Just tell your teachers what they want to hear 

Hi tik my daughter has watched your video she’s in agreement with you she’s just got to just agree with them and move on she realises she’s banging her head against the wall. il get her the book you recommended

We live in a period where arguing with your teachers which already is showing more interest in the topic than most students will lower your grade.

My history teacher emphasized that fascism and national socialism were different ideologies. During the tests, that we had every few weeks, we needed to read both soviet sources and current sources, then explain what was trying to be conveyed. It seems Lithuanian and English education systems are were different.

I'm a teacher myself and I have to agree with Tik, depressingly enough. If the viewer's daughter had submitted that paper to me then I would have given her great marks (I WANT students to think for themselves and come to a reasonable conclusion based off their work), BUT, depending on the standard and the assessment, I would have warned her that the conclusion REQUIRED is different because the writers of the curriculum are idiots... so she may have to alter her responses if she's writing for a standardized test. It's depressing, but it is true. You're there to get the credits that allow you to move on, and frequently those who write what is to be taught have agendas to push and could care less about "truth" (which is relative to them anyway). It's just depressing...

"You're not in school to learn, you are not there to be educated, you are there to get the grade so that you can then find a career". This is painfully accurate.

Not all teachers are like this; I once corrected my history-teacher, who stated that D-Day was the first time the Allies entered mainland Europe. I told him about Dieppe and some commando-raids. He was really interested and asked more about it. I ended up with a nice grade for History that year.

I'm glad to finally hear someone mention the babysitting scheme and it's economic purpose. I've been trying to explain this to people forever, but get the most blank stares of any argument.

Picking your battles is important. If the girl goes along with the teacher just enough, the teacher will hold her opinion in higher regard - and having an authority figure say you’re smart is better then them saying you’re dangerously wrong. Don’t abandon the truth, but package it in a way that’s digestible for the teacher. (Remember you’re the smarter one) Instead of saying “this proves they were left wing” say “this was uncharacteristic of the right”. People don’t like being corrected, it’s easier if you give them the information so the “click” can happen on their own time (since she’s already aware of your views, you may have to tone it down even more for a while)

When I was in secondary school I actually used a lot of TIK’s work to help formulate arguments and essays, and because most of my history teachers didn’t care, they privately told me that they were convinced by my arguments, but not to rock the boat too much as it would confuse the rest of the class.

I am a history teacher myself, though of a more conservative mindset that most modern teachers and i try to be more nuanced in my teaching than letting personal opinions or bias influence my teaching. That being said I agree with what you're saying about how you have to just lie and agree, or say what you know the person wants you to say. When I was getting my education degree back in 2017 I had a mandatory class called "Social Justice, marxism, and the education system." It was basically a course that promoted Marxist ideology and super woke talking points. I had no choice but to take the course if I wanted to graduate and get my teaching degree. Though I was 100% in opposition to the points and content being taught and promoted in the class, I wasn't about to let all the time and money I had invested into my university education go down the drain by being a contrarian to the teacher and failing the course. When the time came to write the exams and do assignments, I just wrote all the woke talking points that I knew the teacher wanted to hear, passing the course with a 98% hahaha. What is even funnier is that I stopped going to the in-class lectures altogether and just did my work online, yet still passed with flying colours due to knowing the obvious woke answers the teacher was looking for. To me, I was playing the long game - I would go along with this stupid woke course for one semester so that I could become a history teacher and make more of a difference in the classroom, I'd be one less woke teacher spouting false history.

I remember back in secondary school getting into a heated debate. Sadly it wasn’t as interesting as History but in English literature. Our teacher kept pushing the idea that Frankenstein the doctor was the real monster, because that’s what the curriculum says. I disagreed then and I do now. The book shows that Doctor Frankenstein was terrified of his creature and ran away in fear. I could not attribute malice to what I saw was, at worst, cowardice. The monster on the other hand has several chapter humanising him, going to painstaking lengths to show his complex grasp or morality and ethics. Yet because he feels slighted by his master, he murders innocent people related to him before even asking for help in creating a mate. That’s pure sociopathic behaviour. Doctor Frankenstein was a flawed man but a monster? I don’t think so.

