He didn't get the point of the mindless bullshit he was fed at school. He finally worked it out and went back. I think that makes him far more of a winner than most people who just drone through life aimlessly.
Ask. Tell. Make. That kid would be eating the carpet if I was the teacher.
Even with the ridicioulous protections offered to public employees, you cannot "make" students do anything...that's when you're really asking for troube.
An eighteen year old sophomore in high school is not a winner.
What he meant to say was that if he were a middle aged woman, he would have seduced the student with his amazing muff.
Reading comprehension fail.
He is a winner relative to the morons who drone through school mindlessly.
and yet he still had the drive and intelligence to know what was right. the teacher did not. As he says yes he dropped out and only then did he understand the importance of education.
Seems the teacher is useless and shouldn't be teaching. This kid was 100% right.
This is liberal america right here. This is going to erupt in a shit storm of liberal media as they question the school and teacher. Never once questioning the IQ or stupidity of the student. If you're too fucking stupid to read a worksheet or packet of paper, there is no fucking hope for you. It's a god damn classroom, not an orchestra dance play.
This is a mockery of our nation. I'm not saying this is to deem conservative values worthy by no means - but THIS in particular is just a blood splatter of what our liberal america is pissing all over. This is why we don't have second place. This is why EVERYONE gets a trophy. And this is why no one is a failure.
The reality is, this kid is right, and there's a lot of smart people out there that agree with him. Folks like Salman Khan and Neil Degrasse Tyson.
I'd be right there calling him a liberal hippie douchebag, if the education system actually worked. There's this one size fits all form of education that relies heavily on drills and memorization. It doesn't emphasize mastery of a subject before progressing, nor does it inspire passion in a subject. It completely ignores that different people learn different ways, and at different rates. If you don't learn in that specific way or at that specific rate, you have a learning disability or ADHD. Kids treat school as a job and see learning as meaningless busywork to do in between playing Xbox. School is boring and has no practical purpose in their lives. The result is western students falling far behind in maths, sciences, and even literacy.
The reality is, this kid is right, and there's a lot of smart people out there that agree with him. Folks like Salman Khan and Neil Degrasse Tyson.
Tyson was on the radio not too long ago saying that lack of passion for science in schools was dissuading kids from perusing it as a career. Something that's hurting America deeply. So many Americans are scientifically illiterate. Same goes for history, civics, mathematics, and languages. Imagine the impact igniting a passion for civics could make.
Teachers are a big part of the problem. For a long time, I have not considered it a very respectable career. I went through a system where teachers were highly paid but tended to care little about their jobs. Since I learned differently and at a different rate than the course material dictated, there was something wrong with me. Never did end up getting the help I needed for my weaknesses, or more advanced material for my strengths. It was a dull, repetitive process which I hated. Things only changed in university when I could choose courses I was interested in.
I've spoken with people who went through alternative education programs after attending public school, and they speak of dramatic differences. They went from hating school to loving it. Why, because their passion was ignited and they could learn how they learned best. Sadly I do not see the public system adopting a better system anytime soon, if ever.
Neither of whom were 18 in the 10th Grade. I think you guys are giving this kid TOO much credit based off of a 90 second video.
Talk about passing the buck. Having an engaged classroom is a burden shared equally between teacher and student. I did have teachers who regurgitated textbooks, but I also had teachers who tried to create discussions and get students to come out of their shells who were met with nothing but a wall of unraised hands and silence or even had it thrown back in their face as pointless and stupid.
Lets take this back to comparing other nations. Do you think other nations have "Extreme Passionate" teachers all around in every single classroom of every single school? Or do you think other cultures are simply trained better that you need to get your shit together and work for yourself instead of expecting others to always work for you?
This could have been a great teacher trying to teach a class of uneducated burnouts.
We just don't know.
Not all teachers are bad. Sometimes...its just the students.
Most teachers are shitty. It is an easy degree to get, and easy job to get, and you can get by with minimal effort. Most teachers don't put enough effort in, which makes it hard to give the good teachers the respect and compensation they deserve. Teaching is a field that barely recognizes exceptional behavior or accomplishments.
And no, I'm not just some guy who got bad grades in HS and is mad at his teachers. I was the valedictorian of my class.
It's not the teachers job to motivate. Or to make learning "fun". They are there to put the info out for you to learn.
It's not the teachers job to motivate. Or to make learning "fun". They are there to put the info out for you to learn.
It's not the teachers job to motivate. Or to make learning "fun". They are there to put the info out for you to learn.
That's incredibly stupid to focus on that one fact while completely overlooking the actual content of his message.Neither of whom were 18 in the 10th Grade. I think you guys are giving this kid TOO much credit based off of a 90 second video.