Teaching in the US vs. the rest of the world

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  • Опубликовано: 9 янв 2025

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  • @MrSmitheroons
    @MrSmitheroons 4 года назад +21686

    How to keep teachers and improve education in two steps:
    1) Value and respect them.
    2) Actually pay them.

    • @_Crazyslots
      @_Crazyslots 4 года назад +219

      i felt like as long as wages are high, they will work hard automatically. 🤣

    • @willshearer8907
      @willshearer8907 4 года назад +74

      They don’t deserve more money. They only work 9 hours, 190 days of the year. I work 12 hours a day, 255 days a year.

    • @willshearer8907
      @willshearer8907 4 года назад +20

      Nightingale I’m just saying man. They don’t deserve more money if they don’t even work a full work year

    • @penguinlim
      @penguinlim 4 года назад +876

      @@willshearer8907 they are literally responsible for most of the youth in their country. If they don't do their job well, thousands of kids might grow up and never find a successful and sustainable career.

    • @Nurulain-nq8by
      @Nurulain-nq8by 4 года назад +606

      @@willshearer8907 you think teaching kids is easy?

  • @owenbush2991
    @owenbush2991 3 года назад +30061

    I remember hearing someone say "there's not a shortage of teachers, there's a shortage of masters level professionals willing to be paid $35,000"

    • @Pineappletaco
      @Pineappletaco 3 года назад +750

      The first time I asked a colleague how hard it was to teach, have a family, and go back for their master's they told me it wasn't that hard, but also warned me that the pittance they made more for both the degree and being head of the department was less than what they had to pay in school costs/loans. Literally, make less for getting that degree and promotion (which is impossible to get without the degree). This is in one of the best paid cities teachers, in a state with one of the lowest CoL ratios in the nation.

    • @chriskelly9476
      @chriskelly9476 3 года назад +936

      My cousin is a high school teacher in the US and I was shocked when she told me how much she earned each year. I earned more as a full-time retail cashier in Australia. Shame.

    • @hanako_4759
      @hanako_4759 3 года назад +210

      My brother attended my old elamentry school and he told me almost all of the teachers left cause my old idiotic elamentery school didnt give the teachers much supplise and low pay DURRING A PENDEMIC :/

    • @hanako_4759
      @hanako_4759 3 года назад +54

      @@chriskelly9476 dang thats tough

    • @zlo8389
      @zlo8389 3 года назад +32

      I could not have said that any better. You are spot on sir.

  • @daeunlim3543
    @daeunlim3543 4 года назад +13177

    I went to American international school and my teacher who’s been teaching at states for 13 years cried on her first day of teaching overseas because she never realized how much easier teaching can be.

    • @taejo4975
      @taejo4975 4 года назад +118

      Overseas where?

    • @conorcane1211
      @conorcane1211 4 года назад +537

      YourAsianComrade 27 by her first name I’m guessing South Korea

    • @meking6327
      @meking6327 4 года назад +817

      I taught 18 years in Florida and 3 years at an International School in the Netherlands. So much easier to teach at the International school!
      Best work of my career! And I felt supported.
      And I am going to ignore any elitist comments made towards my original statement. In the US, I taught at a more rural school with a diverse socioeconomic population for a year, 2 different inner city schools with high poverty levels, and an upper middle class suburban school. Each type of school had it's own challenges.

    • @alidamaria6542
      @alidamaria6542 4 года назад +394

      I completely agree. As a history teacher in an international school in the Netherlands, these schools are generally better funded, with less students per class and more time and attention for individual students when compared to other schools.

    • @daeunlim3543
      @daeunlim3543 4 года назад +111

      @@taejo4975 Malaysia.

  • @edwardjones4870
    @edwardjones4870 2 года назад +1780

    I left teaching and became a librarian for less pay because I could no longer deal with the stress of maintaining order in a classroom. I wanted to teach, not spend my time being a disciplinarian. I had to deal with students who were unruly, rude, and disrespectful. I found that school administrators were fearful of parents and did not support teachers. One often hears that the teacher shortage is due to low salaries. This is not the whole story and vastly underestimates the difficulties and problems that one faces in the classroom.

    • @gb-jg1ud
      @gb-jg1ud 2 года назад +44

      Well said..,the kids in the US and the laws in place are 2/3 of the pribkem

    • @edwardjones4870
      @edwardjones4870 2 года назад +79

      @@gb-jg1ud Today in Virginia a six-year-old shot a teacher who is in critical condition. Need I say more?

    • @2wickie686
      @2wickie686 Год назад +33

      @@edwardjones4870 you can blame the parents for that.

    • @edwardjones4870
      @edwardjones4870 Год назад +13

      @@2wickie686 I agree!

    • @domosayain65
      @domosayain65 Год назад +12

      I work as a PE teacher and my word is it difficult at times

  • @SA-xt1gd
    @SA-xt1gd 5 лет назад +4060

    My sister’s HS teachers really don’t care about their jobs anymore because of rude students and low pay. They even get their homework off quizlet and let their students use internet to google their answers.

    • @Nickname006
      @Nickname006 5 лет назад +182

      Well, searching for information is an important skill.

    • @WhompingWalrus
      @WhompingWalrus 5 лет назад +75

      Quizlet's where students tend to get answers to questions which are often in teachers' editions of textbooks - which is where a lot of these teachers get their homework questions. I don't think the teachers are firing up Quizlet 10 minutes before class to get some homework lol

    • @SA-xt1gd
      @SA-xt1gd 5 лет назад +35

      Nimimerkki tbh i dont have a problem with that, i used quizlet myself for an online summer course in college easy A. Its just that imagine some students dont have internet access outside of school. Sometimes work can be done in school but its not like something they can keep up with every day

    • @WhompingWalrus
      @WhompingWalrus 5 лет назад +10

      Yeah I definitely used it too. There seems to be a correlation between what's on quizlet and what's just busy work, so it's no real loss imo.

    • @Nickname006
      @Nickname006 5 лет назад +12

      @@SA-xt1gd Are there really children with no access to internet in the US? And you call yourself a developed country?

  • @Brianab3ar
    @Brianab3ar 5 лет назад +4520

    its also interesting how teaching in the us is considered a low level career out of degree required jobs yet in other countries in asia and europe teaching is one of the most respected jobs you can have

    • @jeroenvantellingen5491
      @jeroenvantellingen5491 5 лет назад +363

      in a lot of european countries being a teacher is not that respected. i think that that is mostly the case in scandinavia. here in the netherlands there is a big shortage of teachers. they are also often burned out

    • @mhdkuncahyo5815
      @mhdkuncahyo5815 5 лет назад +422

      In asia. Generally, teacher is considered as a parents outside home. That's why asian teacher are highly respected by student and society

    • @SA-xt1gd
      @SA-xt1gd 5 лет назад +26

      My husband’s side of the family prefer to study education in college to become teachers and they get paid in the summer with respectful paycheck. Especially teaching English.

    • @millminn
      @millminn 5 лет назад +81

      even in finland i’d say teachers are respected for the work they do, but there’s still talk about how teachers are only teachers because they couldn’t get a better job that they would actually want to do in the field of their choosing.. i feel like it’s just the mutual respect nordic people have for each other that exists regardless of a person’s level of education or their career path. teachers are a vital part of so many children’s educations, teachers are important!

    • @pola5646
      @pola5646 5 лет назад +28

      Brianab3ar not really. Respecting teachers is not really a case in europe. In poland they get really low solary which makes it really hard to do it for a living.

  • @Cheese-pt6wp
    @Cheese-pt6wp 5 лет назад +5176

    My math teacher quit because the kids in my school were bullying him. I feel really bad about it and hope he’s ok

    • @elizabethwalker174
      @elizabethwalker174 5 лет назад +528

      Same thing happened with my science teacher two years ago :( He was so nice and a great teacher
      Edit: Should add that two people made a poem bullying him and sent it to the whole school, which I'm guessing is why he quit. The guy who sent it out only got one single detention, and the other guy who did half of the poem only got a warning.

    • @TheChickenRiceBowl
      @TheChickenRiceBowl 5 лет назад +420

      America is such a mess.

    • @afoxnamedangel1577
      @afoxnamedangel1577 5 лет назад +18

      Same thing happened with my 7th grade teacher

    • @Eridanus_Nebula
      @Eridanus_Nebula 5 лет назад +74

      kid in my grade made a teacher cry, and the entire class didn't do much

    • @wes3438
      @wes3438 5 лет назад

      Wait was his name mr crust?

  • @emanuelevacca91
    @emanuelevacca91 2 года назад +5587

    In Italy, basically everyone wants to be a teacher because it's one of the last "stable" jobs as private-sector jobs are highly unsafe.
    In US, teaching is so bad that they even made a TV show about a chemistry genius so frustrated to be a teacher that he becomes a drug lord.

    • @AJ12Gamer
      @AJ12Gamer 2 года назад +164

      Good one lol.

    • @jsebby2284
      @jsebby2284 2 года назад +50

      That's not what the TV show is about lol
      Teachers in the US get paid more than in Italy

    • @ItssMitch
      @ItssMitch 2 года назад +383

      @@jsebby2284 teachers in the US may get paid more but the cost of living is 34% higher than in Italy.

    • @jsebby2284
      @jsebby2284 2 года назад +20

      @@ItssMitch I would love to know where you got that number from.
      And teachers in the US get paid ~59% more than in Italy according to the OECD

    • @ItssMitch
      @ItssMitch 2 года назад +91

      @@jsebby2284 since youtube doesn't allow people to send links, you can search something along the lines of "Italy vs US cost of living" and most of the results will give the answer of italy being between 30% and 40% less expensive.

  • @anthonymarquez6493
    @anthonymarquez6493 5 лет назад +4841

    The quality of education is vastly different from state to state.

    • @gj471
      @gj471 5 лет назад +208

      Anthony Marquez right I live in Nevada 😩literally the lowest funded state in mental health and education !!

    • @nikobelic4251
      @nikobelic4251 5 лет назад +63

      Garrett Jones Florida man says we are competing for lowest in Florida

    • @5pctLowBattery
      @5pctLowBattery 5 лет назад +210

      And county to county. Here in Massachusetts places like Weston and Wayland score way higher than Brockton and Holyoke. Variations depend on demographics and real estate values.

    • @Gbnation1
      @Gbnation1 5 лет назад +79

      Yeah but the rotten foundation exists everywhere. Standardized testing needs to be abolished

    • @Per_Hashisblad
      @Per_Hashisblad 5 лет назад +51

      @@gj471 In Finland we have a saying "Huitsin Nevadassa" or "In %#*" Nevada". It roughly means in the furthest place possible from any civilized place. Sorry, nothing against Nevada, I don't know where the saying came from.

  • @CuttinUpGetGapped
    @CuttinUpGetGapped 4 года назад +3867

    This isn’t a joke.
    Twice in my life I’ve made friends with a new student at school and they were so far ahead in their curriculum it was embarrassing.

    • @ivankoh3779
      @ivankoh3779 4 года назад +154

      I mean it could be due to other factors you know, maybe they were top of their class and you were.... cough...cough, you know what i mean

    • @squidward2448
      @squidward2448 4 года назад +85

      We’re they from other US schools? If so sorry to say your schools just bad

    • @zumiii_
      @zumiii_ 4 года назад +19

      @@ivankoh3779 😂😂😂

    • @Joshua-vf3bm
      @Joshua-vf3bm 4 года назад +42

      Have you ever tried taking your education into your own hands?

    • @stowe5668
      @stowe5668 4 года назад +21

      I was that kid. Until 7th grade all I did in school up until then was read during class and talk to friends

  • @Leokipo
    @Leokipo 5 лет назад +6096

    Can we take a moment to appreciate the overall graphics that they used with this video? It's great!

    • @ritwikreddy5670
      @ritwikreddy5670 5 лет назад +39

      It is literally the first form of graphics to be invented.

    • @Budder1252
      @Budder1252 5 лет назад +73

      Ritwik Reddy it’s nice tho lol

    • @pranav3848
      @pranav3848 5 лет назад +23

      It's like 10 fps

    • @zoey8050
      @zoey8050 5 лет назад +39

      @@pranav3848 it's stop motion lol

    • @ngut22
      @ngut22 5 лет назад +14

      The graphics are beautiful but they don’t help the narrative. Why the minute hands keeps moving all over the place? And what is the comparison between New York and Alaska?

  • @zuzanafertalova3547
    @zuzanafertalova3547 3 года назад +119

    My mom has been a middle school teacher in Slovakia for almost 30 years. It is hard to stay positive and happy teacher when the salary is so poor for the job she is actually doing. But as she once told me - I would quit imidiately if those kids were disrespectful. But I can actually see their thankfulness for all the work I am doing for them. I want them to see that I love them as my own children and somehow they are paying me back with their good grades and respect. Thats why I've stayed for so long, now I teach kids of those kids - And that made my cry actually :D

  • @hanalver
    @hanalver 4 года назад +20715

    Also, Anna starts her life with her own college debt.

    • @Ivari-if2dh
      @Ivari-if2dh 4 года назад +1003

      While sofia with zero debt

    • @zt8003
      @zt8003 4 года назад +125

      International school necessary supplies: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

    • @Bruh-mg5ff
      @Bruh-mg5ff 4 года назад +89

      That’s actually not that true most universities pay for the education program for future teachers bc there’s a shortage

    • @instert_very-generic_name8919
      @instert_very-generic_name8919 4 года назад +54

      /Zacky nor says while student debt is at 1 trillion dollars

    • @awseko4732
      @awseko4732 4 года назад +17

      @@black_forest_ You pay the debt back so slowly you wont even notice it

  • @samleheny1429
    @samleheny1429 3 года назад +17945

    In Finland, school teacher is a highly valued occupation. The joke isn't "why aren't you a doctor or a lawyer yet?" it's "why aren't you a teacher yet?"
    In the US... if you're a teacher, it's assumed that that's because your life didn't pan out like you hoped it would.

