Why books are better than school

[@elizabethfilips]

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[@elhassanouskri4044]

I hope you slow when you talk because i can't understand a lot of words ❤️✈️

[@iamahumanbeing3603]

@@elhassanouskri4044 mate that's part of being productive I guess lol

[@kunalsheoran5155]

Plz accept

[@kunalsheoran5155]

@@audiobookfull8 school is school mam school develop qualities inside u like everybody goes to school in same uniform even is it rich or poor it reduces discrimination ..and Manny more.... School gives u a perfect environment

[@kunalsheoran5155]

@@audiobookfull8 sorry to say that it will happen with u in 2021 but in India school is counted in one of holy places Because it carries you in bright from dark .... Everyone has his opinion about school your opinion is awesome ... Clapping .. feeling nice after talk to u

[@claw320]

I think "school" is outdated for most things nowadays because of the internet. Pretty much everything is available online which can be accessed immediately with a few Google searches. For instance I've learned alot of algebra and calculus from online sources, which I use for graphics programming. A person can learn almost anything on their own for the cost of just putting in the effort to do so.

[@superhero5245]

I'm totally agree %

[@zohalarbabzada9654]

I agree! Although, the one thing you can't necessarily get from those sort of online resources is that dialogue between yourself and a teacher where they help you question things and build your understanding via the Socratic method (if they are a good teacher) and I reckon things like humanities like philosophy would be harder to learn online versus maths and science

[@ernestoberger7589]

You are wrong. While it is true that almost anything is taught online, the problem is not that people don't know how to learn or are unaware of resources online. MOOCs have a dropout rate of over 80%. Your case is a good example. You just learned algebra and calculus because you had the right personal circumstances and incentives, something that no school system could have provided. Becoming a more capable programmer helped you to muster the motivation needed to invest the time and effort on actively learning something. Learning something worthwhile takes hard work, overcoming a lot of setbacks, and dealing with frustration. Most people just prefer to blame it on formal education instead of accepting the fact that learning takes hard work.

[@claw320]

@@ernestoberger7589 I don't see any evidence that I'm "wrong" at all and lots of evidence of the opposite. I associate with lots of people in the coding/graphics/gamedev space and many of them have gotten high paying jobs at big companies without going to college at all. They learned all their skills online because they like doing it. I myself have gotten job offers I didn't take because I wasn't interested, including Google. The people I know are smart and talented and have no problem learning all this stuff on the internet, in fact they think it's fun. Times have changed alot since before the internet era.

[@claw320]

@@zohalarbabzada9654 You get TONS of dialog on the internet, it's called "chat rooms". Ever heard of Discord? Get a clue, please!

[@greenblackwhitepink]

Books : 1. 2:02 Richard Feynman 2. 4:29 The Righteous Mind 3. 4:34 Unconditional Parenting 4. 4:38 Algorithms to Live by 5. 6:10 Jon Mcgregor 6. 6:15 Virginia Wolf - To the light house 7. 8:09 Beyond Good and Evil

[@SirLallington]

Brilliant thanks for listing them out 🤓👌

[@camaradesel]

thank you ( ◜‿◝ )♡

[@HermitianAdjoint]

1. 2:02 is Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Feynman also wrote other books)

[@hilary5186]

Elizabeth, you are so, so eloquent! I could listen to you speak for hours. I really appreciate your thoughtful, reflective perspective on things that ACTUALLY MATTER. You're inspiring me to take my youtube channel in a different direction, one where I can learn to express myself authentically and share with viewers what I actually care about.

[@elizabethfilips]

Oh THANK YOU HILARY!!! And good luck with your channel pivot!

[@sunwayacademy4140]

Agree with you.

[@morningdewacademic]

I can't agree with you more on so many of these points. I went to university and have my degree but I've been wanting to go back to school but due to finances I haven't yet been able to, so I decided a year ago to embark on a self-study path, and believe me I actually have been learning WAY more from books and online resources than I did in all those years of university. It's been an eye-opening experience and I'm so glad that I've embarked on my own path and journey! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[@ahmedhallajian8886]

School only rewards how good you are at memorising stuff: creativity, how good a friend we are, how fast we run or how good a public speaker we are aren't rewarded. There's thousands of things we're all good at that school ignores to acknowledge and the system needs to change.