“Most people are not just comfortable in their ignorance, but hostile to anyone who points it out.” ― Plato’s Allegory of the Cave

I was a secondary school history teacher for many years.I am amazed at these tales of indoctrination. If I could get my students to begin a sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop I was happy. For higher levels, getting them to write in paragraphs was the ultimate, almost unattainable goal.

I'm 21, I recently finish high school and I'm currently looking to get into University. You have no idea how much this subject bothers me. I have always been interested in History since a child and I have always looked into reading more and more about it. When I was in school, I can say with confidence that school teached me little to nothing. Our history books were shallow, with no depth and just meant to give us a *extremely basic* (if even that) "understanding" of the subject. For example when we were learning about WW2, the book only had 2 entire pages dedicated to it (btw, the History of 1920's painting took up an entire chapter). Those 2 pages were meant to teach us everything: from the causes to the aftermath and socio-political and economic impact of WW2. I constantly argued with my teacher (not in a bad faith way, I loved my History teacher and still do, we just argued bcs she had to follow what the book says and I often either disagreed or found it shallow to say the least). I kinda feel bad for her since her job was not to teach us the actual history, but making us memorize the content for the final exams. if she didnt, than she could be professionally hurt since, not following the curriculum could, and very likely, would end her career. Our future depended on those final exams. If we for example miss remember a date or a name, we would be penalized by up to 5 points (our exams grades go between 0-20). It didn't evaluate our understanding of History nor our perception, it was meant for us to simply spit out into the test what we memorized. Most of my class mates would spend hours memorizing names and dates to a excessive degree without ever really understanding why or how any of that mattered. I had colleagues who, even not understanding a drop of History, managed to score 20/20 in their exams bcs they memorized the right things (safe to say they would forget them not long after) while people like I, who took interest and deep dived into the subject, scored only up to 15-14 points. Our school system was not meant to teach us History, it was meant for us to memorize arbitrary things from the book, which would go on to define our future in university. Thanks to my History exam, my grade is of 15. I've been struggling to enter a good university for History since the average grade to enter the universities I want is 16. Most of my colleagues that had 20 cant even remember what the industrial revolution was or why WW1 started. I have to admit, Ive always felt some sort of "anguish" and resentment towards this. Interest and Study were actively punished while memorization for the sake of memorization were rewarded. If I memorized that 2 + 2 = 4 without ever understanding how to count, that doesn't make me actually good at math, yet that is how going through High School History felt like to me. Everyone had to memorized that 2 + 2 = 4 without ever actually learning how to properly count

When the state controls education, you learn what the state wants you to believe.

Teachers, especially in the US, tend to have no idea what it is they are teaching and would be helpless without their teacher's editions. When I was a teenager in the 90s I had a history teacher try to say that the only country America gave political asylum to were Cubans. I said that wasn't true because I knew a Tibetan who lived in the US on political asylum. She got mad and I went and looked it up and bought a statement from the State Department to her that I printed from the Internet (no smartphones back then) She looked at it, glared at me...and sent me to detention. 😂😂😂

As someone who grew up homeschooled, this sounds like some kind of sick dystopia. I mean, I went to four years of college, but as a business student, I didn't really have to kiss up that much. This just sounds insane.

My daughter had this in heaps at university. Most of her effort was getting the information to placate the lectururer's bias. She got her 1st. Her general views are quite different from the mainstream and that taught, having done her own in depth research and formulated her own opinions. Part of education is having one's opinions and recognising others. Argument for argument sake won't necessarily get what you need; choose your battles. She is now doing accountancy and smashing it. With her own wealth from her earnings, she can hold and argue her own views. Have them tested and argue them back. That is independence and true freedom. As a 12 year old play the game and win. As an adult then change the game, or at least try to.

I have been kicked out of 2 history classes because of disagreements with my teacher/professor. I consider it a badge of honor. I did also once have a professor who actively encouraged disagreements with him if you could make a coherent evidence supported argument behind it.

