of us who are neglected and don't have the choice to go to public school when it would be the better option.
Public schools have many problems, and I understand that for people with good parents, it's the best option. But for people like me should be able to choose to enroll in public school even if our parents say no.
I know this is a rant, but just know that you're lucky. Homeschooling isn't always superior.
@@courtneywatson797 I think a big reason it was so good for me is first off, my mom was a teacher before she had me (her last child), and I have a community to learn with. I understand that it's not the end all be all, but I will be homeschooling my kids.
@@RaxeOnYT That's great!! Every homeschooled student who I've met who was taught by a parent with teaching experience says they had a positive experience.
I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule. God knows that there are tons of shitty teachers out there, and there's likely a handful of people who were taught by people with no teaching experience or qualifications who were taught well.
From what you've said, it sounds like homeschooling your children is the right choice.
Community is so important!! It keeps parents accountable and allows kids to socialize. Unfortunately I've been very isolated and that's probably the biggest reason why I've had such a negative outcome.
How do you feel about homeschooling regulations? Do you think there should be more or less? How did your states homeschooling laws affect your experience?
@@courtneywatson797 There definitely are bad teachers out there and there's only becoming more of them.
I think so as well.
I agree entirely. I know kids that have no community that are completely clueless in pop culture and social situations as a whole. It's sad.
I think there are enough regulations as is personally. I don't actually know many of my states rules, all I know is I have to be graded like I'm in public school and that I have to pass high school. I think that's enough.
I am part of the Gen Z born in the very early 2000s and I will say this: I have gone to public school in FL my whole life and the level of education that I received in elementary school was better than middle and high school. I have many teachers to thank for helping me get into college and teaching me general information that I need but I feel like I had more opportunities and considered learning and going to school to be more fun in elementary school than middle or high school. I am an only child and really appreciated meeting friends and having a social environment so home school wouldn’t have been as good of an option since I am an introvert at heart and I come from a single parent home. When I was in elementary school more effort was placed on educating and I’ve noticed as my time in school has progressed more focus has been put towards doing good on standardized tests to get into good classes that will help u do well in college (save money in most cases), as opposed to making learning fun (mainly bc of budget cuts). Bright futures is a scholarship that helps FL students get financial aid if they complete a certain number of community service hours and get a certain SAT of ACT score and every year the score requirement increases and it makes people who have less resources available have a harder time than they normally do in getting into college bc many people need that extra “income” to pay for tuition. I will say that I am graduating at one of FL’s public universities and although many programs exists to help me and other students make the most of their college education, the job market is a big part, in my opinion, as to why less people are interested in college. Entry-level jobs are no longer entry level and the same jobs u were able to find 10 years ago that paid a good amount (more than minimum wage workers) and had job growth is not the same jobs u can get today in most cases. More requirements for additional skills and degrees make taking out a student loan w/ interest something more difficult to decide. Furthermore, the fact that many people go to college and still find a job they dislike is troubling bc one of the biggest push for college for many students who are low income, is that by going to college u can find a good paying job that u will like and u will no longer have to work retail to fast food but reality is that many people who have a college degree dislike their job or also have a second job. Fixing education can fix many of the problems in everyday society but getting more people to want to go to college is going to be a bit more difficult w/ rising prices and a funky job market. I also think that politicians making decisions w/o experiencing the system is not fair or wise since most of the time their decisions are based on their own personal belief as opposed to what’s best for those actually in the system *cough cough*.
I agree completely as a 2000s kid myself
Jfc, please use the shift+enter buttons to space out your wall of text next time.
Me too , I live in Hawaii and the education here is very poor
College felt like a scam during the pandemic. Tuitions rose, but we got Zoom classes and unanswered concerns. Paying so much for a STEM degree doesn't secure a job. Tech workers and engineers are getting laid off. Nowadays, companies care more about skills than the degree you hold, except in fields like medicine and law. The old college route doesn't guarantee success anymore.
The only struggle I had with transitioning from homeschooled to college was talking to girls. I was horrible past just being friends. Took me all of freshman year to figure out how to interact past friendship.
Wasn't an issue for me, but I fell into the well socialized section of homeschoolers. Was friends with all the kids in the local small town public school. Would bike to hang out with them, my church friends, or my fellow homeschooled friends nearby. Between co-ops 3x a week and getting my schoolwork done early so I had more free time, I was with people a loooot in my adolescence. Far more than I am now at 26.
@@bbbbbbb51 I am also 26, I was great with the homies but I spent most of my free time playing sports or Warcraft 3 so I didn’t try to date anyone until late senior year high school into college.
Most girls aren't worth the headache. I prefer talking to older women honestly
@@mbrown7325 we all grow at different paces, to be fair. I was more sexually & romantically active between 16-21 than from 21-26 too lol. I was a big gamer too in my teens, but I was also working in the sun and active in my free time. Tbh I probably need a better balance now.
@@ryleecweaver to be honest, men young and old like and respect direct women. If you have romantic feelings for someone, they last, and you want to pursue it, just tell him. If you can sense he's wanting more but you're not into it, also just tell him. It can lead to some awkward moments if you jump the gun and he didn't have any feelings, but it becomes something you both can laugh at almost immediately if not immediately. You'll be fine if you just cultivate a bit more confidence for yourself through practice.