    • @angelas5099
      @angelas5099 3 года назад +734

      Oh US is like India then. Usually graduates who do badly in school and college go on to get a teaching degree. There are some rare good teachers and I appreciate them though. Teachers are often so bad at teaching in school that parents shell out a huge chunk of their income to send their kids to coaching classes, who hire more educated and skilled teachers and pay them better. Coaching classes are evil though, but pay well.

    • @samoptimus4228
      @samoptimus4228 3 года назад +51

      Same in india

    • @deepanshu564
      @deepanshu564 3 года назад +11

      @@angelas5099 ikr

    • @agent_sus3273
      @agent_sus3273 3 года назад +35

      @@angelas5099 not like India. They just said it was ASSUMED that was what happened. As far as I can tell, that seems to a rare, if at all, case.

    • @angelas5099
      @angelas5099 3 года назад +44

      @@agent_sus3273 "Assume" in this case does not mean the synonym of "Suppose", i.e. speaking of it theoretically like in maths. In the OP's statement it means something similar to the prejudice people have. English is a funny language.
      In Hindi, it would be translated to "US me shikshak ho toh maan liya jata hai ki inki zindagi apne umeed ke hisaab se nahi chali". "Maan liya" is same as "assumed" but definitely denotes the prejudice against them. My Hindi translation will be riddled with some bad grammar and pronunciation errors because my first language is English, not Hindi, but I hope you understand what I mean. 🙂

  • @Laterose15
    @Laterose15 3 года назад +9358

    My mom was a teacher. She thought the system was so bad that she homeschooled me and my sibling from kindergarten through high school.

    • @frogg8319
      @frogg8319 3 года назад +136

      The one thing that confuses me is how would they give you tests?

    • @anthonygifford9494
      @anthonygifford9494 3 года назад +56

      How would you get a diploma or would you just take a GED?

    • @TlalocTemporal
      @TlalocTemporal 3 года назад +373

      @@frogg8319 -- No tests here (Canada). As long as there is a record of learning, you're good to go. You can get a bunch of resources, like textbooks and tests, but you don't have to as long as kids are learning.

    • @kayth1373
      @kayth1373 3 года назад +17

      how does she get an income

    • @babycakelings
      @babycakelings 3 года назад +139

      @@frogg8319 home schooled kids go by whatever standard the parents decide, so no tests unless given by parents

  • @audreymcneal
    @audreymcneal 3 года назад +369

    I had a friend in high school who was a Finnish exchange student. The year she spent here didn’t even count towards her education because the curriculum is so far behind. It was like a gap year for her 😭. Her parents are also both Finnish teachers, and she described it as “paid like doctors”. I think the two are related…

    • @jsebby2284
      @jsebby2284 3 года назад +2

      Teachers are paid more in the US than Finland lol

    • @Laura-xj8gh
      @Laura-xj8gh 3 года назад +35

      @@jsebby2284 Teachers in US are paid with no tax and teachers in Finland get payed already taxed

    • @jsebby2284
      @jsebby2284 3 года назад +2

      @@Laura-xj8gh your comment doesn't change what I said or prove it wrong though

    • @xavier01110
      @xavier01110 3 года назад +35

      @@jsebby2284 what is your point exactly? They might get payed more but it's clear that they don't get any job satisfaction because they all quit. In Europe teachers seem to enjoy teaching. I've spent most of my schooling in France and the UK but I spent a year in the US and it was pretty much a gap. Funnest year of my life because I was ahead of everyone and US schools are not strict and let you do whatever you want. Thr US education system is broken and is far behind Western Europe and Northern Europe.

    • @jsebby2284
      @jsebby2284 3 года назад

      @@xavier01110 what do you mean what is my point? My point is they get paid more.
      You even repeated my point lol

  • @kagome2420
    @kagome2420 4 года назад +8347

    I had a American woman telling me “teacher should be teaching for PASSION not money! Why should they get paid more then they already are being paid! As teacher they shouldn’t be so money minded!”
    This happen I was supporting equal pay for teachers.
    It’s almost like Americans don’t see their teachers as human who need them live.

    • @minam.658
      @minam.658 4 года назад +286

      That's horrible. I feel sorry for teachers.

    • @Achill101
      @Achill101 3 года назад +439

      Tell her that physicians should be healing people for PASSION not for money.
      Who needs those dollars anyhow.

    • @Pineappletaco
      @Pineappletaco 3 года назад +133

      Likely spent their early adult years on parent's dime or came from money and are conservative. Their is a sizable portion of the U.S. that doesn't understand what it is like to actually have to "pull youself up by the bootstraps", and an even bigger portion that simply views anyone making less than upper-class wages as deserving of what would be basic human rights in most other countries.

    • @ErutaniaRose
      @ErutaniaRose 3 года назад +40

      They don't see the students are human either, sadly.

    • @bigmoniesponge
      @bigmoniesponge 3 года назад +20

      I see my teacher as human I dont see what you mean by that. Also I really hope that our government here in the USA will AT LEAST raise my teacher's wages.

  • @HeyMyNameIs...
    @HeyMyNameIs... 5 лет назад +4129

    finland's population also see teachers like doctors who cure their symptoms.

    • @christinaroche1327
      @christinaroche1327 5 лет назад +151

      That's how it should be in all countries

    • @marialindell9874
      @marialindell9874 4 года назад +85

      For those that are interested. There was a finnish guy doing a TEDtalk (in english) about teaching in Finland and he explained why it is so immensly hard to even start your training to become a teacher. He explained it simply and in an easy way.

    • @apinkcat3766
      @apinkcat3766 4 года назад +93

      Teachers help cure ignorance
      It's best for them to treated like doctors. Education is the biggest tool to a nation's success

    • @LearntoMakeHonestMoneyOnline
      @LearntoMakeHonestMoneyOnline 4 года назад +21

      It's funny to read these myths as a Finnish person. 🤣

    • @saarana
      @saarana 4 года назад

      Lumpperlandia i dont think they’re referring to depression ect

  • @eiansmemesanddumbstuff9710
    @eiansmemesanddumbstuff9710 5 лет назад +29326

    The worst teachers stay, while the fun teachers only stay a year or two

    • @emilygracekun8376
      @emilygracekun8376 5 лет назад +2302

      Or maybe because the fun teachers become the worst teachers

    • @bunnyhop9584
      @bunnyhop9584 5 лет назад +3269

      It's hard trying to put your all into something for little to no reward every single day.

    • @adlerofrowe9224
      @adlerofrowe9224 5 лет назад +229

      That's very true

    • @bmona7550
      @bmona7550 5 лет назад +99

      Eian Weaver Nah the cool ones are those before the shortage

    • @ecarpioxp
      @ecarpioxp 5 лет назад +441

      A "fun" teacher doesn't equate a good teacher. Learning is not about the fun of the experience although most learners experience fun when they are able to master a piece of knowledge. If learning was about the fun we all would have a doctorate degree.

  • @boki1960
    @boki1960 3 года назад +896

    Having lived and studied in several countries, I have noticed a big challenge for teachers in the US: the students are disrespectful, uncontrollable, and unwilling to study. The teachers are excellent and full of passion to teach, but unable to do anything with a class that has 0 respect. And the faculty support system is not strong enough for the teacher to manage the class. The students will be awful to the teachers, but if the teachers ever slip up under the pressure, they will be punished. The rules for how teachers can interact, or connect with students is extremely strict, giving teachers very little freedom. So basically, teachers are disrespected by their class, by the parents, and do not have a strong support system from the school, who will throw the teachers under the bus if they ever slip up or parents complain. I don't think the issue is with the resources or funding of the schools. Students in Asia work with very little. While in the USA, most teachers have smartboards, access to computer labs, etc. But who wants to work in a job where you are constantly abused by your class, disrespected, and constantly given pressure by your faculty and higher ups? In Asia, teachers are highly respected by students, the parents always take the side of the teacher, and are respected by the school, who supports them. Teachers have much more authority and freedom to discipline, manage and connect with their class. Being a teacher is a highly respected job.

    • @bhaktilata
      @bhaktilata 2 года назад +24

      Amen to all of this 💯

    • @gb-jg1ud
      @gb-jg1ud 2 года назад +43

      Yup. Vox did not cover any of this

    • @bbbvas_.
      @bbbvas_. 2 года назад +57

      I agree with the student part because i went to a school in Asia and then to US the student were very disrespectful to the teachers and would trash the classrooms. But the thing is the teachers give you work after work and tests after tests. There is so much tests in the US at school. And they also teach you very useless things. And some teachers don’t even teach and just give you the worksheets. Most of them just grade and throw away your papers, not really going over it for us to learn from the mistakes we made. I don’t like the student, but the teachers aren’t the best either.

    • @myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070
      @myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070 Год назад +15

      parents always taking the teachers side sounds like a nightmare

    • @kleineente6475
      @kleineente6475 Год назад +1

      That's why U.S need an important subject to be thought to the students = religion subject.

  • @Hutch2Much
    @Hutch2Much 5 лет назад +15862

    “America spends more on security...than other countries”
    gee, i wonder why

    • @jesswinter
      @jesswinter 5 лет назад +2236

      Hutch2Much this country is so addicted to its guns. It is a scary place to live right now. My poor little sister is scared to go to school every day and I don’t blame her. I see a guy in a trench coat and my heart stops.

    • @hackman669
      @hackman669 5 лет назад +144

      Don't forget about the Philippines and other countries infected with radicals!!!

    • @julioservantes8242
      @julioservantes8242 5 лет назад +639

      @@hackman669 Of course USA is better than most of the asian, african and south-american countries in regards to education and safety, but they are a lot poorer than the US. Comparing USA to Europe or some parts of Asia(Japan, South-Korea, etc) you see that there is a serious problem.

    • @tkokflux6322
      @tkokflux6322 5 лет назад +182

      @@jesswinter my friend America has always been a scary place to live its not just right know it depends where you living at also guns are arent necessarily bad there just has to be more regulations on them and they should not give them away like balloons. but on the other hand, there is another side to this story my friend from the USA told me how he just survived being robbed and likely being killed but his gun saved his life. we rest of the world know about your mass shooting which is a horrible thing and it always gets lots of attention obviously but people don't consider how many lives it also saves now you might say that the solution is to ban guns right ? but there are so many guns being produced daily in USA that criminals who want to do harm to you will somehow get his hands on it getting rid of guns may not work for USA but more regulations are definitely needed.

    • @my_quadruple_chin115
      @my_quadruple_chin115 5 лет назад +94

      Nevada is one of the states with a lot less gun rules, but we don't go around and shoot people. Everyone here is kinda chill, but they like to party. The only thing I'm concerned is how they drive here

  • @elrathJohnson
    @elrathJohnson 4 года назад +3818

    Big point this video doesn't mention is that American teachers have to furnish their own classrooms out of pocket.
    Almost all American students experience bright colors, toys, books, posters, pencils, markers, crayons, often paper, etc in classroom and without the teacher paying out of pocket they would have only bleak cinderblock walls and textbooks to learn from.
    Edit 11/3/2020: I want to clarify that teachers shouldn't have to do this and many other countries don't put this added expense on the teacher, but provide it through public funding.
    Also- to any Americans reading this today: VOTE OH GOD PLEASE VOTE.

    • @finhazel
      @finhazel 4 года назад +36

      unecessary decorations arent required.

    • @elijahstrong3067
      @elijahstrong3067 4 года назад +417

      @@finhazel definitely helps students morale and productivity.

    • @mordorprc1
      @mordorprc1 4 года назад +70

      Is this actually true? Jeez

    • @elrathJohnson
      @elrathJohnson 4 года назад +141

      @@finhazel Required is an interesting word to use, and I think it implies the binary of "educated" or "uneducated".
      All the things I listed aren't "necessary" (for all students) but increase their interest in education, their connection from concepts they learn to concrete understanding, the students happiness, and (most relevant) the teacher's happinesss.
      This video was about teacher retention. Their experience of ease of teaching, joy of teaching, and financial strain are the factors I'm talking about.
      The idea that these things aren't "necessary" is true- for some students- but I view it as missing the point.

    • @elrathJohnson
      @elrathJohnson 4 года назад +29

      @@mordorprc1 Yes.
      As always, reality is more complicated than a quick RUclips comment, but yes.
      The more complicated answer is that teachers can keep their receipt to turn in and try to make a case that it was "needed" for the curriculum. If it fits curriculum and the school has the funding to go around then the teacher could see that money again-weeks or months later.

  • @fhaf33z
    @fhaf33z 5 лет назад +17476

    Welcome to teaching, where the salaries are low and everything is your fault.

    • @eldour6101
      @eldour6101 5 лет назад +355

      I am sure you are a teacher. Bad payment, no recognition, no respect, no job. Thats the conditions in my country. The result is that teacher univercities take the less educated students every year. I can't even imagine what is going to be the level of education in the future. Such mistakes in the education need decades to be fixed.

