How School Makes Kids Less Intelligent | Eddy Zhong | TEDxYouth@BeaconStreet
Eddy Zhong, successful technology entrepreneur, dives into the truth behind our K-12 education system. Eddy strongly believes that the education system diminishes creativity and confines children to a certain path towards success. He contends that kids are taught to believe college is a necessary step in life and that it is mandatory to achieve one's goals. His talk challenges the commonly held beliefs of our entire education structure. Eddy is the founder of Leangap, a summer program that helps high school students start their own companies
Eddy is an aspiring technology entrepreneur and the founder of Blanc, a smart-watch company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His ideas have been featured in numerous publications and he is passionate about empowering youth to think differently. Eddy is the founder of Leangap, a summer program that helps high school students start their own companies
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
This is why public schoolers laugh at homeschoolers for being dumb and yet those homeschoolers probably are more happy and successful now.
+The Great Papyrus (CoolSkeleton95) Kids are cruel, however you do learn more for social advancement
What kind of dumbasses laugh at homeschoolers? Less busywork, one single teacher who can actually focus more on yourself rather than having to micromanage 200 kids and they probably actually manage to learn something from it.
Example First Name Example Last Name conformity is the worst crime happened on this Earth.
Pug Ieve That's the average line from an indoctrinated person. The socialization going on in schools is terrible. All 5 of my kids are home-schooled, and while most of the other kids are wasting their time in school, my 14 and 17 year old daughters are starting their own business... something you don't need school, or college to do...but they won't tell you that in school.
GamerOfCringe I'm in homeschool and it sucks
Teachers: School is your second home Also teachers: Don't act like this, you're not in your home
Роман Прокопов true
@ yah
LMFAO😂😂
I thought that sentence only our teachers in Iraq used to say for us 😂
Also in mongolia
"No one has ever changed the world by doing what the world has told them to do." - Eddy Zhong
SPOT ON !! But the powers that be don't want us changing the world .
yup, that's what he said alright
Precisely!
Read your bible! (KJV, preferably) ♥
@@iamfighterman9646 Selfish Students? You mean little kids who don't know any better molded into boring non thinking teenagers? Plus they never get paid that low, actually they are paid pretty well, and if you didn't have a passion for it simply don't do it.
This is extremely true. One example: My brother is amazing at art. He's super talented, but he keeps getting Cs and Ds in art because he doesn't do what hes told. He challenges the teachers. There are people in his class who jave absolutely no skill, but get higher grades because the do exactly what they are told and don't think outside the box. The teachers are literally trying in limit children creativity *in an art room*
So relatable! Whenever I do school projects, the teachers give me a detailed rubric and the whole time I just think about what the teacher wants me to do so I can get the work done and secure that grade. I never really think much about what I truly want to do with the project
Art are evolving
So much for the whole point of art eh! Also, so much for school. If your brother loves art and is super-talented as you put it, he's probably not going to want to be a schoolteacher or a tax lawyer when he grows up, so what's he doing wasting his time in public school, which is designed specifically to turn people into 100% obedient robots, whereas expressive art is supposed to make people be/feel more human and less robotic and zombie-like?
No because this happened to me. I used to love art, but now I don’t even have time to draw/be creative because of school.
@d R In all fairness, the greatest artists started out with imitation and repetition because that's how a skill set starts developing in the beginning. It's just that the best ones were able to 'run with it' rather than spending lots of time perfecting their imitation. They get what they need, and then start applying their own creativity.
After he said "I think I'm the only Asian kid who can't do math," that guy was not amused
That guy should probably learn to laugh at himself a bit. Humility is a virtue, not a sin lol
@@SuppositionalBox he probably just didnt find it funny lol
@@SuppositionalBox I didnt laugh..
Prolly a math teacher
I think he meant east asians like Chinese and Koreans
I learned English fluently watching cartoon network rather than learning in school
And youtube
I learned English by playing video games. Meanwhile, school is like "just sit down for 8 hours, don't talk, don't interact with other human beings, raise your hand if you want to say something and try to look like you understand everything"
Relatable.
😂😂
Fr
“Don't make school your life. Find that thing you're passionate about. Don't rely on school or teachers.”
thank you
Hm
Instead of teaching us, supporting us and cheering us on. We're mocked. "Why aren't you understanding this?" "This is so easy" "You should know this by now" Kids like me, think a F, C or D difines them. School is so messed up-
"Why are you depressed?" "This is so easy why are you failing on this?" "Do better, I know this isn't your best" "Wait until I call your parents" "I'll give you 2x Homework for that" Yep. All we can do is imagine getting good grades. Just imagine...
This is literally how the assistant math teacher in my math class is like. He always acts so stern and strict, and I'm always afraid of asking for help from him cause he usually shames us for not knowing stuff, he also says these things to the class, "this should be easy for you" or "you should know this by now." Or "if you don't know how to do this, then you're screwed." And I absolutely hate it, and sometimes the actual teacher is out of the classroom, so he has to teach on some days and I hate it. The actual teacher is actually one of the best math teachers I've had, he's quite nice and fair to his students and his goal is to make us understand the lesson and is always willing to help us.
