“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” ALBERT EINSTIEN

Intelligence should be measured in enginuity and creativity not in memory.

Showed this my mum thinking she would understand, bhoyy was i wrong ima end up homeless on results day.

It's a great point. If students were taught more life skills like: - How will I be taxed? - What's the difference between employment and self-employment and what are the pros and cons of each? - What different career paths are there? - Which industries are looking for people, which are saturated? - How do pensions work? - What is life insurance all about? - How do I buy a house? Is it better than renting? - What happens when I get married, what rights change? - What are my legal rights when buying goods, or selling goods, or signing contracts? For all the critics on this feed, wouldn't that have helped you going into adulthood more than learning how to measure the area of a parallelogram or how potatoes transmit water through their cell walls? Surely?

'A+ students' hating this video completely missed the point.It's not saying you're wrong for excelling, BUT your counterparts aren't failures either. They're the untapped potential of our generation who's unique learning styles are being ignored. People romanticize the past, but our generation are the most well-connected, well-informed we've ever had. We're not apathetic we're underestimated and unengaged. It's time we stopped forcing kids to fit into the system and change the system to fit us.

that bit about remembering something 5 minutes after the exam is so relevant to my exams this year

Test us with tests but the finals are never final. For they never prepare us for the final test which is survival

This man speaks all of the truth, this is what every young person thinks but is to afraid to say, Our entire lives, dreams and aspirations can come true or break depending on if we can pull it out on the day

Repeat after me "I will not let an exam result decide my fate!" Whether you do well or poorly during tests, everyone should have the same opportunities to succeed. Whatever "success" means to you, you can make it if you try.

This is for all the guys that, like me, didn't get great exam results. X

The poetry is strong in this one.

my 13 year old brother steered me towards this...i am in awe...i just wish someone who could change the system would take it to heart

Genius! We don't study for an exam because we like it, or because it's key to our success. We do it to get that subject over with and not have to take it again. I'm terrible at test, but I'm creative. Still, I fail a test and have to take the subject over again, even if it has nothing to do with what I'm gonna be when I grow up. Why do they fill our heads with a load of garbage? I like the seventh art. I like movies and making up stories. I love imagination. I've learned to be more creative by my experiences outside of school, than by my experiences inside the school. School doesn't let you dream. I have ADD and people hate it when I get distracted in class. I take that distraction to my advantage because of have a vivid imagination. That's why I write stories, yet school doesn't like it if you write another kind of story than the one they ask. They limit you.

Life ruiner. That's all school is. Depression, anxiety, pressure, stress, the list goes on. The education system is ridiculous, anyone who disagrees is a fool themselves. I'd love to write a paragraph about my opinion on this matter, but instead I have to go and attempt a maths practice exam to prove to my teacher that I am not going to fail a subject. to make my parents proud of me and not worry that my life will be a complete failure, to ensure a teacher doesn't look down on me in the most condescending way known to man, and to somewhat relieve my mind of some of the current stress I have. 6th year of my school work, currently in sixth form, and the only way I can describe school is by using the term "prison". I live by two quotes: "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a goldfish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing that it is stupid" - Albert Einstein "If you don't build your dreams, someone will hire you to build theirs."

Used to write "I will not let an exam result decide my fate" on the back of my geometry exams in the 10th grade. My teacher wrote back to me and told me how much I reminded her of her in high school. I was awe struck because that meant somebody like me COULD become something good such as a teacher. 10 years later, i'm in a teaching credential program along with my masters in Education. These videos reshaped the way I learned and viewed learning.

It's scary how 10 minutes in a exam hall can change your whole life

My life is totally being decided by a single maths grade. I'm deemed stupid and unworthy to study a completely unrelated subject at university simply because don't understand maths. I'm sinking here. I just wish someone would throw me a life saver.