Life experience often helps negate anxiety because you know how things will likely play out instead of having no clue whatsoever. Always better to shoot your shot and miss than wonder forever. Anxiety is a byproduct of inaction.
Education needs a complete restructuring, it’s more focused on memorizing the immediate material then actually ensuring students are learning in depth and how it can apply to your life in the future. Also bringing back civics I think is important to better understanding the country & classes like home ec & woodshop to teach basic survivor skills.
I live in Vegas and we have one if not the worst education system in the country. Unpopular opinion: Most of the responsibility of learning relies on the student. If you aren't actively studying or trying to learn, you arent going to retain anything taught in class.
I like this format, good mix of professional, on the street, and personal interviews. Your curiosity will lead the way!
Another interesting snippet perhaps worth mentioning is that since 2007 or so, there has been a documented decline in IQ scores across several modern countries, (USA, France and Finland as a couple examples, if I'm remembering correctly) all of them doing independent studies on the matter and yet all coming to the same conclusion.
It might be interesting to look into when exactly the decline arrived (it was somewhere between 2005-2007) and what exactly happened around that time that could contribute to dropping test scores/IQ scores. It certainly correlates extremely well with the rise of smartphones/social media, whilst also falling neatly in a timeline where it could be fallout from No Child Left Behind which continued into the Common Core initiative. Still, it cannot exclusively be USA legislation causing this drop, as several other countries are supporting the same.
My *personal* hypothesis would be that perhaps we're seeing a softer cultural shift that's afraid to judge students and children harshly or let them compete, this cultural shift is spreading itself via social media across various different cultures, and simultaneously we have social media/smartphone access itself serving as a detrimental distraction that has been shown to have strong correlation with things such as a shorter attention span.
It feels like the core problem is technology is advancing faster than our capacity to understand it, so social media and constant device access is not helping with mental growth, and this is being made worse/exacerbated by a cultural shift that seeks to respect EVERY line of thought (including flawed ones!) instead of passing any form of judgement. We then end up DEBATING if Little Johnny himself is right that he needs 3 more hours Tiktok time per day to properly grow and flourish, instead of just telling him to drop the damned phone and do his schoolwork. I also know from speaking with mothers/teachers that they feel helpless to STOP the smartphone addictions seen in their kids, precisely because a lot of schoolwork is being planned AROUND devices: aka group chats to discuss homework assignments, assignments requiring a device, or other such issues that leave parents/teachers helpless to try and get rid of such devices, because kids constantly have solid excuses ("I need it for my homework") to keep their phones in their hands.
That's not to say more schoolwork is amazing and a flaweless solution, I just use it in this example to drive home the point social media DOES seem to play a hand in declining SAT/IQ scores, and unfortunately the current cultural shift to be softer and more understanding isn't doing us any favors, as we collectively lack the spine to simply dismiss any strategies that don't work/have less evidence backing them, instead falling into extensive discussions that give every idea a fair shake, which ultimately just serves to delay the implementation of better policies with more evidence backing their success rate.
This is a very interesting perspective, thanks for sharing! I would agree that we need to let people compete and fail and not be coddled
Source? Because the data isn't supporting what you are saying.
@@Crshcourse-qy9zo On what, exactly? IQ scores dropping? Smartphones + social media being the cause? Simply type "iq scores dropping" into google and you will find a great number of articles on this very topic, referencing material from various US states or various modern countries, such as the three I named. An article by the Hill is one of the first results for me and immediately references two leading theories: that we've simply plateau'd in intelligence (which doesn't explain a drop) and that smartphones are playing a role in the drop.
@@Crshcourse-qy9zo maybe it's chatgpt
From a Finnish point of view, the two things that doomed our education system are inclusion and digitalization.
With inclusion they dismantled the special classes that were for pupils who need quieter classroom or extra help (learning disabilities, neurodivergencies etc.) and put them in the regular classrooms that are noisier, more restless and teacher doesn't have time to help them enough.
With digitalization they focused on progress forthe sake of progress and forgot about the substance. I barely managed to get through high school (or upper secondary school as they are officially called) before they digitalized our a-levels (it's called matriculation examination if you want to learn more). For years it was about hardware and software malfunctions instad of the education.
I'm just glad I'm not in school anymore but at the same time, I'm already extremely worried for my possible future children.
Kinda the same issues in Denmark. But also less taxes are going into the education system. As the state values lowering taxes more than improving the educationsystem and healthcare systems
Croatia as well, students that are extremely talented can't even enroll to faculty because they underperform in subjects they are not talented in.
On the other side students with developemental issues are in the same class
Not going to lie, I'd say this feels more like _ex_clusion, rather lumping everyone into the same pot and just forcing them to either adapt, or well, struggle.
Used to work as a substitute teacher in college for elementary schools in my hometown. Got a great amount of purpose from doing it, but I think the scariest thing was conversation I over heard from an older teacher I worked with as she talked with another teacher who was much younger. They were talking about their kids and the older lady told the younger lady that her relationship with here kids who are college age is in despair because she would spend everyday teaching and taking care of everyone else's kids and by the time she got home she was way too exhausted to give 100% to her own children's needs. This might sound a cop out but if you've ever worked in these environments by the time you go home you just wanna destruct. Also the pay and educational attainment is not worth it, and one more thing as a guy until there are more men to be incentived in these spaces there will be succession for young boys and even to some degree young girls as imo representation matters the most and is the most impactful for when children are young.
