Explaining the Dutch Education System

[@wehushi_sushi]

I'm from the Netherlands I know the school system... Why am I watching this

[@wiktoria1184]

daniël beer Same🤷🏼‍♀️😂

[@sqocks8254]

+ 😅

[@noelle4625]

Same hahahahaha

[@emmagroot4849]

I had to learn for my exams now, WHY AM I WATCHING AN VIDEO ABOUT MY OWN SCHOOL-SYSTEM!!

[@lucao262]

Vroeg me ook af wat ik hier doe😂

[@dabhdude]

This reminds me of how much the American educational system needs to be fixed.

[@pindakaasverslaafde9587]

dabhdude nah man dutch systems are pretty fucked teacher can kick you wich means you have to follow a lower course

[@evanpilling8429]

So....it motivates you to do better? That doesn't seem bad at all. ALthough, I might just not be informed enough.

[@pindakaasverslaafde9587]

Arwen marlies yes but you can still have learning dificulties like dyslexia or discalculus and you are Just going to get fucked and your grades are only going to get worse and that will slowly spiral into a degree you did not want or Just a couple of extra years of studieing

[@arwenmarlies9028]

brostache oke

[@BeansRUs]

dabhdude I gotta agree with you dude, our Public Education system is in my opinion still the same as it was in the 1900’s when the US took an interest into educating the public. What I’m interested about is the cost of Dutch education.

[@lilly-bet3096]

This explains why everyone was confused over the fact I didn't know how to ride a bike at fifteen when I visited the Netherlands.

[@enderlemon890]

wait wut?? We're taught that at the age of 5 or something XD its so weird that some people in other countries are not!!

[@ringmaster1457]

FeraligatrMaster1 echt hé Kinda translations: Yeah

[@ImAWeirdo666]

@@enderlemon890I learned when i was like 3-4 i think

[@ChaoticCyclos]

Never thought a Dutch person could explain this shit😂 I’m Dutch and I find it hard 😂

[@lord.shitpost698]

Uhu

[@jetsetgo3665]

Veels te ingewikkeld

[@sydneyleerkes1353]

Same-

[@カーン-o5j]

You did kader if you think its hard

[@karp_]

@@カーン-o5j i do vwo and i was confused on how it all works, what are you talking about

[@NadiraPuchi]

I quickly want to say, after Mavo you can actually choose if you want to do 2 years of Havo to go to HBO instead of just going to MBO. Same with HAVO.

[@itzmiika1222]

Klopt

[@heartrawr186]

Omg i love your vids

[@Alex-td8lb]

het is allemaal zo confusing jonge hahaa

[@Esther-sf1vc]

yup, that's what I did

[@DanPlan]

So esthetically pleasing to look at! Amazingly edited :D Also... You need a bicycle diploma? O.o

[@Yuunarii]

Thank you ^^ And nah not really, it's more of a "congratz, you can properly cycle without getting yourself killed in traffic" type of thing. Not a legit diploma or anything XD

[@lindaraterink6451]

it's about the same level of getting a diploma for learning to tie your shoes in pre school.

[@angelorou2234]

Linda Raterink That one was hard af

[@EstherHulst-Artist]

you dont get arrested for not having one it just helps to learn to be safe same as a swimming diploma

[@evaissad662]

DanPlan ikr but you can skip school for a couple of hours🙃

[@Ahhuya]

Ik was dus echt vergeten dat het verkeersexamen een nationaal iets is XD dat examen was zo'n chaos bij mijn klas, maar zo hilarisch

[@wilhelmdietz4023]

Fietsen Belgen überhaupt?

[@Emails-hc5gu]

Wilhelm Dietz ja.... kuch kuch

[@Emails-hc5gu]

Frosty The Glaceon oh maar ik heb dat ook moeten doen hoor

[@KriztineProductions]

Aafje B Lol....Bij mijn klas ook, ik heb wel niks geleerd voor het exam, maar ik krijgt wel een Niveau A diploma voor het.;w;(Als ik geen A diploma krijg, stierf ik door mijn moeder XD)

[@Spinnie1]

Wanneer hadden ze dat verkeersexamen toegevoegt? Ik hat er nog nooit van gehoord.

[@maks_____]

Hey! Its pretty cool to see some Dutch people in the art community! Geinig.

[@ahoekstra4749]

uncle hank haha idd xD

[@scoobydollar638]

Er komen steeds meer

[@daftsillygoober]

Heel geinig

[@sainaro2335]

geniaal

[@parrotplays7]

Ik denk precies het zelfde! (I think the exact same!)

