I just sued the school system this video was made by Prince, EA
I've been following for a very long time actually he makes super unique and creative videos and a lot of the time
He raps or rhymes to get his message across
But this is a very highly requested video that you guys wanted me to react to from Prince, EA. It's called
I just sued the school system
So I think this video basically portrays everything else that Prince EA thinks is wrong with the school system so Prince EA is actually known
as Richard Williams he's a spoken word artist poet rapper and
Filmmaker so before I begin I want you guys to go check out his channel subscribe. I'm not gonna watch the whole thing
I'm gonna go through it so if you guys want to watch the whole thing
It's gonna be in the description
But I'm gonna go through
I'm gonna say my thoughts we're gonna break down
the lyrics so I guess the spoken word phrases that he says I will see if I'm disagreeing or agreeing with him
But without further ado welcome to reaction time. Let's get right into the video
I just sue the school system. I Prince EA Albert Einstein once says
Everybody's a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it
Will live it's whole life believing
That it is stupid
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury today on trial we have modern day schooling glad you could come
Not only does he make fish climb trees
But also makes them climb down first of all can I just say the production level is absolutely amazing, okay
So this is actually his most popular video
I think
This the one that I watched in which I got introduced to Prince Ea and his work this video when complete of our only has 20
Million views, it's called Can we auto correct humanity I bet a lot of you guys are familiar with this
selfies not enough us's and we's
Technology has made us more selfish and separate than ever. basically the video wraps up the idea that
Technology creates less social interactions and real-life experiences in general, but let's go back to this video
I just basically want to show you guys how many different videos about how many different topics
Prince EA actually makes this is not his only video that I really enjoy. Tell me school. Are you proud of the things you've done
Turning millions of people into robots. Do you find that fun?
Do you realize how many kids relate to that fish swimming upstream in class never finding their gifts thinking
They are stupid believing they are useless. Well the time has come no more excuses
I call school to the stand and accuse him of killing creativity
Individuality and being intellectually abusive. this can relate to a lot of you guys
I mean a lot of you guys are still in school
So you might have not formed a complete opinion yet on what you think about school
But when you're done with school you'll get a better idea personally for me when I went to school every single day
I thought as the years went by I actually felt, I can only think a certain way
I just remember I was a kid being so creative the sky was the limit right so I had so much imagination
I thought anything was possible in a sense
I felt like school and
Growing up in general kind of ruins that more people say you can't do this you can't do that you have to do this this
Is how everything is I think that's what he's trying to say here. That's school instead of helping you create
It does the exact opposite, it makes everyone think a certain way
He's an ancient institution that has outlived his usage, so your honor this concludes my opening statement
And if I may present the evidence of my case I will prove it
Proceed exhibit a here's a modern day phone recognize it here's a phone from 150 years ago
Big difference right stay with me here's a car from today, and here's a car from 150 years ago big difference, right?
Well get this here's a classroom of today, and here's a class we used
150 years ago, that's absolutely shocking
So he's saying there's no innovation at all and schooling practically nothing changed
You come to school you sit there for eight hours or however long
Your school session is everybody has a different school session for me it was about eight hours
You absorb everything your teacher tells you and then it just repeats. In literally more than a century
Nothing has changed yet you claim to prepare students for the future
But with evidence like that I must ask
Do you prepare students for the future or the past I did a background check on you and let the record show that you were
Made to train people to work in factories which explains why you put students in straight rows nice and neat
Tell them sit still raise your hand if you want to speak give him a short break to eat and for eight hours a day
tell them what to think oh and make them compete to get an A a letter which determines product quality
It's grade a of meat, so that's actually the most annoying thing for me is the grading system in general
I feel it does not reflect on a person
And how smart they are I mean I've seen so many examples
Of kids that are very bright and smart always struggling in school due to the fact that they just don't want to do work
But they're like very smart kids
You know it's a fun fact that Google actually likes to hire workers that are really lazy
They like hiring workers are lazy because lazy people can actually find solutions to tough
Situations or tough problems so lazy people always want to get things done in the shortest amount of time
Which means they can actually find
Solutions to doing things in a different way in order to save time, which is actually very interesting
I think it's pretty funny that a company like Google a giant company actually favors people that are lazy and
Innovative whereas school is the exact opposite and favors people that all think the same
Study the same
Basically do the same thing in order to get the highest grade back then times were different
We all have a past I myself for know Gandhi, but today. We don't need to make robots
zombies the world has progressed and now we people who they creatively
innovatively critically
independently with the ability to connect
See every scientist will tell you that no two brains are the same and every parent with two or more children will confirm that claim
So please explain why you treat students like cookie cutter frames or snapback hats giving them this one-size-fits-all
Crap watch your language, sorry your honor
But if a doctor prescribed the exact same medicine to all of his patients
The results will be tragic so many people would get sick yet when it comes to school
This is exactly what happened, and you guys kind of lost what he was saying or you got caught off track
He's just saying every individual is different, so we can't have a system that educates every single person the same
It just doesn't make sense just like he's comparing it to medication
How you can't give the same medication to every single person because every single person will react to the medication differently. educational malpractice
Where one teacher stands in front of 20 kids each one having different strengths different needs different gifts different dreams?