Yeah that's true. I've seen a handful of teachers have legitimate mental breakdowns due to a combination of stress, exhaustion, and perhaps even fear. It's even worse as a full time teacher for the school since when you substitute you know that it's going to go away. You'll see the kids once of a few times so no matter how difficult it is it'll be over soon but as a full time teacher you know you're going to be spending hundreds of hours with these kids and if you can't maintain order then it'll only get even worse. You do raise a good point that while the pay isn't atrocious in my opinion you're right that if the objective is money there are a thousand other things someone could do to make more money than teaching with less effort.
Uh yeah, its called having a dad.
When people say "you dont need to go to college" they mean that you can learn the same things on your own, not that you don't need to know the things they teach in college.
It is true, nowadays you can learn everything on your own using only internet, you don't need to go college, but you need to learn.
Some people just want an escape from school, which is fine, but they should also see themselves in 10/20/30 years from now, what are they going to do? Why do some people not see the worth of studying more and possibly get better jobs and life in the future?
This is the core of the issue: Not everyone has to be or even wants to be a high level professional, wealthy, or even skilled. We should focus on having families and environments that grow happy kids, and the rest will come on its own. Better a poor but fed child that’s happy than a stressed anxious child that’s a straight-A student.
Exactly people shouldn’t stress about digital scores that mean nothing after u go to college 😅 like teachers act like they care about us when they give us 2 hours of homework everyday athen some more. Athen. Tell us we don’t want u to stress about grades so calm down all you have to do is 5 hours of homework today and maybe I’ll give a -d
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People don’t have to be skilled? Part of focusing on happy families and environments is becoming skilled so you can manipulate your environment to promote prosperity.
@@maximusthegreatest When I say skilled, I mean focusing on developing a profitable skill. People can be skilled in many things that are not necessarily considered profitable.
Watching this as a Europeaon, its like a window to your F-ed system and society. Like all the shitty political topics you are bringing to school is just crazy.
Not exactly f upped society
@@assassin8636 yes, the US society, we dont have to such experience where I live.
I figured this out at 18; back in 2012. I was accepted to Kent State U. and was pursuing a Russian Language BA. I went over the loan paperwork which estimated it to be $80,000. Average interpreter salary was around 45k at the time. Plus compounding interest was frightening to me.
Against all the peer pressure from my friends and parents; I said no!
I'm 29 now! I am married, have a son, and own a home. I am still ridiculed by family members over not getting higher than an Associate's Degree.
Yet, I am the only one of the children in my family that has 'built' a life. Everyone else is drowning in debt and misery, but they have that 'fancy' degree they love to talk about around Christmas and Easter.
As much as I like your normal interview style of videos, this is fantastic for big topics like this!
I was in public schools from 1996-2009, and here are my experiences.
Schools (mine particularly) in lower income rural areas serve as daycare for pre teens and teenagers. They govern how you dress and how you look very closely.. but not enough attention is paid to what you’re actually learning. I took the initiative to watch the discovery channel, National Geographic, and Animal Planet to actually learn concrete topics that still stick with me today.
The learning environment was terrible… and qualified teachers would often leave as the environment was so rural and poor that it was hard for them to inhabit that environment.
I didn’t have a teacher for AP US History or AP Calculus.
Also, bullying (and violence) were rampant, and there was a heavy gang culture, and that made public schools unbearable.
The teacher at 12:27. When he said, "The way that I view the world, everything is political..." he is literally out in the open saying his mission is to not teach your kids how to think but what to think. That right there is the problem with public education. Take the activism out of school, and teach kids what they need to know to succeed.
ABSOLUTELY.
No? He’s literally saying everything has a political bias that he and his students needs to account for in their class. There is no activism in that statement, nor any suggestion he’s going out of his way to use his position to preach🤦🏻♂️
@@hotpotato5587 he missed the point so hard lol
@@hotpotato5587 no..he goes on to talk about diversity and inclusion which is a cover for pushing political agendas around LGBT and race issues.
I was a tutor to a high school student and I was shocked at how easy the work was. It is honestly sad that the education system is failing the kids so badly.
She was missing over 80 assignments and was able to still get full credit on assignments that were months old. She was able to retake tests multiple times, until she got a better grade. There’s no incentive for the kids to actually try in school and turn their work in or study for tests. Seems like they are dumbing down the work and just pushing the kids through the grades sometimes. It’s to the detriment of the kids, because they don’t have the basics down and then struggle when the work gets harder. They aren’t teaching the kid’s responsibility and work ethic, then they struggle once they get to college or have to work.
The child I tutored could barely write a sentence or spell properly and yet she had an A in English. Her math teacher didn’t actually teach them the material and expected them to teach themselves the work, which doesn’t work for most kids. History consisted of watching RUclips videos and answering basic questions. For biology homework she had to take online quizzes and she was able to retake them infinite times until she got 100%. Half the time she was just copy/pasting her answers directly and still getting 100% on her assignments. She was passing, without actually learning anything.