    • @thewhitewolf58
      @thewhitewolf58 5 лет назад +160

      also where students not paying attention in classes of 50 is your fault

    • @eldour6101
      @eldour6101 5 лет назад +211

      @@thewhitewolf58 And also students are not interested in education when they see that educated people and jobs (like teaching) have no respect and money. They will prefer other jobs legal or illegal that will give them easy money. Of course, without education and science the world will stop improving. But who cares... Let the future generations find the solution.

    • @maaroofkhan5675
      @maaroofkhan5675 5 лет назад +9

      In our country, salary of teachers is more but Everytime it's the students fault.

    • @eldour6101
      @eldour6101 5 лет назад +63

      @@maaroofkhan5675 Learning is a compined effort from teachers and students. Good results come when both do their best.

  • @kristinetorrice7603
    @kristinetorrice7603 3 года назад +163

    Teachers are abused by both students and parents. Unfortunately schools allow this to happen. Back when I was in school if my mom was called in fir a conference with my teacher about my behavior or grades it was “what did my daughter do? Why are you not doing your work in class? You’re going to fail the class if you keep this up.” Nowadays it’s a screaming match where the parent is cussing out the teacher, telling her she’s not teaching her child correctly, that no she’s not going to fail her kid, she doesn’t care if her kid mouths off, etc. The severe level of disrespect from students and parents is a huge issue with teacher retention. School districts aren’t willing to support their teachers. Some are even requiring teachers to give students a passing grade even if they don’t do the work. There was a case recently where a teacher emailed a parents after the parent wasn’t responding to messages left for them regarding their child not showing up for the virtual learning classes. The parents started screaming at the teacher telling her it was her fault her son wasn’t logging on, that it was the teachers responsibility to make sure her son was awake & logged on, that she’s busy at work so it’s not her fault. She told the teacher it was her responsibility to come to her house every day to wake her son up for school each morning. Are you kidding me!!!! Parents are supposed to make sure their children go to school, participate in school, do their homework, etc. Teachers are not babysitters. Parents need to start stepping up and get back to parenting instead of trying to be their kids best friend. Too many parents are expecting the schools to do everything for their children and it’s creating generations of disrespectful, ungrateful, uneducated, entitled little brats who offer zero to the world. It’s time we quit blaming teachers for the failings of students and start putting the responsibility where it belongs: on the parents who aren’t doing their job!!!

  • @Kay2be2mr
    @Kay2be2mr 4 года назад +7078

    I left teaching because the stress was causing me to lose my hair. I could no longer tolerate badly behaved kids (I worked at a private elementary school that many times took in kids that were kicked out of public schools) many parents were disrespectful and got angry if you told them that their kids were anything less than perfect. Feeling pressure to decorate my classroom like a "Teachers Pay Teachers" or RUclipsr teacher type person. Cause that's another thing... There's an unspoken competition between teachers over who has the cutest most creative classroom and door. The teachers with the best decorations and creations were seen as the teachers you should strive to be like, and those of us who kept it minimal because we're not as artistic and crafty were seen as the ones who didn't want to try hard enough. I broke down everytime I got blamed for student behavior and grade outcome. I shouldn't be blamed for whether Timmy took his classes seriously and studied for his tests, or whether a child chose to follow my rules of conduct or not. Teachers are expected to be 10 different things at once. We need to be kind and mild mannered while tough and fearsome enough to keep everyone in line. We're to be fun, dynamic and creative like Mary Poppins. As artistic and crafty as the art teacher, know how to handle special cases like a special ed teacher would, know enough about psychology to also be a therapist to your class, have secretarial skills, AND be extremely tech savvy. All without an assistant. It's too much! My dream job is to be left alone in an office cubicle in front of a computer, give me a task and a deadline and don't ever talk to me about kids or parents again!

    • @mikesully110
      @mikesully110 4 года назад +310

      yea man I work in a school too (but not as a teacher, I run the IT for a middle/high school) and my dream job now would be working in an office all alone putting together widgets, where nobody can bother me

    • @bethanybuffington68
      @bethanybuffington68 4 года назад +197

      I'm on my 19th year of teaching and I NEED TO GET OUT. Surprised I've made it this long actually. I say the same thing as you all the time. I want a job where people leave me alone. Curious as to what career you ended up in?

    • @vantestars.v
      @vantestars.v 4 года назад +82

      this is horribly sad

    • @peachkey2
      @peachkey2 4 года назад +127

      This is scary to read since I just graduated with an education degree.....

    • @davidheinzmann4403
      @davidheinzmann4403 4 года назад +10

      My wife is a social worker in New York. She works 12 months/ year for half of what our entitled teachers make. See what nys teachers make in 8 months of work. As a nys taxpayer I disagree with most of your video. What I do agree with is the lack of respect for teachers.

  • @squite133
    @squite133 4 года назад +5335

    Teachers: being stressed not paid enough = being rude to students = students being rude to others = students becoming stressed = students putting their stress on other kids bullying etc. = not working hard enough = getting bad grades

    • @anotherfluffyninja6903
      @anotherfluffyninja6903 4 года назад +232

      *being rude to students = students being rude to others = students becoming stressed = students putting their stress on other kids bullying etc.* Do i hear pumped up kicks or is it just me?

    • @meshtexture3490
      @meshtexture3490 4 года назад +17

      So we should replace all schools with libraries and parks. Got it clear as day. RUclips videos and book don't have the stress of a real-time performance. Plus I can't help but notice we are all here while the schools had to stop physically running for the pandemic. Clearly teachers are obsolete oppressive destroyers to education, basic human rights, and the basic human right to education they purport to support (ultimately the teachers only care about the paycheck not that their job actually means anything to the kids, especially if OP is right to say teachers are acting out due to pay) and we need guns to stop their evil.

    • @sportdoge1
      @sportdoge1 4 года назад +23

      I agree with this concept but this is a logical fallacy

    • @shawn.spencer
      @shawn.spencer 4 года назад +36

      Bulling doesn't come from mean teacher, that is so false

    • @sportdoge1
      @sportdoge1 4 года назад +5

      @@shawn.spencer could be but almost always it's not so you are right

  • @zooer64
    @zooer64 5 лет назад +6296

    Also talk about how schools are so quick to throw money at the sports departments while everybody else has to scratch and use their own money
    (Edit: Due to more information provided by the replies, by sports, I mean mostly Football- maybe basketball,volleyball, or baseball)

    • @Chillipep
      @Chillipep 5 лет назад +90

      Yes, Thank you!!!

    • @ArchOwl
      @ArchOwl 5 лет назад +405

      And by sports you mean football, baseball, and basketball. If you do cross country, swim, lacrosse, wrestling, track and field, water polo, soccer, volleyball, tennis, or golf (what my pretty well-off high school offers), you can ask for something every 15 years or get bent.

    • @Shady22
      @Shady22 5 лет назад +40

      Ev hey you ain’t wrong for most sports the team has to do fundraising And the school takes some of the money from “using the name” but don’t worry we get 1 new item a year

    • @ilikemoviesandmore
      @ilikemoviesandmore 5 лет назад +150

      Yeah, I never got that about American schools and universities. Seems to favor athletics over intelect.

    • @vylbird8014
      @vylbird8014 5 лет назад +70

      @@ilikemoviesandmore Some sports - not all - are actually revenue generators. College football is big business in America. The NCAA, the main college atheletics association, has an annual revenue of eight billion dollars a year - even though it's a non-profit organisation. That's why the athletic scholarship exists: "We'll pay your tuition, because your status as a college sports star will bring in more money than that costs us through ticket sales, broadcast rights and merchandising. Just don't let your grade fall too far, we need to pretend you are here to learn."

  • @DanielDavies-StellularNebulla
    @DanielDavies-StellularNebulla 2 года назад +57

    I honestly don't know how they didn't mention the kind of education system Finland has.
    I mean, that's probably the primary reason why teachers stay, AND ENJOY, teaching in Finland.
    Seriously, look it up, it's fascinating.

  • @thehustlinhomemaker1467
    @thehustlinhomemaker1467 4 года назад +1940

    Not to mention... The PARENTS in the US are very unlikely to back you up as a teacher ... You'll get phone calls in the middle of the night about 12th grader Johnny from his mother about why he won't have his project the next day. Most of your day is used up trying to maintain class management because several students have zero expectations from home to respect their teachers.

    • @amywalker7515
      @amywalker7515 3 года назад +60

      My favorite is when the parents in the PTA or the ones who donate a lot have acting up kids and think because they are a presence at the school their kids should get passed on to the next grade or even get awards. Donald Trump and George Bush Jr. come to mind. The buy your kids a degree is a real thing once you get to a certain level of income.

    • @cranjismcbasketball3513
      @cranjismcbasketball3513 3 года назад +54

      I mean yeah I get all A’s and like one B most of the time but my mom knows when I get a B it’s my fault. I hear daily from my English and science teacher about students who have almost no assignments done. It baffles me how bad you can be in a class, even though I spend most of my free time on RUclips or playing video games. If every other student in your child’s class is passing, and your child isn’t, it’s your fault, not the teachers

    • @zjean3417
      @zjean3417 3 года назад +17

      Not to mention you also have to pay extra attention and more time to special need students.

    • @dontkillmyvibe1433
      @dontkillmyvibe1433 3 года назад +14

      actually I think parents all over the world makes excuses for their kids, but in my case,
      i was taught to respect teachers

    • @MrCamara47
      @MrCamara47 3 года назад +26

      I remember my mother got mad at my 4th grade teacher for suggesting that receiving more attention at home would help me not be such a obstructive force in the classroom. She stormed out. As the 25 year old version of that 4th grader, my teacher was absolutely correct.

  • @Hyperion_HK
    @Hyperion_HK 3 года назад +8794

    This isn't even talking about how every year, standardized test scores determine how much funding a school gets, which makes schools in poor areas with few resources stay poor. It's an awful system.

    • @simmerke1111
      @simmerke1111 3 года назад +539

      Shouldn't it be the other way around? Even send federal officials to audit the schools and determine where they need funds and how to spend them?
      How in the world is this system a thing?

    • @gameseeker6307
      @gameseeker6307 3 года назад +159

      @@simmerke1111 someone higher up probably keeps it

    • @jsebby2284
      @jsebby2284 3 года назад +18

      This isnt true lol

    • @Hyperion_HK
      @Hyperion_HK 3 года назад +220

      @@jsebby2284 it is. Schools will get more money if test scores are good

    • @jsebby2284
      @jsebby2284 3 года назад +10

      @@Hyperion_HK there's no discrepancy in funding for the average poor school vs the average non poor school

  • @k8isssgr8
    @k8isssgr8 4 года назад +4343

    One time almost our entire math department quit. We had no math teachers for a good few days

  • @rachelbroughton6457
    @rachelbroughton6457 Год назад +18

    I’m a teacher in Australia. Our pay is decent, but the workload is huge, and people outside of the profession think we don’t work hard because the students leave at 3:30 and we have more holidays. We are facing enormous teacher shortages, at least partly because our workload has massively increased over the past couple of decades. Even in the time I’ve been teaching (9 years) it’s increased really significantly. I’m now a relief teacher and have a much better work/life balance.

  • @julesmurdock999
    @julesmurdock999 4 года назад +832

    So sad. I’m from Canada & my moms a teacher. While we were on vacation in the states once we were talking to our waiter at a restaurant. He said he quit teaching because he was making more money at his side part-time job (waitressing) than his full-time teaching job. I left feeling so thankful for my mother & really appreciated her

    • @hibiki5743
      @hibiki5743 4 года назад +34

      One of my mothers friends wanted to go into teaching but she also quit because she realized the same thing. She could make more money waiting tables then teaching.

    • @jsebby2284
      @jsebby2284 4 года назад +8

      Teachers get paid more in America than Canada so don't feel bad

    • @lukerickbeil1360
      @lukerickbeil1360 4 года назад +20

      @@jsebby2284 teachers are treated way worse in the states tho.

    • @jsebby2284
      @jsebby2284 4 года назад +2

      @@lukerickbeil1360 you mean by like students and parents? Yeah probably

    • @lukerickbeil1360
      @lukerickbeil1360 4 года назад +11

      @@jsebby2284 well and the system makes them teach in a way that they don’t want to.

  • @JM-us3fr
    @JM-us3fr 5 лет назад +2696

    And yet, people continue to say "Kids these days are just lazy"

    • @Jason-th2nc
      @Jason-th2nc 5 лет назад +59

      I’ve worked with them, and they ARE lazier than ever. A teacher shortage has no effect on how kids act. Their mindset is that no problem is too small, no complaint too trivial, to tell an adult about it.
      That said, the blame should be placed on the system and not the kids... they’re gonna be in for a rough time when they graduate and no one’s there to hold their hand.

    • @Heavely-Mixes
      @Heavely-Mixes 5 лет назад +27

      Jason where not saying that shortage of teachers cause students to be lazier where saying that we have longer schools days in America and that we do homework after school and studies have found that it can lead to depression

    • @nicobenji0248
      @nicobenji0248 5 лет назад +45

      Every older generation talks bad about the next generations. People who grew up without radio and TV often thought it was damaging their children. Don't get me wrong corporations designing every consumer good around bad addictive habbits like food and social media is affecting us. Not making us lazy or dumber but more apathetic and careless. Also the attention spans of people are getting shorter. So their right and wrong. Advancements don't ruin people but predatory uses of those advancements do.
      Don't believe me. People generally say Japan is "smarter" than the US. But the Japanese have higher gambling addictions than people in the US. That behavior was a result of Companies giving more people randomized stuff instead of just buying exactly what you want. For example most vending machines there you have to pay and hopefully get the candy you want. As a result people didn't think they were actually gambling but they got so used to earning things in a randomized way Japanese tend to actually have higher gambling addictions. That's why pachinko is so big over there. Here in the US you just buy what you want at vending machines. Point being are vending machines(tech/advancement) bad or is it how they are used?

