What Your Grades Really Mean | Eva Ren | TEDxEdenHighSchool

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  • Опубликовано: 18 апр 2017
  • High school students are taught to believe in the importance of getting good grades while they often question the value of what they are learning. Eva Ren, a Grade 12 student has overcome her own academic struggles to become a top student and leader. Her questions and recommendations will ignite discussion between educators and students about the value of grades and the message they send.
    Throughout high school, I became a strong advocate for student voice in my school and community. Believing youth can make a difference and with the purpose of striving for better education, I became involved with the Federation of Canadian Secondary Students, a youth-led non-profit and now I'm part of its National Leadership Team. I take pride in making a positive difference as District School Board of Niagara Student Senator, and on the St. Catharines Youth Council. I was so excited and honoured to speak at TEDxEdenHighSchool. When I am not busy with schoolwork and extracurriculars, I like to exercise, journal and play Chopin on the piano. I also value spending time with family and my closest friends. Lately, I have developed a passion for portrait and street photography. In the future, I will be majoring in business with a minor in international relations at McGill University. One of my biggest dreams is to work with the United Nations.
    This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

Комментарии • 485

  • @oliviasmith2800
    @oliviasmith2800 6 лет назад +1442

    My history teacher last year taught me more than any other teacher ever has. I learned more and enjoyed learning in that class. Why? He gave every one an A as long as they were learning. He got fired for it.

    • @wolfsydproductions9082
      @wolfsydproductions9082 6 лет назад +359

      He got fired for being a great teacher?!? The school system really is messed up. That teacher knew what was important yet he got punished. What a terrible world this can be!

    • @karinabliss2671
      @karinabliss2671 5 лет назад +180

      My science teacher does this! We have lots of assignments, but as long as you pay attention, be respectful, and learn you get a 100%. You dont have to be silent, you dont have to be perfect because you’re still a kid and thats what you are expected to do!

    • @crazyraptor9907
      @crazyraptor9907 5 лет назад +74

      That teacher is a legend

    • @brysoncarkido8755
      @brysoncarkido8755 4 года назад +45

      I am so shocked rn I don’t even know what to say

    • @bnsingh326
      @bnsingh326 4 года назад +21

      Same with my art teacher

  • @fnaf2ventnoise330
    @fnaf2ventnoise330 6 лет назад +703

    I struggled in math this year so badly, I got a 1/30 on a test, I actually cried in class because I was so scared I would have to retake the class, even tutoring didn't help because my failure came from really bad testing anxiety. The education system sucks it actually does because I always come home feeling like I'm a failure because of my grades,

    • @curvycuddless2352
      @curvycuddless2352 5 лет назад +16

      me too this is happening

    • @wildmoonchild8210
      @wildmoonchild8210 5 лет назад +5

      that sucks man :(

    • @karene1267
      @karene1267 4 года назад +30

      I'm really, REALLY sorry that you've experienced this. I am a teacher and my first work with my students is to undo previous "math trauma" and work to build their confidence with trust and building belief in themselves. If we don't do that for our students who struggle, they will shut down, suffer, and be unable to let themselves learn. Check with your teacher (not during class time) about working with you to help overcome test anxiety. There are techniques, "tricks", etc. I wish you the best.

    • @brysoncarkido8755
      @brysoncarkido8755 4 года назад +1

      OMG SAME I barley passed last year with a 60% In math class

    • @endlessloops7952
      @endlessloops7952 4 года назад +9

      @@karene1267 I wish you were my math teacher mine knows I'm doing bad but she does nothing about it

  • @Al_09a
    @Al_09a 6 лет назад +512

    I wish more people and parents understood this.

  • @wolfsydproductions9082
    @wolfsydproductions9082 6 лет назад +455

    My parents and teachers always tell me "You're such a smart girl! Why aren't you getting good grades?!? Stop being so lazy!!". Well it's not me being lazy! Maybe if they just asked me what's wrong and tried to help me I'd be able to get good grades! Maybe they should just stop for a second and see what's really going on! Maybe they would see why I act the way I do. Why I am the way I am. Maybe they'd see that I'm struggling. Maybe they'd notice how I question my sanity everyday. Maybe they'd realize my disorders make it so hard. Maybe they'd see how these failed grades.....are changing me. For the worse.

    • @maryjl2337
      @maryjl2337 5 лет назад +28

      WolfSyd Productions you explained so well what I'm going through i hope it will become better for both of us (._.)
      There is just a difference, my teachers don't says that I'm smart lmao they just don't say anything

    • @KingVargan
      @KingVargan 5 лет назад +23

      This is so real, people are always making fun of teenagers for saying “no one understands me” but it’s TRUE

    • @echa7101
      @echa7101 5 лет назад +14

      Soo... relatable...
      I FELT THE SAME WAY
      TBH, IT SUCKS AND TO MAKE IT BETTER MY PARENTS WOULD COMPARE ME TO OTHER CHILDREN WHO HAD BETTER GRADES AND I ALWAYS FELT THAT THEY VALUED GOOD GRADES MORE THAN A NICE BEHAVIOUR IN CLASS

    • @terrific2540
      @terrific2540 3 года назад +2

      So true

    • @rylan642
      @rylan642 3 года назад +7

      I get it completely, but it is your responsibility to speak up. But I agree, teachers should pay more attention to students

  • @williamhui6435
    @williamhui6435 6 лет назад +669

    My friend has great marks but really has no idea about what she’s learning

    • @nyashiamillae
      @nyashiamillae 6 лет назад +23

      William hui I can relate so much I don’t even know how I passed last year

    • @mariaangelin1518
      @mariaangelin1518 5 лет назад +10

      me too...I got A in Every subjects ...But I have No Idea

    • @clairefredrickson5887
      @clairefredrickson5887 3 года назад +26

      I ended this year with straight A’s. What did I learn? Absolutely nothing.