I think so much of the work being online now has also impacted their education too. They don’t need to know how to spell or use punctuation, because the computer corrects it all for them. She didn’t even know how to properly use a calculator, because she was used to just typing the problem into google. It also is easier for them to cheat and copy/paste answers.
The whole education system is a mess.
This all due to the push for equal outcomes. Everybody gets an A , massive grade inflation, multiple attempts at tests, turning in homework late or never. The funny is all these kids with 4.0 + gpas in high school actually think they are smart.
Believe me, work is easier than school.
I'm 67 years old and I feel pretty lucky to have gone through the education system of 1960's 1970's Connecticut. It was simpler times yet somehow I managed to get an education and pursue a satisfying career. Today a university education is too expensive. Whatever the reason for this, prospective students need to consider the value of a college education before they start to rack up debt. It matters what you study. We didn't have to do that too much in my day. There also needs to be a transformation in the job market to move away from college degrees being an easy and lazy criteria for job applicants. A college degree is often not necessary but employers have to create a career path for people to develop and move up from the entry level positions.
I am currently a graduate student and I also teach at the college level. Some students don't do well at all but and put no effort in. But then they want a passing grade because they paid to take the class and college is expensive. So little to no effort but want to pass just because they are paying for school.
When I was a student in 12th grade, 11th grade, 08th grade, I got an average 3 in Bulgarian Language and Literature! In the First Course on Introduction to Geology - Average 3. In the Second Course Pedagogy - Good 4, Civic Education - Very Good 5, Third Course - Bulgarian Revival - Average 3! I will strive, fight for higher grades! The Republic of Bulgaria is the poorest in the European Union and the grades of some students have been raised or lowered!
I went to a public charter school, the first in my state, by me last year we were one of four. I left my senior year because the board of education decided to cut out arts program. Which was my thing. I went to my local public school. There was so much difference. It was nearly culture shock. From the size of the school to going to class and learning things. Having to correct my teachers and tell them they can't say certain things because they 1 aren't true and 2 were extremely misleading. Even got in a fight with my English teacher over how old English would have been pronounced. Also got in a fight with my science teacher because the information was out dated as of last year. (Being states of matter) and she had no idea Plasma was even possible to recreate by a student.(four people at my charter school did that as their science fair project.) it's insane to me that public schools are not in the know of current studies, scientific findings and current policies. Especially since my last school reading Harvard studies was normal. (No the school was not gatekept by money, in fact 85% of the students were low income, and the school was originally and experimental school to see if by giving learning freedom and higher knowledge to troubled kids that it would improve their learning. Happy to say, i know many people who were changed by it. They stopped drugs. They stopped fighting. And many of them reached an amazing potential)
I was homeschooled from 1st grade to 7th grade exclusively. I started taking electives and then transitioned to full-time public school. It was awful. The level of wasted time and effort was staggering. A typical homeschool day was 3 hours. You learned a lesson and then moved on. A big part of it is that kids need to be taught how to learn from a book instead of being dependent on their teacher. I learned math out of my math textbook, then would only ask for help when I was struggling to understand the concept. In public school I would be done with quiz sheet before most kids had started because they were waiting for the teacher to teach them, while I would just learn from the book or what was already on the white board. The biggest issue that I saw was a focus on busywork over a focus on teaching kids how to learn independently.
The biggest problem is passing kids who deserve to fail and fear of punishing misbehavior, creating a classroom in which learning is impossible.
I think i've genuinely learned more about the world through RUclips than i have from school.
I feel like teachers aren’t paid enough and it is to political in school. Teachers won’t want to work as much if you barely pay them. And children who barely understand politics are getting pushed into a certain agenda wether it’s right or left. Plus I feel schooling and our way of teaching is flawed. Think of Finland were kids have decently low school time and lots of freedom with no work at home. Finland has a higher percent children graduating college and high school than America.
The pay isn't incredible but it isn't terrible. The truth is that teaching simply isn't worth the headache for most teachers. The amount of work and stress both from out of work prep as well as the the stress of having to manage classes full of 20+ kids who have no interest in learning makes it not worth. Teaching large classes of children feels like you have a car in park roped to your back and you have to haul it for miles and if you can't then it's your fault in the eyes of students, parents, and administration. I wasn't surprised when it said that 74% of teachers wouldn't recommend the job since I think I've met a small handful out of dozens who didn't seem to absolutely loathe their jobs as teachers.
The honest truth of what would incline teachers to tolerate the job better would be a few things
1. Smaller classes - Ideally about 10 but never more than 15
2. Give students and teachers more break time. The best school I worked at had 45 minute lessons with a 20 minute break before and after each class which meant teachers had a moment to breathe and students didn't feel trapped for 8 hours
3. More support from administration in regards to student behaviour. Oftentimes all it takes is one "problem child" to make the entire class think that that behaviour is acceptable and many administrations don't properly deal with this so it's on the teacher to try to engineer all sorts of ways to manage the class. Teaching is easy, it's really the class management that is by far the most difficult and terrible aspect of teaching.
4. Better pay or more respect helps I guess but coming from a place where teaching was respected and the pay was good the teachers still hated their jobs they just tolerated it because they needed the money.
5. Not that it could really be implemented but many parents really need to teach their children how to behave. I went to a highschool that was in the top 1% in the US and was always confused how that was the case since the education didn't seem great but honestly what I realized is that all/most of the children came from respectable households and were taught to behave and from a young age were taught to show respect in school so there were never student management issues.