I had literally mental breakdowns for getting a 70/100 points
My math teacher once asked me something that I couldn't answer, he said: you should have learned this by now.
thank goodness my cs class has an unlimited redo system where it can be ur 5th time doing the hw and you can still get a 9/10 (-1 for late submission) but its helped me become so much less afraid of failure
"No one has ever changed the world by doing what the world told them to do" awesome love this
agreed
Elle Viva im your 1thousand'st liker
Elle Viva j
Elle Viva i was reading this exactly as he was saying it
Elle Viva has* told them
Education is when you learn from your mistakes School is where you get mocked for your mistakes
Really
EXACTLY!!
Yas fbiii you tellem queen
@@twoobad5089 my school doesn’t or at least most teachers don’t the school system is messed up is all I’m saying
💯
He was 16 when he made this speech. Now I'm 16 thinking... How did I end up losing interests in so many dreams? Why did I stop reading the books that I wanted to? When did I think learning is boring? It's all school; Takes away our time from creativity, makes us care more about our marks in a paper, makes us chase government jobs when there are other jobs we can do. Thank You Eddy Zhong for this speech!
I'm also 16 and just remembered this video existed. Hearing he is sixteen hit hard for me.
On point bro.
well it isn't all school but your correct
I am 16
@@pumpkincoffeewhy isnt it all school. Where is your evidence for the fact that it isnt all school?
My teacher literally destroyed my dream to be an artist. She basically said you can never be an artist because you don’t paint/draw using basic rules. And she was right, I never became an artist, because she killed it in me.
I know this feeling...
@rain xx dude, please don't say that. I don't mean to offend you in anyway but, just don't.
@@rainxx1 😕
@@rainxx1 “who asked” doesn’t apply in this because the commenter is sharing a personal anecdote to support a relevant point made in the video. For clarity, “who asked” is typically reserved for comments involving anecdotes that are both completely unrelated to the topic at hand and brings little to no educational or entertainment value to the discussion… which this comment clearly isn’t doing.
I hope in the future your dreams of becoming an artist will reignite again because there are tons of artist that have a low point in their lives because of someone hurting them and putting them down but they get right back up Even though they have every reason to give up there's always something or someone like their love ones that helps them to not give up on their dreams And if you still love to draw to paint and draw then maybe you can still achieve your dreams (:
The one Ted Talk they won't show in class.
I will :), I will show it to my Year 10s tomorrow because even I as a highschool teacher hate this system, there needs to be more implementation on hands-on skills and not just knowledge.
@@h0shikage i am so glad there are teachers like you out there.
Yeah
@@h0shikage Truly wonderful, you're the future of education. One we can actually look up to.
Kareem Magar YES
"I thought I was the only Asian kid who can't understand math" Crowd : *laughs* Man : 🗿
I was waiting for someone to mention it😭😭😭😭😭
Plot twist: he's his math teacher 💀
😂😂
@@user-qu1qe7zg9i he is like : NANI?
Stereotypical Asians: *excels at math* We Asians who don't understand Math: (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ
Things schools should teach: Emotional intelligence Critical thinking Problem solving Understanding and Filing Taxes and why they exist Finding your passions and using them the ways that you want to use them, the ways that work for you Figuring out and truly tapping into your potential and using all of it in the ways you actually want to, the ways you feel comfortable with. I know there’s more.
They teach critical thinking, and passions well if thats the case in my school.
It's actually taught lmao😂 I can see you never really took school seriously
@@improvementchad6477 Did you wanna specify cuz I listed several things and no actually I wasn’t very good at paying attention in school until the end due to a few things that were going on in my life at the time. Appreciate the compassion lol. Such a kind thing to assume about someone on the internet who you don’t know and has done nothing rude to you☺️
@@thatsdaniellelol So in short your reply is: "I agree"
@@improvementchad6477different depending on your location. Spots in Norway for example have great and modern education systems whereas some places in Germany are a few hundred years behind, or completely nonexistent systems in some other European countries. Don't even mention America, you go to school there to get shot or to be social, not for education purposes. Sorry if you wasted your time in school, must be painful.
My teacher once said " You are put here in school to follow instructions and *That only* " my smile dropped... 😢
Oh man, that sucks… sorry to hear that.
That's illegal they are literally controlling you. You need to break free from it! It's terrible! You need to unleash your person! ❤
My teachers always say "All you have to do is follow simple instructions, and do what you are told. If i tell you to sit down, you sit down. if i tell you to be quiet, be quiet."
“No one has ever changed the world by doing what the world has told them to do.”
He stole that from Steve Jobs
That's why you shold be rebel!
AJ Batac No one ever changed the world without people doing what they asked them to.
AJ Batac Why are you dark skinned? ugh..
Drew Bank Lol you don't even have a profile pic, bafoon.
