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- Do you know what's wrong with the modern education system?
It is common knowledge that our system
of education is failing our children.
We send our kids to school and expect them
to be prepared for life in the real world.
But we all know that this is not what happens.
Too many students come out of school unprepared to succeed.
Despite this,
we allow this broken system to keep training our children.
It is time that we speak openly and frankly
about what's wrong with our system of education.
I want to share with you eight reasons
why our traditional educational system is failing us.
Problem number one:
Our schools have not evolved with the times.
In over a century,
our system of education has not changed.
It was developed during the Industrial Age
to train factory workers for jobs in mass production.
Our schools are still operating with the same goal.
But as technology has advanced,
the need to train factory workers has greatly diminished.
We teach students a uniform curriculum
for long periods of time.
They come to class, sit at their desks, follow instructions,
keep their mouths shut,
watch a presentation that's likely irrelevant
to the real world, do their work in silence, and then,
when the bell rings, they go home.
It is very much like a factory,
where you clock in, you do your monotonous work,
do what you're told, hear the bell, and go home.
A century ago,
when workers were leaving farms and migrating
to big cities to work in factories,
this system made total sense.
But today it can no longer sustain itself.
How much can you accomplish in life
by just doing what you're told?
In today's society, to get ahead,
we need to communicate more, be able to adapt to change,
think outside the box, and be creative.
In most school settings, these skills are not encouraged.
Problem number two:
Our schools do not teach the skills we need in real life.
Most of everyday skills we need in life
are not taught in schools.
These skills include good parenting, running a business,
managing a household, working with people,
and creative problem-solving.
We learn these things only through experience and time.
There are not many problems in school
that prepare us for the everyday task of living.
It's seems logical that we have classes that teach us
how to sell yourself or run a home financially,
understanding how human personality works,
open an online business, get a mortgage, and so on.
There are so many useful skills
that we could be teaching that we don't.
Instead of focusing on courses
like ancient history and advanced calculus,
we need to make practical education the core curriculum.
Problem number three:
Our schools pursue a mentality of one size fits all.
The education system is very rigid.
We have structured programs that every child must follow
at the same time.
They all learn the same thing in the same way.
Consider this:
The whole world says how we're all different,
with different cultures, upbringing,
creativity, and personalities.
All this makes us who we are.
We all have individual passions, tastes, ideas.
This is what fuels us.
But how can our school systems develop individuality
if they're using cookie cutter formulas
to fit all students into the same mold?
We don't encourage students to investigate
the most basic ideas,
like what do I want to achieve in life?
Or what am I good at?
These questions go beyond the scope of schools.
They're not in their curriculum.
The system does not wait for those lagging behind,
nor does it speed up for those who are ahead of the curve.
Everyone proceeds at the same arbitrary pace.
Problem number four:
Our schools force student into a
regimented classroom structure.
If you watch children, whether at the supermarket,
your house, at the theater, walking on the street,
you're gonna notice something very peculiar.
They can't stand still.
They're so curious and playful.
They play soccer in the street,
they climb on the movie theater seats,
they run around the house,
they invent, they scream, they cry, they laugh,
and they get dirty in the mud.
Then all of a sudden, we grab them and take them
to a facility we call an education center,
where they have to sit, look ahead, mot talk to their peers,
stop laughing, not standing up,
can't climb on chairs, stop fidgeting, and so on.
And on top of that, they're taught a lesson on topics
like the Krebs cycles in biology
and they're supposed to remember
all the reactions and features of it.
Unfortunately, for 99% of all of high school graduates,
and unless to decide to be a biologist
and focus on the Krebs cycle itself,
this information is completely irrelevant.
I studied biology,
I even don't know the Krebs cycle by heart.
This presentation of random information
makes students bored.
Some don't understand it which even makes it
more anxious and more bored.
And because they're taught to sit down, shut up, and listen,
they're probably scared to ask questions.