That being said most of what is taught in the school systems is mostly useless and the value that there could be in it isn't actually extracted because the teachers don't care because the students don't care. Things would be better and more interesting for the students and teachers if the information was actually useful or practical/applicable rather than arbitrary requirements by the state.
How about massive cuts on schools altogether?
Agree with most of this comment but I would honestly argue that US education is not nearly political enough.
Everything and every aspect of life is and always has been tied to politics and it's extremely concerning that children in the US are raised with such a non-existent understanding of even the simplest political theories but then are expected to just leap straight into voting at every election.
All this leads to is them following in the footsteps of whatever RUclipsr, family member or random charismatic person decides to use them for more thoughtless voting power.
Teachers, so long as they aren't extremely radical should absolutely be allowed to share, educate and guide their students in regards to politics and highschoolers should absolutely be taught basic political theory. This is the best way to get well rounded, knowledgeable and thoughtful adults who will vote for what they think is right and not for whatever party they were told to vote for.
@@abyss5883yeah man having an extremely uneducated population is working out great for us so far. I'm sure making it worse would only help usher us into a better future.
@@abirdnamedwill well you really aren’t required to vote and it isn’t a school’s responsibility to teach children about politics. It’s the parents job. Schools main job is to teach children about important skills that they will use in life , not to teach them which president they should vote for.
Thanks for making this video Gen your journalism is so refreshing and needed in this country. The woman you had defending education and removing politicians out of the classrooms was on fire she spoke everything so clearly and she wasn’t afraid to say what needs to be said.
3:36 On the Title 1 topic, I would agree that there are parents busting their rear to keep lights on/food on the table and don't have time, but you also have a significant population that really just don't care about their child's academic success (unless someone calls them out on it). I worked in a Title 1 school for 2 years and the parents participation rate there was abysmal. Report cards were only allowed to go home with parents to force them to interact with teachers. We had a binder that we had to keep to provide evidence we reached out to parents so when they tried to file complaints to deny they knew what was going on, we could pull that out and say, "Well sir/mam, we attempted to reach out to you by phone and left a message on ____,____, and____ and in writing on ___.___.and___ and received no response from you." Its no wonder teachers get burnt out.
I think the U.S. need to invest more money in the education system, and spend less money in military.
It's been proven time and time again that more money doesn't equal better grades. We need a full restructuring of our education system
We need cuts across the board, not more spending
Liberal take
@@desklamp226 the reason I think you need more money in schools is to upbring the quality of teachers, right now most of them don't care about low salaries because their goal is to spread their ideas to children, and most of those "indoctrinating" teachers are woke radicals so I don't see how this is a liberal take
This
Someone I know works as a tutor for a kindergarten classroom. They get paid less then people who work at mcdonalds. They have to do jobs that wasn’t even what they signed up to do, and should be done by someone who is made to deal with the situations, but no, that would cost more money. Teachers are underpaid when people doing stupid sh!t on tiktok get paid more then people who have to overwork. The school system itself is also destroyed, there was the story on someone who fight back against a bully they get detentions and the bully gets away consequence free because apparently ‘there wasn’t any proof because he didnt report it’.
This topic is a to large to be just a 20min video and could be a whole channel in itself. Education is one of the largest issues in the world and is connected to pretty much every issue in the modern era. You hit some good key points. Keep up the great videos.
Hi from Germany. I cannot understand how such a rich country does such a bad job when it comes to public education. I am a teacher myself and I know things are getting more diffucult for teachers every year, but I cannot understand how bad the current standards in the US are...it is a shame.
We arnt a rich country anymore. We are in trillions of dollars in debt.
I'm homeschooled, and socialization is an issue! I got into theatre two years ago, and that got me out of my shell. I am a completely different person now. I wish I could have had an outlet like that my whole life.
Confidence in the education system also wanning here in Canada. I've checked out both my local public and Catholic schools. I have way more confidence in the Catholic school board. The public school looked like it hasn't been updated since the early 2000's. The Catholic school looked a lot more modern. Then, there are political issues. Teachers regardless of how they feel, need to understand that some parents don't want values that apose their values taught. The Catholic school board teaches that students were created in God's image and they don't need to change themselves to have value. The public school says students vaule comes from how their feel and their emotions. That's a big difference and may explain the boost in Catholic schools.
my friend moved from South Carolina to Connecticut and she told me that in SC, she was constantly failing classes and couldn’t understand any of the work but when she moved to CT she was one of the smartest people in our grade and was getting As in all her classes
A part of it also comes down to how the school system encourages good teachers to go to good public and private schools. I went to a public magnet from my experience there; I always had a good teacher, minus maybe one, my pre-calc teacher sophomore year. The one thing he had that I noticed rather quickly was a need for more interest in the subject that year. I took a non-honors math class since the year before was a lockdown, and I didn't trust in my ability to do well at our school's honors/advanced pathway and ended up stuck in his class, not learning as much because of his boring lectures and lack of knowledge. That leads to my point that passionate teachers exist, but they also want equally passionate students who tend to flock towards higher-rated schools. Those same higher-rated schools also pay their teachers pretty damn well imo (teachers at my hs are paid about 120-200k in overall benefits, with most getting around 140-160k). I asked a few of my teachers why they don't go to private, and they all said they wouldn't feel good doing it, so I think most of them are good people with an interest in teaching their subject. Its just teachers who are generally good at there subject require a level of respect both from there schools and their students. I honestly can't blame them either; if I were in their position, I wouldn't want to go to a worse high school that pays me less, with students who don't care as much and a school board pushing against challenging classes. This does have the clear problem that to get to sucha high school you need a strong motivation to go out of your way an find a more challening school in the near by cites, someting that has to ither come from the itnerst of a studnet or the pressure of a parent.