    • @Mango-bt2gx
      @Mango-bt2gx 3 года назад +2

      Me too I just know I'm answering the questions right, but I'm bad at math I'm fine with my other subjects

    • @bhujgredgjoimnhnvssrbb4902
      @bhujgredgjoimnhnvssrbb4902 3 года назад +1

      OMG those quizes with super easy multiple choice XXXXDDDDDD. WTH IS THIS

  • @BangMaster96
    @BangMaster96 6 лет назад +607

    What your grade means, literally nothing, it only means you are good at the tests that Schools want you to be good at,
    not things that you will need to be good at in life

    • @earlll811
      @earlll811 6 лет назад +12

      Sunny shah I disagree, the one thing grades show is you work ethic

    • @thebeanienation548
      @thebeanienation548 5 лет назад +4

      @@earlll811 not true. I bet you would be more motivated to say. Eat your favorite dish than eat a pile of dog waste. Its all about motivation. And the relevance pf the subject

    • @nibbatello3120
      @nibbatello3120 5 лет назад +12

      @@earlll811 Nope. People have found ways to get A's in AP classes with cheating and copying.

    • @user-zo3wy4we3t
      @user-zo3wy4we3t 4 года назад +3

      In the perspective of an 1800s industrialist, "I founded the schools, so that I can justify my system, and yall work for things all I own."

    • @low_instinct_
      @low_instinct_ 3 года назад +3

      Earlll!!! That is definitely not true

  • @faithspam4824
    @faithspam4824 6 лет назад +827

    y’all are really out here stressed about a 70%. I got an 18% on my math test the other day and my teacher emailed my mother asking if I was slow.

    • @angievargas3544
      @angievargas3544 6 лет назад +20

      faith spam I've been there if I study all night I just fail and im like what the heck man then my teacher calls my mom and I get in trouble when I get home then next thing u know im so stressed about me getting high grade next time on a test

    • @angievargas3544
      @angievargas3544 6 лет назад +5

      Ash the Leafeon ill be happy with a 94

    • @faithspam4824
      @faithspam4824 6 лет назад +8

      Angie Vargas
      I always end up staying up all night trying to study but never get around to doing it so i’m tired and unprepared.

    • @angievargas3544
      @angievargas3544 6 лет назад +1

      faith spam bro same and in like really man

    • @Penn.obsessed
      @Penn.obsessed 5 лет назад +3

      I SWEAR TO GOD I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE! I HATE MATH!

  • @rushopolis
    @rushopolis 6 лет назад +529

    I failed chemistry even though I understood the subject better than everyone else in the class.

    • @gabyhawk5686
      @gabyhawk5686 5 лет назад +124

      On the opposite side, I have an A in science even though I don't understand anything we're learning simply because of memorization.

    • @jacklaplant6798
      @jacklaplant6798 5 лет назад +29

      in chemistry i absolutely know nothing but got a an A because i could memorize and my seat partner was reallllyyy smart ;)

    • @user-zo3wy4we3t
      @user-zo3wy4we3t 4 года назад +4

      I felt like I wanted to use the science to do some real science to learn it, because its hard to imagine how one found something or how it looks.

    • @amalphia63
      @amalphia63 4 года назад +2

      I ALMOST failed chemistry for a similar reason, but I managed to pull through

    • @neptune0909
      @neptune0909 3 года назад +6

      You failed chemistry?
      Education system will make us fail in life!

  • @mochi793
    @mochi793 5 лет назад +206

    People look at your grades, not your struggles behind getting it

  • @martendittmann5431
    @martendittmann5431 6 лет назад +232

    At first I was told that high school is a place to socialize and entertain myself. Later, in grade eleven and twelve, I was told that high school is a place to get good grades. I was never once told that high school is a place to explore your interests. I got lucky because for my grade twelve year I took online courses and found myself very isolated and depressed. That depression and isolation gave me the time to actually realize what my interests are. I enjoy computer programming and if I had spent my fourth year going to a regular school, I wouldn't have ever considered, let alone experienced, doing any form of programming.
    As Ferris Bueller says, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't look around once in a while, you could miss it."

    • @africankaleab360
      @africankaleab360 3 года назад +1

      Jesus is Lord. Jesus is King. True Christianity is the Truth. Pray to Him and Honor Mary. Have faith in Him. 2021 will be your year. Repent.

    • @henritaclariis730
      @henritaclariis730 2 года назад

      I'm going through the same thing right now, and in India, if you don't top the class you are a complete failure... My parents will not take me to a therapist, Cause it's taboo here.... I'm lost now

  • @clairefredrickson5887
    @clairefredrickson5887 3 года назад +334

    School doesn’t test your intelligence, it tests you memory.

    • @Juno_Kujo
      @Juno_Kujo 3 года назад +27

      Exactly... you don't learn in school, you just keep them in your mind until you use them, then forget...

    • @baxt8457
      @baxt8457 3 года назад +8

      @@Juno_Kujo Facts

    • @alexdaisy9016
      @alexdaisy9016 3 года назад +3

      Period.

