Success at School vs Success in Life

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Many people who do brilliantly at school turn out not to do so well at life. Why?

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"We want to do well at school for an obvious reason: because – as we’re often told – it’s the primary route to doing well at life.

Few of us are in love with the A grades themselves – we want them because we’re understandably interested in one day having a fulfilling career, a pleasant house and the respect of others.

But, sometimes, more often than seems entirely reassuring, something confusing occurs: we come across people who triumphed at school – but flunked at life. And vice versa…”

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Produced in collaboration with Perrie Murphy
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I have exams tomorrow and will probably fail but I'm trying to reassure myself that life is more than grades

tahadeterre
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You are 20 years late with this video...

TheMILANCHE
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It’s just so sad I learn more from my phone in five minutes than a desk at school for seven hours, really tells you something about the education system.

reygannelson
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Originality is not allowed to develop in schools. From maths to writing essays, there is a "correct" opinion is the teachers' minds, and you either follow it or fail.

computo
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"School curricula is not reverse engineered from fulfilled adult life." What a statement!

siddharthakousik
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I got better education from the internet than from university.

nick
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I love learning. I love being smart. I dream of one day being that old wise man who lives peacefully alone, reading and writing books. But, currently, I just cannot get on board with the school system. I have pushed myself to get As and it never pays off in the end and I'm often plagued with mental health issues.
I excel in creative writing assignments, but my teachers mark me down because it never correlates with what they asked for. They say, 'it really is amazing writing you have here, but you completely missed the topic.' And I respond angrily, 'I didn't write it to please you.'
Why do we need grades to justify our intelligence? It's so wrong!

Slam_
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I'm thirteen, and I feel like I just started a five year prison sentence. I don't feel like myself unless I'm out of school.

laurab.
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You know, it took me 27 freaking years to realize this ...
I was always the bright and quiet kid, had a ton of useless diplomas and master degrees ... I finished them all 2 years ago.
And I still can't find a proper job AT ALL. It's killing me ... I can do SO MANY things that seems and are so useless for this world.
The TRUTH and the KEY is : WORK YOUR SOCIAL INTERACTIONS ! That's the MOST important thing to get a job ! You won't be able to make anything at all if you don't know "anyone" or "someone who knows someone" and stay quiet and alone.
I made that mistake. I'm now fucked up all alone with "all those things I can do". I'm useless.

thewomanwithnohead
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mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

SarahKhalid
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I dropped out of highschool and skipped college. I hustled my way into the finance industry and have been killing it for years.

MannaMusicOfficial
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Everytime i hear the word "school" i feel depressed.

tal
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Being 'original' is school was impossible, you get marked down for it im fact. They call it "Incoherence."

alwindsor
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I once asked my maths teacher "why don't you just teach us important things like tax, bills and stuff. Is algebra really more important than that?" Then I got a detention for "disrupting" class.

ycantiusegeorgiantextforhandle
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If I run for president, I will change the school system

randommemesweekly
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Well personally l get 30% knowledge from school and 70% from my life

epicwolf
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Then they wonder why over 70% of the UK's workforce are dissatisfied with their job.

redheadrusskie
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School isn't about learning, it's about passing.

queenofthemarshmallows
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school doesnt mean success in life but people who success at school also can be success in life, it all started from yourself if you want to be success.

xylan
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Being good at school = 40%
Being good at life = 60%

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