I am 16 years old.I love math and physics but the problem is that my physics and math teacher doesn’t explain well and he is always like this question doesn’t need any explanation it is logic.On the other hand my biology teacher explains clearly and never makes me feel dumb.Although biology is not my thing but i still get good marks.I love watching your videos u always motivate us to study and u will be remembered as girl who has an exquisite brain.

Honestly, I don’t hate SCHOOL ITSELF. I just hate the stress that school puts on us. I love learning the different subjects and getting to communicate with my peers, how ever, I hate the stress surrounding the school system e.g: tests, quizzes. However, most importantly, the BIGGEST reason I hate school is because of PRESSURE FROM PARENTS. Because of school giving us such hard tests etc, parents feel like they need to remind us to study every 5 mins. Maybe if the school didn’t put so much pressure on students, peers or parents wouldn’t either. And I wouldn’t be TAUGHT to hate school. Thank you for your time ☺️

I used to believe I was naturally bad at maths all my life, but last year, throughout grade 12, I started putting in more effort and with the help of my teacher I got to a B in maths at the end of the year.

I’ve loved learning since I was a child but not because of school but because of my own exploration of the world but if I didn’t have that I understand why people don’t like school. It’s nice to hear your perspective on this too! ☺️

We need emotional connection with what we learn. That's how we learn beyond memorization. The problem is that when we're not engaged with the subject, memorization won't become critical thinking. And thinking critically, specially when you spent too much time only memorizing and expecting the teachers answers instead of thinking about your own, is really hard and takes time. I wish school system stimulated critical thinking more... in my experience, that only became more important when I went to college, but it is a skill that should be taught since the first years of school.

As a teacher, we know a lot of these things but it's very very difficult to actually put any of it into action. The amount of administrative work, the teacher shortage creating more work for us, the fact that each teacher has over 100 students to think about, many with specific learning requirements, and a curriculum that's too packed to actually go into detail about anything, that we're discouraged from talking about anything not directly related to our subject area, and the increasing disrespect and disruption from students who don't want to be there... some days it feels impossible to just get through the content, let alone do a good job. I'm retraining to teacher librarianship because teaching is unsustainable and awful right now and the library is a place where I would be actually able to support students' interests. I know you're not implying at all that teachers aren't doing a good enough job, I just want to add some context. A lot of students and parents and politicians think (and tell us!) that we're just not engaging students enough. A lot of our training is about how to make our lessons more interesting. It's just not possible to do that for each bit of content, each class, each day.

“You can only imagine as far as your knowledge” OH MY GOD I love this so much jade 🥰💓💓

i’m so glad you talked about this, i wish more people did. especially about the fixed mindset. and i really agree about how much the pressure to succeed affects wholeheartedly learning

One of the reasons I didn’t like school ( which was 4 decades ago), was simply that it didn’t matter how exciting the teachers tried to make it......... I’d still rather be at home, or on holidays, or doing something else 😮 Now, as a teacher (in Australia) I see things from ‘the other side of the coin’. Some of the ideas you discussed in the book, have been around in educational circles for decades. Some of these ideas sound fantastic in theory, but are really difficult to put into practice. I noticed that another of your viewers has also commented on this.

The fixed mindset one is soooo true! I used to think I was horrible at math, I always got decent grades but I usually never understood/ enjoyed studying maths. Just last year I had the equivalent to the SATs ( would determine my college position) and I got very anxious about maths so I studied on my own most of the topics I could think of. I got one of the highest percentages at my school and discovered that when I study maths on my own, I am capable of enjoying it, I just need a different approach to learn

It is so wholesome that there are people who really love learning and want to change the way that students are approached at school. From my experience, our attitude depends on our teachers, system, and the general way that school is seen in our environment. I went to school in Poland and our education system is often called 'Prussian school" for being focused on learning everything by heart, a huge amount of knowledge everyone needs to have to pass a year, and not letting students choose what they want to study until like 2nd year of high school (before that everyone is learning everything). That is why I wanted to go to university in the UK but I couldn't because of the finances. But now I am still here and we make fun of our syllabuses for being completely inadequate and stating that we should spend only 80 h on reading 54 books, learning about 50 topics (each for like 10 pages of pure notes we should know by heart) for an exam (one of 3-4) and write a 10 - 15 pages essay. Also, professors in Poland usually see their students as a burden and someone to test and push to their limits. They really often just decide to make 50% or more of them fail the exam just because they want to maintain the opinion of their class to be hard.