    • @brighty-go6nn
      @brighty-go6nn 5 лет назад +1

      @Jesire erised And​ it​ breaks its​ crown.

    • @chinchillout3533
      @chinchillout3533 5 лет назад +9

      We are lazy, but alot of that is due to the way public institutions have raised us.

  • @blurryink115
    @blurryink115 5 лет назад +893

    Teachers or the backbone of literally everything. Your doctors, your engineers, your lawyers, etc... you wouldn’t have them without teachers.

    • @laurent1144
      @laurent1144 5 лет назад +60

      Also, with increased education, crime rates are lower, poverty is lower, and the economy is healthier. Even people without kids benefit from paying teachers properly.

    • @Chillipep
      @Chillipep 5 лет назад +11

      I agree with your comment, however, I don't believe in public education anymore as our citizens don't appreciate it since so many don't have to pay for it. It's become daycare and an antiquated form of teaching the minds of tomorrow.

    • @hbq76
      @hbq76 5 лет назад +24

      In a developed economy, everybody is the backbone of everybody else. You also wouldn't have teachers without farmers, builders, foresters, miners, etc.

    • @allconsumingchicken9173
      @allconsumingchicken9173 5 лет назад +1

      Hi

    • @user-ez5vq9fd2t
      @user-ez5vq9fd2t 5 лет назад +20

      @@hbq76 I think what the point that the commenter was trying to make is: who taught farmers how to farm? Whether they have the title of "teacher" or not, every profession and skill requires instruction. Even parents are teachers, in addition to so much more. In that sense, teachers ARE the backbone of society.

  • @LadyHurricaneSoccer
    @LadyHurricaneSoccer 2 года назад +29

    I left American school system as a teacher 6 years ago after teaching for 22 years to teach internationally for the past 6. Absolutely the best decision i've ever made in my life.

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 2 года назад

      HELP! I cant find better History-Coverage and Flaws-in-School-System Coverage than the CRT- and GOP-Videos of "Some More News", so im at my Mean's End.

  • @emmanuelgarcia4259
    @emmanuelgarcia4259 4 года назад +608

    There’s so many factors that play into a child’s education (i.e. home life, culture, maturity level, personal relationships), yet teachers tend to get the sole blame for their lack of success. Teachers aren’t miracle workers, and when state and local governments are tasking them with spending time meeting every child’s personal AND educational needs, it makes teaching a lot more difficult. Wish teachers got more respect and more attention, especially those who truly care about the children

    • @lyx8039
      @lyx8039 4 года назад +2

      As a 5th grader normally I think its most likely the state

  • @Thaddeus_Howe
    @Thaddeus_Howe 4 года назад +4208

    Bruh all we need to do is decrease military spending by like 5% and give that money to education. That would be a 50% increase in education spending which could be directed solely towards teacher salaries, classroom materials, and scholarships for teachers.

    • @SaraH-jn5db
      @SaraH-jn5db 4 года назад +825

      Congress only cares about keeping kids alive long enough to send them to Iraq, doesn't matter if they're well educated as long as they can use a gun

    • @rozhin6055
      @rozhin6055 4 года назад +186

      @@SaraH-jn5db That sounds so sad...

    • @Ghost-lk2fc
      @Ghost-lk2fc 4 года назад +484

      @@rozhin6055 And very true. When I was in high school they basically bribed students to serve in the military, offering to pay for their college education as long as it goes towards their future jobs in the army. I live in a community where many people can't afford college, so of course they took the deal if they wanted to get a higher education.
      If our government really cared about our education, they'd take a little bit out of the military's bribing money and give it to the schools.

    • @bulbouspiranha758
      @bulbouspiranha758 4 года назад +45

      These are the kind of Americans that America needs

    •  4 года назад +46

      @Anant Tiwari Heh, in americas case just 4% is enough

  • @deintri
    @deintri 5 лет назад +2460

    Then you have to go home and prepare lesson plans for the next day because there is no time in school to sit down and prepare...

    • @millealfredsson4014
      @millealfredsson4014 5 лет назад +48

      Fact check: this is correct. Even in Europe. My mom is a teacher (since 20+years)

    • @RealMailou
      @RealMailou 5 лет назад +61

      Here in finland one of my old teachers told me that she gave some of the students test for her husband to check and rate, even though he wasnt a teacher. But she had to do it bc there just was no time for it.

    • @MBeckers
      @MBeckers 5 лет назад +15

      @@RealMailou in the Netherlands many teachers have similar issues

    • @RealMailou
      @RealMailou 5 лет назад +16

      @@MBeckers I feel like the left in the US don't understand or just want to see the problems in the *EUROPEAN* stuff. People in the US are talking about their school food being unhealthy, meanwhile many here in Finland just outright do not eat the school food because it's so disgusting. Theres this city called Pori and in there some schools had insects as food. NOT EVEN KIDDING.

    • @Tinker-xr1gi
      @Tinker-xr1gi 5 лет назад +42

      Mailou insects are actually very healthy to eat high in protein and it would depend on the culture and people that are eating the food

  • @professionalgiraffe
    @professionalgiraffe 2 года назад +43

    As a millennial, by far the number one reason that I have heard from friends for why they left teaching is the parents. They expect teachers to raise and parent their kids, yet complain when teachers discipline them, and they blame teachers when their kid does not succeed.

    • @michellecoules3895
      @michellecoules3895 22 дня назад +1

      I'm 27 and have no kids and Ive been asked what to do when their kids are being disrespectful at home. Like, sorry, that's not my job to parent your kid. This is in ireland btw

    • @briana14333
      @briana14333 20 дней назад

      Same. I think all my teacher friends stopped teaching in 2020

  • @nanchoparty
    @nanchoparty 5 лет назад +2446

    "How can the US keep their teachers from leaving forever?"
    You can start by paying them more...

    • @SgtJoeSmith
      @SgtJoeSmith 5 лет назад +52

      If they want more money they can start actually teaching. And $65k for 6 months work is more than some doctors make

    • @triadwarfare
      @triadwarfare 5 лет назад +131

      You can't solve all the problems with money though. You could have a higher paid teacher, but if they don't fix the toxicity of student culture, no teacher will last.

    • @Schmidty1
      @Schmidty1 5 лет назад +129

      @@SgtJoeSmith Most teachers do not make 65k and they work 8-9 months as summer is only 3-4 months.

    • @lycheens
      @lycheens 5 лет назад +163

      A lot of US teachers decide to teach abroad, I did it for 15 years. Generally it's better money, better hours, much nicer working conditions and far fewer people like Joe.

    • @SgtJoeSmith
      @SgtJoeSmith 5 лет назад +1

      @@triadwarfare well that's the teachers job

  • @yummporridge7800
    @yummporridge7800 4 года назад +2503

    my science teacher told me about this. she doesn’t have kids and she said if she ever did have a kid America wouldn’t be the country she’d raise them in.

    • @yub2.045
      @yub2.045 4 года назад +294

      It's a dangerous environment. Guns everywhere, very few restrictions in many states, poor education system, and the risk of getting involved in a world war

    • @SaraH-jn5db
      @SaraH-jn5db 4 года назад +109

      Smart woman

    • @mangorat5380
      @mangorat5380 4 года назад +13

      What country did she say??

    • @yummporridge7800
      @yummporridge7800 4 года назад +68

      mangorat somewhere in Europe

    • @belgarano4576
      @belgarano4576 4 года назад +9

      Sad

  • @Pbdave1092
    @Pbdave1092 5 лет назад +4502

    America: Where even in schools, defence spending takes the lead.

    • @allmotorhash
      @allmotorhash 5 лет назад +23

      Magats

    • @ab3040
      @ab3040 5 лет назад +60

      Ouch. That hurts 😂

    • @jl9554
      @jl9554 5 лет назад +91

      Gotta keep the oligarchy alive.

    • @6Wul0Won
      @6Wul0Won 5 лет назад +28

      I genuinely laughed aloud. Thanks.

    • @hyouzanren1846
      @hyouzanren1846 5 лет назад +2

      Ok! That hurt! 😅😅😅

  • @sonicsupersam7793
    @sonicsupersam7793 Год назад +11

    1:55 as someone from the UK, i can tell you that our teachers actually rarely get free periods, especially maths. If you’re in a primary school, then you’ll be teaching almost non stop for 6 hours since you’re with the same class the whole time.

  • @nestyie3835
    @nestyie3835 5 лет назад +4279

    Teachers are so underrated

    • @rgurung351
      @rgurung351 5 лет назад +137

      Me er I think the right word is unappreciated.

    • @cristobalcaro3392
      @cristobalcaro3392 5 лет назад +5

      And that is a fact

    • @rahuldhali7681
      @rahuldhali7681 5 лет назад +61

      *underpaid

    • @Kazavop
      @Kazavop 5 лет назад +29

      Poorly treated

    • @lllool8404
      @lllool8404 5 лет назад +21

      USA is a pseudodemocratic corporatocracy.

  • @19MAD95
    @19MAD95 5 лет назад +4124

    American Parents leave their kids to be babysat in school.
    Other Countries sent their kids to learn.
    Fundamental cultural issues.

    • @Devi_ka
      @Devi_ka 5 лет назад +63

      Sadly France is taking that way too.

    • @mrmacho41
      @mrmacho41 5 лет назад +157

      You hit the nail on the head. Before I became a parent I always thought parents should be more involved in the learning process. It really should be a 1 2 punch. BUT i think for that to really work we need smaller class sizes.

    • @aussieendeavor3679
      @aussieendeavor3679 5 лет назад +16

      @A.P. X How big are classes in the US? In Sydney they are around the 20-25 mark

    • @mrmacho41
      @mrmacho41 5 лет назад +57

      @@aussieendeavor3679 honestly just speaking from my own experience we had 25-30 kids in general classes ( math, English, science, history)

    • @JuniFFXIVChannel
      @JuniFFXIVChannel 5 лет назад +71

      @@aussieendeavor3679 Before I finished high school, 30 students per class was the norm. It's usually just enough so that no more desks can fit in the classroom.

  • @Spike.SpiegeI
    @Spike.SpiegeI 5 лет назад +188

    We could provide every teacher in the US a significant raise if we'd divert a tiny fraction of our ever growing defense budget to them

    • @MrManifolder
      @MrManifolder 5 лет назад +6

      Bernie Sanders wants to give all US teachers a starting salary of $60k.

    • @modelotime2082
      @modelotime2082 5 лет назад +4

      @Judy Ham and he also wants to increase teacher salaries on top of that

    • @Kyle1227
      @Kyle1227 4 года назад +4

      @@MrManifolder teachers do more good for humanity than literally every other job, yet for some reason the United States just wants to flex their military.

  • @garfieldfan3892
    @garfieldfan3892 2 года назад +96

    Such a gift to be born in Scandinavia or Europe in general.
    I'm born in Finland and like so many of my classmates love and value nearly every teacher that teaches us at the time. My history/social studies teacher makes learning fun with some jokes mixed in (or just being funny in general).

    • @canofcoorslight5746
      @canofcoorslight5746 2 года назад +2

      You're welcome, Russia would have scooped you up decades ago if our military didn't give you our protection.

    • @bgm769-g2k
      @bgm769-g2k Год назад +8

      @@canofcoorslight5746 Finland didn't join NATO until after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, so we didn't give them protection before 1995. And Finland fought about 2-3 wars against the Soviets on their own in the decades before World War 2.

    • @cantbothernaming
      @cantbothernaming Год назад

      you are aware that european countries like france and the uk have there own nuclear weapons@@canofcoorslight5746

  • @katemurray8201
    @katemurray8201 3 года назад +2889

    My dad used to always say to me growing up: “you shouldn’t want to be a teacher, you’re too smart for that.” Apparently teaching would be settling for an *easy* career smh

    • @EH23831
      @EH23831 3 года назад +190

      I’m currently a teacher- I have had two other careers: research scientist and Naturopath. I can tell you teaching is WAY more complex and demanding than my other two careers (I’ve also worked in retail and restaurants- teaching is harder!)

    • @lexx348
      @lexx348 3 года назад +42

      @@EH23831 Naturopathy is pseudoscientific alternative medicine. How do you combine that with scientific research?

    • @EH23831
      @EH23831 3 года назад +43

      @@lexx348 hmmm - a lot of Naturopathy, particularly the herbal medicine and the nutrition, is founded on and relates to biochemistry and pharmacology - both subjects I did at university... so they complement quite well.

    • @CityState_of_Valletta
      @CityState_of_Valletta 3 года назад +71

      I agree, you're too smart *to make that terrible financial and labor intensive decision*

    • @painted_k9
      @painted_k9 3 года назад +16

      @@EH23831 I've studied pharmacology too-- the link between complementary therapies and that is very very loose. It's very unscientific and unregulated; I guess I don't have to tell you, but it's very difficult to say any of it better than placebo. There are maybe a few exceptions, but it's few and far between. Often there isn't a great incentive for things like double blind RCTs in the first place.

  • @satriaamiluhur622
    @satriaamiluhur622 5 лет назад +1239

    Treat schools as education, not as business
    And treat your teachers as educators, not employees

    • @output5447
      @output5447 5 лет назад +26

      And the teachers need to treat students as humans, not slaves.