[@p_mouse8676]

Not only rewards in memorizing stuff, but also being very efficient in passing exams instead of really understanding the subjects. I know people from back when I was studying that passed exams with very high grates, I would not hire them for a cent.

[@ZoeysMusings]

Emotional intelligence. Yes! Books are really a godsend, and if more of us read and applied what we learned, we would make great strides in society. Very useful and relatable topic, Elizabeth! 😌

[@DoctorAzmain]

Liz, your videos are going from strength to strength!! Production quality of this video is so nice, it’s almost filmic - the lighting, 24fps, and of course your camera presence! Suffice it to say, the content of this video is super relatable; so much more can be learnt from books than the classroom! The emotional intelligence part of the video especially resonated with me. Through real life experiences and reflecting on what I’ve read, I’ve learnt so much more about myself, “the human condition”, pain, grief, and perseverance than I would ever have done in the classroom!

[@elizabethfilips]

OH MY thank you Azmain!!

[@DoctorAzmain]

@@elizabethfilips Aww you’re more than welcome! Awesome content, just getting better. Can’t wait to see where you go! Would love to make vids as meaningful as yours… and heck, maybe someday do a collab with you! 😊

[@momochi4032]

Elizabeth, you're the reason why I got back into reading, and now I'm broke from buying many of your book recommendations haha

[@kryslamenezes2960]

Wow!!! This was one of your best videos, Elizabeth.👌 The points you put across in this video are so relatable. Schools really need to see this. Thank you for this video. Keep up the good work! 🙌🏻

[@elizabethfilips]

Thank you Krysla :)

[@ronaldowilliams7456]

For what you said about Nietzsche and that "Don't believe everything you think" you always say in the end of your videos, I'd highly recommend you to read Emil Cioran. I love him. His philosophy and thinking is so out of the ordinary that it's fascinating, even if you don't agree with everything. He's very skeptic and quite pessimist.

[@graciefabian386]

I’m so grateful for your channel. Sincerely breathed new life into me and helped me work through my limiting beliefs when it comes to learning.

[@anushadewase6089]

Geez! Your every video is so so thought provoking and is making me question and be curious about a lot of simple things! Also kudos on the editing in this video, it's truly lovely!

[@REMONTADA-p3k]

I've started my road to the thousand books, believe it's a trip of a pilgrim similar to the ones mentioned in Coelho's books. A new vision of oneself, the others and the whole universe. I'd like to thank you for your commitment to reading books and spreading the knowledge they contain, i've benifited alot from your vids.

[@luluha17]

Love your videos and I always find your thought process interesting. I feel like school is not meant to teach as all of those things you mentioned. Yes its a great place where there are a lot of opportunities, but the things that you found in books “and not school” is actually what we are supposed to learn from life itself as we get old and start navigating and exploring. I feel like discovering these things on your own, not being taught about them in school, is actually what makes them more interesting and fascinating.

[@SynthSoundscapes]

I too felt like I learned more from books than from school in a similar way. Then I became a school teacher in a city and realised how privileged I was to have access to books, to have family who encouraged me to read, to have had the calm headspace and even physical space to sit and read. It’s easy to criticise school if you have had those kinds of privileges, but for many kids it’s the only place they get any kind of access to the ideas that came before them.

[@bladeEf33]

I think you are the most beautiful teacher ever... where was you when I was learning?!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@HainaUddin]

Love the first tip - how else would we learn if we don't make mistakes? Awesome video as always Elizabeth!

[@elizabethfilips]

Thanks Haina!!

[@naimaella]

Love this video. I remember hearing a quote once that "non fiction can tell you how something is and fiction can show you how something is." I always felt as if I was being told what was right by teachers and there was such a "one size fits all" approach.

[@TahaButt]

With rarely discussed not rare, even for things that are so important such as financial literacy and philosophy they were never taught to me at school. Great video Liz! 🔥

[@sebisamuel2605]

About time someone had to say this. Well life is the best teacher one can have and each book might give you someone's life or a part of it. And it teaches much more lessons than 6 hours of rote learning in school.