Hi Jade! I just found your channel, and I just wanted to tell you that I absolutely love it. I love the combination of playful and casual content mixed with useful and interesting knowledge that you've found from your studies. It wasn't until last year that I realized that I genuinely enjoy learning, but recently I've been a little unmotivated I've been struggling to display that at school. Your channel is a reminder to me that learning is fun, useful, and empowering. Thank you for being you and for putting in so much time to create this channel.

Jade, you're a true inspiration. I genuinely began liking school after I came across your channel and thank you so so much for that!!! Keep going, you slay!

I recently finished this book in preparation for starting teacher training in September. I really love cognitive theory, its so interesting and I really hope to embed what I learned into my classrooms

Loved this video, it was so interesting. As someone who has always found a big part of her self-esteem in school accomplishments, I feel like I’ve lost sight of the fun part of learning. The pressure of performing well in school is truly damaging to the mental health of boys and girls, especially if you’ve always been a good student, and your achievements are expected and taken for granted. I’m from Italy and in September I’m going to start my last year of highschool. I'm a little scared and after two years of on and off quarantine due to covid I feel a little lost. I want to make the most out of my school experience, without overthinking grades and teachers’ too high expectations of us. So I’m intent on making school more fun and interesting in all the little ways I can. :)

Jade, your content is so interesting, intriguing. Thank you so much for sharing your work!! I'm getting so motivated to go back to my university and see this school year differently ♡

Thank you for mentioning the student's overall life too! I believe school could be more efficient and concise. Children need to discover and live and play so much ; teenagers and young adults are literally described as going through "an emotional thunderstorm" by many therapists. In my ideal world, schools are gentle and feel like a safe space, where everyone belongs 🙏🏻

I totally agree with this so much!! the teachers at my school never went into the classes with a good mindset either.. they were always running on empty and were never engaging us in the work itself. its probably not all their fault because the school system is putting an unnecessary amount of pressure to get us to a certain level, but if teachers just changed a few words in the way they were speaking to us, then that alone could get us more interested in the classes and work. like you were saying about how teachers say "you need to remember this because its on the exam", if they just said "this information will be useful in your future everyday life" etc then it gets us thinking that yeah, I probably need to know this not only for a good result, but for myself to do better in the future. Change in words could go a long way without them even realising it.

Even though I recently graduated and have half a year of exploring before I'm of to military service, I decided to study some cources this semester. I am already exited to be learning new stuff, things which my high school years didn't cover - but this video made that excitement double a 1000 times over. Love your dedication and true love for what I also love ❤️ here we go learning 👏

Thank you jade for this video, I really love the point of why memorisation is in important as someone who love imaging things and also your point about the school system should have a level where we can learn at our place 🔥💕🔥👍🏾

Thank you so much for this video Jade! It echoed so many of the thoughts I had about the education system too. Thanks for sharing. I loved it

knowledge as a precursor to imagination is fascinating and not something I thought of before. I was initally thrown off by your third point that knowledge is more important than imagination but then I understood your point. Great video! Never been this early to your videos XD

As always Jade, you are amazing and this video is incredible. Love your energy, it's really coming through the screen 💕

I just completed high school and I always wanted to be a doctor.. now I'm rethinking it. I'm more inclined towards biology.. so I'm curious what course you are doing.. Love your content a lot 💜

Hi Jade, I love this video; I especially resonated with your points about the desirable difficulty of a subject as someone who also has ADHD and finds it sometimes difficult to properly explore a topic without having a deep interest in it. One correction about your growth/fixed mindset point is that I think you were meant to say that Carol Dweck popularised it (rather than Angela Lee Duckworth).

Hey jade.. I love ur accent.. The first time I saw ur video, this british accent of yours inspired me to learn it...😀 Your motivational videos always made me feel confident and have gratitude and how could I forget your unique study techniques which you delivered on this platform to millions of people in order to help them out.

I love your videos, I’ve been struggling with living but your videos make me feel kinda comprehended in a way and it also helps me to keep going

This was so interesting Jade. I teach 1 day a week at Uni (medicine) as part of my job, so I love educational content 😊 My husband is constantly saying he's rubbish at maths, so I will tell him about this part too 😊

Oh my god love this video. I'm coming back to school. So this video is for me love you, Jade ❤️❤️❤️ big love from Vietnam 🥰🥰

so glad I found her!! she inspires and motivates me so much

I am currently studying a master’s degree in Educational Sciences specialising in computerised adaptive learning and will soon start an internship in this field. If you ever would like to have a chat about this topic feel free to reach out ☺️❤️ Loved the video, the world needs more critical perspectives on learning and education!

