I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate||Spoken Word

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I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate - Suli Breaks,Vanity Fair,2009

"I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate" picks up on the education topic but takes a different stance and angle from "Why I Hate School But Love Education". This poem talks about how we have been made to think about how education and getting university degrees can give us opportunities to have a better chance in making our dream careers a reality. It also touches on how as individuals we are judged and tested by how well we perform on exams, but not all people perform well in exams so why are they made out to feel like they're dumb? The inconsistencies of the education system are really peeled open to reveal a deep problem that needs to be addressed and how society's needs have changed to make this even more apparent.

When it boils down to it, why are we misled into thinking that education is the only way forward for successful means in our work and career lives? We need to open our minds and educate ourselves that exam results aren't the barometer of success and that we can't let them decide our fate. We are in charge of our own destinies!

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[megc]

Showed this my mum thinking she would understand, bhoyy was i wrong ima end up homeless on results day.

[monstamash]

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
ALBERT EINSTIEN

[yeah]

Intelligence should be measured in enginuity and creativity not in memory.

[thereeloneandonly]

that bit about remembering something 5 minutes after the exam is so relevant to my exams this year

[emmamary]

'A+ students' hating this video completely missed the point.It's not saying you're wrong for excelling, BUT your counterparts aren't failures either. They're the untapped potential of our generation who's unique learning styles are being ignored. People romanticize the past, but our generation are the most well-connected, well-informed we've ever had. We're not apathetic we're underestimated and unengaged. It's time we stopped forcing kids to fit into the system and change the system to fit us.

[victoriaodegaard]

Repeat after me "I will not let an exam result decide my fate!" Whether you do well or poorly during tests, everyone should have the same opportunities to succeed. Whatever "success" means to you, you can make it if you try.

[SaberSimp]

Test us with tests but the finals are never final. For they never prepare us for the final test which is survival

[AquaFlowGaming]

It's a great point. If students were taught more life skills like:
- How will I be taxed?
- What's the difference between employment and self-employment and what are the pros and cons of each?
- What different career paths are there?
- Which industries are looking for people, which are saturated?
- How do pensions work?
- What is life insurance all about?
- How do I buy a house? Is it better than renting?
- What happens when I get married, what rights change?
- What are my legal rights when buying goods, or selling goods, or signing contracts?

For all the critics on this feed, wouldn't that have helped you going into adulthood more than learning how to measure the area of a parallelogram or how potatoes transmit water through their cell walls? Surely?

[Nicola.Chapman]

This is for all the guys that, like me, didn't get great exam results.
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[t.]

Used to write "I will not let an exam result decide my fate" on the back of my geometry exams in the 10th grade. My teacher wrote back to me and told me how much I reminded her of her in high school. I was awe struck because that meant somebody like me COULD become something good such as a teacher. 10 years later, i'm in a teaching credential program along with my masters in Education. These videos reshaped the way I learned and viewed learning.

[vohamedia]

This man speaks all of the truth, this is what every young person thinks but is to afraid to say, Our entire lives, dreams and aspirations can come true or break depending on if we can pull it out on the day

[TheDJGuVna]

my 13 year old brother steered me towards this...i am in awe...i just wish someone who could change the system would take it to heart

[teddy]

It seems to me that the message in this video has been skewed in the comment section. He specifically says that he LOVES EDUCATION but HATES SCHOOL. He says people will not all understand this message, and it is very apparent by the amount if people saying "This is ignorant, math is very important and he is influencing a mindset against learning the basics". You have missed the point.

The video is about school GRADES in relationship to success in life. Educators will preach about the undeniable importance of these subjects, but if you don't make a high enough mark to even become a scientist, what was the purpose of all that studying? The comment on "remembering the answer 5 minutes after the test" is important too. As everyone knows, the education system is flawed. But what is not normally discussed is the importance of personal empowerment. We are taught that if you don't do well in school, you won't accomplish anything. Know why? Because people are automatically biased against people who have bad school records. Individual qualities, talents and ideas are overshadowed by how well you did on a test that one time.

In order for an individual to properly respect a system, the system has to account for the individual.

[couragelk]

Eh I just wanna get out of fucking Spanish class

[kevinm]

Sad thing is educators and governments will never get it and if they do which we know they do, they will not change a thing. School is not for learning in the public education system. It is about conformity, NOT education!

[idiotsandwich]

Had to come hear after doing my biology exam today😪

[rsbullygta]

I failed my GCSEs because of my Attention Deficit Disorder. This made me happy. Thank you. I will not let an exam result decide my fate.

[spreest]

I always wanted to be a doctor, but I can't, because I was never good at maths when I was in school. I mastered every other subject. It hurts so much.

[adenikegreigg]

why do videos like this not going viral but one of children opening toys does?

[ApocalypticChronicles]

Life ruiner. That's all school is. Depression, anxiety, pressure, stress, the list goes on. The education system is ridiculous, anyone who disagrees is a fool themselves. I'd love to write a paragraph about my opinion on this matter, but instead I have to go and attempt a maths practice exam to prove to my teacher that I am not going to fail a subject. to make my parents proud of me and not worry that my life will be a complete failure, to ensure a teacher doesn't look down on me in the most condescending way known to man, and to somewhat relieve my mind of some of the current stress I have. 6th year of my school work, currently in sixth form, and the only way I can describe school is by using the term "prison". 

I live by two quotes:

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a goldfish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing that it is stupid" - Albert Einstein

"If you don't build your dreams, someone will hire you to build theirs."