    • @test-ti1xj
      @test-ti1xj 3 года назад +3

      @@Juno_Kujo True.

    • @Giovanni-rh1pw
      @Giovanni-rh1pw Год назад

      NPC meetup?

  • @enicholsfranklinuniversity
    @enicholsfranklinuniversity 6 лет назад +225

    I'm an A student but let me tell you. I literally don't study. I don't get a lot of things right. It's not the end of all. Trust me, bad grades don't define who you are. Numbers don't make up for your uniqueness

    • @seemakamat292
      @seemakamat292 4 года назад +3

      Then how do you get good grades? Please let me know. I m struggling

    • @rylan642
      @rylan642 3 года назад +6

      @bianca w and it’s because grades don’t define intelligence
      It’s about effort, motivation, trying to learn something new
      Some people are very capable, but don’t try their hardest, or don’t perform their fill potential. Maybe don’t have enough motive (like me). I’ve thought of myself as decently smart

    • @VPZealouZ
      @VPZealouZ 3 года назад +4

      I don’t study either, school made me procrastinate and lazy for some reason.

    • @jaslavie
      @jaslavie 2 года назад

      @@seemakamat292 clearlyt you did not get the point of the video

    • @hey0173
      @hey0173 Год назад

      @@seemakamat292 she is just smart

  • @solangecharlestt
    @solangecharlestt 6 лет назад +157

    apparently the main reason why a lot of students "learn" is to receive a good grade. there is too much emphasis on grades than the actual content and the use of it outside school. i have learnt that grades aren't bad BUT many students don't actually and truly know what they are learning.

    • @yaranwd5995
      @yaranwd5995 5 лет назад +5

      s o L a n g e I honestly don’t know what I’ve learned the past few years for most of my classes. I don’t learn a lot outside school but in classes a big part of the time I don’t know what the teachers are talking about. Some classes just feel useless because you don’t really do anything in the class and then you just have to know stuff for tests. I don’t remember a big part of the things that I’ve learned for school outside school or in school. I hear the same things from my friends it’s a mess. You need the grades to get into colleges or get certain jobs but it’s a mess because we don’t learn we pick the easy things because you’re less likely to fail them and get your diploma.

    • @orangepenguin7782
      @orangepenguin7782 11 месяцев назад

      Plus schools never tell us what we are learning

  • @andrrmo
    @andrrmo 6 лет назад +203

    Aye, I went to school with her, she graduated last year

  • @olivial5558
    @olivial5558 6 лет назад +66

    This honestly made me cry. It was exactly what I needed to hear.

  • @elytrium
    @elytrium 6 лет назад +123

    She's a wonderful speaker. 👍

  • @faeriescottage
    @faeriescottage 6 лет назад +65

    as i’m failing two classes right now i understand this so much

  • @chillaxinfool6857
    @chillaxinfool6857 6 лет назад +108

    Hs hella change me...I went from being hella happy,out going,and being like a sponge wanna absorb all I learn to being laid back and not wanna being in school...I even think I was actually smater in elementary than hs,not academically tho ,but like in general and overall I'm pretty sure I was smarter in elementary...

    • @LegacyBowYT
      @LegacyBowYT 6 лет назад +19

      Yea... it broke me down. Im actually happy when im sick just so i can miss school.

  • @lesliesalas8169
    @lesliesalas8169 4 года назад +41

    This is so true. I personally LOVE learning but grades always discourage me. Also not being able to take classes you wish is a shame because you never know how much you would’ve been able to learn it could’ve been a passion gone undiscovered. I feel like some schools don’t offer students enough options to explore what they’d like I acknowledge that there’s clubs but it’s not quite the same especially if those clubs are only once a week. I really wish I had more opportunities to explore things I feel would help me and I know college offers more opportunities but if we could start from a younger age exploring new possibilities rather than only focusing on grades or what colleges think looks good than maybe we’d learn more and not be so afraid if things don’t go as planned because some things change you begin to learn what you enjoy and don’t sadly to say you often learn it later in life as you were never given the chance to explore. (I’m sorry if this doesn’t make sense)

    • @africankaleab360
      @africankaleab360 3 года назад

      Jesus is Lord. Jesus is King. True Christianity is the Truth. Pray to Him and Honor Mary. Have faith in Him. 2021 will be your year. Repent.

  • @vidsbyjane23
    @vidsbyjane23 5 лет назад +44

    Right on, I'm a straight A student at almost every subject except math. I hate math but science interests me. I once remember having a panic attack during a math test, I didn't study the night before and ended up having a low score. But in the science subject I feel like I'm so eager to learn.

    • @outresru7751
      @outresru7751 4 года назад +2

      even I do score well in all subs except math but but I don't do too well in science too but I love learning about it

  • @neelamgupta7542
    @neelamgupta7542 3 года назад +36

    What my parents and teachers tell me when I get low grades in an exam is " Did u understand the concepts taught ?? " And when I tell them I did they are always telling me why I do not get good grades. Why is that each of us is so obsessed with the grades u get why not see what is problem they are facing. It becomes so unbearable sometimes that we feel that grades are the end of the world for students. Why not see their potential and the toil they are putting in ??