I have a bachelor's degree in history and a post graduate degree. I agree with TIK 100% here. For my undergraduate history degree (1985), I had the good fortune of attending a conservative college with mostly good professors. For my post graduate degree I was taught by a collection of mostly buffoons who had zero experience in the real world. Within a year of working in the real world I started to shed the idiocy that my post-grad professors advocated and finally started to educate myself. At the end of the day, all education is self-education to one degree or another.

Agreed. No point arguing with corrupt, mediocre and immature people. Trying to be truthful is too confronting in many situations. It is hard to teach a 13 yo "instinct" to detect this though.

As a history teacher, I can definitely state that TIK is right. I have gotten into trouble for teaching things that are not in the curriculum. But I will continue to teach kids how to think and not what to think.

Good teachers are rare, that’s why dead poets society hits hard.

I love this from you "You cannot convert someone to a different faith, they will come to that conclusion themselves". Absolute truth right there.

My family has had to do that since the 1960's... my cousin especially. Her father told her, you know that it is not true, I know it and many of the teachers know it too... but they are REQUIRED to teach the lies, so give them what they want and keep the truth for those who will listen.

I gladly took the C in history for arguing with my "teacher" lol This "teacher" often lamented that no one would address her by her proper title of "Doctor", also believed strongly in social justice and the like so yeah you can imagine what we argued about.

This is true even within "artistic" subjects, when I was in secondary school the teacher wouldn't allow me my own artistic interpretation of the subject matter even though it's art a subjective topic... you're there to remember and regurgitate unfortunately... that's why so many kids become disenchanted with education.

That's why many of us teachers are woking hard trying to critique and change the education system but one can go so far against policies established by higher powers. I still retain my hope in humanity for the most part and truly hope people get to learn using critical thinking skills no matter what the curriculum says.

I used to get in trouble all the time with my teachers for speaking up against them.

My brother summed it up as it's better to run a fast food place from age 19-50...retire and learn what you want..University in the States is a debt racket, unless you choose Medicine, Law, Engineering...education is an oxymoron. Good job TIK!

My daughter is a fanatic fan of greek mythology. So one day she corrected the teacher that was talking about the said topic, about the birth of democracy, political systems.... He sent her to the principal. I told her the same as you said in the video. Do what they want you to do, and get the grades. (But I am so proud of her)

Love this. I went through 4 years of undergrad - then three years of law school. After one year as a lawyer, realized I had wasted 7 years. Not really wasted as I would not have been admitted into the "club" without the piece of paper that attested to my qualification. I actually remember a Constitutional Law test when I opted to echo the opinions of the professor - rather than express my real thoughts. I aced the exam - but have always felt a bit ... dirty. I'm over it, but - if you;re in it for the money - the ROI on advanced education in the US is terrible. Better take up poker. That not to say having an avocation to learn is wrong. Just the opposite. Even at 70 years old I continue to explore things that interest me - and will continue to do so.

As a French I don't have the same experience with my studies, but I will still give my opinion. In school you learn the "truth" about history, the one commonly accepted, which is probably even more important than what really happenned because it's this "truth" which forge our world. Every teacher know the reality wasn't as clear, as black and white as what he is teaching and they often say it. In France it's very appreciated when student think for themselves (mainly because so many just don't think at all), but your teacher is still here to put grades, so if he think your convictions are false or worse, close to a conspiracy theory, you will have problems. With 99% of the teachers you can talk about any history subject, but like Tik said if it becomes an oposition of belief you lose. Show that you know the "truth" you need to learn and than say that recently some "historians" have an other vision of that because... . Like that it's an oposition between the teacher and some "historians", which is not false, it would be absurde to take a definitive stance about a topic you don't compeltly understand.

Here in South Carolina, a similar problem exists. Though I’ve noticed it was mostly in the humanities where this problem was present. You really do have to be cognizant of the biases of the teacher when you’re in an English class, for instance. The history classes are ironically not as bad in that regard. I spoke with my history teacher about some inaccurate information he had relayed. We spoke politely about it after class. He had said something about the weight of European and Japanese swords, and I humbly corrected him. That history teacher with a doctorate’s degree was open minded and receptive, but some English teachers strike me as being a bit more rigid at times.

