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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

School: "we're preparing you for the real world" Also school: "mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell"

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

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

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

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

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

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

Someone: * has huge success in life * a school that taught nothing but how to shut up: "our success."

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

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

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

School-life in a nutshell: _I don't care about learning, I just want to pass my classes and keep my worth as a member of society._

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

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

And then we wonder why children are depressed

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

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

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

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

Kids: **Happy** School: *_peace was never a option_*

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

someone give this man an award.

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

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

Student: *gets bullied* Teacher: i *sleep* Student: *defends himself* Teacher: i *awake*

The thing is is that in schools we earn lots of stuff. Stuff that we will barely or never use in the future. We learn complex math problems but in the real world we have to deal with many problems than solving math. Like how to deal with a Karen or taxes or money

7 years ago, still no change.

School these days are all about passing not learning.

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

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

And then teachers saying "stop sleeping in my class" when they were the ones who gave us a lot of homework to do and we spent all night doing that homework

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

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

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

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

Only thing i like about school is having a brotherhood that makes the pain less

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

When you already know the system is corrupt but now you have evidence

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

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

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

The only thing school taught me is to shut up

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

Crazy how this is actually an ad for a school

I wish school for kids was more like university. You get autonomy, things like communication skills and teamwork are actually valued, you're doing something because you're passionate about it and not because you've been forced to, if you're a slow learner there is a lot of help available for you (schools can't because of money and time issues), unis also leverage technology as they teach you how to code, do research properly etc...

Kid: kicks me School: Me: defends myself School: *so you have chosen... death*

Teacher's: School is your second home Me: okay I'm gonna sell it

Great recommended this every year great video! Anyone else get this once a year?

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

School: you can’t write an essay overnight Also school: *you have one period to write this essay. If you don’t finish before the bell you fail*

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

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

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

Anyone remember when the whole class got held back because of one noisy kid

High school student:doesn't have crippling depression School:N O .

This video can save millions of children's life

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

My current teacher: you're supposed to know all of this!!! Last year's teacher: oh it's alright you'll learn it next year :))

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

KZfaq taught me more about division than school. I even forgot how to do division in school and YT is a great resource.

This video is the definition of indian education

Students dont study to learn. they just wanna pass

Kid: gets bullied School: whatever Kid: wears hoodie School: that's it, that is it you are in big trouble!!

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

I showed this to my mom and dad , and they really understood the strees i was going thru school. The only subject that i really paid attention in was band, cause it actually helped my stress. I enjoyed playing the trombone and helping my freinds out in band which i liked cause they wouldn't really bother you if you were talking to someone. Homework and all the other subjects on the other hand were very stresful. The homework was in the way of my day after school cause i would play basketball or hop on the xbox and play with my freinds, and the homework just took to much time for me to have fun. AND if i didn't do it, not only me but all of us would get in trouble. School is not making me feel confident about my future. I got depresión for taking all these useless exams. Cause your only going to get to college if you behave at school and do all your exams and work just to get another job that is stress full. Someone please send this to there principal.

Science: kids need 8-10 hours of sleep. Schools: *is that a subtraction sign I see ?*

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

Thank you. I will try to make a change. It starts from teachers, and if I manage to defend my BA thesis this summer, I will try to become one after army. So I think

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

Teacher: think before you act. Also Teachers: overreacting that the student is talking when they only just coughed.

School: A place where you spend almost half your life struggling to get good grades on topics that will have absolutely no use to you in the future

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

Wish my parents watch this and know how we suffer.

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

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

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