School has FAILED you. (Here's why)

As school continues to fall behind on what it has to offer, let's look at some essential skills that it should teach but often overlooks, such as setting goals, embracing failure, or developing critical thinking. We also talk about the importance of recognizing that life continues beyond the school years and that students' experiences in school are just a small part of their overall journey. What do you think school should teach kids more?

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CREDITS:

Andrei Terbea - Lead Animator

Stefan Popa - Assistant Animator

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MUSIC:

Background track: "Delusional (Instrumental)" by Spring Gang
Outro song: Joakim Karud - "Loudness & Clarity"

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#School #Education #CriticalThinking

[everic]

A common misconception about school is that school is supposed to prepare you for life. When in reality, it just prepares you for work and it was always like this

[Maxo-bhni]

I had a teacher that did not do grades. He provided feedback, created an engaging class, awarded participation, and gave us time management skills. His financial status basically forced him to transfer to another school. He is living proof of the flaws in our education system.

[aaron]

One thing I always think back to about school was how obsessed my teachers were with making us learn to do our work without the Internet, be it for research purposes, or for studying. The reason they always gave was that "you won't always have access to the Internet, " and while this was going on, everyone was expected to have email for work and my dad had to have his phone on his person at all times to respond to emails. Eventually I realized that the teachers were more interested in teaching us how to work in the world they grew up in before the Internet than preparing us for the world in which we would actually have to find jobs.

[sticer]

The thing I hated most in school was having no freedom of thought. We were given books to read and and later write essays or questionnaires on it, everytime there would be a question on ' what do you think the author/charecter meant by saying so and so'. And you could never answer your opinion, because the teacher would give you a bad grade

[HeisenbergFam]

"school lacks enjoyment" is one of the most accurate sentences said in history

[Cartoonshipper]

Elementary and Middle school was the worst for me because most of my teachers were really hateful, nothing was done about bullying, the food most of the time wasn't even cooked throughly, and they disbanded both art and band class! And a lot of my friends are very passionate about art.

[Dolfa_LPH]

I think what schools need to do is put the burden of improvement on the student. I had a math teacher a few years ago that gave students infinite retakes. When the class asked why, he explained that there's more motivation to improve if a student has the chance to redeem themselves. TLDR: Retakes encourage students to study, to get better, rather than wallow in despair and cry about their F grade.

[adriansandlin]

This is something even middle schoolers are aware of. As students, we always said something like "most of what we learn in school will isn't gonna help us in our lives" and that's true. And then both my parents and teachers would say "you're not applying yourself". Like, no shit! Why would I put so much energy into doing something I am not interested in? Not to mention, they should prioritizing managing finances and refining social/life skills instead of spending a whole week on the Pythagorean Theorem.

[VenomousVortexProductions]

This is why I'm lucky I went to a well-organized school where the teachers were very friendly, trained to help out students and teach us life skills. We even had charities reach out to us for fun opportunities 😢. It was a silver lining to my school life and I wish it was like this elsewhere.

[BRNG]

I am very lucky to be in a school that actually promotes creativity and gives skills that are useful in the modern world, like TV and Video production, computer science, art and animation, etc.
(Still sucks about the math, science, history and English classes though.)

[rudrajangid]

As a writer and a student, i am sad to say that my country 'India' fails at promoting any kind of creative jobs. My parents were happy to know that i was writing and publishing my work online but when told that i'd like to pursue writing in my education and career they told me that it was a 'hobby' and that i should first make money and then think about my hobbies. There has not been a single mention of any kind of creative careers (musicians, writers, painters etc)in any school. They are considered to be like really bad options to make a future of.
For anyone reading this, my parents loves me dearly and are just afraid of seeing me fail.
I have no intention to ever abandon my pen.
Edit: yeah so life update, decided that i like teaching too so i decided to go for a phd in literature. Any one from europe who could explain the exams needed to be given in order to be admitted? I am currently preparing for college entrance exams so even if someone sees this after 3 or 4 years you can still tell me.

[CheckrBoard]

I remember being in 8th grade and my stem teacher was amazing. He joked with the class, taught stuff in a fun way, made us have debates about energy and was overall made class fun. We need more teachers like my 8th grade stem teacher

[FujikkoJP]

*When I was in second grade, the teacher would hand out worksheets full of easy problems and we were supposed to quietly do them while she sat at her desk reading a book for an hour.*

*I would always finish mine in 5 minutes (with all correct answers) and spend the other 55 drawing on the back of the worksheet.*

*So the teacher gave me more challenging work to do. Just kidding. She told my parents I had severe ADD and demanded they either put me on Ritalin or move me to special ed.*

*That's why I had to go to a new school halfway through second grade.*

[mascotwithadinosaur]

The frustrating part about how schools are kinda made to make kids obedient and turn them into good workers is that if there's something getting the way of your studies (like a disability, lower income, health/mental health problems), you're probably gonna fall by the wayside or succeed inspite of how school is built. And if you fail school, then that's pretty bad, and it's not even your fault. It might not even be your family's fault.

[JuliaRosiexo]

School HAS failed me. At a very young age, I was diagnosed with many learning disabilities that I was put in special ed. They eventually decided to put me with the other students. In lower school, my school would not specialize in my unique way of learning so I spent 5 years stuck with different personal assistants who were supposed to keep an eye on me and it felt like I could never be alone, like there was something wrong with me. Why out of all the other kids, am I the only one with my own personal helper? You can imagine as a little kid, it gets very annoying to be watched all the time. Middle school was worse. Ever since private school, I felt like I was trapped in a prison, never allowed to take classes that brought out my strengths and creative side. I rebelled sometimes. It felt like I always had to be obedient and I could never debate and speak back, otherwise detention. High school was the worst of them all. The high school I went to was a school specifically for kids with learning disabilities and autism. They graded not based off of your skill level, but your BEHAVIOR. Safe to say, I rebelled the most once my needs weren’t being met and I got detention nearly every day. There is a happy ending to this story though. The torture of feeling trapped and never taken seriously got too much, that I moved to my last high school. This last school has GOOD teachers, a good curriculum with barely any exams, and the freedom to choose where I can eat and who I can talk to (which my first high school controlled). I graduated never looking back and gained more knowledge in college than any of these 4 schools could ever give me!

[daviddimitrov]

This is so true and parents just DON'T GET or refuse to get how pointless school is. I've always said school is a waste of time and it is for the most part but my parents just always looked at me like "ok stupid child, you'll get over that phase" infact school is so ingrained in my brain, I'm having a hard time believing university will be different just because I've gone to school for such a long time

[kidcork]

i just graduated this year and really don’t know what i’m doing. Without peers in my life i genuinely think i’d be lost. I feel like the only valuable classes i took in highschool were economics and wilderness science and i think that says a lot

[Marioparty]

What’s terrible is that school has not changed in over 50 years its probably better if most kids were just homeschooled

[davidfalcon]

Another problem with school is how it plants in you the idea that suffering is the only way to succeed. It often encourages you to spend your free time studying for a future test over spending that time on other enjoyable activities, while also encouraging unhealthy habits like overworking and not taking breaks. Does anybody remember when was the last time a teacher told you to take a break?

[deltalord]

"Lacking enjoyment" might not be the correct statement about schools, I think "actively seeks to sap all the enjoyment out of those who participate in it" is a more accurate terminology