You said that if people have a belief, no amount of fact and reason will change their mind. This reminds me of a time when I was sat in a pub and got chatting to some guy. I told him I was a metalsmith in the REME at the rank of sergeant. He told me he could get a job earning x amount (I can't remember how much he said.) I said no thanks as it was about 10k less than I was on. He told me in no uncertain terms soldiers didn't get paid that much. No amount of me saying I should know how much I earned would convince him.

As an American Secondary Teachers I had to correct my children's primary teachers multIple times. I was told to stop interfering. I don't know the situation in Britain, but on this side of the pond only lower caliber people teach elementary level.

Unfortunately, there can't be much "debating the truth" with people who have the power to punish you. Edit: there is an argument to be made especially when you are an adult in college about utterly humiliating your professors in class (if you are really good, if you are not then don't even try) where they are so intimidated they might actually not mess with you. That's something to be done by top 1% of students who really know what they are talking about and are able to refute any counter-argument.

This makes me think of a qoute from the series Chernobyl where Valery legasov talks about the cost of truth and the cost of lies. He also at one point mentions that the truth doesn't care about politics or religion etc and it will always be there, its also worth mentioning that the harder and more you search for the truth the more you will learn that there are lots of people who dosent want you to know the truth. I think our society would be better if the future generations where encouraged to engaged in debates, think for themselves and think critical instead of going to school just to be told what to think etc.

My dad told me something similar when I was in school. We would discuss what was fact and what was fiction but he always told me to just tell them what they want to hear because they don't care about the truth. Using a Prussian Model school should tell people our education systems are not for the betterment of the population but we sit here 20+ years after I dropped out having the same conversations. Humanity is doomed.

Not sure if I agree, totally. Yeah, in some cases you have to go along with it. But even if you don’t convince the people you’re arguing with, the spectators may listen to you and start to question what they’ve been told. Heck, even if the person you’re arguing with resists violently, the mere fact that you’ve given them any resistance may shake something deep within them, even if they don’t show it outwardly.

It's amazing how correct you are about the educational system. "Put your kids in school and go to work. We will teach them everything they need to know." Time to wake up people. My wife is Russian, her mother grew up in the Soviet Union, she was dropped off on Monday and picked up on Saturday. All free of course, wow what a utopia.

I remember in elementary school we were going over WWII, namely the Pacific theater... For all of an hour. My teacher went up front and pulled down that massive map of the world (Yes, I'm that old) and started talking. She showed us Japan and Hawaii on the map and "How close they really are". She then pointed out Tokyo and started telling us about how early morning on December 7th, 1941, hundreds of Japanese aircraft took off from Tokyo, flew across the Pacific, bombed Pearl Harbor, then flew back to Tokyo. I raised my hand and mentioned that I had a book on WWII that said the attack was launched from carriers just off Hawaii because no aircraft could fly that far. Her response was that there were no carriers in WWII, because carriers are nuclear powered and there was no nuclear power then. And that the Japanese used in flight refueling just like we do today. I was then berated for thinking I know more than a teacher and I should learn to read more. After that, I went home and found my grandfather on the couch watching TV. So... I asked him a simple question. "When you served on the Alabama, how many carriers did you see in the war?" He started listing off all the carriers he saw, escorting Enterprise, seeing his first Essex Class, and later seeing the entire ocean covered in flattops far as the eye can see. Then asked me why I was asking. I explained. The next morning, on my way out the door he handed me a sealed envelope for my teacher. I handed it to her, and at the end of the day got another sealed envelope for my parents. Next thing I know, I'm in the office waiting on my Grandparents, teacher, and principal to finish a meeting. I'll never forget when that door opened up. My teacher and principal were solid red in the face and obviously furious, my grandmother was basically just doing damage control, and my grandfather walked out of there with the biggest smile I've ever seen on that mans face. Then, he took me out for ice cream and went to a bookstore. He bought me a book on American carriers in WWII and suggested I read it when I have free time in class. The man never told me what to think, but definitely taught me how to learn and research... and how to be a petty little shit when the need arose.

I have had this issue most of my life. It is always disheartening to just have to 'agree' to get something done, when something is wrong. Our entire educational system is not to produce thinkers, it is to punish thinkers and instill compliance.