[@Aprill264]

Lol, you’re from Noord-Brabant or Limburg, as a fellow dutchie i can hear those accents from miles away

[@JanSanono]

BRABANT!

[@toucane2124]

Lets go Nederland

[@rebeca4189]

Ja hahah

[@bellicenterprises4362]

Zijn wel van die lelijke accenten

[@laramilou5463]

Hahaha inderdaad 😂

[@arandomtomato1189]

Ik dacht dat ik het zwaar had op de basisschool. Boy was I wrong

[@saltiestkarma]

A Random tomato HA HAHAHAAHHAHA nee

[@iadoreapplehead]

A Random tomato wacht maar tot je gaat studeren

[@misty_animations]

A Random tomato m2

[@bunnyboe]

echt

[@itsyaboi5727]

A Random tomato basisschool*

[@murdizphanthom9180]

Eindelijk een manier om mn engelse vrienden uit te leggen hoe het nederlandse educatie systeem werkt, hardstikke bedankt!! Daarnaast

[@Yuunarii]

Geen probleem ^^

[@hurokey5768]

Ik hou ook van konijnen yay

[@dapanda8301]

JA,

[@localpotato69]

Same!!

[@Aaravos]

Yuunarii you have friends? OwO

[@techgamen6185]

Eventough I'm dutch it was fun to watch :D

[@No-pt2jb]

TechGamen! True :P

[@gxchalunar6440]

Jup xD

[@pinkyplayz1860]

Same

[@sterrew.5338]

Same😝

[@Gunblade44]

lol, when I scrolled over the thumbnail, I just saw Yuu bicycling on a car and thought "This is gonna be a good video"

[@lukevankleef4245]

I'm Dutch and I still found this incredibly useful. I Basically just bumbled my way trough high school and college. XD

[@ringmaster1457]

Ik ook hoor

[@neogivxapwntcpaa]

Waarom gebruikt je amerikaas school dinges voor een nederlands onderwijs

[@marjorie_lopez]

I got lost after the basic school part ... 😭😭😭 it confuse me the way it's divided so complicated but it seems that the Dutch has a great system :)

[@Sam-lc8tg]

Marjorie C Theoretically its good, but, it means people are really divided, like, in some schools you have a big range of these levels which means kids tend to get bullied for their level. Also, this means that the Cito test you take as a 11/12 year old determines a huge part of your life, Lets say you do really bad and end up in vmbo-b, you will either have to do mbo and hbo to get to a regular level, this adds 4 more years to your schooltime. Also when failing a year in your first year of this level type school, you go to a lower level, same goes for failing a year twice, which is really demotivating, some kids even have to change schools because of this.

[@marjorie_lopez]

ツSam woo thanks for the explanation that's really interesting to know and what is the average age to graduate if it doesn't fail any year Also, entering the lower level would be frustrating even for me, it might be great if they could get a second chance to those who got bad grades on the Cito test.

[@Sam-lc8tg]

Marjorie C Well, the age of graduation depends on your level, but i’d say the average is 17 or 18 years old.

[@dorrith8341]

Marjorie C actually at most schools you have one or two years to decide witch level of education your gonna take. you have combined classes of havo/vwo and havo/mavo (the different levels) so you have enough time to chose your level of education based on your grades. also after you graduate from havo you can go to the vwo to follow that level of education for two years and than graduate. so actually the cito test doesn’t really matter. you can always go to a higher level if you have good grades.

[@cheyennehavisch9636]

​@@Sam-lc8tg well I'm from the Netherlands and I'm 17 now and I do level 4 and I still have 2 years left so usually people are like finished at 19 or 20 years

[@MysteriousFuture]

Yuunarii, you have successfully once again kept your audience well engaged and learned about the structure of the Dutch education system. Something the US education system would greatly benefit in implementing a similar to the Dutch system. Anyways, keep up the good work 👌

[@Yuunarii]

Good to hear it wasn't as boring as I had expected it to be XD And thank you ^^

[@nxrjiss222]

This dutch system isn’t as good as you think it is

[@suryae3918]

The visuals on this video is really good. And the eurobeat jokes too.

[@Yuunarii]

Thank you ^^

[@SynGirl32]

One of my favorite parts of living in the Netherlands, was that we lived in front of a college, so every morning, groups of 20-40 teens on their bikes would flood the surrounding streets. I mean, the bike parking had like 200 spots.

