Why Does School Teach Useless Things?

Have you ever thought: why does school teach useless things? I think this video will help give you some perspective on the question and help you cope with the fact that school is pointless. The truth is that all those useless things you learn in school will never actually be needed in the real world.

School teaches useless stuff because it's easy. The system still believes trivia = education. That's why you're forced to memorize dates and names and arbitrary facts instead of actually discussing relationships between people and events throughout history. Everything is put into compartments and you're not allowed to question how all the subjects fit together. You aren't given the tools to understand how the world works. Instead, you're told to memorize this and that and then given a stamp of approval (or disapproval) when the task is done. There. You're educated (or not).

School is not important, my friends.

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[Razzgriz]

I know a long ass equation but don't know how to do taxes

[lui]

Bro i learn more on youtube then school

[ashpod]

That's true, I don't need to know when Picasso was born

[amnaikram]

no wonder why most geniuses, like Albert Einstein, actuall hated school

[fluffykitten]

Once a kid asked "When will we ever use this when we leave school?" And the teacher said "Oh! Never! You just need it for the test!"

[Davedave]

But First Aid and Fire Safety isn't even taught at school!

[mistyforests]

What we SHOULD learn in school:
First Aid
How to get insurance
How to pay taxes
How to set up a bank account
Fire Safety
Emergency situation protocols
Survival skills
How to fight and defend yourself
Universal code
How to cook and make food
Plumbing, yard work, etc

What we currently learn in school:
How to speak a dead language
How to solve x(56-35)^x*27=1462
Reciting PI
The achievements of old dead people

[juicykiwi]

Me at a job interview...

Me: I want to work here full time,

Interviewer: Okay, what makes you think you will be valuable to this company?

Me: Edgar Allan Poe had a sexual relationship with his 13 year old cousin.

Interviewer: Holy shit your hired!

[VariacManiac]

I've learned more in trade school in 3 hours than what academic school provides in 2 weeks!! I also hate having to wake up so early just to know useless things I'll forget in 3 1/2 days....

[betaaa]

School=seven crappy hours of our lives
Class=come late and start sleeping

[cherryblossompossum]

I've created a motto for school.
Learn. Test. Forget. Repeat.
People I talk to say that parents should teach kids stuff like first aid and how to cook stuff other than instant noodles, to which I reply "What if your parents are dead?"
Since starting school like two(ish) months ago, I've had, what I can only call a mental breakdown, from being overwhelmed because why do I need to know the seven themes of horror? I don't even like horror, I have a hard enough time sleeping as is.
And this is also now a favorite YouTube channel.

[michaelschwartz]

True education should teach students how to learn and how to be creative. Problem is teachers unions and school are opposed because the teachers and administrators themselves do not know how to do these two things.

[Declan_Payan]

I hate school so much! I really don't get it, we spend 6 and a half hours or more in school meanwhile we come home to more work!? 95% of the things we learn in school isn't even going to help us in life! I enjoyed watching your video, i can definitely relate to a lot of the things you said! Keep up the great work!

[freedislikes]

Job interviewer: ok, did you get straight A’s, 100% attendance and absolutely no detentions when you were in school?
Me: well of course I got detentions-
Interviewer: right that’s it I don’t know how you can say that without being ashamed you will never get a job ever

[maximillionboi]

instead of books from the 90's telling us that Galileo built telescopes, why can't we learn how to make the damn thing.

[elsmok]

Funny as you said learning about first aid and fire safety etc, but we don't even learn about any of that

[Memeway_]

School stands for “Six Cruel Hours Of Our Lives”

Math stands for “Mental Abuse To Humans”

And homework stands for “Half Of My Energy Wasted On Random Knowledge!!!!”

And finals stand for “Fuck I Never Actually Learned Shit”

[capn_l]

I wish we could choose the subjects we want from middle school to high school because that is normally the time your parents are focusing on your future.

[greenleafyman]

There only 3 important schools
1.Elementary school
2. Trade school
3. Youtube school

[ninjaslash_]

It's been almost half a year and I've forgotten 75% of what I've learned mostly of math I wish I was taught how to deal with stress depression and friends I did take an economics class which is mandatory which helped with jobs money and such but that's about it