    • @roseeeyc9851
      @roseeeyc9851 3 года назад +5

      People die for this. People die...this society has gotten out of control. People die for a grade or because of a grade. They are basically just telling me that, a mark on the test is worth more then my life

    • @neelamgupta7542
      @neelamgupta7542 3 года назад +1

      @@roseeeyc9851 Exactly. It seems like without grades u are nothing. I really sometimes hope why do even have grade markings... Can't believe a letter and a number are worth more than a person's life... 😂

  • @aryehlitt2787
    @aryehlitt2787 6 лет назад +55

    This is incredible. Many teachers that I know just try to make sure you know the information, but don't care if you enjoy it or not.

  • @shirazbaznet9391
    @shirazbaznet9391 6 лет назад +67

    Who else looked at the Picture of Einstein behind her? I thought it looked cool!!

  • @pinklillyflower4387
    @pinklillyflower4387 5 лет назад +20

    When I was younger, I used to make up all these little games and things,
    And now it has taken weeks to come up with an idea for a single book.

  • @Pinkiiepiiee
    @Pinkiiepiiee 3 года назад +43

    I'm only here bc of Google classroom assignments, anyone else🤭

  • @IGleeker
    @IGleeker 6 лет назад +71

    It’s not about what they mean it’s about what gets you into college. I take classes that will help me be what I want to be in the future. I’m bad at tests and good at classwork, essays, large exams and homework. Im better at things that require general knowledge not specific facts.

    • @mohbro1
      @mohbro1 6 лет назад +2

      College is just as worthless

    • @fallingapart
      @fallingapart 6 лет назад

      Gleeker sammee but I'm only good at classwork

    • @gracee_520
      @gracee_520 6 лет назад

      I’m good at tests and classwork. I don’t really have time for a lot of sleep let alone homework.

    • @rylan642
      @rylan642 3 года назад

      @@mohbro1 it can be

  • @nicoleruthsidney6287
    @nicoleruthsidney6287 6 лет назад +30

    thank you for making me realized that grades arent everything!

  • @Allison-xf7ry
    @Allison-xf7ry 5 лет назад +12

    My grades really dropped this year. I’m fifteen and have depression and anxiety... I couldn’t concentrate due to sleep deprivation. My memory became, and still is so cloudy. I went from A’s and B’s to fails and few passes... it hit me hard, my self esteem has never been this low. School is so stressful... I started missing chunks each week, I missed exams, didn’t turn in assignments that I’d completed. And I’m still in this depressive period... it’s the end of the year. Today is my last day of tenth grade, and I’m at home... my exams and assignments are complete this term... I hope I did well.

    • @africankaleab360
      @africankaleab360 3 года назад

      The Lord will help you get through this. Jesus is Lord. Jesus is King. True Christianity is the Truth. Pray to Him and Honor Mary. Have faith in Him. 2021 will be your year. Repent.

    • @angelthefloridian7350
      @angelthefloridian7350 2 года назад

      Allison I hope you are doing ok

  • @khadichamamatova3117
    @khadichamamatova3117 3 года назад +3

    I just loved her speech 😭❤️

  • @KingVargan
    @KingVargan 5 лет назад +18

    By high school... “We will stop asking questions” THAT HIT ME SO HARD

  • @ericaysabel8744
    @ericaysabel8744 6 лет назад +16

    This is really true, that I even did those things. I would always try to figure out what I need to learn in a class, would rather do something I’m good at then bad and would study it til I knew that I would ace it.
    I really do know, I live in a household where the expectation is higher than the people who tell them, where I would be asked what I want to be to grow up or where you the one who got the highest grade.
    Even my grandparents when they would call me they would say hi, talk about whats up like holidays, birthdays etc. Then after they would bring up my school, grades and compare me to my cousin.
    So I just wish that in the future our educators will discuss that and remind us.

  • @shubhankarray2515
    @shubhankarray2515 3 года назад +8

    20.08.2020
    In my case, it's Physics...I have always loved it and will continue to...always. It's everywhere, beautiful and divine. But my teacher never seem to get it. She seems biased as well grading her pets better. I have rarely got good grades at it. Funny enough, I never rote learn the proofs, like everyone else does over here but I do them intuitively all by myself. However she never appreciates it and always looks for finding an error.
    Well, I know it doesn't matter at the end. These times shall pass too...
    Just writing this to stumble across this down my memory lane.
    Thank you

    • @africankaleab360
      @africankaleab360 3 года назад

      Jesus is Lord. Jesus is King. True Christianity is the Truth. Pray to Him and Honor Mary. Have faith in Him. 2021 will be your year. Repent.

  • @anjusharma4855
    @anjusharma4855 4 года назад +9

    we, as students dont really worry about marks as being the definition of our aptitude and skill. we worry about marks because we have to deliver more than we receive. parents, teachers, colleges, placements, etc all want those marks

  • @leoxuca
    @leoxuca 7 лет назад +47

    Well done Eva! What an inspiring TED Talk! :D

  • @binbin9931
    @binbin9931 2 года назад +1

    The concluding lines in a speech carry great impacts to an audience, to such extents that lasts long after a performance. That said, Eva Ren’s delivery of the aforementioned carried no weight. Her line, “...that’s when we will better and truly encourage the leaders of tomorrow”, received no setup; and accordingly, the line felt out of place despite its sentimentality. As a suggestion for improvement, she could have repeatedly mentioned the line ‘encourage the leaders of tomorrow’ earlier in her speech, or maybe even recalibrate the main point of her talk into ‘encouraging the leaders of tomorrow’.