[@phantomstrider]

I learnt so much from this. Thanks for a friendly, steady-paced and pleasant video

[@sbplankton_1999]

Hey, I know You? You're The Guy from The KZbin right?

[@Pjiwm]

You know that they both call schools where you can get a bachelor degree and master degree a university. It's rather complicated to compare it with the American standards though. Lower than a bachelor degree is mostly useless in the US, but in the Netherlands an MBO degree can get you a decent paying job comparable to some HBO jobs. The US assosiance degrees and an MBO degree are quite different.

[@jamegumb7298]

Pjiwm That is because HBO is not that close to "college", it is far closer to University of Applied Sciences.

[@Johan91NL]

Jame Gumb HBO in many cases (depending on type of studies) is called university of applied sciences here in the Netherlands as well. HBO isnt college, but we wouldnt call it university as we have something like university. But it kinda is.

[@dewisselspeler9080]

The weird thing is that we also have associate degrees in the Netherlands but these are on HBO level and you need havo for them, while the associate degree in America is compareble to an mbo 4.

[@iclaimthisname9767]

Top video, maar ik heb wel het gevoel dat pakketkeuzes (in het geval van VWO vanaf het 4e leerjaar) hier ook in had moeten zitten. Een E&M leerling krijgt een heel andere carrière dan een N&T leerling. Ik snap wel dat de video dan misschien iets te lang zou worden :)

[@Yuunarii]

Nouja, zoals ik al in de video al zei: "I could go into detail how each rout works but... I'd rather keep this video under two hours". Als ik bij havo/vwo dieper was ingegaan op profiel keuze en hoe het middelbaar van leerjaar tot leerjaar werkt, had dat ook bij de rest van alle studie richtingen gemoeten. Vandaar dat ik het maar erg basic heb gehouden.

[@iclaimthisname9767]

Yuunarii Ah ok

[@zabberabc]

je spreekt nederlands nice

[@theburnix]

in dat geval zou je ook nog een aparte video kunnen makken over profiel keuzes etc.

[@nelizmastr]

Zelf heb ik VWO C&M gedaan maar ben ik uiteindelijk een HBO ICT opleiding gaan volgen (en vorig jaar afgerond). De pakketkeuze is niet dusdanig belangrijk voor mijn gevoel dat het je carrière volledig beïnvloedt, met name omdat er altijd vakken zijn die je voor je toekomstige werkveld niet nodig hebt en je niet goed in bent. Het echte leren begint toch pas na de middelbare school. Uiteraard zijn er opleidingen (alleen voor WO nodig) waar je bepaalde vakken voor moet hebben. Maar voor het HBO geldt dat in zijn geheel niet.

[@aletheran8590]

For those who had trouble understanding their own national equivalents of the different options, in other countries: - MBO is also often referred to as 'Vocational school/education' - HBO is also often referred to as 'University of applied sciences'

[@boktor666]

I think you've made a great video at categorizing how the education system works :) It's really difficult to properly explain, as our system is pretty complicated in the sense that multiple acronyms exist in the Netherlands that aren't so much a thing in other countries worldwide, the amount of levels in highschool for example, as well as HBO and Uni differences. However, there are some things that I thought are in need of some clarification though.This doesn't mean that this is criticism, no! In fact, see this as an addition of sorts ;p For example: difficulty is probably not the right term for the level of study that needs to be done in the categorized levels. I think it's a matter of different focus. You are completely right about the possible paths that can be taken, but this explanation makes it sound as if LWOO and VMBO BB/KB isn't all that hard. In fact, these kids go through hectic and tough education that's more craftsmanship-centered, where calculus and several woodworking/building etc. skills are incorporated. The amount of 'to be learned' study matter is theoretically different, not so much easier. That's very subjective. To put this into context: a few weeks ago, there's been an actual crackdown on stigmatizing of these levels. Call it progress, which I think it is. Second: HAVO and VWO students can freely choose between HBO and Uni, especially VWO. They can choose HBO if they like it, so as you explained, this is very true. Sadly: these options are sometimes looked down upon by society and (sometimes) schools (breaks my heart). However, once HBO students have been rewarded with propedeuse (meaning: having cleared first year), they're allowed to enter Uni. After HBO, when having reached bachelor degree, they are also free to enter University Mastercourses through certain programs called pre-master if they so please. This is a link people tend to miss a lot. Lastly: of course all these HBO courses have different types of supervision. Mine was wonderful. Subjectivism is something you have to watch out for, as you discredit entire systems, which is probably not what you've meant, but hey, Dutch folks are very quick to call you out on this of course. -signed: a teacher.