As always, EXCELLENT contents! Thanks for your hard efforts to deliver deeply concerned issues in our nation. YES; "take out greedy politicians out of education!"
I feel like the break people had with Covid and being fully online created some of this issue as well and played a role in student’s learning gap.
“Get a college degree” they said. “You won’t be successful without one” they said. Meanwhile, I have a bachelor degree in health science, and I feel like I can’t do shit with it. Bachelors degrees are pretty much worthless now, because I’ve looked through tons of jobs on indeed, ZipRecruiter, etc., and LITERALLY everything says that I need a masters and beyond. We listened to our parents and teachers and played by the rules… only to get the middle finger at the end of it all.
But Thankfully, I got into nursing school, and my plan is to become a nurse in the next 2-3 years.
Moral of the story: go to college if you want to become a lawyer, doctor, nurse, or engineer. Otherwise, don’t waste your time. Go to a trade school, because it’ll cost you a quarter of the time and money it does for a bachelor degree.
the guy at 12:20 is actually wrong... there ARE teachers doing pronoun time and asking kids their pronouns. it is happening. it may be very small, but it is happening and needs to not be happening.
I am in Canada but during the pandemic our kids in public school were asked to display their pronouns on their zoom for everyone to see, along with their name.
@@arachnid33 oh man, yea I've heard Canada has it even worse. I'm sorry :(
I know two public school teachers, and both of them plan to retire early. They say that pay is not the problem, it's the bureaucracy, the crazy rules, and the fact that they can't enforce discipline.
As someone who was homeschooled from 1-6 grade I think that it does have some major flaws to it
Something that is important to do is know how to socialize your kid. My mother (whom I love) made the mistake of just letting me play video games whenever I got all my work done. Homeschooling takes much more intention; you have to find sports leagues to play, you have to find other homeschool friends, etc.
The main thing that stands out for is the fact that I to this day struggle to talk to kids my age (8th). Its an odd case cause saying I spent most of my time talking to adults and not kids, I am able to have a normal conversation with an adult, but it took my about half of a school year to fully start blending into my classmates.
Its important to note that I wake up everyday hating going to school and dreading it everyday.
Do what you like, but as someone from all angles I think they all suck, and I just pray the day I graduate comes sooners.
School is a waste of time
Edit it's like prison get bullyed and teachers do crap and lockdown made us dumber even the teachers
I'm not sure if this is a joke or not.... I really hope it is.
If not; nobody in your professional life is going to take you seriously if you clearly have no grasp of the English language or sentence structure.
@@CornHolio945 it's not a joke and bros never heard of dyslexia and I wrote what I've experienced not you
@@1RealDAL Oh yeah I'm not trying to invalidate your experience. My experience is just pretty much the polar opposite of yours.
I must admit my approach was a bit mean, apoligies for that!
As a teacher (who willingly transitioned into teaching from a more lucrative job), a couple things to note after reading:
1) Both conservative and progressive people complain too much about politics in teaching. The problem doesn’t boil down to just political agendas all the time. The more we focus on political agenda the harder it is to just straight up “teach”
2) Parents don’t know how to be parents anymore. Even parents that are privileged enough to spend time and “parent,” simply don’t. Too many kids don’t get taught social and emotional skills at home
3) There’s too much talk of teachers (and other people) saying “school isn’t the same as it used to be.” You know what? It can be. I remember what it was like being in 5th grade and how awesome it was-I will do anything to give my kids a similar experience. Parents, teachers, and students just need to put in the effort
4) Not everyone is cut out to be a teacher, but those who want to be and aren’t teaching don’t get incentivized to teach. There are a lot of people that straight up can’t teach. If that hurts to hear, sorry, but it’s true. That doesn’t mean you can’t learn to be better, but the people that really suffer from a bad teacher are the kids. Those who can be great teachers though know that there’s more money to be made in other industries
5) Not enough funding for extracurriculars (and cross curricular programs). How can kids love school if there isn’t a reason to love school? Can you imagine the amount of reading that gets done if there is a theater department? How fun that is for some kids, but also how beneficial it can be? Or how learning processes of baking a recipe, using measurements, and following step by step instructions can translate to success in math when someone needs to follow basic step by step processes and use numbers?
There are so many more things too, but honestly the problem is bigger than so many things. BUT I just try to do the best I can, gauge how my students feel and progress. Hopefully if other teachers, parents, and people in general do the same, classes and schools can get better.