    • @screaminberries9046
      @screaminberries9046 5 лет назад +6

      US: *laughs*
      We want more MONEY

    • @mehmetenescetin2182
      @mehmetenescetin2182 5 лет назад +5

      @@output5447 yeah

    • @Lawlietftw30
      @Lawlietftw30 5 лет назад +4

      Businesses sometimes have to pay their staff more when there's a shortage of a certain type of employee.
      The American government (and often the American voter, as seen by the part about whether people in the US value teachers) resist that notion and almost treat it like blasphemy.

    • @phanzon
      @phanzon 5 лет назад +7

      If schools are like a business, then it's safe to say that it is comparable to that of a prison; where the children are the prisoners, the teachers are the underpaid social workers, and the executive faculty, politicians and police are the guards and warrens

  • @jeffreym68
    @jeffreym68 4 года назад +3386

    As a retired teacher with lots of teacher friends, I have a few thoughts on this. Vox was right about some.
    First, teaching should not be the Rodney Dangerfield of professions. Students lack respect, and so do many parents. They assume teachers failed down into the job, rather than having spent time and money to achieve the education and meet the requirements of the career they are (at least to start) passionate about. This is especially true for students from well to-do families.
    Second, stop treating grades as the relevant end product. It causes the PROCESS of learning to be devalued, and people to say they deserve a good grade because they worked hard, or even (college) because they'd paid for the course.
    Spend less time on testing (and teaching to tests). America loves testing in part because we like observable, measurable outcomes. But teacher training includes assessment. We already know how to find out what our students have learned. Don't make us stop teaching our course material in order to teach to and administer additional tests.
    Quit expanding the job. We are teachers. Subject-matter experts. We aren't (generally) counselors, psychologists, PE teachers, police, their students' parents, or any other of a number of roles that some people want us to fill. We need people as trained and prepared for those roles as we are for ours.
    And speaking of pay... Yes, teachers need to have more equitable pay and benefits. They should not have to have such a large percentage of their work uncompensated. People are fond of saying, "they get 3 months off!" Yes. With no pay. Unable to apply for unemployment. But still having to spend much of that time in continuing education (not free, usually), lesson planning, conference attendance (to learn new tools, techniques, laws, etc.) and other activities that directly benefit their schools and students, but for which they are typically uncompensated. Think it's optional to do this? Ask your school administrators. The few days of inservice for which teachers are paid are completely inadequate for preparation. They must do it on their own time and dime to do the job well enough to keep the job.
    Please. If you value the youth of our nation, set aside the money to give them teachers who aren't too poor, stressed, sick, or burned out to show their students the passion for their subject and career that they had when they started out.

    • @MGVK2277
      @MGVK2277 4 года назад +82

      This needs to get more attention

    • @dastanprobg2071
      @dastanprobg2071 4 года назад +78

      Hi Jeff, I'm writing from Kazakhstan, I just want to express big respect for all american teachers for doing this hard job, I hope someday all teachers on earth will get the respect and everything they deserved. Its pity USSR fall because in USSR teachers were very respected in society, they were special, now its all gone, maybe democracy is good but capitalism is no good definitely, it kills humanity in human, people get like animals - do everything for money.

    • @EH23831
      @EH23831 3 года назад +20

      Agree with everything you said!!
      ❤️ Aussie teacher 👩🏻‍🏫

    • @jeffreym68
      @jeffreym68 3 года назад +20

      @@EH23831 I was actually hoping things were better there. Sorry to hear that the problem is international.

    • @EH23831
      @EH23831 3 года назад +9

      @@jeffreym68 I think we are better paid, but everything else applies!
      Take good care ❤️

  • @Chepina_tik
    @Chepina_tik Год назад +11

    I'm a teacher, and I've taught in public and private schools in the US and in several other countries, to say the least. The issue about hours, respect and pay are so relative. In the US I worked up to 12 hours a day, with 8 of them being teaching hours. I barely had enough time for taking care of myself. My pay was the lowest in the US, but the highest in my state. Everyone in society respected me for being a teacher, gave me gifts or discounts, and thanked me personally for being a teacher.
    There are lots of other factors that make it difficult to teach in the US. The biggest one I saw is that each school system is run on the whims of a small group of people who mainly concern themselves with state test scores, funding and/or not getting shut down for a failing school grade. Another is the lack of family support that students have outside of school and the trauma they bring into the classroom that supersedes learning. They pack 33 students into a classroom with random educational models, administration and management. So guess who doesn't want to be underpaid, working 12 hours a day, worried about personal safety, struggling with the multitude of students' personal problems , and unappreciated by the admin? The teachers. So they quit after an average of 2 years.

  • @ProteinFromTheSea
    @ProteinFromTheSea 5 лет назад +166

    1:36 is also because Japan has a toxic and overwhelming work ethic. In the 50s, using amphetamines to boost job performance was encouraged. Now, no less than working to the point of exhaustion is considered “hard work”.

    • @RikkuTakanashi
      @RikkuTakanashi 5 лет назад +3

      @Arijct Yeah, though they actually don't take vacation time very much. Some companies have had to threaten them with firings to get them to take the time.

    • @Helmuesi911
      @Helmuesi911 5 лет назад +4

      TheSubatomicPlatypus
      Japanese are much more energetic than most people in the world. Must be all that nuclear energy that slaps them around every so often

    • @525Lines
      @525Lines 5 лет назад +3

      I don't know about every country in Asia but some Asian countries will only put high performing kids into high school. The rest are sent to trade schools. That's part of the reason Asian high school scores are so great.

    • @ford.5311
      @ford.5311 5 лет назад

      @Arijct pretty sure they were joking mate

  • @botanicalbunny
    @botanicalbunny 5 лет назад +1452

    _"This is Anna. She just graduated from college in the United States. Anna is in debt up to her EYEBALLS and can no longer financially support herself or her family. Anna's only option is to now drive her car full speed head on into oncoming traffic."_
    Now that's more like it

    • @Perisemiotics
      @Perisemiotics 5 лет назад +152

      lol yes, the video didn't mention that _Anna_ graduates from college with a 35k USD debt whereas _Sofia_ ...

    • @mauz791
      @mauz791 5 лет назад +81

      _She chooses to work, but the wages are so low she tries to dive off a bridge_

    • @embasorangiratina36
      @embasorangiratina36 5 лет назад +206

      @@mauz791 Unfortunately she survives and is now being crushed under a mountain of medical debt. In addition to her student loan debt.

    • @Daniel-mq3nf
      @Daniel-mq3nf 5 лет назад +10

      Going to college is a choice...take responsibility for your choices, snowflakes

    • @spqr1945
      @spqr1945 5 лет назад +76

      @@Daniel-mq3nf then why in Finland colleges are completely free?

  • @deen_771
    @deen_771 3 года назад +1318

    the first time i took school in ethiopia i was shocked at how quiet the classrooms were and how everyone was listening to the teacher. i imagine it's similar in other countries too, but it's very different from schools in england (public)

    • @RoachChaddjr
      @RoachChaddjr 3 года назад +124

      I was taught in England and I can agree classes are not quiet. It is really hard to get a decent education in class.

    • @tinkernoggin3667
      @tinkernoggin3667 3 года назад +31

      @@RoachChaddjr and here we have my parents wondering why I can’t remember anything

    • @teemo7714
      @teemo7714 3 года назад +146

      because everyone there actually values their hard-earned privilege of going to school and getting an education. In the us, everyone can get education.

    • @amywalker7515
      @amywalker7515 3 года назад +10

      Here it seems people are reveling in their ignorance and rebuke any kind of actual scientific or logical approach to anything.

    • @matthewblainey4254
      @matthewblainey4254 3 года назад

      Public or state school?

  • @sarahhh9136
    @sarahhh9136 3 года назад +24

    i feel like its even harder for teachers in western countries because the kids dont get taught as much on the respect of teachers. in asian countries kids are taught to respect their elders, including teachers but in western countries its just different and classes are harder to control, and some parents blame everything on you, its a thankless job for the most part honestly.

    • @xavier01110
      @xavier01110 3 года назад +2

      Same thing happens in Europe. US and Canada are the only countries where students are allowed to say and do whatever they want. I've went to school in the UK and France and you must treat the teachers with respect and if you don't then you can lose your place in the school.

    • @EfeFlet
      @EfeFlet 2 года назад +1

      I can't speak for everyone in Spain but I've been to 3 schools + college and nobody dared to disrespect the teachers. They were very friendly most of the times, and the kids would behave. I know there are cases of parents being violent to teachers but I think it's not common here.We don't bow or call them "Mr. X", we can just say their first names, but at the same time we listen and behave properly. Again, that's my experience in two public schools and a private one in different parts of the country, but my experience is not universal so...

  • @latentspacex
    @latentspacex 5 лет назад +3211

    US calls building school sports stadiums “education spending”

    • @robertmerrill8918
      @robertmerrill8918 5 лет назад +102

      Bao Vuong it’s actually a really nice part about school for kids, as a student athlete it’s the best part of my day. And most schools manage to put them in the school work anyways so it great for everyone!

    • @bigbusiness7035
      @bigbusiness7035 5 лет назад +37

      @@robertmerrill8918 yeah this dude is just a nerd who hates the "jocks" and what not

    • @barcosbanchez6767
      @barcosbanchez6767 5 лет назад +334

      @@robertmerrill8918 I think what OP meant to call out is the disproportionate amount of resources spent on sports compared to other extracurriculars that matter to other students just as much as it matters to you

    • @bigbusiness7035
      @bigbusiness7035 5 лет назад +5

      @@barcosbanchez6767 now we got another Reddit nerd hear trying be all "oh just be nice I just wanna solve math problems" get out nerd go try and run a mile

    • @bahia5290
      @bahia5290 5 лет назад +160

      I definitely agree with you. And as for the other responses to this comment, yes solving math problems really quickly is a better skill than sports are, but that’s just my opinion (and really most European and Asian countries’ as well)

  • @poland657
    @poland657 4 года назад +2374

    In a way, teachers have the most important job In the world?

    • @baranjan6969
      @baranjan6969 4 года назад +113

      Jobs make things happen
      Teachers make jobs happen
      Its like relation between inventor and invention, inventor doesnt need invention to exist but invention needs inventor to exist

    • @nerd_nato564
      @nerd_nato564 4 года назад +18

      Well, yeah. They're the ones in charge of transferring our knowledge to the new generations.

    • @poland657
      @poland657 4 года назад +2

      NERD_NATO I don’t think your understanding the bigger picture

    • @Thedeathdump
      @Thedeathdump 4 года назад +6

      Yea its true. Why do you think so many of the severely underfunded states are trump states 🤣🤣🤣

    • @nerd_nato564
      @nerd_nato564 4 года назад +1

      @@poland657 What do you mean?

  • @scottyj6226
    @scottyj6226 5 лет назад +714

    Hey, just like the old soviet citizen said, "they pay me little, I work little."

  • @Gin404
    @Gin404 3 года назад +13

    I live in Finland, and honestly my homeroom teacher is so chill.
    We watch like 2 movies a week and get to use our phones during breaks in middle school (only high school students are allowed to use phones during breaks). I'm kinda sad that he won't be our teacher anymore, because he was honestly the best teacher I had so far. Even the the boys who were normally wild, would respect our teacher. Our teacher even had inside jokes with them

    • @Gin404
      @Gin404 2 года назад +1

      @Ludvig Renström SJFe That teacher was only supposed to be a substitute, but ended up being our teacher for the whole year. Our homeroom classes were super chill! Now that it's been two years and I'm in the 8th grade, I'm suprised myself at how much we were spoiled, since watching movies now is really rare (exluding documentaries). Maybe our class boys turned out that rowdy because he was too lax..?

  • @donnella.koulianos
    @donnella.koulianos 4 года назад +687

    Finishing my first year of teaching in the US, I can say the lack of respect you receive makes any teacher working long hours feel unappreciated. There is so many misconceptions about US teachers it is ridiculous.
    1. We only get paid for the 190 days of contract time. This means all breaks I am not getting paid for yet I have authorized the district to withhold my check and divide my salary into 24 checks.
    2. My contact time is only 7:30-4:00pm so please understand when you see teachers at school until 6 or 7 , we are not getting paid for that time. It is normally from the lack of enough planning time that pushes us to stay late for FREE.
    3. Teaching is the only profession that you buy your own supplies. I can either wait for the admin to give me needed supplies and take months or I buy it myself so that I can use it.
    4. I taught at a Title 1 school and the kids are far from the reason why things are stressful. It is the amount paperwork that is being given that is stressful. My kids were always the best part.

    • @brenkelly8163
      @brenkelly8163 4 года назад +29

      Donnella Koulianos What is it that teachers have tp pay for their supply? They are not private contractors and should sue, seriously. No business would make workers pay for their own supplies and even the federal government supplies its workers with equipment they need to get their job done. But the governments don’t supply their own teachers and CHILDREN? How did this happen and how can we create a national movement to reverse it.

    • @joshuaevans4301
      @joshuaevans4301 4 года назад +61

      @@brenkelly8163 The problem is that any time teachers try to organize to get better pay and more respect, they are spat upon. If teachers go on strike then they are demonized for "letting kids suffer for their own benefit"

    • @folkloricmoon
      @folkloricmoon 4 года назад +13

      Thank you so much for pointing these things out- my parents are teachers in the US public school system and few people seemed to understand those things. The lack of respect is certainly upsetting, and I feel sorry for all you’ve gone through over that school year. I’m glad the kids were good though. That’s a great thing :)

    • @daedraq
      @daedraq 4 года назад +16

      @@joshuaevans4301 you guys need stronger unions. We here in Europe have strong unions since the 1900s and that is why we have way better working conditions. Stand up for your rights and strike if need be! Worker strikes have gone on for weeks in the 30s till we got the rights we demanded.