  • @caitlinlinehan9055
    @caitlinlinehan9055 5 лет назад +5

    School depresses me so much for this soul reason. And when I get bad grades for simply not being able to focus long enough to get things done, the things that really make me happy and might actually shape my career is taken away from me. Like when I fail a class I'm no longer allowed to attend drama club. My future career revolves around learning everything I can to be able to work on a TV set. Yet because I'm failing MATH I can't learn about this.

    • @JohnSmith-ff1yo
      @JohnSmith-ff1yo 5 лет назад +1

      Caitlin Linehan i feel ya it is terrible how they made all of these courses including math mandatory credits. TERRIBLE, it is like restricting our freedom

  • @morgan7014
    @morgan7014 5 лет назад

    This was so good...
    I got the chills

  • @thetroll4173
    @thetroll4173 6 лет назад +108

    Since when is 70 a "bad mark"

    • @thetroll4173
      @thetroll4173 6 лет назад +4

      Pidge Hruby 50 is failing where i live.

    • @chanezhannane1427
      @chanezhannane1427 6 лет назад +53

      well, some overachievers (like myself, unfortunately) consider anything below 90% or even 95% an awful grade

    • @funnylaurenc
      @funnylaurenc 6 лет назад +12

      Simstar123 Xxx if i got a 70 i’d cry tbh

    • @achintk7937
      @achintk7937 5 лет назад +14

      Asian standards

    • @aprilbluebell7334
      @aprilbluebell7334 5 лет назад +3

      @@thetroll4173 50% And you're grateful where I'm from

  • @krishanayak03
    @krishanayak03 2 года назад

    I'm the really scholar one in my school period..but nowadays im in my higher class and don't know that when I am being that type of shy and calm that even I want to talk with my teachers i literally not able to talk with them....school's give me a lot of extreme level personalities till now and I think it will live with me with my last breath..but now to be honest the year ...2020...2021. And and no doubt half of 2022 and other half one to getting my self back...I'm really the great one and honored to be here yt recommendation is not that type of bad ...I am really struggling with my life to achieve my things back...this covid has taken my all talents this is the reason that I am not proudly say that I was the topper of my batch at ever..this thing covid literally snatched to me ...I'm not giving up ...I really wish that also turned out into good better and best situation...really feels great to see here everyone...and their comments...they all are not wrong..I only want that my personality no one can took from me but for that I am the only one who can get up my self and give me those compliments back those ..being proudly feeling gave me back..I will try really hard for that..I'm alone here right now and don't tell u guys that it's hurt me but it's giving me a lot of positive vibes to get my self back..thanks to u and thanks to u guys

  • @nixekexiej2921
    @nixekexiej2921 2 года назад +1

    When I was in elementary I don’t really care about grades. Now that I am a Junior, I have been a consistent with High Honors and now that I am already in my last year of Junior, I became 2nd in 3rd quarter but still fighting for the 4th quarter to get that Valedictorian. I feel really bad that I am feeling this way, but it’s really difficult when you have expectations for yourself and people look forward to what you can achieve.

  • @TheReal3177
    @TheReal3177 Год назад +3

    You know theres something seriously wrong about the education system when kids are happy when they get sick

  • @penelope563
    @penelope563 6 лет назад +8

    At least in Canada (actually I'm only sure about Ontario), in high school you choose to take courses as acedemic (similar difficulty as elementary and middle school) applied (smaller workload, more teacher help, easier material), and advanced (quite hard, large workload, and high expectations), but it's still a one size fits all approach, just more varied.

    • @jishanborno6411
      @jishanborno6411 Год назад

      I think this applies to Alberta as well since I went to a high school in Alberta.

  • @outresru7751
    @outresru7751 4 года назад +2

    I AM NOT BAD AT MATH.
    but I always end up getting half of the full marks. my grandpa came through a lot of struggle so he thinks ONLY education gets through bad times.But I always disappoint him and I do feel really bad upto to a point where I lock myself in the room and I have TOO my anxiety on the day of exam. My supportive mom understood this mentality of mine so he always said she doesn't care if I feel and along w that these ted talks really helped me.
    Even NOW I STRUGGLE IN MATH. but I'm atleast doing w a feeling that I can do better and I'm capable of it.

  • @jaquelinepetrosky2038
    @jaquelinepetrosky2038 Год назад

    This is really good! My students are writing their own Ted Talks and are in a pre-IB class that includes ¨identity¨and ¨experiences¨!

  • @tashatekuchova4418
    @tashatekuchova4418 7 лет назад +10

    That is some good talk

  • @laurenschwartz2670
    @laurenschwartz2670 6 лет назад +1

    Great speaker!

  • @katiedownes3306
    @katiedownes3306 6 лет назад +8

    Wow this is so right

  • @ericbruellman1966
    @ericbruellman1966 5 лет назад +7

    It’s all memorization. I got many A’s in high school and I bet at the current moment I remember the exact same amount of information as the kids who failed. Nothing.

  • @cloyewoods
    @cloyewoods 6 лет назад +2

    Truth!! Thank you for your voice.

  • @Jeyfeather-iv4ol
    @Jeyfeather-iv4ol 5 лет назад +4

    I had to take a five question multiple choice chemistry test last month. I knew nothing on that test because I didn't understand anything we were being taught in class and didn't ask for help from my teacher who is the only chemistry teacher in our school. I was told over and over again over the past few years to just guess. At least you have a fifty percent chance of getting a question right. I got all of them wrong.
    One time I found my first grade report card and realized that they were good grades unlike the ones I have now and it really hit me. I don't know what went wrong but I think it started in fourth grade cause I remember always lying about not having my homework. Now, I always think I'm gonna get a question wrong and I rarely look at my grades because I know their horrible and everyone keeps telling me to get good grades but it's not helping.