[@iSniper]

boktor666 nice

[@hart4bbq]

boktor666 8

[@poetanderson2495]

ik wou dat mijn docenten 666 in hun profielnaam hadden

[@crystalfates101]

Woah a dutch animation channel?! You just earned yourself a new sub :) I'm from Curaçao and we also have the dutch education system here and I couldn't have asked for a better one. I just got my final exam results last week and I'm about to graduate in two weeks and earn my Havo diploma ^-^

[@flamey9180]

*take cito tests* *"you are 12 when you take the Cito test"* Am 10 when I make the Cito tests Aight then

[@Sam-lc8tg]

FerociousFlame its not your finals, in group 8, you take your final Cito’s, or route 81 or whatever your school decides.

[@Minglesmoot]

Isn't it a bit young to give a child the responsibility to pick an education route that they most likely would change their attitude towards throughout their teens or adolescence?

[@maurogiovanni5978]

it is. And I dont like it

[@personc5619]

welcome to the netherlands, have a seat

[@Minglesmoot]

Doctor Potato I suppose. The British education system isn't particularly better either, its just different ways of doing things. We're strictly taught the same sorta stuff up until we're 14/15 and then we get to pick like 2/3 optional subjects to get a final grade in. The options really open up to you when you hit 16 and go into College, which is mandatory now. You used to be able to leave school at 14 and then 16, which it was for a while, but now you have to stay in education until you are 18.

[@GarketMardener]

Yeah, but at least it's better than having unwanted shit. I'm so done with History subjects.

[@Minglesmoot]

GarketMardener History was one of my favourites, but each to their own. We all still have a choice, I guess

[@toyuyn]

Gah, I keep recognizing 'almost' German in the Dutch terms with my crappy second language German education. Like how 'Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs' could be interpreted as 'Höher Allgemein Fortgesetzte Unter-wis(sen)'. Woo Germanic languages.

[@Yuunarii]

Hehe yeah, Dutch is basically the cheap rip-off of German, with some weird vowels incorporated XD Hmm.. true I suppose ^^

[@maxg2814]

Fun fact: With Luther, the guy who pinned his 95 theses on the church door, translate the bible to eastern German, if he had chosen the western German dialect it who basically be Dutch but with a small dialect.

[@urvinius4153]

A.Y. Isnt it Unterricht, not unterwis

[@toyuyn]

Urvinius yes, but i tried to translate based on sound, and onderwijs matches unterweiss (wijs -> weiss -> wissen) better.

[@neuronmind]

Yunaari ; You are not making Dutch friends with this answer..A typical Dutchman doesn't understand much German language at all. To use the example A.Y. did, hoher (can't find the dots..)is not more similar to hoger than higher. The Dutch language contains more French than German.(thx to Napoleon..)and due to internet the Dutch language is Anglofied more and more. Groetjes uit Nederland en niet meer gek lopen lullen over Duitsers en Nederlanders want er klopt geen reet van wat je zegt ! lol .By the way, your explanation of the Dutch educational system was clear but limited ( there's a type of school for almost any language , religion or human point of interest on any level and móre...) Bye !

[@ivatigerfox2548]

Wait, so you go to school to actually have a life, and not pass a god damn test? Oh God how lucky you are, Yuunarii.

[@GarketMardener]

This shit speaks to me on a higher level

[@lopark3512]

Same here in Serbia :3

[@augh7672]

really i live in the netherlands.. its shit i hate school :')

[@abdu8583]

Foomy ik ook de juffen/meesters kunnen je soms gewoon misgunnen, dan denk ik echt zo van waarom ben jij uberhoud meester/juf

[@augh7672]

ja dat is zo irrietand

[@warsandrij]

Bedankt voor de uitleg! The Dutch integration exam now requires a section on Dutch cultural knowledge which includes a fair amount of knowing the education system and I could never keep it straight. This helps me keep everything in order!

[@FellowyAwesomeX]

I'm suddenly very aware of how damn detailed our education system is, heck.

[@marit2398]

I didn't pass my cycling exam 😂

[@BlueEyedRaven_]

At first I didn't pass the theory part of the traffic exam either xD I felt so stupid because I was the only one that didn't pass it. However I was allowed to do it again and passed the second time, yay! And like the video said: I completely ignored everything I learned afterwards.

[@nikkiluna6445]

Marit Wigchering oh god lmao.