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100% on the parents don't wanna parent. And it always comes down to a lack of accountability and fear of government. Some kids need to be physically disciplined but it's not allowed. And others just don't wanna hold their kids accountable because it means holding themselves accountable and our society hates that these days
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The education system is a total scam to me. Personally I don’t think being in regular school should be a full 12 years. Your learning a vast amount of stuff that is relevant to life but not to everyday life skills. You waste most of your decent years in school and I feel that you just need to know the basics and then for those who want a surgeon, doctor role then can go and continue schooling. School is a waste of time and money and I truly think that people don’t need to spend as much time in something that may not even pan out and what’s worst is someone who isnt in college can get more money at times than someone who hasn’t. The education system needs a revamp for sure. If I could do it all over again knowing what I know now I would get my GED immediately but the problem is that your not even a part of the system cause you can’t even get a job when your too young although your just as capable.
Appreciate the small feature in this video. ✨ It’s definitely time where parents are having to make some difficult decisions when it comes to their kids education.
My country adapted this "learner centered" system where students write reports, discuss the topics with the class while the teacher watches in the back and give criticisms. Ye we're basically teaching ourselves and the teachers are useless now
I'm so glad my parents put me in private Christian schools my whole life. They sacrificed a lot but it was well worth it. I will be doing the same from my kids. Having that moral expectation in school along with the focus on academics is exactly what is needed.
What did you learn in biology?
@@Crshcourse-qy9zo The real question is, were they taught both sides? People bash Christian private school since they most likely goes against macro-evolution yet how many public schools shows the evidence against macro-evolution in their classes. I went to public school and my bio teacher basically stated that even if you disagree with it, it is good to learn about it so you can make more informed arguments.
@@Ironica82exactly. I was home schooled up to college and my parents taught us both sides to things pretty well I would say.
@Ironica82 sure we could also teach that 1+1=3. It would be completely stupid, just like what you suggest, but I guess Americans are really that brain dead.
@rebekahwebster3104 both side of what? The truth and then some bs fairy tales?
I have been homeschooling for 12 years. We went through many phases throughout the years. My children did school at home, in classes another parent taught, online, co-ops, etc. This year we do some subjects at home, some online, some at co-ops. There’s so many variations a parent can choose. My oldest child recently graduated with a 4.0 GPA. He also researched and built his own computer last year. My children play sports and one is involved in yearbook. My husband is a public school teacher and talks about how unprepared his students are and how broken the system is. I know not everyone can homeschool but I know many mothers who have their own business and also homeschool. I’m also in support of school choice. Lower income children shouldn’t have to go to failing schools. Their parents could get money towards private school or to be able to send their children to another school. The schools that are failing would have to change what they’re doing and get better so more parents would be willing to send their children there. I believe in the free market in all aspects of society.
A major problem is that kids aren't learning foundational knowledge for many of their future classes, this could be due to many factors, pandemic, bad teachers, equitable learning, and unionizing failing schools are some of the big factors
in every nation it is happening, just people don't want to admit this.
Hello, currently college student double majoring in special education mild/moderate and English here. I hate that I'm passionate about teaching. I live in one of the worst states for teachers and I expect to be around 50k in debt after college from student loans, if not more (family has absolutely no money). I expect to be making 40k-50k annually which will most likely take my 15-25 years to pay off my student debt. It's horrible and I hate the system but I want to inspire the youth and provide a positive male role model for younger students. I hope things change soon.
Maybe move to a state that is better for educators but has a low cost of living (Eastern Washington comes to mind). Good luck!
Washington is literally the place I am planning on moving to after college with my girlfriend. Sped teachers make good money there (at least for America)@@giovannifanara3426
Americans should be more worried about their job and marriage propsects than education. My intelligence grew exponentially simply by reading a lot of books.
I was wondering what happened. As i was watching it kept glitching. Great video! Love it! Brett Cooper watches your channel!
It’s better to be homeschooled. You learn at your own pace, and you don’t have to deal with troublesome kids.
Personally I hate going to school not because it’s school but instead because I have to go there in fear every day. of school shootings or getting beat up or lunch stolen.
bro i just want to thank you for that top notch quatlity content. I dont even wanna know how much work it is to get all these people for an interview and these researches. That is some good ass and interesting work you are doing. I love it very much
9:59 this steryotype right here can easily be explained by neurodivergent children when homeschooled, (due to multiple problems like bullying from both teachers and students)
have been able to act like themselves. They are in the majority who get homeschooled. And often times that is weird to the norm. Speaking as a homeschooler with neurodivergent friends, the difference between when they went to college and when they were homeschooled is pretty sad.
When homeschooled they were talking about all their favourite "weird" interests, being more tomboy or femboy, but as soon as they came back from college all of that left. It was just formality, and they barely cared about anything they used to with their friends, instead just catching up on trends, ect.
So what's your point here
@@assassin8636 read the first bit
My cousin is living in the US and has a kid in elementary school on a private catholic school. She pays a lot of money every year.
She could also be smart and move back to Poland. Guess where the kid will get a better education? In Poland public education is way better than on private schools in the US.
Agree. Private Catholic schools from our experience, follow same curriculum and in generally are not better than public or charter schools.
Join the military. Have them pay for it if you want to go to college. The sacrifice is well worth it. May sound like a bad idea but it was by far the best life changing decision I've ever made. If you want an easy way to get ahead join the military. Be smart about your job choice though. Too bad so many people aren't even eligible for the military anymore. We may be in trouble.
It's definitely an underrated option these days. Just avoid the Marines because they have so few jobs worth anything outside of the military.
