That's incredibly stupid to focus on that one fact while completely overlooking the actual content of his message.
She's actually Asian. Ghetto Asian?
How do you know? any pics?
....and he probably still won't finish HS.
We don't know what the circumstances of his rant was. Maybe, he was just being a disruptive little shit. Maybe this is a class for all the knucklehead kids in the school who are too stupid and disruptive to be in a regular class. He is EIGHTEEN IN TENTH GRADE. They are allowing him to be there for whatever reason (he is an adult. He should go to Night School not regular school). Maybe, this is some sort of outreach program/special class.
Maybe...just maybe...this teacher has tried with this class and they just don't care, so she doesn't care.
Maybe the teacher did actually suck. We don't know the details yet.
People will have forgotten about this video within a month.
Where the fuck is your justification? Because some dumb fuck dropout made a speal? He managed to realize that working at Burger King isn't going to get him very far? Oh wow, this kid sure knows! He is VERY deep minded
It says absolutely nothing other than the teacher often passes out papers/worksheets - What the fuck do you want? To dance around in a circle while waving her arms as if it's something magical?
Everytime I see people bitching about US' education, I think about my life in Korea.
The Koreans go to school 7am-4pm, Mon-Sat from Jr High. Then they immediately go to 'Hakwon' which is an afterschool classes/tutoring at third-party companies. Those easily last 2-3 hours. So I remember I'd leave home at 7AM, come home at 4:30PM to eat early dinner, then go to Hakwon from 6-9PM.
That was Jr High. I was fucking 11 yo.
HS is at its worst. You study day and night with no life. 7AM to 11PM-midnight. I distinctly remember asking my mom what these HS kids were doing at bus stop at middle of the night. She told me they were studying.
All you do is memorize endless and endless crap, only to spew it back in tests. There are minimal presentations or real creative ways to approach subjects. It's same math, science, and literature over and over and over.
No pep rallys, no homecoming dances, no proms, no fundraisers, or activities of any kind from school. You're just a mindless drone with no life. Sure, the kids still find ways to have fun- go to karaoke, play pool, go out, etc..... but NOTHING value of relaxing comes from school. They have the highest student suicide rate in the world I believe. Japan and China are similar too.
Thank god I left that shit and came here just after 1 semester of Jr High (when shit was just about to get real). I still remember doing math assignments in some Jr High school in New Hampshire. I learned that shit 2 years ago as a 4th grader.
It's encouraged. Every problem a child might have in life is the fualt of the teacher or school. Parents have no responsibility and it would be truly horrifying to expect them to.Whether the kid had a point or not, showing that kind of blatant disrespect to a teacher was unheard of when I was growing up. Is that kind of attitude towards a teacher tolerated these days?
Reading your statement makes me understand why companies like Samsung are out there innovating and crushing the competition - American schools are just plain lazy. My school sucked; it was boring most of the time and I couldn't learn at what I was capable of because the whole class learned at the lowest common denominator.
Samsung and all other companies are corrupt and rotten to the core. You should know that.
Sure they're great at what they do, and I'm proud of them. But at what cost?
Korea's whole school & work culture is soul crushing. You are born, study endlessly, get a bit of break in college (name gets you jobs), then work 90 hr shifts until you die.
Then you find out your friend lives a MUCH better life than you because his dad went to Seoul National university and he got in through blatant corruption of bribing and 'old boy' hook-ups.
In US, you see lots of bright entrepreneurs FRESH out of college. They succeed and make bank because they know how to think like a well-rounded human being. You don't see that shit in Korea. The kids graduate hoping to join the big Samsung/LG/Hyundai.
Everytime I see people bitching about US' education, I think about my life in Korea.
The Koreans go to school 7am-4pm, Mon-Sat from Jr High. Then they immediately go to 'Hakwon' which is afterschool classes/tutoring at third-party companies you pay out of pocket. It's the cultural norm to go or you WILL fall behind. Those easily last 2-3 hours. So I remember I'd leave home at 7AM, come home at 4:30PM to eat early dinner, then go to Hakwon from 6-9PM.
That was Jr High. I was fucking 11 yo.
