6 Problems with our School System 

Anyone else remember when the teacher would punish everyone because that one hyperactive child wouldn't shut up and do their work?

Modern education isn't about learning anymore, just passing.

Crazy how this was 6 years ago and nothing has changed.

I love the part of school where I said “It’s learning time!” And I instead got Useless information I won’t use in the real world Heavily sleep deprived Bullied Not getting enough time to actually enjoy myself Stressing constantly Getting judged based off of letters Happy to be sick Mental health decline Somehow learning better from games/movies “Tests” just being based of from memory School shootings Actually feeling anxious to go to school Hard expectations for me Just feeling demotivated/stupid Introverted Anxiety and other major health problems But honestly even after all of this I still keep a smile on my

See the most annoying thing is you forget mostly EVERYTHING when growing up. And you think "what a waste of time."

“Students need 10 hours of sleep” School:we ride at dawn

I still want to know how 7 YEARS has gone by and its still the same thing and no one has been able to change the way school functions 😔

Honestly, I can agree with the lack of autonomy and room for passion so much. I have a passion for writing, specifically storytelling. Last year at my school, I feel like the writing curriculum was more free and creative. (it was a social studies/writing hybrid). We got to write stories based off of what we studied from that unit (ex. native tribes, colonial days, etc), and we learned crucial writing skills too. The only downside is that we had to take a lot of notes, but I remembered most of it. This year, the curriculum is more restricted. We have to follow a set of instructions on what to write about and how to write it, compared to last year where it was free and creative. The only thing we do is write short essays, but we learn writing skills as well. I really want to improve my story writing skills, so I feel like this system isn’t that flexible to every student. We all learn about the same thing even if we’re not that passionate about it. If you even made it this far, thanks for reading my ted-talk, lol!

How i learned english: School - 1% Movies - 20% *_Games- 79%_*

dont you guys hate when someone gets bullied, the person defends himself but they both end up going to detention?

This is all so true. Especially the part about the differences in the way people learn. School feeds everybody the same meal, and doesn't think about how some kids have allergies, or are vegetarian, or gluten-free. Personally, I have ADHD, so in classes like science were it's mostly lectures and memorization, I have trouble focusing, and especially staying committed to a class I couldn't care less about. My teacher didn't care to address these differences, and thought that if you were struggling, it meant you were a failure or on your phone all the time and not listening, not that you simply learned different (and I wasn't on my phone all the time!). Meanwhile, in classes like Drama, I love that class to death because it's interactive, it can engage me, and the teacher sincerely cares and tries to support all his students. What I'm saying is, that even in a class like Science, where I'm not really interested, if they had taught it differently, I totally sure I could've excelled. If it wasn't dependent on lectures and stressful burnouts over studying, every single kid in that class would've done well, instead majority of the class forgetting everything almost instantly, struggling to learn, and being constantly guilt-tripped by their teacher for not doing well. I love watching science videos on youtube (which taught me more than science class ever did), but I hate science class. Half the time I watch videos on the same subjects I was taught. And yet, I'll remember more from videos, and I'll be more likely to seriously think about if after, instead of just to pass a test. But in science class? I nearly fail. The school system needs to stop teaching and everyone the exact same thing, and making it even more stressful for the kids who need something else to catch up. They need to stop feeding everybody the same meal.

School has always felt like a box to me. Always doing the same things over and over, and it has really never ever changed. The school system is not taking notice that each student has a different way of learning and thinking, has different needs, and just needsssss to pay attention more to students mental health. Like in my own experience, math has really never been my strong suit. I have had some teachers who have really helped me with math. Helping find what things help me, well, learn math. And it actually felt more like learning, then just the pressure of having to remember. While on the other hand, other teachers I have had have for math have not even really cared. And even if I ask for help, yes they may help me, but not recognize that I have a different way of thinking and learning when it comes to math. So I just hope one day there will be change.

Government: *We're going to pretend we didn't see this*

"If school isn't for sleeping, then home isn't for working" -Someone somewhere probably

For my school we had something called passion projects, where students would make a project out of their passion, and the student with the best project would get award that would have your name on it, but you don’t actually get to keep the award. It just sits in its case in a room where no one can go. I knew this from experience 💀💀💀

school is the main reason why I've got really bad anger issues and addictions... It's unreal how much stress im under all the time, and school being one of the main problems.