  • @jamesahmadpour9001
    @jamesahmadpour9001 5 лет назад

    this is why I love ted talks

  • @drew9384
    @drew9384 3 года назад +3

    I have to write a 300-400 word page on how "Consider all that you have learned so far about necessary life skills. " on this video furthermore proving this videos point

    • @raulrosas5068
      @raulrosas5068 3 года назад +1

      sounds like brain torture cuz then you get to the part where you dont know what else to write down

  • @windsorholman
    @windsorholman 3 года назад +6

    In sixth grade, SIXTH GRADE, the people in my math class hated asking questions because it would lengthen the math class. They BOOED at the people who asked questions. Why is this? Because school has squandered our creativity and passion to learn so quickly. We are not lazy. We are simply tired of going to a prison.

  • @lienphan6446
    @lienphan6446 2 года назад

    Thank you very much.

  • @zcm007attack
    @zcm007attack 3 года назад +10

    Grades are in no way indicative of a student's self-worth, self-respect, genuity, originality, creativity, teamwork skills, interpersonal skills nor their imagination. Grades are merely a tool of coercion used to judge/label students on their blind/passive conformity towards the educational bureaucrats purely subjective and superficial standards of what it means to be a 'model student'.

  • @jaydencrews7128
    @jaydencrews7128 3 года назад +1

    I've been told by countless teachers that I was one of the brightest kids they've ever had. Since elementary, they would always tell me how they saw creativity and wonder in me, and in middle school, I would never care about grades because there were just no motives for it. The few times my mind would actually take interest in what my teachers had to say, and I would somehow subconsciously remember all of it. And with that, I would get high scores on tests without studying. the worst part of all if it is I would get severely behind on grades and the 0s would outweigh the test scores and nothing I could do would get my averages higher. There were so many times where I just wanted to give up. I feel like schools just leave you on your own and are only there to put you down for not trying your absolute best at all times.

  • @chillaxinfool6857
    @chillaxinfool6857 6 лет назад +33

    Thank you I'm a A B students in hs at the point cause my mum wants me to keep up my grade...I really think grades cause too much pressure on us students...fml...fix the system...

    • @mahjoubadam1742
      @mahjoubadam1742 2 года назад

      If you think grades are pressure , just wait for real life

  • @renachen5179
    @renachen5179 7 лет назад +23

    I was going to comment on the importance of grades, but I realize that she's still in high school. In university, grades only matter if you aim for a graduate program, and most jobs don't require you to achieve a certain grade. However, unless you are aiming for the top companies (investment banking , consulting, or Google/Bloomberg more specifically), your grades matter a lot. If you don't have the marks, those institutions will not look at your resume. But that's only a small percentage of companies. Also, after finishing university, I find that if you pick the right program, your courses will be more interesting to you and sometimes you don't get a choice on what you want to take.

    • @sarahcrites3825
      @sarahcrites3825 6 лет назад +5

      Shes saying thats part of the problem, universities view on grades

    • @rissa7059
      @rissa7059 6 лет назад +3

      Grades also determine scholarships and how much money you get sometimes

    • @mahjoubadam1742
      @mahjoubadam1742 2 года назад

      @@sarahcrites3825 but then again, there's just no better way, universities get thousands of applications each year, making sure that they are good learners one by one is simply not gonna happen, u need a standardized tests

  • @couldliveonyoutube1841
    @couldliveonyoutube1841 6 лет назад +10

    Amazing that she said at the beginning that her friend loves a subject but is brainwashed into thinking that she ‘sucks’ at it!!!

  • @baekbaek4465
    @baekbaek4465 6 лет назад +10

    I was year 4 3yrs ago, I asked teachers how to move parabolas and they said it was well above the curriculum, then I moved to a private school 1month after and asked the same question and they taught me . Does this show that private schools teach much better due the teachers passion?

  • @callahanr5816
    @callahanr5816 6 лет назад +7

    My school is switching from GPA achievement and changing to a more challenge centered system. There are no "Valid Victorians", and now groups of achievement that have names of which im not going to attempt to name. Pretty neat.

  • @nezukorun1052
    @nezukorun1052 3 года назад +1

    This speech hit hard

  • @risafilm
    @risafilm 4 года назад +2

    I truly am a person who believes in learning rather than scoring but my school never allowed me to study a subject because they think am not capable enough or I might fail in that exam and when I requested them that I wanna study that subject I find it interesting I was asked to look at my grades and after requesting that I wanna take up that subject I could not manage to pass due to some health issues. I failed but I was content that I learned something but my school restricted me and asked me to drop that subject and asked me to score well in the 1st semester if not I will have to drop the subject , my principal also insulted me Infront of my classmates saying that the school does not wants failures in the student council. Due to so much pressure I am now under depression and keep getting anxiety attacks I had my exam few days ago and I could not perform well. I was having anxiety attacks even the doctors could not help me

  • @quantumyoutubeguy2
    @quantumyoutubeguy2 6 лет назад +4

    The more you use the information you have the better you will remember it

  • @hussainshaikh8138
    @hussainshaikh8138 4 года назад +1

    Her accent is so smooth

  • @chillaxinfool6857
    @chillaxinfool6857 6 лет назад +3

    But its going to be hard to change what we have been lead blindfully by...passing is all students wanna do now..not fail...not even aiming to achieve higher than just passing...grades when bad is like something you wanna get off your chest, but literally can't and causes you so much depression and feelings...its going to be pretty hard to change that feeling...