It seems to me that the message in this video has been skewed in the comment section. He specifically says that he LOVES EDUCATION but HATES SCHOOL. He says people will not all understand this message, and it is very apparent by the amount if people saying "This is ignorant, math is very important and he is influencing a mindset against learning the basics". You have missed the point. The video is about school GRADES in relationship to success in life. Educators will preach about the undeniable importance of these subjects, but if you don't make a high enough mark to even become a scientist, what was the purpose of all that studying? The comment on "remembering the answer 5 minutes after the test" is important too. As everyone knows, the education system is flawed. But what is not normally discussed is the importance of personal empowerment. We are taught that if you don't do well in school, you won't accomplish anything. Know why? Because people are automatically biased against people who have bad school records. Individual qualities, talents and ideas are overshadowed by how well you did on a test that one time. In order for an individual to properly respect a system, the system has to account for the individual.

Results day today. Who else came here for hope?

3 years and this still means so much

I always wanted to be a doctor, but I can't, because I was never good at maths when I was in school. I mastered every other subject. It hurts so much.

The messege in this is "I will not let an exam result decide my fate". Not "dont go to school", or "dropp out now its fun". Majority of you did not get that. Some of you did. There's too many people who will get a bad grade on a test and believe they are failures and nothing else. Believe it or not but you decide your success. Dont let a test decide.

I failed my GCSEs because of my Attention Deficit Disorder. This made me happy. Thank you. I will not let an exam result decide my fate.

Dear People, QUESTION EVERYTHING & THINK CRITICALLY. Peace.

I'm a straight A student, anything less is unacceptable to me because ever since I was 11 I've had the importance of exams drilled into my head to the point where I stay up until 3AM cramming revision into my head for a mark that will be nothing more than a colour coded assumption of how well I'm progressing. I spend day in day out trying to find a way to enjoy my subjects because I do love education; but I remember nearly crying as I wrote in my GCSE options of 4 subjects I'd least like to take, but they'll "look good on application forms". I remember the time I got a C in my math exam and was told I need to try harder but when I get an English Lit A* where I enjoy working I'm told to focus on something more "intellectual". Because the grades for show matter more than the grades for ME. That's my problem.

What world we live in huh, every year I'm reminded of how fucking messed up the world we live in is. It makes you want to wish you never existed. Yet I can't get over the beauty of life. Nothing we can really do... I don't know about you people but I'll try my best to live happy.

I did really badly on a maths gcse today that I was almost guaranteed to do well on. I came straight here. Made me feel a little better.

The thing I agree with the most about this is the fact that an artist with ADHD is expected to get an ACT score just as good as the brainiac math kid sitting next to him... will never make any sense to me.

School sometimes can be so hard. Is not that i'm not mentally capable but rather that sometimes i don't have time or i'm just not emotionally focused on school.

All we do in school is learn how to pass a stupid test, and once those tests are over, we can finally begin to learn about the world around us and what we can do for it. Kids at school don't fail because they are stupid or don't try, its because they don't feel engaged with what they are doing. I'm a 16 year old living on the south coast of England and the only thing I truly care about in school is music. I have my GCSE exams now and there's a good chance that I will fail to get and A*- C grade in most of them, and that's OK. I will not allow myself to be changed by a letter on a page, because I am happy the way I am. And in the end... Isn't that all that matters?

Intelligence is based on how good your memory is how bad is that?

'If you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its life thinking it's stupid.'

This is really touching. I hate the way your future impends on test scores and shit that you won't use in the future, but there's only so much we can do. If we didn't have school, we'd have uneducated kids trying to go for skilled jobs. I agree with the fact that exam scores should not determine whether or not we can pursue our dream, but college and the learned material to get to your dream career is important. High school exams, a little different.

He's saying that a bad grade won't change your fate. This video is not to pity the people who failed their yearly exam, this video was made to say that all people have their own dreams, their own talent and their own 'Thinking processes". What he meant about the education system being bias is that teachers, exam markers will only mark you based on the marking criteria and not HOW good of an answer it was. Like he said "You got a bad grade for your story because it didn't follow the class and it was informal" (I think it was along those lines). Jeesus you guys are going on about the education system being broken. Of course its not, he's implying another meaning to his poem.