[@-iamlisa]

You are no doubt such a big inspiration for me Liz. I love your channel so much. Thank you for always being so genuinely genuine about your thoughts and experience which both cheer me up and calm me down :)

[@bowlcutframeworks609]

I am personally very grateful that I benefited a lot from school education, but I found myself so impressed that I completely agree with you. Your insight is just awesome. I have all your book recommendations on my want to read list.

[@solo-gdz6466]

I'm glad I took the time to watch this video, you made such great points and arguments, and really logical. You made me want to read books even more.

[@dowejom4044]

I love you so much Liz, you're the First person who I can understand more clearly in English. I'm studying English and your videos are useful for me and for my listening practice..Thanks,, kisses from Colombia..Latam..

[@juandyu9476]

The first one is something I learned from my parents, I made so many mistakes, 0 grded tests, horrible group works, a 4/10 general grade in the first two thirds of a school year in a lot of clases, but I still haven't failed any class. The thing is, I always prefered to play, draw or read during clases, (one math class I draw every day in an A3 size sketch book in front of the teacher during class) I never gave importante to an error or feared making them, I learned from them and moved on.

[@gracianbaltazar7524]

With your TONE OF VOICE i could listen to you explain anything for hours ☺️☺️ you sound AMAZING 😻 ELIZABETH. I think im in love 😍 😂 😂

[@pinkumia1831]

You're my favorite, I'm from India and a Msc Physics student.

[@mpmmohmykinggoldglorysport3420]

I LIKE IN YOU HONEST UPRIGHT PURE IN HEART THE BEST BOOKS TAUGHT ME BETTER THAN MY SCHOOL BOOKS HONESTLY THANKS FOR YOUR PRECIOS TIME & I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DEAR KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

[@jesse.taylor]

Love this video! The points made and the book reccs are great.

[@elizabethfilips]

Thanks so much!

[@HaHaLooLoo]

oooooo "rarely discussed but not rare" wonderful Elizabeth 🔥🔥🔥

[@jojosantiago2576]

Noted😃😃 you are a fast talker yet your message is clear and understandable👍👍👍❤❤❤

[@InsideCorporatePlaybook]

Books won't teach you practical things. It's great to read books and someone else's thoughts/ findings, but the real world or school is not worse (depends on the school though).

[@pradeeptudu5974]

My literature teacher dramatized the poetry... I just love watching him... The way he tried to impart the message was awesome... Books alone can't help students in underdeveloped countries because they can't purchase book often so school is the first option for them. Developed countries students can...

[@louisecurran3226]

Love the insights and great work on the lighting 😊

[@pro369]

Well depicted, books are so powerful. They help Us process information efficiently.

[@markjasonbocaling4792]

Thanks for explaining mate, very informative and I just bought algebra and calculus book recently This video help me.

[@rajandas7135]

just love u elizabeth..... books are wealth of seven kings.... especially physical ones.... can smell the pages touch them... as we go through....

[@victoriageorgopoulou4292]

I would be surprised if the British Psychological Society does not contact any time soon...you are such a good advocate on psychology and psychotherapy and things that matter in life...

[@mohamedbouzaga]

Elizabeth!! You are doing such a great job... Keep going with the best of luck... Greetings from New England...

[@juligrlee556]

Lectures can and should be a daily offer by thinkers and those who can engage learning.

[@tehmeed337]

i recently finished the book "surely you are joking mr feyman" and i absolutely loved it. in the book you can see how he progresses in his field while making many mistakes along the way and doesnt take it to heart, but learns from it instead. he almost burns down many labs in the unis he was studying and takes pleasure understanding how physics worked. something i really liked about him is how he trusted himself enough to try out new approaches that nobody has tried before and put it into tests, and most of them worked out pretty well. He took pleasure in learning from mistakes and never beat himself to it. Some signs of a great scientist indeed

[@elizabethfilips]

It's brilliant isn't it!

[@jacksonamaral329]

Good. I also enjoy books a lot.

[@filiphoxhaj2430]

Just very nice, thank you Elizabeth

[@mohamadelkaderi5519]

100% agree. Thanks for the great video!

