Why School Is Becoming Irrelevant | Answers With Joe

Joe: "[...] I do have some older people on here." The 9 year old who has set his birthdate as 1872: Nodding

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honestly i think the most important thing that school teaches is social skills. having to be part of a large, consistent group and learning the consequences of different interactions is absurdly helpful. its the one thing i've always found missing from home schooled people i've met. id be worried for how a future without school would impact people's abilties to form healthy relationships with people outside their immediate families.

Remote mechanic in the future: "look sir, I'm gonna need you to find me a stronger bystander than you because we're gonna be here all day if I'm using your arms"

Teacher: Johnny - I asked you a question Johnny: Just a sec. I'm downloading it now. Teacher: Why so long? Johnny: Monetization.

Joe Scott you are an international treasure

The whole, "Do you need to learn something if you can just look up the info?" topic is an interesting one. I think that's a valid point for a lot of information, but on the other hand, as alluded to in this video, a lot of advancements and success come down to the synthesis of information and ideas that you kind of need to already have in place and wouldn't necessarily know you were even "missing." Like sure, it's easy to come across a discussion or problem referencing a specific topic and realize you should look up info about the topic so you understand what's going on -- but even more likely is that you'll simply be confronted with problems and opportunities that COULD benefit from greater insight into a specific topic that would provide more context or allow you to build on that foundation to develop a solution -- but never realize that at all. It's one thing to know what you don't know and therefore be able to look it up, but far more often you don't know what you don't know and thus can't look it up.

I've learned more from youtube then I ever would have from school lol. I can replay the video as much as I need to understand. Try to replay a disgruntled teacher who's got a class of 30 to worry about.

The amount of youtube I use for my “education” is absurd. The quality of content is almost if not better than most courses at top universities.

"flying away from the nest into the emptiness of adulthood" best line 😂

When you say Euro-centric - You actually mean US-centric. Many school systems in Northern Europe (Germany, Scandinavia, Finland for example) have vastly different systems focused on Creative Problem Solving instead of question/answer based

I went to public school from Kindergarten through 6th grade and hated it. For the first several years, I wasn’t taught anything new and was actually scolded for implementing concepts that hadn’t been taught yet. I was bored and got in trouble all the time. For one year, in eight grade, I went to an intense private school that gave so much homework that I couldn’t have any kind of life outside of school. I couldn’t practice my musical instruments or spend time outside, and I became very depressed. In seventh grade and high school, I was homeschooled, and it was by far the best fit for me. It allowed me to have a flexible schedule and fit in all of my other activities. I could learn the subjects in which I was most interested. I could go at my own pace: speeding ahead in some subjects and taking my time with others. I was able to start college at 16 thanks to homeschooling. I know it isn’t the ideal choice for all families, but it was for me. (This was before there were as many online resources as there are now.) I’ve seen that a lot of families discovered that online school is best for them over this recent period of time. Unfortunately, where I live, they are completely eliminating the online option next year when they go back to in-person learning. That is so frustrating! Why not offer the option? Kids learn differently, and there is no reason why the classroom setup should be considered ideal. And, just for the record, the “lack of socialization” myth about homeschooling is entirely untrue. No one is stopping homeschooled kids from interacting with other kids. There are countless activities, formal and informal, out there where kids can socialize. In school, they get yelled at for talking to each other anyway.

With advanced automation, we would do a major disservice to humanity by still viewing education through "jobs" and "productivity". We already do a disservice by having too narrow of a focus on university and trade skills, and not teaching skills to cope with stress, interpersonal communication, emotional regulation, etc.

Fun story of my mum: her grandfather: "You were not working on the field today!" my mother: "I graduated today" her grandfather: "OK, but tomorrow you are going to work on the field again!"

High school was actually a choice when I was in school. In junior high you took a test, and that suggested whether wyou might do better in a trade or not. A lot of kids signed up for the tech school where you still got a basic education along with intensly awesome carpentry, auto mechanics, hair dressing, office sciences - that was all secretarial classes - electronics. Everyone graduated from those classes with a certification to get a job BY THE TIME THEY WERE 18. This was awesome for everyone. Why it's not done now, I'll never see.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’ve enjoyed your videos for years, and today with your kind words for teachers you’ve reached platinum status in my book. It’s wonderful to hear someone acknowledge the hard and often thankless work we do. So thank you Joe for bringing attention to the often under appreciated job of educator. Much obliged.

LOL “when you get to be my age...” Joe, you have no idea what’s coming as you get older. I’m so old we had to fight off the Velociraptors and Pterodactyls while walking to school... Uphill... Both ways... In the snow... Barefoot... In August. 👴🏼 Great video, as always!

I'm 41, my Dad went to a one room school in West Virginia when he was a kid.

In Kenya, e.g. education is currently being optimised for an individual soooo, ye, education is being personalised using technology and the maker movement.

One of my favorite videos. I have ADD and struggled in school. It wasn’t until I was able to focus without constant distractions, that I actually became “educated”. Going from a public school straight to the US Coast Guard, I was WAY behind getting out in my own. Online learning turned out to be the only way I could effectively learn.