HS is at its worst. You study day and night with no life. 7AM to 11PM-midnight. I distinctly remember asking my mom what these HS kids were doing at bus stop at middle of the night. She told me they just coming home from studying.
All you do is memorize endless and endless crap, only to spew it back in tests. There are minimal presentations or real creative ways to approach subjects. It's same math, science, and literature over and over and over. 55-60 students per teacher.
No pep rallys, no homecoming dances, no proms, no fundraisers, or activities of any kind from school. You're just a mindless drone with no life. Sure, the kids still find ways to have fun- go to karaoke, play pool, go out, etc..... but NOTHING value of relaxing comes from school. They have the highest student suicide rate in the world I believe. Japan and China are similar too.
Thank god I left that shit and came here just after 1 semester of Jr High (when shit was just about to get real). I still remember doing math assignments in some Jr High school in New Hampshire. I was like wtf, I learned this 2 years ago as a 4th grader.
That was more than 20 years ago. I think the quality of education got better. But studying-til-you-die system hasn't changed one bit.
While I do think Americans should adopt a more culturally reinforced focus on education, I'd hate to see us become like I've seen described in Korea or China.
The Making of Modern America
History comes alive for Duncanville educators
Engaging problem based learning activities that take students back in time are in the future for Julie Phungs social studies classes this year. She received a few lessons herself this summer on how to bring modern American history to life in the classroom.
Phung and fellow Duncanville High School world history instructor Ted Ford attended The Making of Modern America, a three-day education forum that drew more than 40 Texas educators this past June to the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas.
The historical event I got the most from and that came alive was (when I heard) the professor of economic history speak on the depression and how FDR managed the situation, Phung explains.
Fords favorite topic was World War II, especially since the forums schedule marked the anniversary of one of its most important battles. It was done on the anniversary of D-Day, and veterans from WWII were invited to participate. Excellent presentation! he explained.
Educators also collaborated in small groups, discussing new ways to help students meet the 2012-2013 state-required testing goals while keeping them engaged in their learning.
Phungs group specifically focused on finding new challenges for students with the latest online tools. I plan to use some of the internet resources they spoke of to help create enrichment activities such as games, and also ways to help our students incorporate more reading into the social studies daily classroom.
Attendees had the opportunity to hear lectures and receive one-on-one guidance from world-renowned professors, including Pulitzer Prize-winning historians David M. Kennedy of Stanford University and David M. Oshinksky of the University of Texas at Austin, and Pulitzer finalist H.W. Brands of UT Austin.
Ford appreciated their knowledge. It made the event! I really enjoyed listening to experts who specialize in the subjects that we teach give practical information and suggestions to make us better in the classroom.
Phung took home new ideas in problem based learning initiatives, and hopes to ask students to use what they learn about history to look for solutions to modern issues. Medical research is so under-discussed, and given the current situation with the new health care law this is an opportune time to remind students how far we have come in our country in the last 75 years in the areas of medicine and technology!
Phung will teach World History and Asian American Studies, and Ford will teach US and World History during the 2012-2013 school year.
While the intense focus by many Asian cultures on studies obviously produces many well educated individuals, particularly in science and engineering, I think the limitations it places on individual expression and creativity demonstrates why western art and culture is so much more marketable around the world. Could an Asian country have produced Apple or Disney? While I do think Americans should adopt a more culturally reinforced focus on education, I'd hate to see us become like I've seen described in Korea or China. It sounds miserable, in a culture that probably intensely frowns upon any expression of misery.
Umm wut? Asian art and culture > western world IMO.While the intense focus by many Asian cultures on studies obviously produces many well educated individuals, particularly in science and engineering, I think the limitations it places on individual expression and creativity demonstrates why western art and culture is so much more marketable around the world. Could an Asian country have produced Apple or Disney? While I do think Americans should adopt a more culturally reinforced focus on education, I'd hate to see us become like I've seen described in Korea or China. It sounds miserable, in a culture that probably intensely frowns upon any expression of misery.
Also, you have downplayed the importance of Asian companies in your life. If Sony never made the Walkman, you would not have the iPod that you have today.