As a primary teacher I can totally relate with what you're saying, especially in the beginning of the video. I wanted to become a teacher for all my life and I have been teaching for a couple of years, but am losing the joy of teaching due to teaching boring curriculum and not being able to meet the expectations of all my pupils, considering their level of learning. Also: fixed and growth mindset is a concept thought of by Carol Dweck 😉

Not only we need to be curious, but we also need a good classroom and family environment. Interesting to hear your opinion on this subject. I fear that we are making learning feel like it is a job. Some people say that school environment is mundane. The meaning of this word is set to be boring or dul, but it shouldn't mean that, instead the opposite, because it comes from the Latin "mundus" which means the world, and the world is anything but boring or dul. Love your videos.

Thank you! Thank you! I really needed this!♡♡♡♡

First of all i just want to say you are so naturally beautiful I am honestly in awe!! The other thing is everything that you are saying in this video is so so true!!! School will try to stuff these things in your brain and all we can do is drag ourselves just enough to get that good grade but what for?? All we do is forget the material later on because of all this information that is forced in our brain that we cant keep because it just gets to this point where its truly overwhelming :(

For 15 years I told myself I was bad at math and it became my identity and I’ve finally started changing that thank you!

Thank you jade this is amazing!

I found the perfect channel at the perfect time. Now, m gonna ace this 12th (hs) exam🎓 Thank you so muchh... Jadee☺️💝

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this book and talking about some facts! It was genuinely so interesting and useful. 🌟☺️

As someone who has started their journey to becoming a audiologist, it is so much easier to justify learning everything. Like sitting with the sinusoidal function was fun because I know "this is going to be something I can apply later on, and that will help someone hear better". I wish it could have been this much fun sooner.

Yes! Also the heart's electromagnetic field is super super nice to learn about too! :)

Loved watching this video! Thankyou :)

I have such a fixed mindset about my own skills, but it's really hard to break out of. These thought patterns are so ingrained in me that it's safer to just ignore the difficult feelings of inadequacy and self-loathing than it is to take them on dir4ectly.

Thank you very much for the motivation.

Have you ever thought about making a podcast about these subjects? I love to listen to you😍

In some sense I do agree the more you know the more you imagine. I was not very good at writing before. This is due to many factors. Not knowing grammar, sentence structure, vocabulary etc. however when I learnt more vocabulary I became more creative with my writing. Still need to pay attention with grammar and sentence structure.

I am just finding chemistry and physics too hard. Thank you so much for this because I kinda had settled the thing that "This ain't for me." I am gonna change that. I have a got a lot of work to do. I am also finding lectures hard because I have slacked off and don't know what is going on in the school right now. Guess I just need to do a little bit of hard work. Thanks a lot!🥰

in theory, my school covers most of these points- we are put into math and english classes based on skill which should solve the issue with desirable difficulty there is constant talk about growth mindsets and quotes are plastered on the walls there is a big focus on metacognition awards are given out for progress but it is not enjoyable whatsoever, despite many points being fullfilled. All of these have been forgotten or implemented in a useless or bad way. beyond the three sets we have for classes, nothing is tailored to the students ability. The ones further ahead still dont have anything to do, and the work is roughly similar for all sets growth mindsets are only mentioned in theory. The school does put much effort into actually talking about it. the progress awards are fine, but theyre given out barely as often as high grade praise, and any rewards are underwhelming, but that applies to all of the prizes.

I think for me it’s mainly the pressure of exams and the way I find gratification only from my marks that I don’t find my education enjoyable but I find it extremely stressful.

This is true in aspects of my life. I never like learning ever since I graduated. I didn’t see the point and application on how it will be used in my life cause I never knew that it can actually be effective in real life. Ever since highschool, i didnt learned anything and didnt prepare for the future cause i see no point. Im really in a bubble But thank u for this vid

since i watch your videos , i have to say that i can listen to British accent easilier. One more thing is why you can have lots of energy Jade

Thanku, as a person with ADHD really you made me feel special ❤❤❤❤

love the video but wanted to give a special shoutout to ur necklace! it’s so cute :)

Great video Jade!!

i loved your energy so much, thank you for all the advice!!! new follower! :)))

Now I'm also loving the science of learning thanks 💗 for inspiring 😊 us

I went to a very diverse primary school with all different backgrounds and I remember when I was young the teacher told us that we all have different backgrounds but it doesn’t matter because when we come to school we are all learning the same thing but it really does because not ever gets the same support

THANK YOU you are a literal (and v smart) ray of sunshine

I have a really good memory. I can memorize pretty quickly and that makes me remember a lot of details. I think that is connected to my capacity of critical thinking

Very interesting video! I’m going to become a teacher in Germany and what we’re learning and discussing at university is quite similar to your points, particularly what you’re criticising. To change the system is a big challenge, but absolutely necessary, I agree! Unfortunately, there will not be a black or white solution, just like it is for every other controversial problem in the world. However, I am optimistic that the „next generation“ of teachers will be having many inspiring views on education and hopefully will be motivated enough to actually implement something innovative. :)

I feel like you could write a great book about education too, I would 100% read it!