I'm working towards being a history teacher myself. I have to say that my policy, so far, is that if the student can make the argument convincingly enough then they'd get a fairly good mark from me. If the point is particularly interesting, then I am likely to look more into it and purchase my own copies of sources to confirm the context. After that, I might integrate it into my teaching. All the slides I use to teach have a reference list at the end for that reason as I am certain that one day a parent is likely to come knocking to find out where I get my info from. I hope that whatever school I settle into will also allow me to post my slides since I generally don't mind sharing what resources I have available. Especially if it means that the kids won't just take my word for it and will engage in their own fact checking where possible.

That was a painful lesson I learned in 10th grade. I took a zero for the first six weeks in a history class. Refused to cooperate with biased propaganda. Was standing up for truth, fairness, etc. But I was banging my head into a brick wall. Had a meeting with my parents and the principal, etc. That was in the early 80s. Things are much worse for kids now. Back then teachers had to at least pretend to be teaching the truth. Nowadays it's overt propagandizing. As an afterword, once we got past the teacher's pet project, I finished the year with the highest grade in the class. Tough lesson learned. Was always proud of myself for standing for truth and unbiased teaching.

You're 1000% correct. It's the saddest thing but it was even true in America over 40 years ago. "Intellectuals" have had extreme difficulty admitting that they aren't the authorities that they think they are as long as I can remember.

I'm agreed, as a professor, that most education is about state indoctrination and that keeping that end goal in mind and giving them the answers they want so you can change the system later is an important strategy. Another option, in some circumstances is to state , this is what the curriculum says and then add this is a competing view, or something similar. Thanks again TIK for great work! 💯!

I have had conversations with my AP US history teacher, I’ve always been scared on sharing opinions on many issues, he even told me that he agrees with some things I said with how it’s no longer about fact or truth it’s all about a set of core things that the teacher wants you to learn. Political issues have infested much in America and it’s destroying my generation of kids and they are more interested in indoctrination and falsehoods to give them the ability to call you whatever they want if you don’t agree. I spoke at my state capital about this issue with my brother and hundreds appreciated how we still work in school and do good, but also speaking up about issues that are going to negatively affect education especially in America. Nice video good sir! 🎉

Its not just the education system being trash, its also the power and authority those people get and how drunk it gets them with it. Still remember my first chemistry/science teacher woman (in her 40's) in high school throwing a hissy fit after she said "Minus thousand Celsius" and me correcting her that the minimal temperature is -273c... She was extremely toxic and vile about it and the worst part is that she got the class laughing at me instead because they didn't know better and just go with the authority

this is so relatable, i am 15 and have the same problem since i was like 12. trying to prove the flaws of the edu system to adults or even classmates even, is so impossible and they are so engraved with the idea to have the most meaningless, benial existence ever!

As someone also born in a socialist country (communist Yugoslavia), I also had to lie to teachers. Especially in classes such as TIPS and MISS, Theory and Praxis of Socialism and Marxism and Socialist Self-governance.

Based 13 year old. I hope public education doesnt beat her down

I want to say this, as candidly as possible and as someone who not only was top of the class for most of my academic career, but even went on to aide in the publication of a scientific paper: it really just is exactly what TIK is saying. Most teachers just want to hear exactly what they think, what the curriculum tells them they must think or what seems close-enough to "common knowledge". In fact, I have only ever flunked classes where the teachers themselves were purposefully harder to figure out. It's not even their fault, they are just trained like that and even when well-intentioned, they won't stray too far away from what they've been told to acknowledge as acceptable opinions.

Good point, I realized this in college and received all A grades. In high school I was getting C and D grades as I kept asking logical questions and seeking truth. SMH

I'm in my sophmore year of college and I hate how true this is. Unfortunately with how politically driven many professors are in the United States my hand is forced to take a ignorant stance to much of history just for a better grade. Most egregious is the exams for the history classes I've taken. I had the same professor who was thoroughly anti-west, which came through in every assignment I had to do. It's so hard to fathom that a professor is just allowed to interject their political views in lectures, especially when I am paying to be taught facts and not opinions. Love your channel by the way. I've had a great passion for history ever since I was young and your videos have been a godsend.