[@exincident]

Thanks Elizabeth bringing on all these wonderful reads for us . and shedding light on what books can bring into our lives . I can't help but agree that school has got failed to teach insights on how to get through life itself which is the most important thing - May be Emotional Intelligence would a subject in recent times - But in the time of KZbin and AI schools are no more primary learning thing perhaps -

[@aksharaagrawal6647]

I totally agree with the 3rd,4th and the 5th point. It's just incredibly explained. But I do find 1st and 2nd points a bit revolting, it's just my opinion and might not necessarily for everyone reading this comment. and yes I really appreciate the videos you make lizi di. hel ya lotta success and love from India

[@simplefin]

Elizabeth is like one of my friends, whom I would always talk forever with, whenever we meet.. 😅

[@sarahchantea7676]

Thanks Beautiful lady : ) I'd like to recommend also the living book "Bible" and compare it to those books, if you can see the congruity.

[@youaresoocoolb9890]

thank uuuuuuuuu

[@marcelocardosodearaujo9914]

Hi, charming lady. I had need to give up on school because I had need to learn more. .... Thanks. I'm Marcelo Cardoso from Brazil.

[@subhashchandra3318]

Please make a video on the book the power of now

[@عليعقيلالحلواجي]

I agreed you , also the school didn't teach us about skills like soft skills , and how to be creative in the world and all these things we can find in the book

[@RebbyCraft]

I confirm it : even with animation

[@golammorshad4102]

Really love your content 💕💕 Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🥺❤️

[@lalramnghinglovaralte3489]

I really agree with the fact that school never tells us the reality before we are specialized..I think for most of the people,going school may destruct their interests and even give up on their favorite subjects.This is what really happens in school but rarely talk about😃

[@abeedahdiab2010]

hey elizabeth! lovely video as always :) do you remember what the proust book is where he talks about the story of the girl you mentioned?

[@David-jb5dv]

I do agree

[@trigelvza]

I just immediately hit the like button even before the video started. Yes, I am biased. I love books too.

[@juligrlee556]

I totally agree!! Teachers must be promoted to guides not lecturers, testers, controller, punishers, mothers, fathers but guides of precious minds. The skill of a master librarian who can find books to answer questions and do so in relevant depth and not with religious bias, racial bias, gender bias is needed,

[@Hinohinohi]

Side note, your home looks so warm and comfortable

[@angelmauriciopicoreyes2705]

Me gusto mucho interés libros importante especiales las cosas. Yo no entiendo porque poco palabras más leer como hacer mi vida esfuerzo. Práctica respasar leer más pero después olvidar muy triste yo necesito importante libros aprendiendo urgente 😢

[@juligrlee556]

I read a lot of books and have no one to talk about my learnings and thought and reflections of the thoughts of the writer. Of course writing should be also part of the reading when it is relevant to the child.

[@raghavr3725]

In India so much real history of our great kings were not available in our text books . For projects we had to go online and research about our wonderful past . For example there was an emperor called Raja Raja Chola . His rule was called as Golden Era , but not much was written in our text books

[@alimubashar8109]

Lovely school life is the experience of needs above the abstraction out. Detachment of learning binge in abstaining has given to oneself exactly be anticipating on any psychological movement. As far as mathematics is concerned, how to use your implicit treatment of life within short time of range which is already decided by somebody

[@tangomuzi]

She is more beautiful than school and books

[@alecb.7696]

You're so right about not teaching emotional intelligence. And how we do not teach philosophy in the Hellenic sense (a philosophy of life, as opposed to the 'enlightened Hedonism' (at best) of Western consumerist society).

[@syberyah]

A lot of the things you talked about that can be derived from fiction books apply to movies, too, but I feel like a lot of people tend to write movies off as bad or pointless or something that fries your brain. I'm not saying movies are necessarily better than books, but they can definitely be a beneficial form of media, too

[@maigelbwind1572]

which book did you mention at 8:58 ? I have always had the exactly same thought and think myself as guilty for having those, but now I know it just a normal desire of a normal person to be seen as strong and brave I really want to read more about that

[@salma-nw9fe]

As far I m getting to know you Why I think like ur thinking is just like mine 🙂♥️ always love your vedioes

[@RobinPalmerTV]

Books, particularly fiction, will likely make you a better doctor. You learn a lot about the human condition in them.