And you teach the same thing the same way that's horrific
Ladies and gentlemen the defendant should not be acquitted this may be one of the worst criminal offenses ever
To be committed and let's mention the way you treat your employees
Objection overruled I want to do this. It's a shame. I mean teachers have the most important job on the planet yet they're underpaid
No wonder, so many students are short changed
lets be honest, teachers should earn just as much as doctors because a doctor can do heart surgery and save the life of a kid
But a great teacher can reach the heart of that kid and allow him to truly live
See teachers are heroes that often get blamed, but they're not the problem
They work in a system without many options or rights. so I think it's amazing that he's not blaming the teachers
He's blaming the overall system in which the teachers are under because teachers have to serve the system
teachers have to do what the curriculum says. they have to teach a certain amount of things in a certain amount of time.
But he's saying if you let teachers do their job the results will be better all created by
Policymakers most of which have never taught a day in their life. Just obsessed with standardized tests
They think bubbling in a multiple-choice question will determine success
That's outlandish in fact these tests are too cruel to be used it should be a band m'kay guys
I want to hear your thoughts before I continue
What are you guys thinking about school as a whole I think school is very important, so don't get me wrong
I don't think school is the problem school teaches you a lot of valuable things like how you need to prevent procrastination
Getting to places on time having respect for someone who's in a higher position than you doing things
You don't want to do because sometimes in life you're gonna have to do things you're not always happy to do and I think
school actually teaches you these values in terms of testing I think that's a very stupid way of determining whether a kid is
Intelligent, I don't think it should be applied to human beings
I think it's different a lot of people like to compare lab rats for example how?
Scientists always conduct tests on lab rats, and how it's very similar to students in a classroom. It's a very interesting
Comparison, but like I said, I want to hear your guys thoughts down in the comments below education is very important
I think the problem is the system the schooling system the lack of innovation like Prince
EA says doing the same thing year after year for the last 100 years if we continue down this road the results will be
I don't have much faith in school
But I do have faith in people and if we can customize health care
Cars and Facebook pages that it is our duty to do the same for education to upgrade a change and do away with school spirit
Cuz that's useless unless we're working to bring the spirit out of each and every student
That should be our task no more common core instead
Let's reach the core of every heart in every class sure math is important, but no more than art or dance
Let's give every gift an equal chance. I know this sounds like a dream, but countries like Finland. I'm doing impressive things
They have shorter school days teachers make a decent wage homework is
non-existent and they focus on collaboration instead of competition
but here's the kicker boys and girls their educational system now performs every other country in the
Other places like Cigna poor succeeding rapidly schools like Montessori programs like Khan Academy. There is no single solution
But let's get moving because while students may be 20% of our population
They are 100 percent of our future. Hey guys
I'm gonna stop it there obviously what he says is very emotional it touches my heart. I mean I think he's a great speaker
He's very talented, and if you guys wanna check out what's gonna be in the description
And I also really want to read your comments down below as well
So don't be afraid to rants like you guys can even rant if you want if you really?
like your school if you respect what school has offered you you can also say that but guys that's gonna wrap it up for the
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