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  • 00:01

    Everyone agrees that education is hugely important
    Everyone agrees that education is hugely important

  • 00:05

    The thing is we're not particularly sure what we want from it
    The thing is we're not particularly sure what we want from it

  • 00:08

    The aim of education should be to prepare us for the challenges of adult life
    The aim of education should be to prepare us for the challenges of adult life

  • 00:12

    Yet from this perspective it's clear that schools fail all but for tiny portions of their students
    Yet from this perspective it's clear that schools fail all but for tiny portions of their students

  • 00:18

    Whether in highly academic private schools
    Whether in highly academic private schools

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    Or in deprived government-run ones trouble-dealing with life's challenges
    Or in deprived government-run ones trouble-dealing with life's challenges

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    remains very wide spread indeed
    remains very wide spread indeed

  • 00:30

    Human ingenuity, energy, goodwill, and talent
    Human ingenuity, energy, goodwill, and talent

  • 00:34

    is being lost on an industrial scale
    is being lost on an industrial scale

  • 00:37

    to get more ambitious about education doesn't necessarily mean spending more money
    to get more ambitious about education doesn't necessarily mean spending more money

  • 00:42

    building more schools, employing more teachers or making exams more difficult
    building more schools, employing more teachers or making exams more difficult

  • 00:47

    Rather, it should mean focusing more on the real purpose of education
    Rather, it should mean focusing more on the real purpose of education

  • 00:51

    There are two fundamental tasks it should help us with: working and sustaining good relationships
    There are two fundamental tasks it should help us with: working and sustaining good relationships

  • 00:58

    In order to address these needs a future national curriculum might specify
    In order to address these needs a future national curriculum might specify

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    that the following subjects be studied
    that the following subjects be studied

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    Firstly, capitalism
    Firstly, capitalism

  • 01:07

    A conspiracy of silence exists around the economic system we live within
    A conspiracy of silence exists around the economic system we live within

  • 01:11

    We find it hard to change its bad sides or defend its strengths
    We find it hard to change its bad sides or defend its strengths

  • 01:15

    because we simply don't fully understand how it works
    because we simply don't fully understand how it works

  • 01:18

    A subject like maths should be geared to teach its number one utility for 99% of the population
    A subject like maths should be geared to teach its number one utility for 99% of the population

  • 01:24

    dealing with money
    dealing with money

  • 01:28

    Such classes would demistify the global economy
    Such classes would demistify the global economy

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    by teaching students the importance of the means of production and how profits are made
    by teaching students the importance of the means of production and how profits are made

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    The role of cashflow, HR leadership, marketing, and competition would also be studied
    The role of cashflow, HR leadership, marketing, and competition would also be studied

  • 01:41

    In a perfect school system you'd also then study a really big second subject
    In a perfect school system you'd also then study a really big second subject

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    yourself
    yourself

  • 01:48

    Young students would be introduced to the idea that we humans
    Young students would be introduced to the idea that we humans

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    are extremely prone to misunderstanding ourselves
    are extremely prone to misunderstanding ourselves

  • 01:54

    They would be taken through the concepts of delusion, defensiveness
    They would be taken through the concepts of delusion, defensiveness

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    projection and denial in everyday life
    projection and denial in everyday life

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    Individual tutors would be on hand to help students towards personality maps
    Individual tutors would be on hand to help students towards personality maps

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    with particular attention paid to their neurosis and fears
    with particular attention paid to their neurosis and fears

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    Doing this would ensure that students learn a lot
    Doing this would ensure that students learn a lot

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    about how complex they truly are
    about how complex they truly are

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    and what types of people they would be best suited to hang out with
    and what types of people they would be best suited to hang out with

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    A crucial unit would be devoted to career self-knowledge
    A crucial unit would be devoted to career self-knowledge

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    What job are you best suited to?
    What job are you best suited to?