“Never memorize something you can look up” -Albert Einstein

*the only thing I gained from school is stress.*

As an American, my high school junior year English teacher might be the only teacher I can remember who was able to lecture effectively. He allowed us to control most of the conversation, as well as introduce our own topics and perspectives. And I still remember all of the fun tangents we sometimes explored. I remember having to discuss the question of whether money could buy happiness, and I brought up that the question has a flaw, in that it could be asking whether exchanging money for items brings happiness, or whether just having money in itself brings happiness. (Everybody likes large sums of money in their bank accounts, but when they buy items that might make them happy, that sum diminishes by some amount.)

I'd like to see a follow-up video to this one proposing some solutions. I'm a teacher and just spent 3 weeks teaching in a school where students have an enormous amount of freedom, with great flexibility to spend time on what they would like. The result was a catastrophic amount of wasted time with students constantly on their laptops and not doing anything productive, really unmotivated students who lacked the capacity to sit through any amount of direct teaching, and were about 5-6 years behind in their learning.

You forgot that school makes children hate learning, so when children are out of school they don’t bother to go to a museum or a historical landmark because that is considered as learning.

Human: Is born School: *HIPPITY HOPPITY YOUR HAPPINESS IS MY PROPERTY*

I have ADD so schooling has been hard. I understand and can apply the skills I have learned. But memorization and even paying attention long enough has made school incredibly difficult. The system ignores people like me and my needs and discards what me and other people with ADD need

It's crazy how this video is 7 years old now yet we still are in the same dilemma

The only thing school taught me is to shut up

Teacher: you are unique! Also Teacher: *makes everyone do the exact same thing*

How to make school good: - remove the useless B.S and start teaching useful things - reduce time to 2:30 hours a day - reduce from 5 times a week to 4 times a week - least important subjects will be reduced to 30 minutes a week - add finances subject - P.E class will have 30 minutes a day, 4 times a week, and also will be intense so the students stay fit, but if you already workout you can skip the classes - add optional courses to useful things like eletronics, programming, etc... - stop caring about dress code, hair, etc... - teach kids how to be leaders And much more...

Teachers: life is a competition Also teachers: EvEryOnE Is EqUaL Edit: Hi I wrote this two years ago when I was a dumb middle schooler. I am still getting replies to this 😅 I understand that what I said was not the smartest and I have changed my opinions, but I still share a lot of the same beliefs on the school system. Everyone comes from their own back round and has to fight their way in life, but in the end we are all human and we should all have equal rights and opportunities. (Which will sadly never happen) The school system is still very flawed in my eyes and has a bad way of distributing ideals. I believe that is why when I was younger I shared that opinion because that is how school expressed it. I hope the systems improve for future generations because the way things are right now are crude.

Teacher: we are so behind in our class! Also teacher: spends 20+ minutes talking about how disrespectful we are and her life stories instead of teaching us

This video was made 6 years ago, and basically nothing has changed. Soon, these kids will be the next working class

I was a front bencher in school but I personally blame myself for not going the extra mile to use my brain. I would focus on what was being taught in class, I would go home, study it and understand it. It would come on exam and I would simply recall the concept and answer it. The whole process lacks thinking, I never pondered on how to solve the problem more efficiently nor thought why it was solved that way. The problem is that the system doesn't stimulate a average student to question and think.

You forgot something how they correct your tests but never teach your mistakes

Everyone: "The school system is awful" Department of Education: *"I see this as an absolute win"*

This video is 7 years old when i am seeing it and it have surprisingly shown no change in this world even 1%

You know school is doing something wrong when kids are HAPPY to be sick.

Students dont study to learn. they just wanna pass

This is so nicely said. You should make one about bullying. It’s not as simple as teachers make it out to be. Kids aren’t going to tell the teacher immediately. They might be afraid to because the bully may be threatening them if they do. I WISH it was as simple as teachers make it out to be. But the “Hey, that really hurt me inside.” phrase is what the BULLY WANTS. They want a reaction out of it. And the “Oh, I’m sorry. Can we be friends?” is so unrealistic I don’t even know where to start. People aren’t going to trust the bully immediately after they apologize. (If they even apologize.) You can forgive, but you don’t have to trust the person right after.