And as a result, they further lag behind.
Problem number five:
In schools, students have no control over their own lives.
In school children are not expected to be in control
and think on their own.
They have no opportunity to make meaningful choices.
It's no wonder they feel so lost when they graduate.
The system tells our children they have
no say in what goes in their life.
They have to follow the rules as if they were in prison,
and if they fall off track,
they're punished with the embarrassment
of having to repeat a grade,
or they have to work double shifts
to keep up with the crowd.
Today, it's very important to be able
to make your own decisions and manage your own life.
Big companies like Apple and Google are looking for
out of the box thinkers, creative people,
those people that can challenge the status quo.
Our school system does not prepare you or its students
for the jobs out there today.
Problem number six:
Schools do not recognize the evolving role of teachers.
In the old days, teachers were sources of information.
Today, technology allows students to learn
through videos online at a much faster rate.
We don't need teachers to stand
in front of a class and recite facts.
The role of a teacher today should not be knowledge-based,
but should reflect his or her ability
to guide students in the right direction,
helping develop good thinking habits, encourage curiosity,
support creativity, and have a growth style mindset.
We must also empower older students
to teach younger students, like they used to in the days
of the one-room schoolhouse.
Teaching is one of the best learning strategies.
It's also good for self-development, empathy,
and building communication skills.
Problem number seven:
Schools don't combine creativity and exercise.
I know these two words, creativity and exercise,
may not seem to go together.
You think of creativity as being an artist,
painting the Mona Lisa, while exercise,
you might be thinking of somebody going to the sym
or running a marathon.
But the truth is, they're both highly correlated.
Exercises fuels your brain which in turn
fuels your creativity.
But when facing budget problems,
schools would rather cut a gym class
than a boring history class with no relevance
or immediate benefit.
On top of that, as you move up the ladder in education
from kindergarten to college,
the creative classes and the ability
to imagine for yourself completely disappears.
At the same time, too many students become sedentary.
We need to encourage children,
and for that matter adults too,
to exercise, play, create, and think on their own
to seek their own path of learning.
Problem number eight:
Schools are stuck with a one style of learning.
It is not rocket science to realize
that everyone learns differently.
Not only are there different ways to learn,
but there is also different amounts
of time it takes someone to learn.
Some students can easily extract
the main idea of a literary text,
while others who struggle with this
might be great at solving puzzles or logical problems.
Our education system does not accept such variances.
If you're slow, you'll be left behind,
and you even might be tagged
as a person with a learning disability,
but if you learn too quickly,
you might be bored or kicked out of class
because you've become a disruptive person.
In such a system, the only winning formula is to be average,
and we need students who are better than average.
So those are my eight reasons why our school is failing us.
I am sure you can add a few more.
Our system of education needs to be redesigned.
Most education today relies on memory and repetition,
and then tests with a standardized system
in which you either pass or fail.
In biology class, for example, you might be able to memorize
the 206 adult bone structures, but guess what?
If you're lucky, the next day you'll remember
only half of them.
Now let's say if you pass, you move on to the next level
like in a video game.
Let's say that now you're in Level Two
and now you have to remember the 220 names
of the nerves in the human body.
But if you fail to remember the 206 bones
in your anatomy class, you might fail the class
and perhaps you might even decide
that medicine's not for you.
Remembering lists of things
is not a natural task for humans.
Yes, you need to know the bones if you're a doctor,
but is it really the determining factor
of to know if you will remember all of them or not?
Do you think doctors don't have Google in front of them
to search for a name when they forget it?
As long as students understand how the system works,
and the general concept,
why are we testing memorized facts?
Who cares what the Magna Carta,
when the Magna Carta was signed?
Other than playing Jeopardy! to win a million dollars,
I don't know how that can benefit you.
It's a pointless way of learning.
We have to look at the big picture.
Why do you think online learning
is growing at a tremendous rate?