    • @zezmerelda240
      @zezmerelda240 4 года назад

      donnella--you're a teacher--can't you figure out how to divide your own money? no wonder kids graduate high school financially inept, ripe for the picking of predatory lenders !

  • @VS-is1gc
    @VS-is1gc 4 года назад +2094

    I was an exchange student in America for a year from Finland. Now at home I'm very average student, but in America I was easily the smartest in the class.

    • @Captain_Samerica
      @Captain_Samerica 3 года назад +282

      Careful, there’s a difference between smart and knowledgeable. You may have just had more exposure to that specific material, while the American kids had exposure to different material that would make them seem like the smartest kids if they went to school in Finland for a year. There are a bunch of other confounding variables, but that was the first to come to mind.

    • @slouberiee
      @slouberiee 3 года назад +219

      @@Captain_Samerica US kids wouldn't be knowledgeable anywhere... maybe in handling smartphone, camera and editing... but really in OECD stats they are really not doing well in any subject.

    • @Captain_Samerica
      @Captain_Samerica 3 года назад +40

      @@slouberiee Well the private and charter school kids certainly are. Maybe the problem is the government, and education should be left to the private sector.

    • @everzubia5860
      @everzubia5860 3 года назад +60

      @@slouberiee OECD has nothing to do with a person's general knowledge, taking into consideration is solely core classes that students are tested on

    • @razvanandreiantonescurogoz4236
      @razvanandreiantonescurogoz4236 3 года назад +157

      @@Captain_Samerica Intelligence without knowledge is worthless. Also, how did a person from Finland have more exposure to American school subjects than the American students themselves ?

  • @TheHuskyK9
    @TheHuskyK9 4 года назад +8728

    Protestors: “We need to defund the police!”
    Righties: “How do you expect them to properly do their jobs without funding??”
    American teachers: *c o u g h s*

    • @tylerchapman7394
      @tylerchapman7394 4 года назад +59

      TheHuskyK9 teachers get paid more in America than they do in Finland...

    • @SoulWingz
      @SoulWingz 4 года назад +673

      @@tylerchapman7394
      But you also need to take into consideration the cost of living, their pay isn't proportionate to their living costs. Many American teachers have to work part time jobs in the side and that's in addition to their nearly 50 hour work weeks when you include the work they have to do outside of school hours

    • @tylerchapman7394
      @tylerchapman7394 4 года назад +75

      SoulWingz cost of living in Finland is also 30% higher than in America. I’m not saying that America is perfect in the way that it treats teachers but I personally don’t think it’s money that’s the issue. Or that Finland teachers are better off financially.

    • @namjoonscrab6929
      @namjoonscrab6929 4 года назад +190

      right? my teachers always complain (i don’t blame them) about them having to buy school supplies with their own money. and school supplies aren’t cheap most of the time. and on top of that they have bills to pay (which are really high if you live in a poor town/city because of public schools) and you also have buy all of your essentials

    • @nick012000
      @nick012000 4 года назад +53

      They don't expect the police to do their jobs. That's why they want them defunded in the first place: so that they can commit crimes without being arrested.

  • @CornerTalker
    @CornerTalker Год назад +3

    1. It's not about the hours.
    2. It's not about the money.
    It is about:
    1. It's about lack of discipline from admin. Admin is so afraid to ruffle parents' feathers they allow chaos and crime in the schools.
    2. It's about bungled bureaucracy.
    2a They lay out detailed "standards" for us to teach and then give students tests which do not reflect the standards.
    2b They lay out detailed "standards" for us to teach and then excuse any student with a doctor's note from meeting the standards.
    2c The tests are given repeatedly until the students are bored numb. The students are fully aware that the test will be used in our reviews but count for nothing on their side - can't affect their grades, can't affect their sports eligibility, can't effect their college acceptance - click; next question: click; next question: click; next questions: click.
    3 Schools are becoming politicized. `nuff said about that.

  • @giffordscott2599
    @giffordscott2599 4 года назад +586

    *typing on keyboard*
    How to get your government to watch a youtube video

    • @ava4885
      @ava4885 3 года назад +15

      why has no one seen this comment,, it’s gold💀

    • @giffordscott2599
      @giffordscott2599 3 года назад +8

      @@ava4885 aww thank you sooooo much thats so sweet

    • @giffordscott2599
      @giffordscott2599 3 года назад +15

      @@ava4885 i hope you work for the government

    • @Achill101
      @Achill101 3 года назад +4

      Good comment.
      I believe you have to show it to legislators. But they don't listen.

    • @mokbowen37
      @mokbowen37 3 года назад +1

      HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

  • @missenchantix789
    @missenchantix789 4 года назад +562

    As an education major, I started college with the mindset that I may stay in the us to teach, but now in my third year, I never want to teach in the US. Ever. Teachers are not valued in the country and work overtime to have parents, collegues, staff, and the Us government tell them their efforts are not enough and not meeting testing standards. Because that’s all that seems to matter: TESTING. Not learning, TESTING.

    • @xTRUExiNsANiTYx
      @xTRUExiNsANiTYx 4 года назад +8

      Well... testing is generally a good indicator of how well people are learning. Sure there are some really bad test takers out there, but if there was testing, there would be no measure for how much material people know. It’s obviously not a perfect system, as there are people on the other end of the spectrum who are great at taking tests, without knowing as much of the material. But there has to be some kind of tests in order to measure progress

    • @Perrirodan1
      @Perrirodan1 4 года назад +72

      @@xTRUExiNsANiTYx Not necessarily.
      You can cram a lot for an exam and forget everything after that ,or take more time and actually learn things in the long term.

    • @iGleep
      @iGleep 4 года назад +5

      There are other ways to use your education degree! There is a VAST nonprofit sector of educational services for underresourced youth. I'm not talking about Teach for America or whatever -- there are actual community nonprofits that do consistent, good work. Look into those! They honestly still have the same low pay (because nonprofits) but it's rewarding work!

    • @hblaub
      @hblaub 4 года назад +3

      Ok, just mark: A, B, A, A, C, D, A, B, D (never changing multiple choice tests are my favorite)

    • @quil72
      @quil72 4 года назад +6

      Same. I'm getting a degree to teach English as a second/foreign language and I'm definitely going to a different country to teach.

  • @perunajunior1315
    @perunajunior1315 3 года назад +614

    I live in Finland and my "main teacher" (do not know the word) has been a teacher in my school for 26 years. And before that in other schools. He is like 50-60 years old and still has great energy to teach us.

    • @hollow7608
      @hollow7608 3 года назад +26

      Jos tarkoitat luokanvalvoja niin taitaa olla englanniksi "home Room teacher"

    • @hollow7608
      @hollow7608 3 года назад +3

      En oo kyllä täysin varma

    • @miraculoustheories721
      @miraculoustheories721 3 года назад +5

      @@hollow7608 I’m American and I thought it was main teacher

    • @mayamonier1380
      @mayamonier1380 2 года назад +5

      @Perunajunior @Miraculous Theories Where Im from (in the US) we'd call it a "core teacher"

    • @apex_blue
      @apex_blue 2 года назад +10

      The word in at least in Texas is Home Room Teacher.

  • @CriticalComplainer
    @CriticalComplainer 3 года назад +19

    As a US citizen; I constantly hear people complain in conversation about how much teachers get paid and how much time off they get. The public opinion for our educators is grossly lower than it should be and is likely the root of all these cascading problems.

    • @Goldzwiebel
      @Goldzwiebel 2 года назад +5

      it's the same here in germany. people assume that the teachers already know the entire subject matter from their own school days and only repeat it. add a few hours of pedagogy and you're done. but it is also partly true that after 10 years at the latest, the teachers no longer remember what they studied and only know what they tell the students every day. the rest is unimportant. that's why i'm also in favor of shortening the studiying for teachers, because they really don't have to know everything. it is more important to have to take courses to stay up to date.

  • @multiplebees
    @multiplebees 5 лет назад +171

    In south korea, you sit in the same classroom for the whole day and teachers come in and out for each subject, unlike the States where students swarm from class to class

    • @jenniferlee9577
      @jenniferlee9577 4 года назад +11

      well, we have special classrooms for some subjects, but the subjects differ from school to school

    • @poopoo-dk4hu
      @poopoo-dk4hu 4 года назад +56

      I don’t get why moving from class to class is a problem, you get downtime to move around and socialize. I enjoyed it when I was in school.

    • @shrads5730
      @shrads5730 4 года назад +12

      Same case in India. Students sit in one class, teachers come in and go out.

    • @creativeusername3650
      @creativeusername3650 4 года назад

      My school does that

    • @delusionalmilkshake
      @delusionalmilkshake 4 года назад +2

      In croatia it depends on how big is school, in high school i stayed in the same room. But we have school only for 5 hours tho.

  • @robbieaulia6462
    @robbieaulia6462 4 года назад +378

    In my country there is a norm of having to greet your teacher everytime you pass them, to give teachers the insentives that they are highly respected

    • @valleyofthedolls
      @valleyofthedolls 3 года назад +11

      same here in india 💜

    • @kiki.dacoconut5340
      @kiki.dacoconut5340 3 года назад +5

      Same here in Indonesia

    • @dontkillmyvibe1433
      @dontkillmyvibe1433 3 года назад +17

      I do this as someone living in America, but I have Indian values, because no one else treats their teachers as respectfully

    • @nithidesikan6458
      @nithidesikan6458 3 года назад +15

      @@dontkillmyvibe1433 dude same. I just see a teacher I know in the hall and I’m like “hey mr/mrs whatever their last name is”

    • @Caughtinthedarudesandstorm888
      @Caughtinthedarudesandstorm888 3 года назад +3

      In the UK we're supposed greet our teachers too, but some people don't lol

  • @DavidGuardado1997
    @DavidGuardado1997 5 лет назад +231

    Im about to graduate from college with bachelor's in bilingual education and I'm highly reconsidering teaching abroad because the US does not care about their education system. Mexico's education system isn't better but teachers are more respected and get paid more (in big cities) so i might as well go over there 🤷‍♂️

    • @DavidGuardado1997
      @DavidGuardado1997 5 лет назад +17

      @Mno buzzz well Canada is a beautiful country that I love visiting but would never work there to begin with.

    • @DavidGuardado1997
      @DavidGuardado1997 5 лет назад +4

      @@purepit4ever1200 🙌🙌🙌🙌

    • @irene1024
      @irene1024 5 лет назад +1

      vente pa españa wey,quiero alguien latino que nuestro acento es mas aburrido

    • @elizabethwalker174
      @elizabethwalker174 5 лет назад +3

      @Cha cha Real smooth I go to a private school and I'm pretty sure our teachers get paid less than public school teachers. But that's just one school, so it depends.

    • @Mienshao11
      @Mienshao11 5 лет назад

      Good luck! I want to teach abroad when I'm older too

  • @zekailim2546
    @zekailim2546 3 года назад +36

    0:22 ngl I thought she was gonna say Anna is twice as likely to get shot

    • @SR-jr5nh
      @SR-jr5nh 3 года назад +2

      SAME THO

    • @suakeli
      @suakeli 3 года назад +5

      Actually USA has 3.75x more gun deaths per capita compared to Finland
      Gun deaths per 100k people per year: USA 12.21, Finland 3.25

    • @Ru136
      @Ru136 4 месяца назад

      That's still true

  • @jiimy.
    @jiimy. 5 лет назад +2123

    US: everything is business even education
    That’s just sad

    • @sulfur_americium2993
      @sulfur_americium2993 5 лет назад +25

      Trump would agree

    • @Lewis64
      @Lewis64 5 лет назад +11

      But if there’s no economics and businesses involved, nothing’s gonna last for long

    • @theultimatefreak666
      @theultimatefreak666 5 лет назад +50

      Your school sponsored by raid:shadow legends
      My school was sponsored by a insurance company, we actually went to their office and listened to their sales-pitch as 13 years Olds! Isn't Germany great?

    • @kevincardoso6723
      @kevincardoso6723 5 лет назад +5

      Jiimy Schools are free in the US so no it’s not a business

    • @amazinghannure6440
      @amazinghannure6440 5 лет назад +3

      @@kevincardoso6723 Wow, I wonder why trump has not called it a socialist policy

  • @MostHighEmperorPalpatine
    @MostHighEmperorPalpatine 5 лет назад +628

    Why didn't they mention how schools spend most of their budget on sports... and their accessories?

    • @alogicalgirloncesaid5140
      @alogicalgirloncesaid5140 5 лет назад +1

      ICA right?

    • @grantm.5975
      @grantm.5975 5 лет назад +7

      Mainly to fund the rest of their outlets. Their main sport usually brings in good funding.

    • @tigercruz3559
      @tigercruz3559 5 лет назад +1

      YES HAHA

    • @mr.h3022
      @mr.h3022 5 лет назад +1

      I wish I could like your comment more than once.