Eh I just wanna get out of fucking Spanish class

Regurgitation =/= Intelligence. You develop intelligence when you think for yourself, rationalize between right/wrong, and follow your instincts which lead you to what your natural talent. People who follow what they are naturally great at and enjoy what they are doing will eventually become successful.

Sad thing is educators and governments will never get it and if they do which we know they do, they will not change a thing. School is not for learning in the public education system. It is about conformity, NOT education!

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to change you, is the greatest accomplishment"

I’m going to be judged so badly if I get bad exam results :( not everyone is perfect and people need to understand that! I will not give up if I get bad grades. I’m not letting an exam result take over my life.

"education is what's left when all the facts are forgotten" Simple.

Nobody should be judged on what is written on a piece of paper, “Stop judging that you may not be judged, for with what judgment you are judging, you will be judged; and with the measure that you are measuring out, they will measure out to you.” (Matt. 7:1, 2)

the problem with this education system is that they are trying to prepare us for a future of their perspective and what our future should look like...they try to show us how to run society their way and they want us to learn from their mistakes....from their perspective...yet they don't let us shape it ourselves....also the fact that this system isn't meant to educate you at all.......Today...i went up to my algebra teacher....and asked him...when will we ever use these equations in our lives....and what he said pretty much shocked me....he himself agreed never....but what he did say is that we needed this to graduate high school and go to college...now if we all have a basic understanding that most of the stuff we are "learning" in school is pointless....why do we do it??? because of private companies like pearson...mcgraw hill.....holt mcdougal...glencoe...etc.......this system is nothing more then a mass corrupted idea......ever since the idea of trying to "educate" mass amounts of students by incorporating military teaching methods from prussia....this whole system was bound to be a failiure from the start...ever since then did it take so many years to establish a solid idea in peoples mind....that this is the way to be successful...and that the definition of success is only achieved by going through all of this....now that we are beginning to learn that this is all a sham...why do we still do it?? because of common core.....and ALEK...and all these government contracts with these private companies that force schools nationwide...to use their products and keep updating to the new "revised" version of this textbook...or the next grading software......this is a trillion dollar industry....where everybody no matter what is forced to use these companies resources and the fact that common core is forced upon the entire country and to use their methods...this was never even meant to benefit us in anyway....what truly comes out of this for you in the end...is a waste of your time...waste of hardwork that you could of put into something more meaningful like pursuing your goals in a more true and legitimate way...........and just a lifetime of doubt...but even if your the "smartest" student in your whole school and graduate as the valedictorian of your high school...and then go off to college..you will still be screwed over....because college is just another huge economic pothole which millions of people are "CONDITIONED" to believe is the way to go....and then they are conditioned to think this or otherwise that they won't get a job and they will become poor.....people have manipulated every single generations minds mostly not even out of conscious thinking...they were conditioned themselves and just passed down the reality that THEY have been taught by the previous generation and etc......but thats the genius of this idea...because now that you've implanted an idea into 80% of humans for the last (i don't even know how many) years...it would take a miracle to change peoples perspective on reality based on something they have known for their whole life.......but.....we could start fresh...start a new world...a new generation....just stop with all these economic "boosting" money plots and just let the children shape a world of their own..a world where people will have the ability to truly be able to learn what they want....where we don't put a price on our education....and where if we do..(taxes)...it will truly go to the schools that need support and actually help them and not just get a small percentage of it...and where the rest goes to private companies..because when you do give schools your taxes what does it go to??? yep..the private companies again...all their books..resources..everything...anyways...we just need to stop repeating a mistake every single generation which where we believe that were not...and the longer it takes for change to come the more problems will arise.....every single generation of children is getting smarter and smarter than the last one...because of all the resources they have like the internet..phones..all those things..the world is at their finger tips and they are learning from it all day every day....now since they are intrigued with the world around them like looking at google earth and seeing france and the eiffel tower...or taj mahal....or just watching you tubers play video games like assassins creed minecraft etc...is still educating them one way or another...they get harder to teach because they don't want to waste their time in a boring class room all day...they just want to be experiencing the world around them...then understand the problems around them....ive also noticed something....most of the kids in ap classes that i have known....didnt have modern technological resources..and if they did the got it a little late than everybody else...and when others have been debating with them that the system is corrupt....(which has happened in my school before).....nearly all of them have disagreed..and just continued to ace every single class...and while everybody that do think the system is corrupt...just still keep doing average for the sake of not getting bothered with annoying emails and notifications to their parents and getting nagged at to keep doing "good" in school.....and just don't want to look retarded infront of their peers..which in majority are in the same position as well...but anyways....change needs to come sometime or sooner.....and it needs to start with our kids doing what they feel is right .....we need to stop holding them back and just keep on lying at them and keep saying that the world is theirs......yet they barely get any experience of it when you do...now a lot of you won't agree with me and thats fine...because thats how your excel...taking criticism and hearing everybody's opinions..whether its THATS SO FREAKING RETARDED WHATS WRONG WITH YOU....YOUR TOO DUMB JUST THROW YOURSELF OFF OF THIS PLANET...