I truly believe traditional universities are in decline.
It is true that we need certain skills
to be learned at university.
Of course you don't want somebody operating on
somebody's brain without proper training and certification,
but students who go to medical school want to go there.
They have made that choice.
The Internet and the new digital world have given us
and our children all the educational tools we need
at our fingertips.
We can find and look for information
about any topic we please.
The school system is fearful of losing control,
and instead of embracing progress,
and trying to adopt more modern approaches,
it dismisses them completely.
This is not surprising.
Education is actually a business.
Think of college.
People spend tens of thousands of dollars
to go to top-rated schools to learn useless information,
and those schools are making billions.
I've had many goals in my life.
I used to wanna win the Nobel Prize, and perhaps I still do,
but I'm not really pursuing that dream anymore.
But I've always had another goal,
which is to change our education system.
I truly believe that the education system
throughout the world, including the United States,
are obsolete and even barbaric.
They're so old that they've lost touch
with the demands of the real world.
Perhaps wanting to change the education system
is a huge goal,
and perhaps it's something that I cannot achieve on my own,
or in my lifetime.
But if I can at least put a little dent in this system,
or spark some enthusiasm in people
to look at the system in a different way,
and learn in a new way, then I can die knowing
that I achieved something in this world.
I believe most people want to learn.
I'm a parent, and you might be a parent, too,
and I'm sure you know how inquisitive children are
and how much they want to learn.
They're filled with questions of why and how.
Learning is an innate mechanism we all have developed.
The problem is too many people
don't understand how to learn.
They get stuck.
On top of that, we are controlled
by an education system monopoly that dictates
everything we must learn as well as what we can't learn.
The biggest problem with our current system
is that humans learn what they want to learn,
not what someone forces them to learn.
The foundations of the current systems
go back hundreds of years.
We are forced to adapt to the system
that encourages learning, but not just any learning,
it speaks only to the learning they dictate.
Our system is so counterproductive that is drains our brains
and energy and makes us tired.
There are rules and limits
to our imagination and creativity,
and school has become a place of boredom.
What we really need is a system of personalized education,
just like you see personalized medicine
or personalized diet and exercise routines.
In order for the education system to be effective,
we need to adapt in it same way and must address
the needs and capabilities of each individual student.
There is a saying that you may have heard.
"The more you learn, the more you earn."
Although this is not a completely straightforward
cause and effect, there's some truth to it.
Obviously, while having a college education
can get you a better job in certain industries,
the truth about learning is that the more you learn
the more connections your brain makes
to help you solve life's problems.
It helps you increase those creative outputs.
The more you learn, the more your brain
can recognize patterns and help you reshape ideas.
This is what makes people increase their earnings.
Many people have difficulty learning
because they were never taught how to learn.
Hardly any school has a class
called Learning Techniques or Learn Effectively.
How many of you watching this video
can right now honestly tell me
that someone in elementary school
or even in high school took the time
to teach you how to learn more effectively?
We are all different.
We have individual learning modes and techniques.
Our brains are unique to each one of us
and we each have different learning speeds.
You need to find the right style that fits your needs
and your brain's capabilities.
When I was 12 years old,
I was lucky enough to have a class
that taught me how to learn.
But I'm the only person that I know that went to a school
that had a class like that one.
It's a shame that most schools disregard this critical need,
and the truth is, that one class changed the way
I viewed things in school and it helped me succeed in life.
Figuring out quicker ways to learn
will help you increase your income,
give you time to do other things you love,
help you understand you surroundings better,
increase your creative capacity, and much more.
Learning effectively is the key
to a successful career and life.
Because of this, I decided to create an online course
to teach you how to be a better learner.
How to get hold of the tools available to you
and how to use modern neuroscience to your advantage
so that you can observe more and produce more.
If you'd like to learn more
about how to learn more effectively,
please click on the link above or below,
and I'll see you in the next video.
Thanks for watching.
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