These kids should contact support services.

They’re damned lucky. Wonder what they are doing now! David looked so cute wearing those purple gloves after he was done with the exhibits. No one can stop his brilliant mind. What he had to do to break into the MC academic world is amazing.

he blew their minds in 20 minutes

It is heavily edited.... :)

As an American, I agree :)

He has a magical way of bringing history to life...right there in front of you. Those kids have no idea how lucky they are. Every question you ever dreamed of asking about British history would be answered.

A teacher who is really genuinely deeply interested in his subject. He is hated by socialists, even though he is far from being right wing.

You’d want a racist POS as a teacher?

@@MozzieMutant BOOORING

He is cool ….and exactly - the MP s faff around and treat me like an idiot! I am not an idiot…I teach and tutor young people and have worked so hard and get doors shut in my face - but I will never give up. And I d love to be a lawyer and take the government to court and if not teach children how to think - of course. I went to grammar school and my mum sent me to speaking exams and I passed. And I tutor elite students and give my time voluntarily to children who can’t afford it. I do my bit

Yeh - and then comparing a Norwegian king's attitudes to those of teenage rappers ... truly excellent.

whoizhe That was genius.

100% agree Haram - well said

Should be running the Dept of Education

@@ColonelMuppet Dam right Cm... What an eye-opener/reality-checker David Starkey seems to be. Love the "old bling" he brought to his class. Also loved the look on the students faces as they realised some of the hard horrible truths of history, placed in a modern world context, made them question some of their own rap-hero beliefs... Outstanding

@@MarcSinclair3 Ofsted and the Dept of Education should all be fired. We need progressive liberals, feminists, gay rights activists etc to be flushed out of the system as soon as possible. Margaret Atwood’s pathetic and poorly written Handmaiden’s Tale should not be on the British School curriculum for starters. And we could start telling people that the Suffragette movement was a pile of horse shit…it never got the vote for women! It was an upper middle class movement of women that didn’t even want the vote for ordinary men! They press ganged men to go to the trenches with their despicable White Feather movement. And it has changed little today….all about pompous middle class women like the odious Harriet Harman looking to self aggrandize and call themselves saints….do watch Starkey on Question Time - there is a compilation out there - about a decade ago - rip almost the entire panel apart for their nepotism and ideology!

How I wish you were joking.

@Mr Sheffner He made far more effort to connect with them than probably any other teacher in their lives. He could have emphasised more that their circumstances will never change until their mindsets change but it would be impossible to leave such an impression to discourage teen pregnancies, drug abuse or any other of the societal pitfalls that would be their biggest obstacles.

Well, I appreciate that this reply is seven years after the original comment but David Starkey now has his own KZfaq channel called David Starkey Talks. Pretty much fits the description of what you are asking for.

JACK SMITH!

I was watching, thinking they were not interested, then they come up with very to-the-point questions and comments - I was wrong. No - these people are not stupid. Cram full of teenage hormones certainly, which most definitely doesn't help though!

Trapped in their way of thinking

I know how awesome is that how he worked hard and is reaping the benefits

@4th Chairman Best wishes for the future. I expect there will be setbacks, but try to keep going.

As I write this comment 135K views of this video, it is highly unlikely that the 'front row lady' will be the person most stimulated by this content. No sign of her in the comment section!

@@byebye1493 Maybe she talked to Dr.Starkey after the session/lesson.....who knows? I just felt she was actually contributing to the discourse, rather than looking like she would rather not be there!!!! Let's hope that she and others were stimulated in some way...….

He is a brawler himself, despite his size.

@king offa So true. As an unconnected aside - shame David Starkey lost the plot in his comments during the whole Brexit mess - I'd have expected him of all people to know better! Just goes to show - teachers have their imperfections too!

@king offa Yeah I was a leaver too - same experiences as yourself!

Extremely clever how he relates ancient gold jewellery to rappers today - genius!

I visited a police woman’s home at 15 and helped her with her non speaking autistic boy and girl. Her policeman ex husband terrified her and I went t every week to make tea and listen. I was 15. I know what poverty is like as my family were not privileged

It's dissapearing

Starkey figuratively had to fight his way to the place he occupies now. The kids ought to understand that he takes guff from no one. His sword is his tongue and it is sharp.

Where are you at now?

Love the way he told the black girl that she is beautiful. She felt flattered because she knows she is but would not dare flaunt it.

I hated it, fact checking and vomiting knowledge. So many people are just deserting education because all teachers (yes all) are terrible.

@@Djfletch978 Teacher training is the problem. The whole thing is completely idealogical. Teachers are taught to manage a classroom not to teach children and almost all teaching theory is just plain wrong.

lmao Ikr, it reminds me of one of my school history lessons when we had a supply teacher in. He was a yank and instead of giving us the lesson our teacher had set, spent the entire hour lecturing us on the American Revolution. The moment he mentioned it the resident thicko of our class put her hand up and asked "Is that the one where they had guns?" There was a lot of palms hitting faces and heads dropping to tables from the class lol.

Not even at university. They hate him because the students like him so much.

+Val Baladjar He is on youtube in many video's. Type his name in. He can be offensive but he is a great guy.

@@barrycooper8640 Only to those looking to be offended

Define 'honesty.' Are you really going to defend the Tudors as a paradigm of social justice?

I once taught in a small high school in which a boy of fifteen who enrolled late.He gave me a hard time and so after some weeks I took him to the principal. I noticed how gingerly the principle took him. how sassy he was.how he had transferred from a nearby large city, out in exile also to speak,. Something put the thought in my mouth to ask, “Were you a member of a hot car ring? “ His eyes darted to to look at the principal and I knew then I had guessed right. The he said, no, I was the leader. “ He thought I had been told this by the principal, and so I was asked to leave by the principal so he could sort the matter out. Of course I had not. But the strength of the boy had impressed. me. One must remember that in medieval times, boys like him led armies into battles,

I completely agree

Not many of your sort in the Labour Party these days.

Are you a fan of Orwell?

It's same with people's obsession nowadays on TV with the word 'so', drives me barmy!