  • @BlissfulAestheticWhispers
    @BlissfulAestheticWhispers 3 года назад

    OMW am inspired❤❤❤❤so true

  • @mmrebong8871
    @mmrebong8871 3 года назад +1

    3:36 summed up how my college/university applications went

  • @CHAOS_6E
    @CHAOS_6E 4 года назад +9

    I failed AP Computer Science A... right now I’m working on an artificial intelligence on my own now that I’m in the summer before my senior year.
    My other classmates don’t know how to even start an AI

    • @yakinyamaddi
      @yakinyamaddi 3 года назад +2

      Wow that's so cool!

    • @saffronyoutubeshorts
      @saffronyoutubeshorts 3 года назад

      !! I’m taking AP Comp Sci A right now through self study and im incredibly scared for the test in May. I feel so behind

    • @CHAOS_6E
      @CHAOS_6E 3 года назад

      @@saffronyoutubeshorts join the AP discord. People will be there to help you through to learn the material

  • @beautifulandmotivated3181
    @beautifulandmotivated3181 4 года назад +6

    There was this girl in my 6th grade class who I used to laugh at for crying when she didn’t get good grades.
    Now that I’m older, I kinda feel bad. There’s no telling what she was going through.

  • @ranakh9299
    @ranakh9299 2 года назад

    l luv this girl guys lol . finally someone understands me and my mindset as a student

  • @TSUChurro
    @TSUChurro 3 года назад +5

    All school and my parents ever gave me was a disorder or depression and made me feel useless and trapped.

  • @krandomness9084
    @krandomness9084 4 года назад +2

    When grades aren’t everything but then I have teachers who tell me that people who are successful in school do better in life. I’ve been struggling every since I could possibly remember. I was never a straight A student and don’t think I will ever be. I try and think I did my best but then I see that my test or assignment wasn’t good enough. Im usually just a B student but went downhill during my 8th grade year. Knowing well I’m going off to highschool next year. I know I’m a failure from the start

    • @internetguy6928
      @internetguy6928 3 года назад

      That’s not true. You are not a failure. Realize that. I give you my honesty and support. Grades mean nothing at the end of the day.

  • @angelakate9063
    @angelakate9063 4 года назад +6

    There's a couple of people i know that got 95% grade but still very sad and disappointed about it and still wanting more. And there's also this person i know that got 60%, but was very grateful about it and actually got a lesson from it. And that person was actually working on her passion and interests to the point where she tends to put school her second priority. She's not ashamed that she got that grade, because she was actually building her life outside of school.

    • @cereal-kr2kk
      @cereal-kr2kk 4 месяца назад

      That is what I hate most about school systems, they judge you about the classes that THEY offer you, but if you're good at something else then that thing has no worth, no acceptance. The worst thing about this is that most of the stuff that they teach you at school, doesn't even benefit you in your life after it

  • @gerlygorgonio408
    @gerlygorgonio408 11 месяцев назад

    my friends got higher grades than me and it hurts when Ilook on myself feeling insecure .THIS VIDEO HELPS A LOT THANK YOU....

  • @pppppppieeeeeee
    @pppppppieeeeeee 3 года назад +1

    She speaks truth

  • @techonalecm.2273
    @techonalecm.2273 4 года назад

    This is beautiful, thank you😥

  • @Kiran-ug5yi
    @Kiran-ug5yi 5 лет назад +5

    Grades tell how much we can cram

  • @sarahestelle684
    @sarahestelle684 5 лет назад +4

    In the early years of school (age 5-11) I was top of my class. A straight A student. I was one of the smart ones. Then i went to an academically selective school, this means I had to take multiple exams to get in. I have been going to that school for almost a year now and my self esteem in all subjects has decreased dramatically! I am going pretty bad (for my school average) in maths and science especially. I got b’s in majority of my classes, a c in maths and an a in geography and art. I know I am smart! I must be because I got into this school, but being at the bottom and my friends getting higher marks than me is ruining my confidence. Not to mention my parents are scraping up all the money they have to afford a good tutor. My teachers aren’t doing anything to help me in my learning and I have cried myself to sleep multiple nights about my grades and how far I’ve fallen! I want to become a teacher later in life but that means doing well in all of my subjects and I don’t know if I can do that!
    I’m just struggling with my school self esteem right now.....

    • @africankaleab360
      @africankaleab360 3 года назад

      Jesus is Lord. Jesus is King. True Christianity is the Truth. Pray to Him and Honor Mary. Have faith in Him. 2021 will be your year. Repent.

  • @amjadilham4174
    @amjadilham4174 3 года назад +3

    The current system is in a traumatic situation, but if only our voices can be heard ... it will revolutionize the world... but as of now it is true and an unfortunate reality of the world appreciating only a cage of A pass students :((

  • @henritaclariis730
    @henritaclariis730 2 года назад +2

    This Seriously hit me hard!! I love physics, But I Took medicine just because it's easier.

  • @richardsowter5359
    @richardsowter5359 2 года назад

    inspiring

  • @SamHe-nm8sz
    @SamHe-nm8sz 9 месяцев назад

    High Schools allow you to hold information in your head that you most likely need in the future to form ideas and concepts based on the knowledge you know. University extend this knowledge and specialises it allowing you to form even more complex theories and ideas, university also allows you to make valuable connections with other knowledgable or powerful people and companies to extend your expertise. Remember that intelligence doesn't matter if you don't know anything that will allow you to form valuable ideas, the same can be said vise versa.