Based tikhistory

You are absolutely right. Humans should play the game by the rules of the Matrix until they have so much power that they are able to change something. If you fight too early or in the wrong situation, you will be stopped immediately in the most cruel "democratic" way.

💯 Spot-on! I learned this lesson, much to my dismay & frustration, the hard way in undergrad 30 years ago, pursuing worthless liberal arts degrees. So glad my daughter went into science (to become a Vet) instead, but had to give her this very lecture when she was having to take useless LA courses at the start. Wise words you’ve given here! 🎯

Moral of the story, if your teacher says, 2 and 2 are 5 dont argue with him. It is useless

that's the wisest talk I've heard in a long time. I wish everyone entering school would hear this.

I would instead say to have the right people fight the fight. In this case, the parents need to be getting involved and taking it to the school board or council or such. Still will be a loss, but if people en masse just adopt a "roll-over" mentality because fighting the system is pointless then we are doomed to serfdom.

This applies everywhere, any time in life.

I remember an acquaintance of mine who was a TA, complaining while grading papers. "They're just telling me what I want to hear!" I didn't have the heart to explain to him that, yeah, it's because that totally works 99% of the time. If anything, I was surprised he didn't already know. I thought everyone reached that conclusion themselves sometime around early high school. Him down-grading a few papers won't inspire some sort of burst of intellectual rigor- because that's not going to get them anywhere, and they know it. The students will grumble "ah, this guy doesn't know the game, that's annoying" and just keep doing it.

To the girl with the question. The best way to fight this is to bite your lip while you are in school, then become a historian or teacher and fight them from a position where you can make a difference.

If people with the right opinions don't make their ways into the top, the top will be filled with the fools. And you are completely right.

This is tragically good advice.

Hello Tik, I am a history/economics teacher who for a long time has explained the socialist/left wing side side of Nazism. I have my Master of Arts degree in History from a Big Ten University and even in the 1980s I learned very quickly that you give a professor what they want to hear. I can say there were a few professors who held an open mind to ideas and even challenged you to think outside the box, But more often than not, it seemed like many lived inside their own box and could not stand their views being challenged. I cannot imagine what it is like on a college campus today, but based on what I witness online and what I see coming out of the universities and into the teaching profession I believe it is more indoctrination than education. We all have bias, but we should at least try to be objective in our analysis of the facts. Sadly rational thought has given way to emotion in academia and it filters down to the secondary and elementary levels.

The longer I watch whats happening to history, I realize how blessed I was to have one professor in particular in college. One of our exercises was to find the truth in a particular event (I think it was the Boston Massacre). We split into four groups, got the exact same evidence, and not one group came up with the same conclusion. This trend continued in every class, where he looked at the arguments and evidence we had, then graded us on that instead of us getting the correct answer. He also acted as devil's advocate a lot to get us looking for contradictory data. Such a good prof. I do have to dispute your assertion that graduating from school is supposed to lead to a career. This might be true for public school, but I don't think it is for university. Instead, I believe it's now being used to create an army of unthinking drones who'll never dispute daddy government.

You described my entire experience throughout schooling. I had one history teacher who actually took interest in my opinions and loved debating me. I definitely miss his guidance.

As sad as it is to say, this is true. Your mark of success in education is judged through their criteria. Argue against it and get failed, or conform and succeed. It's a terrible place to be, but it's not worth jeopardising your 'education' for small victories.