Anyone who speaks english as a 2nd language learned it from video games and movies. None from school
And Tv shows
I learnt from reading books and watching movies like Lord of The Rings and Harry Potter school gives simple words as new vocabulary
English is my 3rd language and I learnt it from watching pewdiepie. I am indian BTW.
fr though I learned Spanish from watching barbie movies LMAO
@@k0rt0pi88 Hola, buenos dias!
As a school hater,I cam comfirm that school is killing student's creativity and forcing to learn useless information
You're compeletly right
so true ❤
This is why I’m so grateful that my parents let me do what I loved. People say there is no money in art, but I’m 19 years old, I’m going to a community college for a certificate. I’m in a payed internship and I’m also doing freelance too on the side. You don’t have get a degree to be successful or even go to a big fancy college, just do what you love ❤️
inspiring words from a wise man
Thats why when I go to collage I am not going to get a dept of literal millions pesos to go to a fancy collage.
But what if I dont know what I truly love cuz I think that all what I love do is imposed by society
Keep going my friend 🫡
@@user-bi2cd7ju4n it’s extremely hard to find what you love in this day and age just because of how school is made so you only learn something a specific way which is why I love art. But hate art the subject
What I learned at school: 0% What I learned on KZhead: 100,000,000%
ITS OVER 9000 AHHHHHHHHHHH
Yo but me 2 tho
LOL, Very very true
Yep I started watching these channels. Seeker, Ridddle, Arvin Ash, TED-ED, Kurzgesagt-in a nutshell, Astrum, PBS Space Time, Veritasium, Vsauce, Scishow Space, Science Channel, Mr Scientific, Reallifelore, Bright Side, etc. I subscribed to all these channels and I bet from just them I learnt 10,000x more than what I'll probably learn in my entire 12 school years. I recommend you to watch these channels, and solve tough but interesting problems on Brilliant. School does very less.
@@vedantsridhar8378 thanks bro
"We go to school just to get good grades, and then forget everything " -me 2019
I can totally agree
That's the most effective strategy I've used in school.
yup
You mean M T don't You ( probebly not )
That my biggest fear when graduating from college.
This is a great conversation to have. I, as a parent, witnessed the creativity being taken from 1 of my kids. A straight A student who lost points on something for "being too creative". I saw the light in their eyes start to dim that day and it broke my heart. That was the day that started me down a path of homeschooling not 1 but 3 creative children. 💯
That is such a nice thing to do
@@different9841 Thank you. I feel it's my job as a parent to do what's best for the kiddos. I may not always do it right, but I do my best. Have a lovely day!
Amazing, hope we all do the same when time comes
Well done mate. What is best for them.
w parent
Once in primary school, we were taught a certain method to divide sums. I got told off for doing it a faster way even though the answers were correct, and I had to solve the problems their way. Not only schools kill creativity, but it kills confidence and breeds mental health struggle too.
School makes you scared of failing when failing is the only way to truly learn.
True
underrated comment
If some of you guys dont notice most stuff are discovered because of failures without failure there's no success Okay sorry for my bad English not a native speaker 😅
Yeah cause they put sm emphasis on grades like its the only things that matters, and then if you fail the test/quiz, your grade will drop so much,
So true!
I want to be an artist, but the sad thing is i'm learning so much by myself than with an art teacher. I'm learning anatomy, coloring, principles, etc.
JohnTheBeast 😨 Jesus John. Thanks. 😅
JohnTheBeast So true...😔
I really don't like my art teacher... I've always loved art as a hobby and, being a person that wants to work in areas of art in the future, my teacher telling me that I'm basically not good at art has kinda trashed that.
SapphireX7 I bet you're good at art and besides there are different types of art. You could be a cartoonist if you draw cartoons. It all depends on your style. Keep at it. ☺✔
It's Lillie I think I generally do have a cartoony style, but my art teacher wants us to focus on realism which is really annoying since I have to restrict myself to proportions and all. It's a shame we have to stick to what our school wants. Thanks though, I'll try my best ^^
My dad once explained to me that if I got good grades all the time, and if I already knew everything, I'd feel like there'd be no more room to grow or improve myself, so he taught me to always use a bad grade or report as a learning experience. That's very true and insightful, but why does my C in algebra and chemistry make me feel and look like a failure if all I need to do is "do better?" I can't even really find what it is I'm doing wrong with my work, and I'm constantly trying to play catch up so that I can at least understand what the rest of the kids in my class are talking about, and I find myself sacrificing my time to do what I really love and want to pursue, like drawing and music, because I feel a constant desire to not "fail" all my classes. Maybe it's my time management or my mental state, but school really feels like it screws kids over a lot of the time. The American education system needs to change to accompany kids' abilities to be creative, critical, and collaborative, instead of drilling into our brains that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
Then what about Indian education system
Never going to change as the top 1% will never give up control.
@@ItApproaches the top 1% are self made millionaires. If you mean the 150 people who control the system, yes, they will never change the school system because the school system creates SLAVES. You need to strive to be in that 1% to be independent from that paper.
@@ragnarok283 Millionaires? They are billionaires if not higher then that.