[@strawbmecha]

Hahahaa hoe dan 😂😂

[@nikkiluna6445]

Marit Wigchering ik had 0 fout 😂😂 geen idee hoe, ik was maar bij 2 lessen er over

[@flappingonlinelogic4611]

How's that possible? I did like everything wrong and was going too fast and i passed it 😂 i'm now a danger on the streets...

[@tjerk5830]

In the Netherlands we also have tvwo, where you have almost all subjects in English. Tvwo translates to bilingual Preparing scientific education.

[@artisticarcheopteryx5358]

my school also has this for HAVO and MAVO since we live in a brainportregion

[@gecko7167]

I live in Eindhoven but we don't have that here. I'm doing VWO, but TVWO would be an absolute dream to me, since I absolutely love the English language.. And I'm planning on moving to England when getting my masters degree. Too bad :/

[@Juuzx6]

I call of vwo tto, i don't know about you tho.

[@danielletendam1386]

It’s tto then

[@josefinezebratree4708]

TTO*

[@mrhose3577]

*Stops watching the channel for some time* *Looks at this video* OH GOD THE QUALITY HAS IMPROVED A LOT!

[@dave2.077]

i like how the secondary education routes look like: WWDT FFU UUS OOEQ Pakngkzeowbyzfoi UIER

[@thatinternetteen5616]

I decided to watch this because I wanted to go on a foreign exchange student trip to Netherlands and i was curious how school would work. Now I'm curious what process I would have to go through if I were to be placed in the Netherlands 🤔

[@Windsguidance]

Alxxandrr depends on what you’re gonna do. If you’re going to uni, costs can be 10.000 euros and even higher because the government does not fund it for foreign students. But I guess it’s not that different in America or other countries. So far I haven’t heard of exchange students in middle/high school...

[@PetraVanDeijl]

Don't even bother. The system is absolutely whacked, I would recommend you go to another country in Europe.

[@cruzgomes5660]

@@PetraVanDeijl which other countries then?

[@PetraVanDeijl]

@@cruzgomes5660 How about The UK?

[@cruzgomes5660]

@@PetraVanDeijl Perhaps, what else would you have in mind

[@IDrownedMyGoldfish]

I've always been told that MBO was college and higher was university like this: WO = academic university HBO = University of applied science MBO = college Is that incorrect? It might also be useful to add some job examples per education level as I know

[@fanhy853]

Lunar This is kind of how it should look like

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

mbo is vocational school college would be HBO

[@Twiggy163]

HBO is NOT the equivelent of college. It is equivelant to a university of applied sciences. The difference between a research uni and one of applied sciences? The research uni's bachelors degree is worthless and students are meant to go for their masters. Applied sciences bachelors degrees are much more specialised and get more real-world experience (the 'applied' part). They're roughly equal in time spent, but not even close to equal in value on the job market.

[@alkohnest]

I did not know that. I thought WO was a university. This makes me feel better about going to HBO.

[@MBeckers]

WO is university but contrary to HBO your bachelor's degree does not prepare you for the job market. You have to get a master's degree for that.

[@Twiggy163]

@@MBeckers The WO is a research university. HBO is a university of applied sciences and, indeed, a bachelors from WO does not prepare you for the job market (hence I mentioned they are worthless).

[@JosephAliDeeb]

Why am I watching this I already know it😂

[@ftvideos7663]

Brother can you help me ?

[@lalawawa8879]

This just made me realize that I need to study NOW in order to stay on havo

[@Charlotte-ci4is]

Thanks for this! I'm half Dutch living in the UK and I'd like to move to the Netherlands one day...

[@fadingaway8921]

kom treug alsjeblieft 😀

[@Apterygidae]

I have never actually done the cycling exam, our teacher was just like “Here are the rules, and we’re going to our camp next tuesday, so then you can try it”

[@Jonaleko]

Wow that's really complex. But I think it's better having options to choose than someone saying that you should know everything before choosing something that has nothing to do with the subjects you were obligated to learn.

[@K.1234-g2c]

You still have to learn a lot of useless stuff that you'll never use in the Netherlands.

[@Jonaleko]

K. 1234 I think unfortunately one will always have useless stuff to learn in whatever country

[@StepwaveMusic]

K. 1234 Of course, because a 12 year old doesn't know he's gonna be a politician when he's older or something. You can however make differences between alpha (languages, culture) and beta (mathematics, science) good at studying and good at crafting. You can narrow down the stuff you need to learn, which is heavily supported as we can also pick subjects when halfway through 'continued education', but you can never stop learning useless stuff before you actually decide what you want to be for the rest of your life. If you take away that 'useless' studying, you take away options to choose from, meaning you might not be able to eventually become who you want to be.