I think that I'm one of the luckier people here with my history education - well, high school history education to be exact. I had the luck and privilege of being taught by a wonderful woman who knew very well what she was doing. We went really in-depth into the actual ideologies and political doctrines of all of the major dictators. Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Mao, the only reason why we didn't do Franco was because of covid that basically flipped the timetable on its head. She made little challenges for us to read various sources on the same event and then point out their flaws and weaknesses. Yes it was sort of regimented, but it was better than nothing - it did wonders to teach me to think critically. This was coincidentally at a time when I discovered you, TIK, and while I wasn't as interested in the political and economical side of things at the time as I am now, your 'non-mainstream' takes on the wider WW2 narrative made me eager to share my discoveries with others. Surprisingly my teacher was not as opposed to it as I would have expected. We even did 'mini Oxford-style debates' to train our ability to learn and present arguments. Then again, I will be the first to admit that I'm a privileged c**t and I am well aware of that. The school my parents sent me was an IB school, an expensive one at that, so I guess that may be one of the reasons for the more relaxed attitude to debate and discussion. That and in the country where I'm from (Poland) we have painful memories with both what the mainstream considers the 'extreme left' and the 'extreme right' so we don't have as much stigma about debating the nature of evil of these ideologies. There's always a limit to the teacher's tolerance of course, and this is my personal experience which will never be a good indicator of how this is for the rest. So to give my personal comment on this matter - if you have been blessed with an educator or a school environment that is more open to a debate than the usual standard, treasure it! Don't push it too far (they have their own beliefs and their curriculum that they need to fulfill), but go as far as they allow you to. If not, then do as TIK says - fake it, parrot what they say (that's what I did at university before dropping out recently to go to work). Educate yourself behind the scenes and remain critical thinking. As always, thanks for what you're doing, TIK. Keep up the good fight.

Finally,. some besides me thinks the same way I did 50 years ago. I did not make the mistake of putting myself in debt for college education. TIK you are correct on the self education , self discipline & most of of all, good parenting of common sense along with street smart. Its very important to promote an education system that promotes teaching the FACTs. Currently now, it not happening with the education today. It is all about keeping the ED system alive & creating a jobs fair for employment.. I love the videos & this was a great editorial on what you said,.......

I completely agree. In 11th or 12th grade (16-18 years old), I realized that my entire time in government schools was training me to be good at being in government schools. I was great at taking tests, that's it. In my first year of college, I learned about Horace Mann, whose grave I one day want to piss on. He introduced the Prussian school system to the United States, and school has gone downhill ever since. The Prussian school system, in short, was designed to create good soldiers and the teachers were officers in the army. I do recommend everyone from the US to learn about Horace Mann, and everyone in general to read up on the Prussian school system. It explains quite a lot about how and why government school work the way they do.

as a mid school teacher, you're completely right

Kinda sucks that you’re one of the few teacher like figures I have that is unbiased unlike the many history teachers (not just my own) who blatantly believe in the Hitler=Conservative myth/conspiracy.

Heya, as a teacher I want to stand up for at least myself and some other teachers! There's a lot of teachers that meet the description you give, but also a lot of teachers are the opposite and genuinely care about the education of students and not their grades... Oddly enough there seems to be not really an inbetween group though.

It's important to know what to say but it's also important to know why you should say it.

It's really sad how in this day and age going to school is not about learning, and it's just made to create a loyal citizens who don't think/debate about the reality that they live in

I have just recently spoke to an Englishman who is into medieval history. He has told me that children in British schools are not learning about 100 years’ war because it is politically incorrect and they cannot say that British fought against the Germans in WW2, they must say it was against nazis!!! They just go from 1066 to Tudors. That is bizarre to me. As Central (Eastern) European we were actually learning about general history of Europe including 100 years’ war, Joan of Arc, Crecy, Agincourt etc.

As a teacher of history and English, I am always open to learn more. I encourage my students to do the same.

I wish I could agree with you. I think that we MUST make sure that children get taught the correct information on history. Which is why my kids are getting homeschooled.

Doing an a level in history and my two Labour Party member teachers explaining that the Nazis weren’t socialist because they privatised the banks was hard to sit through

I was lucky enough to be able to talk on the topic of the political spectrum with a number of teachers outside of curriculum based lessons. Fortunately, when explaining the similarities between national socialism, fascism, socialism, and communism, they seemed to agree with me and took an interest in the topic. There are some good teachers out there who still respect freedom of speech and the truth. Thankfully I have not had the right wing Nazi lie force-fed down my throat… at least not yet.

This channel is absolutely great.