It’s not your time management or mental state at all. In this world it’s important to be creative and have a passion. Humans are naturally creative, but school is taking that opportunity away from us. ☹️💔 Not every person is the same, school.
THIS THIS IS WHY I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HOMESCHOOLED I GET TO EXPLORE THINGS I LOVE AND FOLLOW MY PASSIONS WITHOUT BEING CRITICIZED AND PUT DOWN AND IT'S AWESOME
LUCKY BRO
You are lucky
Dislikes are from highschool - Teachers - Principals - Moms Edit: I'll remove the "Students with high grades", in the replies they are proud to show their straight A Grades
As someone who got mostly B's and A's... yeah. Although not said directly, schools are about indoctrinating, not educating or helping people to learn (the specifics of how learning, educating and indoctrination are different elude me at the moment). Granted, some of the information they teach you can be useful (like, how to disengage, crisis handling, CPR...oh wait. They usually don't teach you that sort of practical skill in school or college).
Yeah, but I don't judge them they're only doing what they where told to do and believe
@@moge-ko9813 Same. I have high grades, but I still agree with a lot that this dude says.
i’m a student with high(ish) grades but i 100% agree with the video. i have good grades but at the risk of my mental health. i hate school lmao
I am a student with high grades and I liked)))
Thank you Mr Zhong I'm currently 10 years old (I'M NOT JOKING) Your words are inspiring to do something GREAT with my life because i DON'T want to be a mindless teenager who only thinks inside the box one of these days my product will be on bill boards and on every tv in the WORLD
I can frankly say that school has just made me a machine of getting A's but in this process i lost my true self. I'm in 10th grade and when I hear the name school my social anxiety triggers i feel suffocated in school i feel like everyone is judging me and my anxiety gets worse when the teacher calls me or ask's a question Edit : this is all what school taught me
SAME
I've learned more about Science by my own curiosity and the internet than all 13 years of school
me too
Pat Hamm same
Pat Hamm same I spend literal hours watching bill bye cosmos other science shows and anything cool on KZhead and school science is simple now it's laughable, i knew this six years ago why are you still re teaching it XD
Pat Hamm FACTS!! Omg someone who agrees with me. I learn more from KZhead than in actual school
Josh Brown me lol
*Reads title* Say no more fam
At my old school we had a vary short lunch and we couldn't get up to pickup a piece of paper or pencil we had to raise our hand
Aquila Winfree that's very strict 😕
Pinkprincess Mochii I know
Aquila Winfree ikr. We are being programmed to follow orders mindlessly
Shondra Moore i feel you
Started with "I'm going to make my cool ideas come to life!" and a really healthy mind as a kid, ended up in therapy and anxiety pills in the first semester of high school
“No one has ever changed the world by doing what the world tells them to do” am absolutely excellent quote. Fellow teens like this are so inspirational
"To this day I think I am the only Asian kid who doesn’t understand math” Everyone: *laughs* That one dude: 🗿
Lmao
I love ur pfp
xD
😂🤣
Ikr
Asian parents: I'm going to pretend I didn't see that
also african parents
Asian parents expect a lot from their children and it hurts
My parents tell me to be the better them
Bro , not all asian parents are like that that is just a sad stereotype.
But ,,, its true
Thank you school for: - Stress - Low grades - Depression - Anxiety - Trauma - Low self-esteem - Homework - Teaching us calculus and algebra that we don't use in real life - Wasted money - Making we work with people who don't even want to work and gives me to do everything and then they get high scores too
Algebra and calculus is useful for science based courses
My teacher instead of teaching like the class next door, she tells us to show it and express it through our imaginary mind and art. I love her so much because she made everyone feel special in their own way 😊
Seriously, I felt smarter when I was in the elementary school than now.
Emirhan Jarrah Me too.
exactly my feeling
hahahaha same
Exactly me.
I used to be an adventurer like you, then i got an education.
Teachers: Everybody is special, kids! Then why are 30 kids all taught in the same way, by the same teacher, in one classroom?
And all treated the same. Every child who gets bad marks is scolded, and every child who gets good marks is praised.
@Yordy Alien But that's current circumstances. This teaching method is being used since forever, even when they have plenty opportunities to make it more effective.
FluffyPaws101 being taught the same doesn’t necessarily mean applying your knowledge in the same way. And also, grades are separated into different groups and be taught differently in many schools.
FluffyPaws101 being taught the same doesn’t necessarily mean applying your knowledge in the same way. And also, grades are separated into different groups and be taught differently in many schools.
Bruh what are you talking about Teachers are superhumans They literally teach 70 brats in my class
Thank you school for giving me -Anxiety -Constant Pressure -Endless Homeworks -Lack of Motivation -Lengthy Essays ughh
I’m 15 and I hate school. During my freshman year, my schedule was 8:30AM-6:00PM with sports. I can agree with literally everything he said. I’ve found my meaning and I’ve been following it for over a year now. I’ve learned much more browsing the internet than at school. And I don’t know if it’s just me, but i am learning literally like 10x faster myself than at school. And I'm learning things that can actually change and impact the world supposed to learning about how the ancient Romans harvested food for over 3.5 hours a week.