[@RatchetG]

You can't choose what advice (VWO, Havo, Mavo etc.) you get that is decided on your results in elementary school

[@samss721]

NIO and IEP?

[@ditkind1340]

Haha ik ben zelf Nederlands en het was echt heel grappig om dit een keer in het Engels te horen! 😂

[@Diana-ev4fo]

I'm sending this to my internet friends bc they don't understand it when I just tell them. Good job! You just earned a new subscriber!!!❤️

[@_dewdew_8705]

Nice vid i am dutch myself love how you can hear your accent when you speak dutch goed gedaan😁

[@sbplankton_1999]

🤥🤥

[@Ayse__]

I just found out that my old school probably wanted to send me to LWOO (or praktijkonderwijs) because of my really bad social skills... I changed schools and they gave me VWO. Welp.

[@BlueEyedRaven_]

Lovely! My school refused to let me enter HAVO because I didn't work fast enough, I was smart enough but I never managed to finish my work on time. So I was sent to VMBO-TL instead. I still believe there is loads of flaws in our education system with, as you said yourself, people being advised to go to levels they shouldn't be in because they could achieve so much more. Also I believe they should come up with something to fill the gap between VMBO-TL and HAVO.

[@Ayse__]

ಠ_ಠ aw man thats awful. Did you ever go to havo/got hbo?

[@BlueEyedRaven_]

Yasky After vmbo I did go to havo, however because vmbo was so easy to me I never truly put in effort. So when I got to havo I had to study and properly do my homework for once. I couldn't keep up with it at all and after half a year I decided to drop out, I was already 18 by the time I started havo. I then went to pick an mbo course I enjoy and that's what I'm currently doing. I do plan to try for hbo after I finish this course. I've been doing everything I can to prepare myself for it so I've turned into quite the nerd.

[@Ayse__]

That's great! I hope you'll get a job you enjoy :)

[@flappingonlinelogic4611]

Kind of the same thing happend to me.. Oh well, there's also a school for people who can't learn which is down vmbo basis and they wanted me there 😂 but my parents didn't want it so i got placed in vmbo basis lmfao. Now i'm in mavo. Idk what's life

[@jsuoar6394]

Amazing video. Never knew Dutch school was completely different from American school.

[@Yuunarii]

Thank you ^^

[@olivierdols5556]

lucky a reply from the creator herself ( reply to plz)

[@insaiyanfit1571]

Well, we don't have any school shootings and we learn way more than just 'MURICA IS THE GREATEST! EVERYONE SHOULD SPEAK AMERICAN! ADAPT TO US! Soo.. yeah

[@alexandergiantamidis3842]

Dylan uit de Bulten Another person bashing America How original and creative

[@insaiyanfit1571]

Chiplamlanga Chpanglarujia original or not. America shouldn't consider itself as supreme when their education gets bashed by almost every damn country

[@pineappleproductions1696]

With all these letters combined with one and other I felt like I was in chemistry class

[@Every68]

We dont have chemistry we have NASK :)

[@pineappleproductions1696]

What?

[@qyvonl5876]

I finaly found a video i can send to people when they ask how the dutch educational system works!! This will save me 30 minutes of trying to explain it myself! And i always love to hear fellow Dutch people speak English, you can always hear that we are Dutch!

[@rockyenyotacat9213]

I’m Dutch and I know how it works but when you see it in a video like this, it’s pretty complicated. I can’t imagine how it would be for someone who moves to the Netherlands. It was a great video for people who don’t know how it works. And I also enjoyed it.😋

[@Lycaon1765]

I looked up the wikipedia page about this cuz I was reading a webtoon, called "acception" I think it was, and it was set in a Dutch "high school". The fact that they called it high school was confusing since I didn't think people in other countries would have the same system the US has. :v The wikipedia page just made me more confused lmao.

[@tytgamer8838]

I am dutch, and going to VWO. 😂 Good to know what would be next. Thanks!

[@kael9096]

Great video! As a Dutch person I already understood most of it, I don't rlly know about other Voortgezet Onderwijs things, but I do know a lot about havo and vwo, so I will explain vwo first, just more in depth. vwo exists of many parts, Atheneum : the basic vwo Gymnasium : basic vwo + latin and greek TTO : basic vwo, but everthing's in English and you will take different trips to different countries. Havo is just one thing, but, you can take havo/vwo classes for your first year, after that year, the school will decide if you go to havo or vwo in the second year. That was my knowledge on the subject, I myself am finishing Basis School, I'm really close to the Cito tests, but my overall school advice is vwo. They actually give you the advice in group 7, not much will change after the Cito tests, you can only go higher. But I've talked enough. Hope this was of any use.

