- [Sabrina] I just graduated from university in the
middle of a global pandemic. So I have feelings.
But first!
If you're a high school student and you're wondering,
whether or not to pursue a post secondary education,
I just want you to know that this video isn't going to paint
a full picture.
Everybody's circumstances are different, and college is good
for more than just academics, anyway.
But there is one thing, one theme, and through line
that persisted throughout my four years.
And it's that university made me hate learning.
Let me explain...
As a kid, I loved asking questions,
but then university came along.
Sure, at first I was excited.
I felt challenged in ways I never had before.
I had access to incredible teachers and resources,
but that excitement was stripped away pretty quickly as the
deadlines and midterms and exams
and grades started coming in.
I didn't have time to feel excited anymore because it was
2:00 AM.
And I was still trying to understand the lecture for the
assignment that's due tomorrow, but there's another midterm,
but I'm pretty sure I'm going to bomb,
but I don't really have the time to study.
Not to mention the unending awareness of just
the decay of the world.
I went from asking questions my whole life to being
terrified to raise my hand because I was tired.
The embarrassment of feeling like the
slowest person in the class...
it gets to you.
It got to me and I'm not the only one.
Hello friends.
[Taha] - Hello
[Melissa] - Hello.
[Sabrina] - I have feelings.
[Taha] - Retweets.
You know, I chose to go to university
to do the degree that I wanted to do.
And I'm interested in the startup,
but even then,
because they're so focused on like testing you and telling
you stuff, right?
And it's like, okay,
well I have a limited capacity to think about things and
this stuff isn't going to be tested.
So I'm just going to hyper focus
on the stuff that is tested.
I ca- I came to uni because I liked learning.
And I came out of it feeling like I hate learning and I only
want to pass tests.
[Melissa] - I kinda liked university.
(laughing)
Obviously there were some dark times,
but like when you're with other people who are going through
that struggle and like you're in it together, you know,
it's a beautiful thing.
[Taha] - Now, now you've graduated,
like, what's that replaced with?
- I mean, now that I've graduated university, I guess the,
I don't really have that.
I mean, it'd be cool to have again.
[Sabrina] - Well then we should do that.
We should make that happen.
[Taha] - You should do it!
[Sabrina] - So, we did.
We started a little group project without guidelines or
grades that snowballed into months of work,
a massive grant.
- You won.
[Melissa] - And spicy the spot of derailing
by a global pandemic.
And now after all of that, here it is.
For the people out there who miss the light bulb
moment in learning for the people who are increasingly
overwhelmed in a world full of hard, hard questions.
Here's our answer in progress.
Roll the trailer.
- Nowadays education feels like it's all about delivering
information as quickly as possible. You get the facts,
you write the test, you rinse and repeat.
You might find yourself forgetting things
you know, you've learned.
That's because facts alone don't last.
Stories do.
[Sabrina] - Hi, I'm Sabrina,
[Melissa] - I'm Melissa.
[Taha] - And I'm Taha.
[Sabrina] - We just graduated from university,
[Taha] - I mean, I'm still here,
[Sabrina] - but we're not ready to stop learning.
We still have a million questions for the world. Like...
- Why does food connect me to my culture?
- Does the internet have a language?
- And can a computer learn how to play D&D?
[Sabrina] - Because none of my friends will.
Unless...
[Melissa] - No.
[Taha] - Absolutely not.
For taking you with us to find these answers,
and we're sharing every obstacle we faced along the way.
[Sabrina] - It was a total failure.
[Taha] - What did you do, what happened?!
[Melissa] - Real confusing.
[Taha] - Questions can feel too big to answer,
you don't know where to start,
and sometimes all you need is a friend.
[Melissa] - So, we want to show you how we get our answers,
so you can learn how to get to yours.
[Sabrina] - We're going to release an episode every month
tackling one of our big questions.
But we're also going to share shorter videos where we kick
back, relax,
and remember that learning doesn't have to happen alone.
[Taha] - Then I've got other post-its here as well.
This one is blue.
[Sabrina] - I know this sounds like a lot, and it is.
But life has left us with too many questions.
So this is our answer in progress.
Dang. Yeah,
[Sabrina] - It's really wild filming this
after working on it for so long behind the scenes.
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