    • @constantinople3828
      @constantinople3828 5 лет назад +4

      @@pvh1387 Getting a good teaching job isnt always easy, some teachers NEED a job so they have to get the bare minimum. Counties that pay better will obviously be harder to find a job in due to higher demand. And theres a problem with over funding sports because there are more important aspects of school that need the funding

  • @icharcoalz5011
    @icharcoalz5011 5 лет назад +4266

    US: *Over works teachers and give them low wages*
    Teachers: *leaves*
    US: This is beyond science

    • @Hirohitorunguard
      @Hirohitorunguard 5 лет назад +16

      politics machine broke.

    • @lyndsay4153
      @lyndsay4153 5 лет назад +5

      ICharCoalZ do you think 80-100k a year is a low wage?

    • @cambecambe3199
      @cambecambe3199 5 лет назад +59

      Lyndsay 415 what the heck are you talking about? most of my teachers from middle and high school were making around 30k and working several jobs in order to afford school supplies and basic living expenses for their families. I have no idea where you live in the US that public school teachers make that much.

    • @rsync9490
      @rsync9490 5 лет назад +35

      @@lyndsay4153 Who makes that and doesn't live in the Bay area or manhattan? Teachers I know make 36k. The ones with decades of experience make 55k.

    • @bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963
      @bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963 5 лет назад +6

      Lyndsay 415
      No teacher makes that.

  • @burgerfanman
    @burgerfanman 3 года назад +52

    This whole lack of teachers in the US comes from the stereotype that teaching is as a last-resort job for researchers, mathematicians, and other professionals. This creates the feeling that teaching is an undignified line of work, and also makes them get paid less, similar to how the architects would get paid significantly more than the construction workers on a building project.

    • @tachobrenner
      @tachobrenner 11 месяцев назад

      "Those who can't do, teach."

    • @heranalemayehu
      @heranalemayehu 10 месяцев назад

      But, the stereotype that teaching is a last resort comes from the fact that teaching is underpaid and anybody who wants a good life would choose the career that would pay better. If teachers were paid as much as researchers or other fields that stereotype would simply stop existing.

    • @burgerfanman
      @burgerfanman 10 месяцев назад

      @@heranalemayehu So the symptoms of the stereotype are simultaneously its cause

    • @strategicfooyouagencyfirst8197
      @strategicfooyouagencyfirst8197 9 месяцев назад

      All the problems you mentioned also exist in other countries' education systems. But at least teachers are respected. Teachers can be unpolitically correct and can keep their careers by making students uncomfortable.

  • @loveyhernandez5203
    @loveyhernandez5203 5 лет назад +3216

    How to solve the teacher shortage
    Pay them more

    • @caltherobot720
      @caltherobot720 5 лет назад +129

      I work as a teacher in China because I can get the same kind of pay for half the teaching hours.
      I only spend 2 hours and 40 minute each day actually teaching and have time to lesson plan or do whatever I want the rest of the day. I would never go back to the US and spend all day long teaching students and have to lesson plan in the evening after work... That's madness.

    • @Sweet4chokoreeto
      @Sweet4chokoreeto 5 лет назад +63

      Let them work less, good health insurance 4 free, a good coffee machine and tea on their offices, every 3 to 5 years take them to a nice touristic city and make them study half the day and let them chill the rest of the day. 2 weeks later everybody come back with a fresh view of the world and their work.
      And stop drinking Gatorade or milk at lunch. Drink water.

    • @sybo59
      @sybo59 5 лет назад +9

      Government should have nothing to do with education. Want better education for your kids? “Pay them more” yourself, voluntarily - don’t go forcing everyone else to subsidize your values at the sacrifice of our own.

    • @loveyhernandez5203
      @loveyhernandez5203 5 лет назад +79

      sybo59 “gOvErNmeNt sHoULd HaVE nOtHiNg tO dO wiTh eDucAtiOn” do you realize PUBLIC education is payed by the government in general?do you want everyone in the US to go to a private school ?

    • @sybo59
      @sybo59 5 лет назад +3

      lovey hernandez And where does the government get its money? Only by using physical force (or the threat thereof) to take it from people against their will. This is obviously evil. I suggest you read Ayn Rand. If educations is so important to you, why would you be unwilling to pay for it yourself and encourage others to VOLUNTARILY do the same?

  • @justnoah2073
    @justnoah2073 5 лет назад +558

    I mean the American public school system is awful to it's students and teachers.

    • @m.r3052
      @m.r3052 5 лет назад +4

      Admiral Ackbar my public school in america literally has pizza hut, taco bell, arcade and the teacher get paid a lot

    • @Tinykittens1
      @Tinykittens1 5 лет назад +8

      @@m.r3052 what school do you go to ?

    • @justnoah2073
      @justnoah2073 5 лет назад +16

      Bro you're probably going to a private school. No way with all those fast food restaurants.

    • @ANTH0NY.VII.
      @ANTH0NY.VII. 5 лет назад +2

      @@justnoah2073 newer highschools in the US have restaurants built inside. Also I would get an automatic U if I missed 3 days of chemistry class whether it was an excused or unexcused absence.

    • @justnoah2073
      @justnoah2073 5 лет назад +2

      Not sure what an automatic U is. Also all the high schools I've seen are always healthy. I don't know what you're talking about.

  • @tbaret15
    @tbaret15 3 года назад +544

    As someone who has taught in South Korean public schools, I just have to say that there is NO WAY they only work 6 hours 48 minutes on average. They work longer hours than in the U.S., with shorter breaks than in the U.S., and they often work on weekends, too. I'm currently a teacher in the U.S. and as others have said - the main problem is that the pay is too low for the amount of stress and pressure. The working hours are very reasonable.

    • @Favoki
      @Favoki 2 года назад +30

      I believe it's a multitude of problems that make American schools just underperform. I mean as a senior at high school currently myself, I can tell you that one of the main issues with schools is they don't motivate kids to learn enough. It's always "annotate this story...Why? Because you'll do it again in college!" Meanwhile in other countries they actually give you valid reasons to learn and actually make school enjoyable, while here school is commonly dreaded.

    • @tbaret15
      @tbaret15 2 года назад +20

      @@Favoki Well you're not wrong, but teachers are underpaid to the point that no one is willing to do it for the amount of pressure along with the lack of support and respect. Parents don't support teachers or respect them, because they know anyone can become a teacher. And anyone can become a teacher because pay is so low that the best and brightest don't want to become teachers. So now there are many teachers (not all, of course) who really aren't good at it, or aren't actually that intelligent, or both, which causes people to rightfully have less respect for teachers. It's a vicious cycle, and the only way out is to pay teachers better. Then we could attract the absolute best people for the job, which would demand more respect for the profession, which would give teachers more support and make their jobs easier, which would allow them to better motivate students and prepare them for the real world.

    • @idiotic1021
      @idiotic1021 2 года назад

      American teachers have been destroyed by Karens (also known as white American women).

    • @unconventionalideas5683
      @unconventionalideas5683 2 года назад +5

      @Vanessa Yost It depends on what your measuring stick is. If you come from Japan or South Korea, you probably will find almost any job in the US to have reasonable working hours by comparison. But that is because of the cultural differences.

    • @tuluppampam
      @tuluppampam 2 года назад +6

      @@Favoki my Italian literature teacher started his first lesson by asking a simple question:"Why do we learn literature"
      The answer was:"Because it's beautiful" (and it helps in learning to write and a couple harder to pin point reasons)
      No "it helps us understand the culture" or weird other unreasonable things
      We learn it because those people were really good at writing

  • @lifes7084
    @lifes7084 2 года назад +11

    Sometimes I think socialization in schools is more important in the US, whereas everywhere else it’s more about the actual academics. High School is definitely an important part in American culture and it’s something Americans usually spend a lot of time looking back and reflecting on like how it helped shape them into the adult they are.

    • @meryemkocan2585
      @meryemkocan2585 5 месяцев назад

      School is meant to be a distraction and obstacle an excuse for students to start life late. They experience love issues family issues and not that much friendship issues. All they need to do is follow the curriculum. They don’t even need to listen 24 7. If there is no school psychopaths occur. I just hope America does not become Istanbul. Population and building wise

  • @JS44444
    @JS44444 5 лет назад +373

    I can agree with Andrew Yang when he says, “a good teacher is worth their weight in gold.”

    • @vylbird8014
      @vylbird8014 5 лет назад +32

      I imagine American teachers probably weigh more on average than Finnish teachers though.

    • @kob627
      @kob627 5 лет назад

      Vyl Bird Only in the middle parts of the USA

    • @ThomasJFoolery
      @ThomasJFoolery 5 лет назад +1

      Jesse S I think 140 pounds of gold is more worth it than a educated bean

    • @JollyOldCanuck
      @JollyOldCanuck 5 лет назад +2

      @@kob627 Round in the middle, slim on the coasts.

    • @hannahs.7297
      @hannahs.7297 5 лет назад

      @Vyl Bird *snort*

  • @mpreedy
    @mpreedy 4 года назад +584

    This doesn’t take into account South Korea’s cram school culture. Those teachers (like me) work about the same as American teachers.

    • @ianslee4765
      @ianslee4765 4 года назад +58

      Yeah but you still make 30% more proportionally than u.s teachers.

    • @MrGFXJake
      @MrGFXJake 4 года назад +60

      Move a little further north, I doubt there’s any cram school culture there.

    • @jc1202
      @jc1202 4 года назад +38

      @@MrGFXJake bruh moment

    • @Neothix01
      @Neothix01 4 года назад

      how much more do u get paid

    • @Isabel-cm7vj
      @Isabel-cm7vj 4 года назад +29

      I think it should take stress and pressure of a curriculum also to determine the best education system. This is what I don't like about a lot of Asian education systems. It often drains the kid and forces them to study the majority of their day which is ridiculous. However, she was comparing the USA's to Finland's where students have a relatively low stress education which emphasises creative subjects, enjoying your childhood and critical thinking. I have seen a few videos on the education system there and it is amazing and I hope the UK adopts a similar form.

  • @jay01342
    @jay01342 3 года назад +1569

    I still want to be an American teacher. I know it’s going to be a challenge but it’s my dream job that I’ve had since I was little. I’m determined to make changes.

    • @koushisugawara3656
      @koushisugawara3656 3 года назад +164

      Yes! I hope the best for you! I'm in my senior year of high school and ive been thinking of becoming a math teacher, not completely sure yet, but i have tutored before and it was so fun to see the people i was tutoring at the time come to understand more and actually ENJOY math a bit

    • @jay01342
      @jay01342 3 года назад +39

      @@koushisugawara3656 thank you! I wish the best for you too.

    • @estoniaisunderrated5120
      @estoniaisunderrated5120 3 года назад +35

      I hope you succeed!

    • @marissagiberson3140
      @marissagiberson3140 3 года назад +47

      Thank gosh someone feels the same as me 😭❤️ I’ve wanted to be an elementary school teacher my whole life but this video is making me rethink it

    • @jay01342
      @jay01342 3 года назад +28

      @@marissagiberson3140 we’ll make the future better 💗

  • @mieliav
    @mieliav 3 года назад +11

    as an elementary school teacher in israel, I'd point out that selection of teacher candidates is an important element of this problem. I was in teachers' seminar with a lot of people who should not have been in the profession. of course this could be changed only by paying teachers more and thus, being able to select a lot harder.

  • @robertpinto9217
    @robertpinto9217 5 лет назад +1380

    Its simple: Give the teachers a fair and livable wage.

    • @angelgjr1999
      @angelgjr1999 5 лет назад +33

      Most government workers make hardly any money at all. Only ones that make any serious money are the heads of the board of education. And they really don’t do much at all. You’ll see them actually visit your school once a year. And they run everything.

    • @torimarshall9599
      @torimarshall9599 5 лет назад +32

      While this is a big part of it, it's not so "simple" actually. Even if the pay was up to standards, the poor conditions would still cause teachers to leave. Not having enough time to crank out curricula, cutting support staff like paras and counselors, expecting teachers to bring so much work home with them, tight control over when a teacher is "supposed" to use personal days--it's a grindy experience which would push people out even if the pay was excellent.
      (Caveat: my husband's school is particularly bad. But I'm sure it's not the only one.)

    • @freddiesimmons1394
      @freddiesimmons1394 5 лет назад +3

      Public school teachers in nyc start at nearly 60k a year. And the results are middling

    • @daniel89123
      @daniel89123 5 лет назад +7

      you barely need any education to become a teacher their wage is very fair and livable.

    • @freddiesimmons1394
      @freddiesimmons1394 5 лет назад +8

      @@daniel89123 in NYC you need a masters to work in a public school

  • @estherwilliams7005
    @estherwilliams7005 5 лет назад +539

    I feel like they barely got started and it ended.

  • @rcditti
    @rcditti 4 года назад +4724

    American pride will be the utter downfall of this ‘great’ country

    • @WoogTV
      @WoogTV 4 года назад +63

      It is a great country, proud to live here! 🇺🇸

    • @jwfurlong
      @jwfurlong 4 года назад +585

      WoogTV You’re the type of people the original commentator was talking about :/

    • @jordinagel1184
      @jordinagel1184 4 года назад +305

      WoogTV a great country in need of dire changes. I don’t doubt its potential for greatness (I used to live in NC), but there are many problems. Keeping in line with this video, for example, teacher salaries are atrocious, especially in NC.

    • @andyh5064
      @andyh5064 4 года назад +20

      Jordi Nagel one thing this video didn’t consider was the pay structure, it’s not just about the average pay. Maybe Finland pays new teachers less and teachers whom are higher in seniority are paid a lot more in Finland( I’m not saying this is true but the video didn’t address this). Maybe Finland has a shorter summer break which allows for shorter work days? These are just a few of many questions the video didn’t address. Nonetheless, our public school structure needs to have a major overhaul.