Not everybody wants to be a writer, not everybody wants to be a mathematician, not everybody wants to be a scientist - Everyone has their passions and school is restricting them.

Student: Gets bullied School: Whatever Student: Defends himself School: You weren't supposed to do that

Kids: **exist happily** School: *i going to end this man's whole career*

And then we wonder why children are depressed

I showed this to my friend and he said “Just enjoy school” this is so sad

RU-vid Recommendations: _Hey! wanna know why school sucks?_ Me: *oh hell yeah*

You know it's a messed up place when the parents start caring more about the child's grade more than the kid itself.

someone give this man an award.

Kid: *gets assaulted* School: Whatever Kid: *puts his hoodie over his head or wears a hat* Schools: I n s t a n t D e t e n t i o n

7. Tests are like " who better memorized " not "who better understand"

To quote Albert Einstein: "Imagination is more important than knowledge".

6 years ago and many of these videos of criticism and yet, barely anything changed

i am very grateful these videos exist i do feel it might help or save people who cant see past grades or what systems tell us

School these days are all about passing not learning.

The funny things about these schools is that they don’t do anything when the kids get bullied but when a student is wearing a hoodie and is not wearing a uniform. Teachers take it personal.

As a high school student very much of what he is saying is true.

Love these type of videos. I have no children currently but one thing I'm not accepting is what parents been doing at schools.

School is all about passing and not actually learning things you will need in life

Student: *Is tired and stressed* Teachers and Parents: *It’S tHoSe DaMn ViDeO gAmEs*

This is so true! Everyone needs to see this video! It really sucks that we are so limited in things we are actually interested in bc we only get 2 periods of art, 2 periods of music and 2 periods of ICT and only one of those are for learning about coding and stuff like that. And those are things am really wanting to explore . Meanwhile we have maths EVERY👏SINGLE👏DAY!

I hated school in k-12. I saw it as a punishment for existing. It felt no different than punishment for me. I refused to do much in school because it already destroyed my love of learning, it couldn't have my love of reading too. On top of that, I was the "gifted kid" (aka neurodivergent). I read my manga, watched anime, and drew in class because I was bored. I was on par with the 5th graders by the time I started elementary school. In 10th grade, my chemistry teacher tried something different second semester. We could work at our own pace. I FINISHED the semester in less than 2 weeks. THAT'S how fast it needed to go for me to not get bored. School was slow and far below my level. Because of this, I never learned proper study methods. In fact, I had never opened a textbook or studied a day in my life until I went to university. My textbooks always sat in my locker. I opened my locker once when I was required to rent my textbooks, and then after finals I had to ask the main office which locker was mine and what the combination was. I met my best friend in university and she taught me how to study. I came to love school in university, but that's because I could choose my field of study, make my own schedule, and I had a lot more freedom and independence.

how I learned French: 10% school 5% songs *85% talking to people on discord and video games*

bully: **bullies another student** teacher: 🙂❓ student: **fights back** teacher: 😡

While instructions can be helpful. Especially if you don't know what to do from the start I need help. I agree with this video

4th fact is sooooo true.. And this video should be seen by each and every school.

"There seems to be no room in the current education system to find/develop a child's passion" No, it literally kills their passion

Some kid in school: *gets bullied* Teachers: did we not teach him enough science? Edit: thanks a lot for 4k likes

Learning is something that sticks with you for a long time, even for the whole rest of your life. School teaches things in a way that will be relevant only until a test is held, a test that doesn’t measure what you learned, but instead what you managed to memorize. I say that as a B to A grade student (graduated last year), who never will remember 60% of what I learned in school, but still managed to graduate without repeating years or having to go through recuperating exams. And yet here I am, in college for a thing i am passionate about and having a decent paying job. Good on ya, School system, you almost made my life's first 18 years seem worthless, but I now see the real abominatiom you are, a doctrination camp that cares more about putting useless shit in children's minds than treating them like human beings.