So far in my degree I’ve failed 2 subjects (due to health issues in my first year), passed 4 and credited 4, my GPA is 3.5 (out of 7 in Australia). The university doesn’t seem to think these are particularly good grades, but I’ve studied things I enjoy and learnt so many cool things. However, one of my biggest goals is to go on exchange and study overseas for a year but for that you need a 4.5 GPA (some unis want a 5). It’s really annoying to me as I believe I’ve learnt enough and have enough skills to study overseas, but I have to pander to the uni in order to “get the desirable grades”.

I got burntout in 7th grade, then I moved schools the following year ( in the pandemic) and then the workload was less and I was happy with it but online school was BORING. The year after that was ACTUALLY interesting but last year was SORTA stressful but the stress was mostly motivating, I just IGNORED the demotivating stress lol and I did the best I could with the info I had ( like I thought that I was giving it my all but I rlly wasn't. I COULD have done better but I am not too bothered by that). Then this year, I guess I fell into a habit of procrastinating because school is both MORE boring and mum pressured the HELL out of me and now I am just unable to get out. The only way out I see is working more. Idk WHEN the therapy that I am taking will work tho. As an AuDHD'er school is arguably worse. Next year is my final year of school so I need to do a 180 ASAP.

Very informative and thoughtful.

what an excellent video! this matter should have more prominence in the academic environment and beyond.👍🥰

thank u for this video

Skill Share 😍Thanks Jade!

Aptitude/interest is so important

I love school, seeing my friends and teachers every day is fun for me. It's just the exams and homework stress that I despise :\ and of course, stress and peer pressure from parents and other students...

I hope you open up your own school someday 🧡✨ Your love for learning is inspiring!

I want to send this to all of my teachers

Hey Jade when is the Edinburgh vlog coming ? So excited for that , and great video as always

This is an amazing video

your accent comforts my ears

dude i am not diagnosed with adhd but iif i like something i am invested and do it well, like to research etc, but if not then is so hard for me to actually focus, i try but it take double the time to finish and my mind wonders. and i am already super behind with school [i am homeschooled]

the issue i've always had with school, esp in the last few years is that there are some things that i'm not 'naturally good at' (i,e math), and i also just straight up hate. so it feels like a waste of time to put all this extra effort into something that i hate doing and makes me miserable, yet school demands that i do just that

Awesome video 💕🙏🏻

I never struggled with many subjects in school except for science, but I get so depressed thinking abt school…I hope sophomore year will be better but I was considering graduating early. I used to love school before but high school changed it all, even though I never really struggled academically, just mentally. If all goes well maybe I will graduate with my class :)

Even my teachers themselves tell me that they hate having to make exams because they rather value what the student did throughout the entire year than what they do in one day, a day that might not be going well for the student. On my own experience: I was doing well on Music class last year as I love music. But I couldn't attend the most important exam even when I tried (I wanted to go even after getting no sleep and ending up puking at 4 am) and because I couldn't go to the doctor either, I ended up getting a really big impact on my grade. I talked with the teacher and to my surprise (A surprise because a year ago I thought all teachers agreed with the school system and how it functioned haha) he agreed with me and explained how he thought I was a wonderful student and person, and how unfair it was that due to me feeling unwell one day out of the entire year I would get a negative impact on my grade for something out of my control. What I am trying to say with this is that even as we might think teachers are disconnected from the students. Most of the time they aren't. They probably agree with you on a lot of things! Like how flawed the school system is. I thankfully started high school the exact same year some changes and rules were applied. And I'm so thankful for that as I think I would have failed if the high school I attend was still going by the old rules. (For context on this last part) THE OLD RULES: Basically the way it was played out here in Uruguay was that no matter how good or bad you did throught the school year, if you failed the final exam you would instantly fail that class (Or pass the class if you passed the exam) Naturally this is very flawed and VERY stress inducing (I am a very anxious person and just by thinking about having to study for twelve exams that would determine my final grade makes me feel dizzy) . So they decided to change it up and go with newer, fairer less flawed rules THE NEW RULES: Basically this new system is like the complete opposite of the older system, it rewards students that do good while giving students that aren't doing very well a chance to pass. If you have good grades on every single class, you will get notified and be able to start summer vacations an entire month early. But if you have at least ONE class with a bad grade, you will be notified to come to school ONLY for the specific classes you have bad grades on, this will be a period of around 3 to 4 weeks, in which the teacher will have a normal class but putting great emphasis in asking questions about what the class is working on. And on the last class, the teacher will decide who did good enough to pass the class, and who didn't. Those that pass the class will end usually with a score of 6 (Minimum to pass), and those who didn't will have to go through the big final boss exam. Which contains everything done in the year, to be able to pass the class once completed. The trick is however, that if you go through the entire next school year without being able to pass this exam, you won't be able to pass to the next grade. So you'll be stuck until you finish this exam. This system not only gives students that for whatever reason don't have the required grade to pass specific classes a last final chance to be able to prove themselves and get a good enough grade to pass, but it also rewards students who could get to the end of November without having ANY insufficient grade in any of the 11 classes. And it also works as motivation for the people that are close to having good grades on each class. As this final little push could be the difference between them starting their summer vacations a whole month early, or having to not only come for 4 more weeks, but also to risk failing the class. Sorry for writing so much but I wanted to share this, as this system (That I do not know if it's implemented in other countries) feels like a VERY GOOD alternative to what schools usually do.