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    Students would spend three hours a week
    Students would spend three hours a week

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    exploring what they might do with their futures
    exploring what they might do with their futures

  • 02:29

    Then we would sutdy relationships
    Then we would sutdy relationships

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    Being intensely aware of the social and individual cost of every unhappy relationship
    Being intensely aware of the social and individual cost of every unhappy relationship

  • 02:37

    An ideal education system would emphasize
    An ideal education system would emphasize

  • 02:39

    the acquisition of skills that help people
    the acquisition of skills that help people

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    to live better together
    to live better together

  • 02:43

    There would be units on kindness and forgiveness
    There would be units on kindness and forgiveness

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    as well as on anxiety-reduction techniques
    as well as on anxiety-reduction techniques

  • 02:48

    In this educational utopia it wouln't only be children who would go to school
    In this educational utopia it wouln't only be children who would go to school

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    but adults as well
    but adults as well

  • 02:55

    Schooling would be for life
    Schooling would be for life

  • 02:58

    Education wouldn't just be taking place in classrooms
    Education wouldn't just be taking place in classrooms

  • 03:01

    media and the arts would be made to maximize their teaching potential
    media and the arts would be made to maximize their teaching potential

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    and help to teach people what they actually need to learn
    and help to teach people what they actually need to learn

  • 03:09

    We're so hung up on the challenges of running a massive education system
    We're so hung up on the challenges of running a massive education system

  • 03:13

    we're failing to pinpoint the real source of its problems
    we're failing to pinpoint the real source of its problems

  • 03:16

    These are primarily about money, salaries or discipline
    These are primarily about money, salaries or discipline

  • 03:20

    These are only a consequence of a more fundamental problem
    These are only a consequence of a more fundamental problem

  • 03:23

    Right now and with no-one quite meaning for this to happen
    Right now and with no-one quite meaning for this to happen

  • 03:26

    we've simply got the wrong curriculum
    we've simply got the wrong curriculum

All verb
agrees
/əˈɡrē/
word
To have the same opinion as someone else

What's Education For?

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The School of Life

Video Language:

  • English

Caption Language:

  • English (en)

Accent:

  • English

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Category:

  • Education

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Intro:

Everyone agrees that education is hugely important. The thing is we're not particularly sure what we want from it
The aim of education should be to prepare us for the challenges of adult life
Yet from this perspective it's clear that schools fail all but for tiny portions of their students
Whether in highly academic private schools. Or in deprived government-run ones trouble-dealing with life's challenges
remains very wide spread indeed. Human ingenuity, energy, goodwill, and talent. is being lost on an industrial scale. to get more ambitious about education doesn't necessarily mean spending more money
building more schools, employing more teachers or making exams more difficult
Rather, it should mean focusing more on the real purpose of education
There are two fundamental tasks it should help us with: working and sustaining good relationships
In order to address these needs a future national curriculum might specify
that the following subjects be studied. Firstly, capitalism. A conspiracy of silence exists around the economic system we live within
We find it hard to change its bad sides or defend its strengths
because we simply don't fully understand how it works
A subject like maths should be geared to teach its number one utility for 99% of the population

Video Vocabulary

dealing

/ˈdēliNG/

noun verb

business relations or transactions. To do business with someone or to sell products.

teachers

/ˈtēCHər/

noun other

person who teaches. People who teaches others, especially in a school.

importance

/imˈpôrtns/

noun

state or fact of being of great significance or value.

working

/ˈwərkiNG/

adjective noun verb

having paid employment. action of doing work. To make an effort to do something.

focusing

/ˈfōkəs/

verb

become able to see clearly.

curriculum

/kəˈrikyələm/

noun

Group of related courses in a school or college.

remains

/rəˈmānz/

noun other verb

parts left over after other parts. Bodies of human or animals after it has died. To be left behind; to continue to exist.

competition

/ˌkämpəˈtiSH(ə)n/

noun

activity of striving to gain something by defeating others.

economic

/ˌekəˈnämik/

adjective

relating to economics or economy.

education

/ˌejəˈkāSH(ə)n/

noun

Process of giving or receiving teaching.

private

/ˈprīvit/

adjective noun

for or belonging to one person. lowest rank in army.

perspective

/pərˈspektiv/

noun

Ability to understand what is important in life.

purpose

/ˈpərpəs/

noun verb

Reason for which something is done; aim; goal. have as intention or objective.

utility

/yo͞oˈtilədē/

adjective noun

useful. Public services such as gas, water, or electricity.

students

/ˈst(y)o͞odnt/

noun other

person who is studying at university or other place of higher education. People studying at school.