  • @terrific2540
    @terrific2540 3 года назад +1

    I am constantly worrying about my grades since offlate they've been poor...I try and read everytime but ..I'm not even sure it's working..everytime my dad lectures me on how I'm failing ..but I just try and stay positive

  • @Juno_Kujo
    @Juno_Kujo 3 года назад +4

    Everytime I ask anyone why do I need high grades, they tell me it's to pass the grade, they have no other reason...

  • @sarahharmon9403
    @sarahharmon9403 4 года назад +4

    I hate it when people say things like “you have so much potential” “just apply yourself” I know I need to do that but I don’t know how. The way I was taught in school didn’t show me how to apply myself. But if you get really luck there is actually a teacher who cares, and I got lucky. My ELA teacher sat with me after school and helped my write an essay. But not everyone has that chance

  • @nishanthmurugan8084
    @nishanthmurugan8084 6 месяцев назад

    I finally got some hope

  • @naumanfarooq7911
    @naumanfarooq7911 2 года назад

    My math and English was not good and still. I think the method of teaching is very important. Activity based learning is best always learn to the activity base rather then rote memory, rote memory kills your thinking ability and the other hand you will become a creative person.

  • @rahimnasr9349
    @rahimnasr9349 6 лет назад +10

    I have never seen the point of school,
    School always keeps students to think inside the box rather than outside it..

  • @zigaudrey
    @zigaudrey 2 года назад

    I used to be good at math and love this subject. I expect to get more than 3/4 at the final test in college. Then, I lost interest in math. I have never feel so betrayed by this. I have no idea how much pressure numbers could give!

  • @edeck7
    @edeck7 6 лет назад +21

    my buddy got a 24% on a math test.
    my other friend got a 34%.
    I got a 74%.
    The teacher got fired 2 days later.

    • @nathantooma6670
      @nathantooma6670 4 года назад

      Wait how did she/he get fired?

    • @edeck7
      @edeck7 4 года назад +2

      Nathan Tooma he was a perv, graded unfairly, called kids parents because they were hanging out with “bad kids” (he only said that because the kids had low grades lmao)

    • @nathantooma6670
      @nathantooma6670 4 года назад +1

      @@edeck7 oh, uhhhh... thats a little weird

  • @makemelaughaturcommentchal4769
    @makemelaughaturcommentchal4769 3 года назад

    I usually don't cry but I think I cried a bit. my 10 year old sister watched this and now she's crying

  • @echa7101
    @echa7101 5 лет назад +2

    Well the meaning of a good grades for me is that my mother would stop comparing me to other children😊

  • @user-oh6tu8of3d
    @user-oh6tu8of3d 5 месяцев назад

    What I took from this video to my own life is that I need to start looking at grades differently and stop measuring people's creativity or intelligence just by the mark they got on a test because they may have personal issues that affect their grades or they are smart in their own way. For example the speaker in the video, Eva said that in high school she was a straight a-student but in elementary school , she had an issue with language so she had horrible grades not because she wasn't intelligent she just couldn't understand the words that her teachers were saying. That shows that grades say nothing about the person who gets them.

  • @milktea4421
    @milktea4421 2 года назад

    im so sad how i'd understand the concepts bc im trying frl, but then when it comes to the quizzes, i get so anxious thinking of failing and bc of that i'd forget and then cry when i see the bad result bc i studied "hard.." and become anxious for the future bc i'd see myself with no job, dying, and other bad things.... then compare myself to other students how lucky they're so "smart" and desiring to be just like them.. and it ruins my self-esteem
    smtms i just want to k^ll myself so all this bs can stop bothering me

  • @lemonboiyoutube
    @lemonboiyoutube 3 года назад +1

    Wow, who wlse came into this video thinking it was something else, but then being intrigued by the start?

  • @abrammurphy4576
    @abrammurphy4576 6 лет назад +2

    Facts

  • @user-ol6kq2bv9z
    @user-ol6kq2bv9z 5 месяцев назад

    electives-קורסי בחירה
    Courses by choice
    Schedule-לוח זמנים
    a list of times or dates for activities or things to be done
    fostering-לטפח
    to take care of something/someone
    curriculum-תכנית לימודים
    study program
    regurgitate-להקיא
    To throw up
    reluctant-מסרב
    to refuse
    transcript-רשימת ציונים
    a list of grades
    midst-אמצע
    center,middle
    consequently-כתוצאה מכך
    As a result
    barriers-מחסומים
    blocks

  • @Nicole-td2ix
    @Nicole-td2ix 5 лет назад +2

    Hope all teachers and parents will see this talk

    • @spaceman9929
      @spaceman9929 4 года назад

      Sadly They dont want To Know the Truth So there avoiding this Video and keep showing useless stuff.

    • @raulrosas5068
      @raulrosas5068 3 года назад

      the school board dont want them to see this video

    • @slappbassnow
      @slappbassnow 6 месяцев назад

      @@raulrosas5068 The crazy thing is when I was doing an advocacy project in reading class and I chose grades and the flaws it has as the project, I tried to use the grading is a scam video from zoe bee and it was blocked
      And most of her other videos were blocked too

  • @cuberz1465
    @cuberz1465 5 лет назад +2

    This vid has the best comment section froma TedTalk