This is a great advice specially for developing countries' educatuonal system

Teachers when a kid is wearing a hoodie:PANIK Teachers when a kid is being bullied:KALM

I used to love science, But then the School nation attacked.

Most of what we learnt at school was revision. The year i learnt the most was the first and second years of school because 90% of the other years were revision/test preparation.

Crazy how this is actually an ad for a school

Mom i dont wanna go to scho- iTs BeCAuSE Of ThAT dAMN pHOnE

I hate when the teacher says “don’t be afraid to ask questions” and when someone does they get all bitchy and say “YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION”

I started to love learning after leaving school.

6 years later and the system barely changed or did not change at all. Its sad..

Teacher: The bell doesn't dismiss you, I do. Me: *The bell doesn't tell me when I get to class, I do.*

School : _Bullying, failing, anxiety, suicidal, deppression, tired, sad_ Parents : _V i d e o g a m e s_

This is a great video and as a student ambassador some key points i've learnt are: - despite our wold is changing really fast, school isn't. -the modern world values people who can communicate thier ideas, be creative and collaborate with others yet in school we are told to be quiet during class time and not talk. -when you grow older, you need to manage your own time but at school we have no control and are told what to do. this won't help us grow and just follow what we are told to do. -seating plan should be based on how good you are at the subject. However I need solutions, complaining about it will only bring it to light but with no solution I can't do anything. So if anybody has ideas please comment for a better generation.

Literally so true. All of this was right and I would know because I'm still in school. They are getting better about using technology and working together with each other but the rest is very very true.

“6 Problems With Our School System” Oh honey there’s a lot more than six.

Throughout my whole childhood and time in school, the phrase "I will learn new things today!" never crossed my mind. Instead, i thought "i'll try to get an A".

it’s been 6 years since this came out and this is still the same

wait a minute, that's the voice of kurzgesagt

Teachers: we are here to support you and stop rudeness Bullies: *bullys someone* Teachers: it’s not my problem

School System: I Will Prepare You For A Job And Your Future Also School System: *Makes Students Learn About Rocks* Edit: OK So i guess it is needed if your a biologist but other than that its pointless And holy shit thats a lot of likes more than i've ever had!

Thank you for posting this video I couldn’t agree with this more I felt so squashed at school Of course this was back in the sixties and seventies where you did exactly as you were told

It has been 6 years and nothing changed....

“The bell doesn’t dismiss you i do” The bell: Wouldnt that defeat the fricking purpose

Bro why aren’t you paying tax? *_it_* *_wasn’t_* *_on_* *_syllabus_*

Why don't we just teach kids in a fun environment. Like playing games in a group and chatting about the subject with the entire class. Instead of just sitting there reading a text book in silence. We want kids to learn . They learn best when it's fun.

One thing is for sure we need to make knowledge look valuable and properly teach it

the only thing school gave me is depression, anxiety, introvertedness, pain, etc

It's just sad that this vid is 4 years old and nothing changed lmao.

In today's computer age, hardly any school focuses on teaching computer thoroughly to the students. Instead it is just being treated as a side-subject. Computer is the only useful thing that could be learn in schools, but they schools are rather focusing on teaching outdated topics in history or geography.

I go to a Montessori school so it is a bit less strict. The teachers just tell us what we have to do and we chose when to do it. We have specials too and for K-6th grade they are at a certain time and we all go to the same place as a class. But it is a little more free for 7-8 because we can choose what specials we want as an individual student. (This is for my school at least) I think that the Montessori way is better if you want your child to have a more free education so they can be prepared for real life.

One of my teacher: A teacher can't teach every subject at school One of my classmate: then how can a student learns every subject at school? One of my brain cell: ah here we go again What happened next? You guessed it, that teacher spent hours talking about how we all are disappointment to our society and how rude it is to talk back to elder. Yeah that's how corrupted my school is.

Elementary School: Shut up Middle School: Shut up High School English class: wHy ArE YoU nOt TaLkinG eaCh otHeR

6 years later and still true

This vid is 6 years old and yet still very little has changed

*school is like a tiring job with no pay*

How I learned elements: 1% school 5% parents 94% Minecraft