Arguing with your teachers isn't that pointless in my opinion. I used to do that a lot and even though no one ever got convinced to either side, I always felt really satisfied when opposing them with proper arguments(It's funny what they always say how universities are all about the debate and conversation until the first actual debate comes along). By doing that I bettered myself in speechcraft, self-confidence, and stress-management. It didn't always go my way but when it did it felt great and I'd also gain respect from the class and show those, who blindly followed that the professors are not the only and ultimate source of information, especially given the fact that the first university I went to was mostly dominated by post-communist intellectuals, many of whom still had a soft spot for Marx and alike.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great video. When I was coming out of high-school I considered taking a history degree since it was one of my favourite subjects, but decided against it and went for a degree in Pharmacology instead. I probably learned a lot more truth taking a Pharmacology degree than I would ever learn from a "History" degree in universities and I can still educate myself through books and your great catalogue of work here on youtube!

Cannot agree more. Luckily I somehow figured out the game of education very early. Now with a stable career, I can genuinely enjoy being educated. An unfortunate and merciless truth

I relate to this so much! I was like this girl in the fact I watched your videos for history. I didn’t want to admit the truth about nazi ideology and the treaty of Versailles. I feel bad in the fact I had to lie for a fancy piece of paper

I came to the same conclusion about the age of 14, it has served well over the years. I am now 60. On the matter of uni, I have no degree. Got my arse kicked repeatedly as a youngster did an apprenticeship and made a life for myself. Following one simple rule: Believe what you want to, but don't buck the system.

The only argument for National Socialism being right wing would be that it is farther to the right than the other forms of socialism. And that's still a stretch, but if you're a socialist and you really believe socialism is the one objectively correct way to shape society and nothing else is an option and you're actively shifting the overton window to the left to serve your political purposes, you can see why that would be an argument you would try to make.

Listen to TIK. He is right I did the opposite to what he advised and the education system burned me for it

My teacher apologised in an assembly that we hadn't been taught black history. Black people are quite a small minority in the UK and we demean them by treating them like a special class.

If a person says something they don't believe many times, they will gradually begin to believe it.

The way I see it; school is there to make good employees. Therefore, you have a conscious choice of which path you wish to take - if you can't stand following the doctrine, find a way to make things happen for yourself. I know there are laws preventing children from working, but you're never too young to be creative, and try things.

One thing I've learned by now, at sixteen, is that you can only debate with equals. Schoolteachers are never your equals. Police officers are never your equals. You don't argue when the policeman pulls you over, you just do the dance the way he wants you to. You don't argue with your teachers, you just dance the dance the way they want you to.

Hi, TIK. I'm a teacher myself, and sadly, You are completely right. Your subject matter is history here on this channel, mine is mostly science. I was drawn here because You discuss fascism, nazism, communism and other topics central to understanding the inbetween wars period in Europe the previous century. This has in my life also been of special interest, since both my parents were children and young adults in that period, and so were my aunts and uncles. They have all passed away now, and their life experiences and history with them. Under the ruling paradigm, I find that little official 'history'have not served what they experienced right. You come from GB, I from Norway, but we come to the same conclusions, even if You are the one brilliantly expressing it here, and I,so far, have said little on social media on this subject matter. Will be following Your work here going forward. I enjoy Your thorough and frank, unapologetic approach. Will talk some more late on. Bye for now, and God bless You.

Frankly this advice is not just suitable for 13-year-olds; it served me well in graduate level history courses. I got a solid A in 400 level Chinese history simply by reading all the assigned material, listening to the lectures, and acing the essay exams by summarizing all the information as presented (with a modicum of personal analysis, just not too much!). Now in this case, the curriculum was excellent as was the teacher, but that doesn't alter the dynamic of the teacher wanting the student to reflect the provided material back at them.

"Give the answers expected." That's how to write personality tests. And I suppose the purpose is to show that you (can pretend you don't) have any personality! Thus such tests are called "personality tests". As in medicine, negative indication of what's being tested for is desired.

Wise words. It is an uncle's prerogative to speak the truths that parents often cannot bring themselves to say. You have acquitted yourself admirably. I am proud to support you. We are in a war. It is the adults who must fight it and be its casualties. The most important thing for our children is to survive; grow into adulthood; grow up strong; and with the power to control their lives. For the precocious, the best thing they can do is be its witnesses. Remember what you see; remember what you hear. Think it out. Keep a diary. Then, when your time comes, build a better world, a strong family and community, and better schools than ones that were passed down to us but which we have ruined for your generation.