English is my second language and I can tell you that 85% of the words or phrases I learnt are from youtube and random books in my home instead of books from the school. (Including the word phrase)
Same I learned English from watching movies context clues, watching vids on YT, playing random games, listening to western songs etc
I know that this is off topic (I think). My vocabulary increased or got better because of Wattpad-
ooh about this English is my second language, and i'm pretty much your case too you know, isn't the purpose of language being able to use it? those English we learn in class is just so unpractical. i wonder why hadn't they modified it already
@osu591 well about useless grammar structures im not sure, i do actually use the grammar like "i had known that..." or "i wish i were in that place..." which are in the textbook
SombR3ro idk if somebody already said this but apparently a person from a Kpop group learned English from watching friends
I grow up in my country school with physical beating and memorising every lesson without learning.
Excuse my grammar.
Htet Nay Kyaw same
Don't lose hope, that means they'll win. Be the one that becomes successful at your age. Be the one that future kids would look up to years from now. Be creative, and fight your way through that veil that most people give up at, and eventually, well, i'll let you decide
Shiza Shaikh if your parents are abusive then you should call the cops on them. I know it may be scary, but if you do then they will protect you and you will be safe. Even if you don't, remember: eventually, you will grow up and leave school and your parents. You will be able to live whatever type of life you choose. Do not commit suicide- think about the happy things that await you later in life. Your parents and teachers only win if you let them influence the decisions you make.
Htet Nay Kyaw I get bullied but I'm self educated 90%
Totally agreed. In highschool and college I became really good at math. I was acing all my tests and exams and I felt good about myself. It wasn't until I was in the real world I realized how little of it I could actually apply. I spent all this time learning how to manipulate and work with equations and problems that were neatly organized and tied in a bow for me to unravel. With zero training how to model these equations from real world data, how to figure out what relevant information you need to solve the problem and how to acquire it. It felt like my whole life education was holding a nail for me and only training me how to swing a hammer to drive in the nail in straight. Then I got into the real world and realized I have no idea where to get the nail from, where to place it, how to hold it for myself and how to incorporate it into the problem that is a house I'm trying to build. Then you go into the world and you're asked "well what do you know how to build ?" and you realize all you know how to do is swing a hammer and you're severely underprepared.
Spot on analogy.
Creativity is the highest form of intelligence-that’s why the performing arts are so important.
I learn more from KZhead videos than I learn at school
t's called Unschooling. It is growing in popularity like wildfire!
And that’s a fact
same
Same
Everyone has their own style for learning but yeah true I learn a lot from youtube videos rather than school and that’s probably because is a KZhead video you are getting a summary but on school they are giving you extra info you don’t need to know and that doesn’t give your attention so you forget everything or just don’t get it because your brain isn’t interested in that material
School children are taught what to think and not how to think
Eternal Void yup. Although I think it's 'who'
Mile Dobrić Sometimes,I think that is ok.I've seen way too many "self-educated" teenage nazies in my country saying the same shit,teenagers just need to learn one thing from school,to be independent from any ideology...
Mile Dobrić we've now got a new system in our school where we have to work together instead of just listening to our teacher
At my school the only opinions taught by the teachers are in health class. They don't tell me to go to college but instead listen to what I want to do and say what college course I should take that would be best for that job. For some jobs like a video game developer they specifically say not to go into college and instead become an apprentice at a video game company so we get real life experience.
Mile Dobrić Exactly
I think one problem with school is that they expect us to fit their molds, and for us to do what they think is right, instead of helping us find our mission, not theirs.
Now at my school, I find 70-80 per cent of the teachers to think out of the box and explore the field you want to take.I think most of the schools now encourage innovation and pursue their own interests. Being doctors and engineer isn't the only thing there to choose
Your school is lucky
My school’s like that too, we have an awesome theater program 👍 and I like my graphic design class as well
To all asian kids that cant do math... read this message. *we are unique*
Lord Pingu I’m not Asian but I support you and other “unique” Asians... join us non Asians 😂😭
man i feel u
All hail Lord Pingu
@@ishanrai1227 lol
@カモメcheegulls really?
my teacher says to send her ted talks. sounds good
FD The Gaming Animator aha yes
FD The Gaming Animator iC
FD The Gaming Animator Send her this, no literally. She might be able to understand this
My 6th grade English teacher played TED talks every week, and the first one he played was "How Schools Kill Creativity"
Good! Send it for her! Help her to wide her horizons.
Our own curiosity has taught us more than school ever has, yet the world refuses to accepted it.
Back then I saw myself as super creative with so many Ideas in my head I wanted to express in so many forms. I wanted to become an author because I loved writing stories so much. Now I just feel burnt out with no energy left to think of something new
What your parents teach you: “Time is money” What schools teaches you: “Sit down for 8 hours and don’t talk and listen”
And follow everything they want or got detention
Quikz Ray rich people time is not money, the value of your time is money
Try making a living without having been to school.