[@jayden_sikk]

There's also TTO for Havo, y'know. And your teaches decides your final advice and the advice that you receive in group 7 is what they think it'll be, the definite advice is given in group 8.

[@kael9096]

xSalty_ Havo TTO is there yes, it just isnt in every school. And the advice that they give you in group 7 isn't really changing in group 8, if you do make the cito toets higher than your given advice then you can go higher, it can't go lower anymore. At least that's what the school told us .

[@itsfloofles]

I love how I am Dutch but still saw the entire video and enjoyed it all the way through. You're honestly awesome I love the video! Never stop you're awesome! :3c

[@elisavandingenen5841]

Het is echt leuk Om iemand to zien die een yt kanaal heeft over die dingen echt leuk!

[@SuDoesThings]

Me: *Studies at VWO* Me: *Wants to be a teacher* Also me: *I hate school* Again me: *Goes to HBO after finishing highschool*

[@composedcapybara1113]

I'm Dutch and I didn't even know some the things you mentioned in this video XD

[@ShinyWhisper18]

I kinda wished I learned this way, probably would have been more engaged in school if I did. And no I don't think we learn that traffic class here in America, or at least not in my state although cities/school are pretty bunched together here and also school buses.

[@iamalexwolf]

ShinyWhisper18 I live in Belgian where we speak Dutch, French and German. In the Dutch part where I live, we also have a similar Bike traffic test but the education system is way different and harder.

[@Sh-up8yp]

Sander Broadcast still u guys are stupider on average.. how come?

[@silversamm]

'stupider' isn't a word though. And Belgians being more stupid than the Dutch is just stereotyping.

[@MarijeK]

Super cool, very nice to look at! One little thing I noticed: peuterspeelzaal is from their 2nd birthday, until their 4th birthday. Not 0-3, we would call that a creche or kinderdagverblijf. That is more like daycare, but kids going there can skip the peuterspeelzaal, because they already get the "play, share, take turns" stuff.

[@lindevoskamp4948]

I am Dutch and wow, pretty good explaination! There is indeed a gap between mavo and havo which is quite irritating if you are a vwo student trying to explain why your "i have a lot of homework/have a difficult subject in said language" is different from theirs.

[@DwarfCraft]

En daaronder valt nog de KEKVO, ofwel Knippen En Knutselen Voor Onnozelen. :)

[@armaan9171]

Of GOM, geen onderwijs mogelijk

[@irishuisman1450]

Pretparkverslaafd ja, ze gummen je carriere (ik kan niet spellen -_-) helemaal uit xD (Gom is een oude versie van gum)

[@Lynn.B]

😂😂

[@olivierdols5556]

je heet dwarf craft ...... dude

[@cack]

Weewou! Een andere nederlander! Dit is een goeie uitleg, ik kan het niet beter!

[@lord.shitpost698]

Ik vraag me af hoeveel andere Nederlanders hier schuilen 😈

[@babetteietswaard8722]

I'm dutch and its funny to see this! Now, on this moment, I am on the Voortgezet onderwijs (secondary school)

[@yocheved5501]

I was born in Aruba and my native language is papiamento. Its our language that we speak at home with are family and on the street. But we also have a Dutch education system and all lessons and subjects are in Dutch. And in class we speak dutch to teachers. Its good because we learn more languages as Dutch,English,Spanish,French and you can grow as a person.But sometimes the exams can be difficult for us because the same test they get we get. And sometimes we don't get the meaning of the questions or we interpreted the questions in the wrong way and sometimes its a bit difficult to express yourself. Sorry if my grammer is bad :)

[@scarypumpkin5716]

I really like your art! It's simple, but cute! Nice! ^D^

[@lucifer.m]

I am Dutch and i have no idea how to comepare the Dutch education system with the American education system. Like in what grade are you if you have VWO in voortgezet onderwijs

[@leefless2004]

Selman Reyhan its easy

[@lord.shitpost698]

VWO 1= grade 7 VWO 2= grade 8 Highschool! VWO 3= freshman VWO 4= sophmore VWO 5= Junior VWO 6= Senior.