[@philipvaray6520]

Agreed I'd recommend Dostoyevsky.

[@RobinPalmerTV]

@@philipvaray6520 I’m a sucker for all the classics especially the Russians.

[@jackieyang9337]

I like your sweet and comfortable voice, speed and rhythm of speaking，softly ❤💋

[@franciscojose6496]

Let's go watching

[@remika7549]

been here since the beginning!!! love all you videos

[@elizabethfilips]

Thank you Remika!

[@moldar81]

Jess..how do you speak so fast! Not a bad thing but keeps me focused on the video haha. I think it's true. I learned more outside school. I love to learn. So, I decided to do an online MS program. I can do my own reading without going to university, and still work full time.

[@Zahra-py3yk]

You always impress me

[@kameidym6476]

I keep on falling in love with you.. I'm going crazy.. You make me to read more books, and I'm encouraging my siblings as well...

[@msvanillary]

"Beliefs get in the way of learning"... is a belief.

[@freedomfighter1324]

I agree 💯%

[@Samreen0987]

Elizabeth l adore your channel to the moon and back!

[@elizabethfilips]

AH THANK YOU

[@shobanahmad8028]

This channel is growing like y=X SQUARE DAY BY DAY HOPE IT WILL REACH 1 MILLION IN 2022 END

[@kdkhaliq7441]

Ahhh you are so sweet😍, Wishing you all the best for future, From Pakistan🇵🇰

[@amatulaamna2243]

You are so smart. And pretty! 😁

[@ken5841]

Great experience sharing ❤️

[@ZarinaMachaAuthor]

YES emotional intelligence is certainly something that is lacking in the school curriculum!

[@danielle7988]

Hi Elizabeth, what’s the book about the girl with the daydreams?

[@vivaanmcgraw3613]

Thoughts on 12 rules for life ??

[@Scottlp2]

Books teach emotional intelligence--well said. That is a benefit of reading literary fiction and why reading "classical literature" is still very helpful.

[@websurfer352]

Try writing your own thought?? Reading is taking the subject as the author arranges it, his take on the subject, his angle in it, but each of us have their own learning modalities unique to the individual!! So, writing your take, your own angle on the subject is teaching yourself according to your own learning style!! That is the basis of analogy it’s taking a subject and re-framing it in way more familiar to you!! That’s how you Grok it!!!!

[@ShivanS]

These are really life lessons, which you learn from, well, living life. It's unfortunate school doesn't teach us these things, but if we were taught these things, would we listen? School is necessary for a population but not the aspiring individual.

[@deepanchakrvarthyp7063]

You are explaining so elouquently........

[@iwansaputra8376]

Are you from England?

[@Radhapriya_hemant]

Heyyy there... Miss Eliz The accent which u are talking in,i jst loved it Could u plzz tell me which accent of english is this??

[@martyspandex]

Glad to see the Righteous Mind being recommended.

[@AirYan5iveZer0]

What I've learnt in school. Well, nothing besides getting bullied, to bully others, to come late, to tell lie infront of teachers, to blame other students and so on. I haven't got any knowledge and a friendly atmosphere there. Always there are peer pressures. That's why I read external non scholastic books.

[@MizanurRahman-eh9hx]

Right

[@DEForce-fm8rt]

You are wiser than you realize. All is hidden in plain sight. Getting to the HEART of the matter animates learning to a holistic degree unveiling the essence of True Life. The Beauty is truly~AWE INSPIRING! Thee LOVE Story of Stories🎇💛✨🌅🌎👁🙏😲👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🦅🐝😲

[@sabreenasediqi4957]

yep :)

[@relaxationandmeditation8060]

Tell me name of best books

[@shobanahmad8028]

Someone says that by reading books brain develops but i can safely say that books after read by Eliza feels that I(books) developed

[@karimdad3567]

I read a lot of books but I hate school. So much love from 🇵🇰