Briseur De Lance I’m doing that right now, im 18
@@golemnoskill645 What do you do? I'm just genuninely interested (my guess is a trade so mechanics, electricity, etc.).
School taught me how to be bullied and I never recovered from it. Thanks School you're cool.
Please, share your story with us. Did you lose your leg and became the pirate of the caribbean sea? Or did you just get emotionally hit?
Let me guess.. You have PTSD?
chloweful not really. I think he's more likely gotten depression and got over it . PTSD affects you negatively in every way.
Bobby Pom ikr school is the worst trauma that hunts me every fucking day
Vac Ban does the fact he's not in high school take away the fact he's being bullied? From personal experience i know defending yourself rarely ever helps.
When I was in high school, I was always disappointed, not in myself, but the school system, how narrowminded everybody was, how lacking in creativity, and how everybody would do almost the exact same thing every day and act like each day was different
As a Asian, i get bullied alot in my High school [ America California ] and I have to cry myself to sleep every night. All I ever get from school is anxiety and depression making me feel I am not enough.
Tbh same, I live in a country where education is “important” but now, companies don’t really want anything about school, now it’s all about the creativity. So technically all our creativity has been diminished by school. And I don’t even think skz would exist without their creativity. I saw ur pop btw Seung,in is so cute
Good grades don’t measure your intelligence, it just measures how often you turn in your homework.
Alex Rodriguez Oh my god
Alex Rodriguez I never thought about that...
Is that satire? I hope so, because Alex's comment is absolutely ridiculous.
Ethan Fisher-Perez the first part of his comment is true though. Good grades don’t measure your intelligence.
lauren What do you think the grades measure, if any?
İs it just me who have good grades but still afraid of asking questions to the teachers? Because then they're looking at me with "dude u have good grades so u should know this" expressions on their faces. İt makes me so sad because they're expecting u to know everything and when u're asking for their help, they lower ur grades.😪😪
Arwen K haha thats the complete opposite at my school. Its the really intelligent students that ask the most questions.
Lauren Nacuers well that's good👍🏻 :// I hope it would be like that here too. U have to know everything here if u want high grades (without the teachers help).
Arwen K same lol
Yes I feel you, even the most intelligent students within my grade ask questions and I'm just obeying like an idiot.
I feel you man I feel you😢
I actually just read a story of a little boy who kept on getting in trouble for doodling in class. He would later be hired to cover the walls of a restaurant with his doodles. It's amazing how people's creativity can get them places at a young age, but also how school squashes that creativity and makes it so people are less successful.
I personally feel we grow more when we get freedom .like honestly in school I always felt prisoned in one corner like literally if you are not a topper or the so called cool talented kid ,you are never considered. Teachers most of the time used to give more importance to the toppers or the losers but the average kid were always ignored. But when we come to college is that we learn our value and understand we are more capable than what we think about us. This is the sad reality of schools
In school, it's more about copying skills than actually learning them.
Teaching you obedience...😵
we gotta do what we gotta do. amirighttt
Giancarlo De martini discovered Texas in 1937. the square root of 5.6 is found using . monkeys are legally classified as hermaphrodites. I know more than you, all from copying.
Wtf
You’re taught how to pass a test. Not how the universe works.
*"No one has ever changed the world by doing what the world told them to do".* Perfectly said!
Nothing is more important than imagination not even education he is a legendary person
"No one has ever changed the world by doing what the world has told them to do." - Edward Zhong
Except with fidget spinners But that's true tho
Christian Villarosa copied comment
Simonstar who cares if its copy, more people gonna see it.
Im putting it as my senior quote, love it so much
Internet Expl my senior quote will be: “If math is good why does my calculator have a SIN button?”
“Imagination is more important than knowledge” - Albert Einstein
Trueeee❤️❤️❤️ But knowledge is important to accomplish ur dreams...
yeah I know this thought
Amazing
but thats the sad thing I dont have an imagination
@@purveshgandhi7122 balance.
Go Eddy! So glad you found your path. I agree with you wholeheartedly - and I'm a teacher! I see kids come to school so wide-eyed and excited to learn, and all too often school just kills that in kids. We need to encourage kids to think outside the box. We need to LISTEN to kids. And we need to tap into their natural passion and curiosity. We will never have happy, satisfied, motivated and innovative people if we don't change our approach. I've been fighting the system from within for almost 40 years now. Creativity needs to be valued and encouraged. I hope I get a chance to do a TED talk about why creativity matters.
Wow, what a speech. I'm 16 years old and I still haven't found my passion yet, but I think maybe there's still hope for me to discover something I love.
So far all that school has taught me is how to procrastinate and how to function on almost no sleep
Lol
same
Metoo
Omg righttttt like I found out I worked my best when I procrastinated and I actually stumbled upon this great TedTalk because I'm procrastinating on an assignment
So true, the same... :/
Listen: *T is silent* Queue: *ueue is silent* Know: *k is silent* Kid getting bullied: *school is silent*
Makes sense
Accurate 👍
Uhm wouldn’t -k- now be pronounced n OW instead of no
kid fighting back: School:Now this is an avengers level threat
@@pat1509 Lmao
Great Words:"No-one has ever changed the world by doing what the world has told them to do."