Had to come hear after doing my biology exam today😪

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i agree im a student who is bullied by my teacher trying to get me out of her class she uses me as an example for the rest of the class she dosent understand im better at other things

This is so amazing!He spoke only the truth!

The year is 2020 and I keep coming back to these videos even when I've been out of school for so long. These videos taught me how there's more than one perspective on life. That not everything is black and white. Though I learned these truths too late as a teenager in school that it never really set in until it no longer applied, I will be sure to teach my kids and anyone else the importance of being unique and that test results doesn't define them.

This will get lost but it’s mad how this still is still relevant, no changes and even worse we are getting our grades based on an algorithm. Shocking and whatever is said on that piece of paper next week I know it won’t stop my rise because I know everything is done for a reason. God bless you all❤️

I did really shitty on an exam once and I went to my professor to see what I did wrong and he said; don't worry about the exam, it won't make you who you'll become. Very inspirational poem friend, you are going to help inspire students to be themselves. Great Job :)

Exams aren't meant to find out what your good at or what you enjoy, there to prove that you will WORK to get through even if you hate it. Employers don't care about what exams you do, they only care about the grade because this shows how much you have worked for it. It's up to yourself to find what you enjoy after you have shown the best you can grind for something even if you hate it but know that it will help you in later life.

A teacher of mine showed us this back in middle school and it was probably the best thing a teacher has ever shown me in a class because it was clear he understood us and he believed in us and actually wanted to help us. Ironically when I showed my mom this video when I got home, she said she was offended by it.

why do videos like this not going viral but one of children opening toys does?

How are you able to come up with such strong, brilliant, and profound words. Isn't it hard performing your own work on KZfaq in front of millions a people. Have you ever been criticized for speaking the truth.

School isn't about how smart you are, but about how hard you will work towards a goal.

Been 3 years and nothing has changed :'(

Common sense is the only education you need. You don't need to regurgitate someone else's bullshit to survive. FUCK HIGHER EDUCARION AND WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO TEACH. I WILL LEARN ON MY OWN.

watching this while studying for one of my last end-of-year exams is really helping me!! Every time I worry about a test I immediately think of the powerful message in this spoken word, it's great and I'm feel much more relaxed now!!

Your videos give me chills and goosebumps every time. You have such an incredibly oratory, and you are so inspirational! THANK YOU for motivating me to persuing my dreams!

I honestly don't think that there's a better "education" than traveling. And I don't mean stay in hotels or hostels with your suitcases and duffel bags, I mean carry only the essentials. From that point on, you just hoof it. You learn what you're capable of, how patient you are, how great people are when they give you a helping hand, how much you really need to get by, and most importantly, a priceless experience. An experience no university or school could give you. You make your own itinerary and do what you want, when you want. You go where you want to go. Your curiosity and freedom go hand in hand when you put yourself out there when you seek for new adventure. With school, you're bound to only the individuals you attend school with as well as the classrooms that surround you. Yes, you meet new people and make friends but when you travel, your new friendships are much more valuable than you would ever expect. So avoid the classrooms, and take to the world where everybody is a teacher as well as a student. There, you'll receive more than just a piece of paper that is supposed to make our lives so easy. And no matter what you do, your future is never determined, degree or no degree. Remember that.