    • @colintahbaz1292
      @colintahbaz1292 4 года назад +21

      What's wrong with Patriotism?

  • @Strawberrihead
    @Strawberrihead 3 года назад +12

    Unfortunately this happened to my sister and discouraged her from teaching. She was placed in the Teacher's of America program in Mississippi and shared a home with her 3 other roomates, all of whom were teachers as well. Unfortunately, Mississippi's education system (and state tbh) is so backwards it made her job harder, her students were less focused on school, and their parents were less invested in their children's education. She ended up leaving teaching all together and getting her 2nd master's degree is sociology instead where she's doing well in her work.

  • @hellmuthschreefel9392
    @hellmuthschreefel9392 3 года назад +515

    "... we might want to take a few pages from Finland's book."
    Won't ever happen. There is a certain large percentage of the US population (and politicians) that are completely adverse to admitting that some countries may actually do some things better than the US, let alone learning from those countries and taking what they do better and applying them here.

    • @andrewbloom7637
      @andrewbloom7637 3 года назад +23

      The only sensible thing to do (perhaps across the board) would be to abandon ship (the States) for other pastures.

    • @slimeyolo
      @slimeyolo 2 года назад +11

      @@andrewbloom7637 wanna move to finland

    • @julienvalley28
      @julienvalley28 2 года назад +5

      @@slimeyolo I'm on board for that

    • @Delivery_Boy_Roy
      @Delivery_Boy_Roy 2 года назад +8

      @@andrewbloom7637omg yes please, I really want to get out of this hellhole 😓

    • @darcy5761
      @darcy5761 2 года назад +10

      Not to mention the rewriting of history and the banning of certain subjects.

  • @deborahpirman3479
    @deborahpirman3479 4 года назад +287

    One point that is rarely addressed is that Finland’s poverty rate is super low. In US districts where the poverty rate is comparable to Finland (or even a little higher), our students perform much better than their peers in Finland. We don’t just have an education issue; we also have a poverty issue, which exacerbates our education issue.

    • @saturated3821
      @saturated3821 4 года назад +32

      And more to the point, the difference in wealth inequality and corruption between the US and Finland is huge. This matters in many ways, from the amount of funding schools get to how those funds are allocated.

    • @eriklakeland3857
      @eriklakeland3857 4 года назад +2

      Saturated yes, the issue causing all other issues

    • @ina1815
      @ina1815 4 года назад +1

      Oh for sure, we need universal preschool that’s free for everyone.

    • @americancommunist1776
      @americancommunist1776 4 года назад +7

      @@ina1815 fr. I’d gladly pay more just to have a more efficient education system. Teaching the youth is important!

    • @ThatCrazyGamerz
      @ThatCrazyGamerz 4 года назад +2

      Because there aren’t many minorities there

  • @fingerling1231
    @fingerling1231 4 года назад +324

    A great education system allows children to be able to think for themselves and view things critically. America politicians don't want this to be the case because it risks them no longer being elected. They need the working and middle class to be less critical and empathetic to continually allow the rich to survive. A clear example of this is if enough people are qualified to get into higher education but can't afford to then the government's short fallings on how universities are managed will be highlighted.
    If you want to improve your teachers: pay them better, give them better holidays, and have better teacher education that promotes teachers to prioritise building relationships, developing students' skills over knowledge, and health & well-being. If your teachers are able to invest in their students, you won't need to invest as much in security in the long run.

    • @joshuaevans4301
      @joshuaevans4301 4 года назад +23

      I got to be honest, I think it's a lot simpler than that. I'm not sure the majority of our politicians are capable of such long term thinking. Really, it's just that it's extremely easy to take money away from schools because the only voters who care about school funding are ones with kids currently going to school. A common refrain in America is "I don't have kids / My kids have graduated, so why should I care about education"

    • @fingerling1231
      @fingerling1231 4 года назад +5

      @@joshuaevans4301 What I said was simple. The countries listed in the video all do it. If you improve the teachers , you improve how students experience school and then they have a better outlook on education when they're older.
      People are taught to care and that primarily comes from their families, friends and teachers. Producing more caring teachers would result in people who care more about other people. That's not something likely to happen in the short term because the rich people in America including the majority of politicians benefit from selfish people causing a divide amongst the working and middle class.

    • @blimjones
      @blimjones 4 года назад +3

      @@fingerling1231 I'm not from United States, but I believe It's true the last lines you wrote.
      In my country, people who are selfish are the ones that don't provide enough resources to have real justice.

    • @hblaub
      @hblaub 4 года назад +1

      Protect the rich! They (like some famous quotes) want you to even drop out of college, so that you are even more dependent on them.

    • @culturedcrazygirl
      @culturedcrazygirl 4 года назад

      fingerling1231 politicians play this game called 60 degrees of how is this about me

  • @jhk.a.281
    @jhk.a.281 3 года назад +37

    After sharing one old math textbook with three kids, not being allowed to take the textbook home, as is "normal" in the U.S., I was shook when I moved to Korea and the principal gave me my grades' text books plus the grade below, "to catch up" and take home.

    • @craig7405
      @craig7405 3 года назад +3

      power hunger. they love the authority to basically play god. lucky u moved to korea.

    • @SpringStarFangirl
      @SpringStarFangirl 3 года назад +4

      They wouldn't allow you to take the books home??? *Stares* What is wrong with the USA??? (Everything, actually, but that's not the point.) Here in Israel, not only are you allowed to take your books home, you're expected to, because more often than not the homework is from the textbook.

    • @nithidesikan6458
      @nithidesikan6458 3 года назад

      @@SpringStarFangirl they do let us take them home (American) but we have to let the teacher know so they can note it down

  • @brendanm132
    @brendanm132 3 года назад +325

    Idk where they got their numbers, but teachers in Korea DO NOT work just 6 hours 48 minutes. School starts at 8:30 and gets out at 4:30 there. Teachers work every minute of that time.
    Source: was a teacher in South Korea. Teachers were overworked in my public school.

    • @vuedanto8576
      @vuedanto8576 3 года назад +12

      They calculated the average of all schools in that COUNTRY not A SCHOOL ok?

    • @brendanm132
      @brendanm132 3 года назад +36

      @@vuedanto8576 I'm saying all public schools operate that way. I've been in several and my friends all work in them.
      I'm wondering if they included hagwons (학원) in the calculations which are private schools and have much shorter hours.

    • @vuedanto8576
      @vuedanto8576 3 года назад +2

      @@brendanm132 they do.

    • @brendanm132
      @brendanm132 3 года назад +36

      @@vuedanto8576 then that's not a fair comparison. That's essentially including tutors' hours with teachers' hours in the US. Literally makes no sense to include hagwon (학원) teachers in the average since they essentially function as tutors (they work in addition to public school mostly at night)

    • @vuedanto8576
      @vuedanto8576 3 года назад +1

      @@brendanm132 teachers are teachers ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @Qqqqq394
    @Qqqqq394 5 лет назад +774

    Everywhere else: the clock dismisses you
    Us:the Glock dismisses you

  • @spiritanimal7516
    @spiritanimal7516 4 года назад +581

    The schools are a mess where I live, you got kids selling drugs, getting high in the bathrooms, we get outdated books, the teachers look miserable like they dont want to be there complaining about how underfunded it is, its pretty much a miserable enviroment for everyone and it shows with the 70% graduation rate.

    • @agent_sus3273
      @agent_sus3273 3 года назад +33

      Sounds like the place where you live has a terrible education system.

    • @googleuser5831
      @googleuser5831 3 года назад +21

      @@agent_sus3273 well.... that school is like a lot of public schools in south america, but here a lot of people study in private schools for a better education, but it mostly depends of the location of the school more than the country lol.

    • @agent_sus3273
      @agent_sus3273 3 года назад +9

      @@googleuser5831 I didn’t mean country. I meant more like city or state-wise. Like how my parents always say Oregon has a terrible education system (the state they grew up in).

    • @spiritanimal7516
      @spiritanimal7516 3 года назад +20

      @LEE JIANNE, True, in america we dont value education, I would even say we look down upon it since youre a "nerd" for getting good grades.
      Thats why america will continue to fall.

    • @agent_sus3273
      @agent_sus3273 3 года назад +9

      @@spiritanimal7516 There are people like me who value their education in the US though... my parents stress the importance of good grades and (while mine are currently struggling due to remote learning) I do actually like school and learning. So does my younger sister.
      So being hopeful (because I live in the US and I really don’t want it to fall) maybe my generation or gen Alpha will learn to value school more (which could happen, seeing how 2020 affected schools). Or maybe our educational system will improve, and they’ll start teaching us geography so people in other countries will stop complaining about us 😅

  • @kristinhall8435
    @kristinhall8435 3 года назад +8

    I am just finishing my 33rd year and will retire in June. It can’t come soon enough. I am so sick of the disrespect. I am more tired of the complete apathy of parents towards their own children. As the family in the US continues to disappear, the impact of this is profound in the academic classroom. It’s disgusting!

  • @epowell4211
    @epowell4211 3 года назад +310

    The first step in making a teaching career more desirable is to be a good parent: show your children how to behave, how to respect others, how to listen, to love learning, and spend time with them, reading together, talking to each other, exploring things. Teach them by example. Make them understand the purpose of going to school, the value of an education, the importance of learning, and how valuable and respected a teacher is. The second step is lighten the teacher's burden. Raising children who are well behaved and eager to learn is a big part of that, but volunteering to help at the school - making necessary copies, decorating classrooms, helping monitor recess/lunch, distributing and collecting supplies, etc. - basically doing anything that allows the teacher to focus on the teaching plan and gauging the needs/abilities of each child. I'm not even going to mention wages and work benefits like insurance and pension plans, as that is so blatantly obvious.

    • @zjean3417
      @zjean3417 3 года назад +23

      That's easy to say but most parents in the U.S spend most of their time trying to feed their families and pay the bills.

    • @rileyanderson6146
      @rileyanderson6146 2 года назад +2

      Or not have children, that will help too.

    • @ConstellationEternalLucidDream
      @ConstellationEternalLucidDream 2 года назад +18

      THIS. Parents expect teachers to be what they should. Parents are supposed to teach their kids what they should and shouldn’t do, but in America the parents I see think teachers are the ones in charge of policing their spawn.
      I’m lucky my parents taught me to be respectful, but so many people don’t think of teachers as people who want them to succeed and thrive. It’s horrible.

    • @KD-ou2np
      @KD-ou2np 2 года назад +4

      The FIRST step is paying them more. Thats it. We need to pay them more. Then schools will actually have to put effort into who they pick to do the jobs. Teaching will be seen as more respected because they are paid well and because they will be more motivated and less stressed by not having to live in poverty anymore.
      That is what will lead to the cultural change you are talking about.

    • @randommonkey4900
      @randommonkey4900 2 года назад +6

      Sadly most parents don’t discipline their kids at all

  • @alonezlciel
    @alonezlciel 5 лет назад +606

    "God bless America"
    Because American is one of the country that need it the most these day.

    • @blackrabbit212
      @blackrabbit212 5 лет назад +9

      I think you may find he's a little pre-occupied these days.

    • @graces.4209
      @graces.4209 5 лет назад +14

      What about Australia? They’re in fire rn

    • @ILuvWesker
      @ILuvWesker 5 лет назад +1

      PERIODT

    • @loutouxmilux818
      @loutouxmilux818 5 лет назад +5

      @Lacey Kean Hum, no, it's a country. Oceania is a continent

    • @caroselloshow5615
      @caroselloshow5615 5 лет назад +14

      Loutoux Milux no oceania it’s a geographic region, australia is the continent and the country occupying most of the continent is well australia

  • @Meg-lv8fo
    @Meg-lv8fo 5 лет назад +319

    Wow the US really needs to do their homework
    They should copy off Finland’s

    • @Fire-kv9lg
      @Fire-kv9lg 5 лет назад +8

      But doesn't Finland not have homework

    • @crow8173
      @crow8173 5 лет назад +18

      @@Fire-kv9lg I mean we have but only little

    • @Acidfrog475
      @Acidfrog475 4 года назад +25

      @@Fire-kv9lg We have homework dips*it (jk, sorry). But we do get a bit. Not a lot, but we do get homework. And I'm thankful. Sure it's boring, but it keeps me learning stuff during my leisure time, and it also forces me to keep trying.
      Fun fact! My Danish friend told me that this year their school decided to not give as much homework as last year, and according to her, they didn't have much to begin with. LOL! That's just so funny to me!

    • @zephire2628
      @zephire2628 4 года назад +10

      Mimjan Jansson It’s so interesting to me that you guys get significantly less homework than those of us in the American education system, yet still consistently score higher on standardized tests than American students. I mean, students get ran into the ground with homework here, especially when you start to factor extracurriculars with it. Sometimes, a student regularly gets 5 or 6 hours of sleep a night, and soon they’re exhausted and unable to perform as well.

    • @miksuko
      @miksuko 4 года назад +1

      @@Fire-kv9lg who's telling you this?

  • @sehooncheong493
    @sehooncheong493 2 года назад +7

    As a South Korean, I feel the need to revise your data chart about teacher's working time. It is actually more than 9 hours a day at least, And If you are a high school teacher, they have to work more than 12 hours a day for supervising student who study at school for university.
    that makes teacher can't afford to prepare class, and school eduction quality is prett lower than external academy. that is huge problem in Korea.