"no one has ever changed the world, by doing what the world told them to do" i wrote this on my class board as "THOUGHT OF THE CENTURY".
You know what our problem is? It seems like more and more people agree that things should change. Heck, I'm sure all 2,700 people that commented on this video think the school system should change. But obviously all we can do is complain it the comment section, and I hate it. We are so scared that the society won't listen to us, so we don't even try. I'm sure every single student that is currently in school (including me) wants to show this to teachers, parents, headmasters, but is too scared to do anything. There is enough of us now to have influence, to make a difference. But we are SCARED. that is the problem - we should first change our ways, our entire society...
Olovia Gomes Exactly!!
Anna Pavlova Its not the fact that we are Scared its the fact that everyone is too lazy to change it, and theres alot more pot heads and dumbasses in the world than smart people like you that are willing to want a change
Faddish BigFoot You've got a point, it is the sad reality that the pod heads are way more that the actual normal people.
okay, I wanna do it, what do I do now? HELP
I think that we should do a rally in school. Gather up enough students in different schools across the country and demand to the school boards that something has to change. I am so ready to do this but I need help.
SCHOOL IS ALL ABOUT HOW STRONG YOUR MEMORY IS NOT HOW INTELLIGENT YOU ARE. EXAMS TESTS MEMORY NOT INTELLIGENCE.
That is the problem
Yes
lool you are so right wtf
@@tylrj thanks
right on the money. jeez.
creativity is what makes progress in the world. The Airplane, electricity, everything that we have as technology, was originally nothing more than an idea, a CREATION
Eddy's words have actually been proven right: A new survey says the average American uses just 37 percent of the information they learn in school.
37% , if that .... around 1970 it was just 10% for me
"No-one has ever changed the world by doing what the world has told them to do." Powerful words, I live by that.
References!
who said this? its beautiful
Elbowbread the dude said that at the very end
Elbowbread watch the freaking video
Martin Luther king jr for example
School: *im gonna pretend I didn’t see that.*
👀
Lmao0000000o
Its the government's fault though , this has system has lasted for over a century now and were gonna live without actual knowledge lol
@@derboe_thebeast6869 You're telling me all the history science and instruments we learn aren't knowledge? Smh. We have this school system for a reason, society needs smart people who can get good jobs. This system is ultimately better. What people like you think will happen if we change the education system is some utopia. Guess what? It's not a utopia! Kids need education throughout school, and the smartest kids get into college making smart people get better jobs. Society needs JOBS, not creativity.
@@v.k5417 Society needs both Jobs and Creativity, but school always wants us to have jobs rather then becoming more creative and not everyone has a mindset of getting jobs because some peoples just loves to be creative and we need to support them sooooo much just like how we support jobs . Nowadays jobs are becoming overrated only because of this fraud school system. Fact: Art is used in most of the engineering.
I find this very true and it's a sad fact how creativity is crushed in our current school systems. I know many people who took art GCSE and from most of them I have heard how much they hate it, and people who used to draw all the time don't even want to be creative after they have finished their GCSEs because of how much time stress there was for the art course. It's terrible.
Eddy Zhong is so smart he was 16 when he did this talk.
The guys face at 2:03 doe: "Wait whut i thot all asian kidz were good at math or something. what the fook??? This guy must be lying!"
Kakashi Hatake no
Kakashi Hatake You're a fucking idiot.
Kakashi Hatake you don t realize that you are an idiot 10 year old trying to look badass by saying a bunch of rude words "get cancer" is something you say when you know he is right but you wanna try to to look cool
Some Random Person of course it's from someone with an undertale profile picture
Some Random Person LOL
I learn stuff in school then forgot it like 1 week after :/
Exactly, this system feeds on grades and obedience. In school everything you learn is IRRELEVANT in the real world. The only reason we learn a lot of useless information is because of the tests we have to take over, and over, and over again. If you think about it, it almost makes it seem like the system is creating a false reality, essentially brainwashing kids to believe it is their destiny, but that simply isn't true!
Browser Option yeah agreeable
imagine there are 10 chocolate bars in front of you, and lets say you only like 3, what school does is that it forces you to eat all of those chocolates and when it comes to the tests you just throw up the chocolates, it's the sad truth.
This guy gets me
Yolostabber99 yeah
Watched this 5 yrs ago and I'm here watching it again because now I think I will learn more deeply.
I'm homeschooling my kids, with an unschooling slant. I get asked all the time about "socialization" yet I remember being told MANY times by teachers that I was not there to socialize!!
1.Wake up *EARLY* 2.Get prepared for school 3. Go to school for 8 hours and hear adults talk all day *"teaching us"* 4. Go home 5. Eat dinner 7. Go to bed early 8. Repeat
NotTheBestGaming And then forget everything after every single test.