The problem's deeper. Mathematics in the UK is taught completely wrong. Obviously being able to do algebra, trigonometry and geometry is required; but it lacks the reasoning. Lacks context, lacks the testing of imagination and logic but tests memory and ability to fill meaningless equations with numbers. Even universities aren't satisfied with it. Thus STEP, MAT and AEA mathematics papers which test logic and reasoning (but you still need to know identifies and standard calculus results). I've identified one subject, even physics A level lacks the calculus aspect (so PAT papers test maths skills). How we think about education needs to change, how it's taught and who it's taught to.

1) You don't have to have a degree to become successful, but with a degree your chances of success increase a hundredfold. 2) When a kid complains about having to study a subject (most notably maths), it's likely because he's too immature and/or stupid to appreciate its worth, or because he'd rather spend his time playing games and hanging out with his dumbass friends. Left on his own, he wouldn't, in all likelihood, spend his time more productively than he would at school. 3) By all means, boycott schools and the education system. Have fun bagging groceries in the future.

Man I still love this video 6 years later. I remember being 17 and listening to this for the first time, I felt so empowered.

Tomorrow it will be 10 years from when this was released! I remember listening to it over and over. Share it with everyone now.

Reads my mind. save humanity not make fking kids slaves for 20 yrs.

That's all true in high school and lower, but when you get to University (allowed to enter University) you're forced to decide what you want to study, choose a career, while at the same time you are also forced to take subjects you will NEVER use. In my first year engineering I was forced to take two chemistry courses which brought down my mark significantly, I KNEW I hated chem and would never do it in my life before I even got to University, yet I was still forced to take it, where's the logic in that, my grades are based on me remembering information and knowing how to do things I will never ever use again in my life and I know that for a fact.

I don't understand why people are being so negative, open your minds and consider what he is actually saying

I remember watching this as a little boy n being wide eyed as this man spoke, watching this again a decade later n this message has never been any stronger

Well said.

I understand the point this video is using but there are a lot of lazy kids out there with a deep sense of entitlement that will see this video and think "Yeah, he's right i'm not going to bother with school now". The education system isn't perfect but it's a fucking marvel compared to countries where access to education is for the rich minority. We are given many subjects at school to help us become well rounded individuals, many principles in one subject will help in others. If you don't get inspired by a particular subject in school you don't have to carry on with it. This attitude is quite patronizing to the kids that also felt that way but muddled on through regardless of how tedious they found it. The real issue in this country and indeed the western world is that because education is free many people attribute that to it having no value, this to me is the saddest fact about the education system.

As much as I agree with this, education is vital to get a decent career, pay no attention in school and you will not get very far, only a few select people such as Richard Branson are lucky enough to get rich, there were many variables involved in his success that are not present in todays society, instead of seeing this as a message to disregard or give up on school use it as a tool to fuel your love for what you want to do and seek the education you need to get there, whether that be school, further education, apprenticeships or experience. More so to say that you should not let your grades crush you or outline what you can be in life, because through hard work and dedication you can get what you want out of life and be who you want to be.

That Barber gets me every time :D

I hate my school because its not allowing me to follow my dream cause i waste time by learning stupid subjects and informations just to get good marks and please my parents :/

I realized this video can be taken two different ways. One: the true meaning, and two: the excuse. Education IS important. However, our system isn't perfect. We are more motivated by the marks and grades on our paper compared to what we ACTUALLY learn. The more you learn, the better you'll get in most aspects of life. Even if it is finding the pythagorean theorem; it makes you just a bit smarter. The issue isnt all of the 'pointless' things we learn, it is the fact we dont remember it. We used to have the skill that is now lost. However, if you have a passion about something; chase it. Some school subjects may seem like a waste of time, but if you are willing to put all of the effort and trouble, and are willing to fail a couple of times before you achieve your dream, then go for it. If not, then learn as much as you can; be well-rounded. Unfortunately, this can also be taken as an excuse for not having good grades. That is not what this is about; you still have to work hard to learn. This is about working hard to achieve what you WANT to do, the thing you passionately want to do for a job. Whatever that may be. It doesn't mean that you can slack off. So basically, fix our education system. Find a way to make it better. But in the meantime, we are stuck with this one. So in other words... the harsh reality: grades do matter. However, it doesnt always determine your fate, if you work hard enough on one subject. But I have high hopes that this will change soon.