Some countries have a system where one grade has different levels. I know in the dutch systen they have mavo, havo, etc. It's quite interesting.

You’re Awesome❤❤❤

Looking forward to meeting with you one day Jade. We will have some amazing conversations.

Hi jade, I just wanted to say I really love your channel :)

love you. You saved my physics grade haha

I love u Jade ♥️

Love u from Kenya🇰🇪🇰🇪

I love to hear you

I'm slightly fearful of going back to college (in the UK) at the age of 31 to do the access to nursing course, so that I can go on to do a nursing degree. However, I do have a lot of curiosity in the topic. When I'm at work on the weekend and helping to restock the treatment rooms, as I work in a hospital, I spend 5 seconds or so just looking at the medical equipment I'm stocking up like the 20ml, 15ml, 10ml, 5ml, 2.5ml syringes, the blue, orange, gold cap blood collectors, the bungs, the tourniquet, the machines that the nurses use. I just hope that I do well in the course. It's human biology, psychology and social studies.

omg im so glad you made this video! I did a presentation about it at school actually, a lot of people are stuck in the system and want to get out.

Honestly I love learling, reading so much, but school sucks. It is the cause of my anxiety and depression. I just feel very very tired but I have to keep doing some stupid stuff for some stupid grades, instead of doing what I really enjoy((( Thank you for this video💕💕

This video needs to go viral!

Bit random but where’s your sweater vest from?? (Also really interesting video! 💞)

I used to LOVE primary school, and all the reasons why disappeared when I went into secondary :/ I'm going into year 10 now

Pick subjects you enjoy and you will love year 12. Unfortunately, year 13 is where you learn things the hard way with ucas and rejections and everything.

"memorisation is a precursor to practical thinking" *"Knowledge is more important than imagination, because you can only imagine so far as your knowledge goes. If you take language you can only imagine or explain stuff on your limiting vocabulary and not beyond it because you don't even know that there's more you could imagine. We understand things in the basic concepts that we memorized."* Reminds me of a book called "the giver" where everyone sees the world in a monotonous colour just grey- I never thought about it till now but how would you know what colour an apple would be like if you don't know what red even is?

One thing about the growth mindset that i dont particularly like is its lack of realism in certain situations. My dads a teacher at a college and he sees quite often kids who are predicted DDD (or worse) saying I want to do medicine or law or some top class degree which they realistically can't and don't get into. It's hard because I want to encourage the growth mindset but at the same time if its going to take twice as long to do something as it would for someone else then is it really worth it for that person? I think the narrative that anyone can do anything is kinda misleading idk. Thoughts?

curiosity makes our life way more interesting !!!

I love u🗣 Jade♥️♥️♥️

I used to think I was really bad at maths until I hit 9th grade and all of a sudden aced all the exams, then I proceeded to slowly drop off again (probably because I hated my teachers and they certainly didn't like me that much either). In my last semester of school I tried to turn around a grade with a high effort in participation which is something I always struggled with and my teacher was like: "Nah, I don't like you, I'll grade you like that never happened.". Ended up doing pretty well in the final exam at school and proceeded to go to engineering school where I really liked maths and did quite well. So remember the system is heavily flawed, don't let them doubt based on what they think you can and can't do and being bad at something in school doesn't really mean anything.

I just realized so much things because of this video! I literally quit farmaceutical sciences because of the lack of representation :00