And thats the start of humanity developing becoming to robots
NotTheBestGaming You for got that 2 hour homework assignment and then another 2 hour project lmao
1. Wake up early 2. Realise your a night owl 3. sleep through school and show up at 12 4. go home 5. play games till 1am 6. Go to bed,
facts
Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
the one thing you learn in school
The Primal Earth ENGLAND IS MY CITY
The Avalanchilator haha funny yes
If I ever go to jail I'll say, "you guys can call me the mitochondria because I'm the powerhouse of this cell" I will probably get beat up but it'll be worth it.
Alexander Hamilton you deserve endless likes
As an educator, I tell you that kids are questioning what are they gonna use all they learn in school for. So, we have to adapt the things we teach to real world situations, and also open our minds and ask them what they want to learn so they feel free and exited about future life.
Wow this is an incredibly amazing idea I wish my teachers were like that too cuz I also question the same why and what r we actually learning for?
I can say: when I get to learn something on my own, it's SO much easier to be fascinated by it and research further, than when I have to learn something through a classroom environment, where everything (at least from my perspective) moves at a snail's pace
Soo how are we gonna fix it?
be a rebel and show the world that you were not meant to be what the world told you to be, that's what I think will work
GuDDuNeoDi dats kinda not gud lol
haha very funny
Frankie TheIgCyberbully Instead of schools teaching a curriculum based on memorizing, they should teach a curriculum based on critical thinking and real world situations, it's simple
Lisa Wang but that's not what businesses want. Whether you like it or not it's mind over matter to some situations. You can do it you just don't like how they do it or sometimes who is doing it. Sometimes you need to work with what you have. It helps to just suck it up
My teacher always shows Ted talks during class but she never showed this one....
I wonder why...🤔🤔🤔
You should suggest it. Really.
@@almapierree8868 They're gonna do it, and you're gonna learn about the faults of the education system. But ironically, the topic is gonna be on the test.
It would have meant their job....
so true especially my english teacher
"No one has ever changed the world by doing what the world told them to do" 🔥🔥🔥💪🏿💪🏿 Thank you! 01-11-22
People like Eddy Zhong makes me realize what kind of teacher I want to be in the near future. 💙
I learn like 10 times more from KZhead that in school
H E Y V S A U S E , M I C H E A L H E R E
Same. Hhhh
Fried Chicken ikr
This is not true and you know it.
Fried Chicken true tbh
School doesn’t teach you the real world.
No, but your parents do.
Ethan Fisher-Perez *Grabs Belt* "Heres an example"
Ethan Fisher-Perez most parents don’t
Ethan Fisher-Perez what if you’re one of the unlucky ones who have parents that weren’t there. Whether they were dead or just deadbeat
@@beardieboi420productions please dont i have suffered way to much
I lost interest in school at the age of 9. So much of what we learned was useless. After seeing how my own children fared in school, I firmly believe that home schooling and life have more to offer a developing mind than school. My self taught knowledge from years of reading history, philosophy and learning random arts and crafts has enabled me to become an oldie who can have an inspirational conversation with young people today. An oldie whose input on a wide variety of topics is sought each week, and I only went to school until year 10.
But how could you buy a house, have income?
I have worked for 50 years, raised a family and own my home. None of which relied upon knowing algebra, when Henry VIII created the church of England, or knowing and believing the mythology of my national history. Schools are for churning out useful workers for those who hold the purse strings. None of what is taught is done to broaden our minds or make us think.
100%, everything in this video is true. I've already learned so much more outside of school than I'll ever learn in school. I used to have tons of creativity and innovative ideas when I was younger, but now my mind feels dryer than a desert. I'm a sophomore in HS, and I feel that school has already stifled my creativity beyond repair. Children are significantly more creative than adults, and that's because they haven't been stripped of all their good ideas by school yet. School would be so much better if only they would stop with all of the assignments that focus on copying and remembering information, but exploring things you enjoy and have a passion for. Forcing someone to learn something that they don't want to learn will never get them anywhere. Past middle school, I think that all academic subjects are completely obsolete. Once you learn the basics that everyone should know, during elementary and middle school, you should be free to explore your passions as much as you wish, without school restraining you from your true passions. I feel that after middle school, my creativity really plummeted. Now, it's a huge struggle to come up with my own ideas, now that school has conditioned my brain to be a sponge instead of a machine. Intake what you hear, spit it back out on paper, forget it in a week, then do it again. At the very least, schools should try harder to preserve students creativity. Creativity is what makes you successful, not retaining useless information and spitting it back out.
School made me lose all of my passion for the things I love.
Ouch
School and parents
What is passion? What is enjoyment? What are hobbies? Can I eat these things?
@Mando78 you are a lucky one
I feel like school is just a test for how good we’ll work when they put us in jobs but they try and dress it up as learning and building the next generation
Elementary school: think outside the box with creativity. Middle school: think on the edge of the box with a bit of creativity. High school: think inside the box with no creativity. Out of school: think outside the box with creativity. Hmm... that doesn't seem right. Where did the government go wrong with its education system
Bandit Leader you are wrong about out of school
ikr
College / University: There is no outisde of the box
Our school tells us there is no box at all
lol