Education is an amazing thing. We are given educational rights that allow us opportunities ....which then leads back to equality which is what America is all about. Statistics have shown that countries with education have less poverty, crime, corruption in society and more people willing to benefit society. America needs to support education more so that they'll be better teachers and more parents getting involved in their child's schooling. This poem just shows the flaws of the current systems right now, but if you look at the bigger picture, education itself is a wonderful thing.

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Swear Suli Breaks became a big impact in my life. When I feel down or need advice I'm here. He's like my go to for everything lol. Now I need a I won't let an exam decide my fate shirt cause I was just arguing with teachers about an Exam I will never use and all they could say was to make their school look good. Smh if only his words over came my rage that day.

All the people who are hating on this video seem to follow the same false assumption: If one person ist better in a certain subject than the other person, than this means, he put in more effort and is more motivated than the person who does worse. This is just plainly wrong. 1) The only skill schools really test is remembering facts. So all your marks in all your subjects, just reflect if you can remember stuff or not. Thats why people are usually good in all their subjects or bad in all their subjects. Not because they generally put more effort into it. It is because, all classes test the same skill: learning by heart. That’s why people often are so frustrated with school. Not just because they feel like they will never need these facts again, but because they feel like, they will never need the skill of „remembering stuff“ again. 2) When you are better at something it might be determined by how much effort you put into it, but much more it is determined by how easy things come off for you. When you are really short, there is no chance you will ever be a world class sprinter. You might become quite good, but it will take you a lot more effort, than a person with long legs. People, especially in America, believe success is just a matter of willpower, but it is not. People who are good at one thing aren’t just the ones with more willpower. If this would be true, people would either succeed in everything or fail at everything. It is this false assumption, why people think, if you fail at school, you will fail at everything. But no one would doubt, that someone who can’t run very fast can still be a great painter or a genius at Math. The school system makes the false assumption that, you can determine if someone is a useful human being by just checking if he can remember facts, as if all other skills would stem from that. I knew a lot of people from my school who finished with the best marks possible. Yet they where lazy fucks. The barely ever put any effort into it, learned only for a minimal amount of time and finished as best of the class. Why? Because they just needed to look at a text and could easily remember it. Some people can just more easily remember stuff than others. This doesn’t make them better at everything. Just better at school. 3) Schools are totally ignoring a lot of very important skills: Social skills, critical thinking. Sometimes even logical thinking. I know a lot of people who did very well at Math, just by learning the formulas. I know people who always got A’s, but totally failed at a Biology test, because the teacher had replaced the rabbits from the textbook example with dogs and they where not able to abstract the problem. 4) If a society things schools are there to sort people into the groups of useful, skilled people and useless, unskilled people, it totally ignores what should happen, with the people it deems useless. Sure you can blame all the unemployed for not giving enough effort, but this won’t make them more less unemployed or less unhappy with their situation. And you shouldn’t be surprised if these people become criminal. It’s not because they have criminal genes or something like that. It’s just, that if society puts you into the dirt (because you have been deemed useless, since you where not able to remember facts), if you always get the feeling that you are worthless human being, it should be no surprise if you stop to care what people think of you, if you think it won’t matter if you start being a criminal, or if you are just pushed so hard, that you either commit a crime or starve. Being bad at school at school is not just a decision people make because they are lazy. Being bad at school doesn’t mean, that you are useless for society. But being bad at school right now means just that. And it will put you in a hopeless position, from which there is basically no way of returning.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school - Albert Einstein

"Test us with tests but the finals are never final because they never prepare us for the biggest test which is survival."

lol i have a exam tomorrow and I'm watching this

I was sitting on 95% in a Software Development course. Weeks before the exam, my girlfriend of 7 years dumped me. I couldn't deal with it, and failed the paper. Luckily, my lecturer recognized that I was better than my exam. Sometimes the teachers don't believe everything should be decided by exams either.