Risk your life for people who don't care about you? No thx
@@abyss5883 You risk your life for your dreams. Very few people join the military for such a noble cause like saving America.
"Indoctrinate people to be comfortable with uncomfortable ideas." What!?
The problem is INDOCTRINATE!
Why give a damn if they aren't bothering you?
I had a friend who was terrified to become an actual music teacher because of what often happens to male teachers who are attractive and friendly/trusting. Just watch The Hunt. It happened to a buddy of his, and it's scary AF as a male when pre-teen and teen girls can be very vindictive and downright evil. Also all the creepy stuff being taught in schools regarding sex and gender. Yikes.
I'm a teacher, a male teacher. I would never send my kids to public school. Never.
15:58 I took that test in 2018. I was 15 in 10th grade, and I'm from the US. It was the hardest test I've ever taken in my life.
What happens is they randomly select a bunch of schools and then randomly select a bunch of students within the age range at those schools. It wasn't required that you take it if you were selected, so to encourage us to take it, the school payed those who did $25 lol
Belgian here
I've actually studied about the PISA test in one of my classes this year (I'm in college) My teacher actually works on PISA
So, it's super interesting to hear from someone who took the test
And yes, it's age based They chose the age of 15 because in a lot of countries students finish school at 16
Also, I think it's smarter to do by age than by grade because systems are really different like some countries make their students redo their grade if they failed while others don't do that Some also focus on individual differences while some don't Etc
5:02 I'm from Maryland. Been here my whole life. I have a side gig where I take certain kids to and from school (Mostly Private schools) for parents who work a lot of hours and don't trust random Uber drivers. Let me tell you!!! The few kids that are going to the public schools? "Duuuuuh!" I have NEVER seen kids this clueless.
From watching these kids over the years? It FEELS like they don't want too many bright kids becoming innovative adults. It FEELS like they want adults just smart enough to pull the pour lever on the coffee maker at Starbucks. Or stack boxes on shelves at 3am at Wal-Mart.
Straight A students arent trying to do those types of jobs ................... because they don't HAVE to.
But if you're a D student? You only really qualify for D student types of jobs.
THESE PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS?? Well mannered. Well behaved. The Public School kids? Well the teachers have been telling you how they are. I dont have to say it here.
18:19 she’s speaking facts. Any Nigerian that comes to America knows that they can be successful if they work hard for it; it’s a haven compared to nigeria. That’s why the most successful family category is specifically Nigerian Americans
TAKE AWAY THE CELL PHONES for the entire duration of the school day. No distractions and removing the means of wanting to acquire social media attention.
Primary Focus on objective grading and learning schemes! And for the love of god don’t f@$& with the fundamental laws of arithmetic and mathematics!
Soon as you had CEO of Prager U on this video just lost all credibility
Home schooled kids are better socialized than kids attending the circus that is public school day in day out. They'd be better socialized for prison I guess.
Thank you for covering the lack of male teachers. Systemic issues that affect males are usually ignored by mainstream media.
GEN, it's important to realize that many kids going to private schools have parents who work 3 jobs and sacrifice vacations, subscriptions, doctors appointments, even food to make it happen. I'm a private school teacher currently, and the majority of our parents don't drop off kids in Mercedes, they drive 2008 minivans with the mirrors taped on. They volunteer hours when they can, they borrow books and wear used uniforms, and the culture at our school is fine with it (though one privileged girl made fun of another for not having a Stanley cup, everyone else shamed HER). I'm not talking about Boston prep schools obviously, you can't pull 40k/year out of your rear. But tons of parents make private school work on their own blood, sweat and tears, and many are 1st gen immigrants. Parenting is everything. There's nothing we can do on the classroom, regardless how much you pay us, that trumps parents giving a crap and demanding respect and effort from their kids.
Privatize schools and see how the system immediately corrects itself when the bottom-line is directly correlated to getting a proper career path.
also publicize employment rate/alignment of careers per diploma/course per school with data on exam scores
so that citizens can compare what school is the cheapest that will land them on the right career path
instead of wasting 4 years for nothing
Also, allow/normalize HS drop-outs to land a job on certain high-skilled careers.
Some high-paying skilled jobs can be freely taught through the internet, especially excel/math skills.
People love 3b1b's content for basically creating a math content that all leads to machine learning/AI (linear algebra+calculus+multivariate calculus on khan academy etc.)
ALL FOR FREE. but you need a diploma for "proof of skill" to be hired, despite some teachers passing failing students cuz of empathy
Why not just let employers/3rd parties test the skill of the potential employee then decide what level is appropriate
simple solution: hold students accountable with tests every year or few years to continue to the next grade
i would like to say this nicely but i know a lot of dumb mfs who bs their way through high school some how having an f all year then turning it into a c in the last few weeks, then they go onto college and use resources like chegg or ai to do their homework. it’s just ridiculous how they’re not held accountable on their bs
It’s astonishing to see such issues in America. I’m from South Africa and education disparities are very high. Public school education is subpar at best.
That grammarly add transition was so smooth i almost didn't notice it
I was halfway through this video and then it canceled out and said “video unavailable”
what happened?
@@jaughnekowper Gen’s discord, rendering issues, so he reuploaded it
I had to reupload due to rendering issues