After watching this before my exam's i wouldn't care for a A or a F

Watching this in 2021 is bone chilling as hell, almost every single word makes total sense 110%

Everyone who disliked has flawless grades xD

Wow so many people who comment on another persons comment just to try and force their own opinion on that person and then when their forced opinion isn't excepted they start calling them stupid and ignorant

English is my favourite subject and I love writing stories. I remember for my coursework we had to write a creative writing piece. All my friends loved what I wrote but my teacher gave me a B because it was "too long" I don't see why we have to cap creativity so strictly.

Suli Breaks is truly a wise human being. Thank you so much for this video.

6.3 mil views over 7 years ago & we’re still living the same, it’s sad there’s still no change

I have watched this video 3 to 4 times and every-time I watch it I get a different message from it. Here is my two since I think it is possible to have a career which pays well (without attending college), but you will need to try 10 times harder then the person who has the degree. Lets face it, the society we live in today you are required to have some sort of diploma or degree in order to even qualify for a job better yet a career. There are blue collar jobs you can obtain (or be selected to work in) such as plumbing, election or a welder which all has its perks, but by the time you would obtain that certification which certifies you to work within your area you could have just went to school for an additional two years which would in return qualify you for higher paying job. I am not saying that everyone should go to college, but what I am saying is weigh out your options and choose the best path for you not the easiest and most convenient one

The system of exams is just BS itself its just a test to see how much someone can remember on a particular topic

Man, how many hours of sleep, how many missing papers, how many nights of crying to sleep, how many punishments, are we going to need before the school system notices?

Whilst I 100% agree with this, It's still important to work as hard as you can whilst you're at school to ensure you have best possible future. I know it's a faulty system but it's the way the world works and little is going to change.

Remember 2 things: 1) Your tried your best. 2) I like my fries with extra sauce.

This is very powerful, and relates to a discussion I had with my friend. It's sad to think that we are only seen as a number.

This spoke so loud. It was amazing it made him proud. To say something with conviction will brake a chain and kill prison. Then people will run and no one will scream. It's far from a nightmare one, it swear it is a dream.

Such profound thinking. You're an old soul, a leader of our generation with a tale to tell!! Thank you for sharing

Dear School, Please teach us useful stuff. Sincerely, Students

The people on here saying that you DO need to learn all subjects for your future and that this person is dumb because education is important, are kind of missing the point of this message. He's not saying that education isn't an important factor in your life, or that people shouldn't bother participating in school because it doesn't effect your life, he's saying that education IS important, but school is limiting people's ways to be educated. He's saying that school is way too generalised and bases your intelligence from the outcome of your results, even in a subject that isn't suited for you, which affects your success in the long run. If you want to be an engineer, great. Make sure you do well in maths, and technology. But there are a lot of people who aren't good at maths but still, their job opportunities in the future are decreased just because they didn't get a good grade overall for failing subjects that were forced on them, that aren't even suited to them. Let me give you an example of the schooling system - There's a test that all young animals living in the area must pass in order to stay in the area. The test is to climb a tree. The participants include a monkey, a tiger, an elephant, a snake, an insect, a hippo, and a fish. Now tell me, is this fair? It's great for the monkey, the snake, the insect, and possibly the tiger, but what about the other animals? They're obviously getting kicked out, but for what? For being forced to try and learn and pass something that they will never use in their lives. If the test holder thought to test the abilities of the other animals, instead of testing them on something they weren't good at, the area would gain more animals.

My lecturer introduced us to you, during sociology of the education. You, along with Sir Ken Robinson have totally opened my eyes! I will still get my degree, but I won’t stress about it as much. Well done, sir

This guy should be touring the world preaching his knowledge. This is the only thing in the world that translates the thoughts in my mind with so much eloquence. Everyone should know about this video.