[@gingermenace8056]

Not only was this video aesthetically pleasing, but the information itself was well said and concise. Aside from the fact that you need to get a biking diploma (which is similar to how Americans go through drivers safety in high school), the Dutch seem to have a great grasp on the education system as a whole and is well rounded and diverse with many options to choose from in regards to how you finish high school and college. Dutch College and American college are Almost the same, but high school is completely different. You didn't really talk about it much but the American system is pretty test oriented, meaning what classes we're allowed to take and even what colleges we go to are determined by a single test. Americans have something called the ACT test in our second to last year in high school and if you do good on the test then you can basically get into any college you want, but if you do bad then most doorways are closed off to you automatically. I'm not saying the American system is bad, but it could take some pointers from the Dutch. Great informative and pleasing video, in fact this video is the reason I just subscribed to you so thank you for that.

[@I.Toverheks]

Gingermenace actually we don't really like the Dutch system that much and we're lobbying for a more us or UK like system. After your cito, the subject you are worst at determines which secondary you should go to. You can be at vwo level in grammar, but if your math is vmbo, that's where you go. You can't exel in any subject at those schools. Which really sucks. It would be great if you can get o levels or b or a levels for different classes at the same school and exel in the classes you master. It's time to change this fd up system. There are voices in the teaching system that think so to, but until this day, my children are fd. My son is vwo level in lingual classes. But sucks at math. He was directed to mavo. Worked his ass off and is now at mavo level. My daughter is at vwo level in most classes. Sucks also at math. Struggles to keep up with math. Takes all other classes with two fingers up her nose, as we say in the Netherlands. My own story is similar. Don't get fooled. It isn't such a great system after all.

[@PetraVanDeijl]

@@I.Toverheks I agree with you completely

[@MelanievanGrieken]

@@I.Toverheks dat verhaal over als je nederlands vwo is en wiskunde mavo ga je naar havo slimpie we mogen met zijn alle blij wezen dat we überhaupt naar school kunnen / konden

[@I.Toverheks]

@@MelanievanGrieken dus basically zijn de persoonlijke ervaringen van mijn kinderen en mij een leugen zeg je? 😏 helaas niet ' slimpie' 😉 Je wordt afgerekend op je slechtste vak. Er wordt geen gemiddelde gemaakt van je nio of cito uitslag. Je slechtste vaardigheden bepalen je niveau.😑 Zoals ik hierboven ook al omschreef: Mijn zoon zat op taalvaardigheid en begrijpend lezen ver in de bovenste vwo marge. Maar op wiskunde presteerde hij onderaan de mavo marge Dus het werd vmbo t de enige optie. Niet eens havo kans klas. Was geen discussie over mogelijk.😶 Hij heeft zich een slag in de rondte gewerkt en doet na veel omwegen door een chronische aandoening nu toch havo. Maar iedere keer werd zn vmbo t uitslag toch weer onder zn neus gedouwd. Idem voor Zn vriend die nio uitslag kader had. En toch vorig jaar zn havo heeft gehaald met even zovele omwegen. Mijn dochter zit met een soortgelijke struggle op vwo en dreigt nu op haar wiskunde te stranden in 5 vwo. Ikzelf had een zelfde verhaal: wel een talenknobbel op vwo niveau aanleg voor bio en gs. Uiterst belabberd met cijfers en exacte vakken. (En dat bleek dus erfelijk)😁👍 Mijn punt was: Het zou mooi zijn als je zou kunnen excelleren in de vakken waar je goed in bent. En de vakken waar je slecht in bent op een lager niveau zou kunnen doen. Vroeger kon dat bijv deels op MAVO (C en D niveau ) en LBO (A,B en C niveau). In verschillende landen (GB, USA, div skandinavische landen) worden alle leerlingen van diverse niveaus op dezelfde school gezet. Per vak wordt dan t niveau bepaalt. In dat niveau doe je examen. Zo kan een wiskundige dyslect bijv toch op vwo niveau zn wiskunde halen. Of andersom een een discalculist op vwo niveau zijn of haar andere vakken. En daarna verder met een vervolgopleiding op universitair niveau waar het talent van de leerling verder ontwikkelt kan worden.👍 We mogen blij wezen dat we naar school kunnen ja, maar t is bizar dat het onderwijs met alle ontwikkelingen van de laatste eeuw al decennia lang stilstaat en nog steeds niet in staat is om het beste uit de leerlingen halen. Dat kunnen we echt wel beter in Nederland. 😎👍

[@lolskigaming8627]

There is ONE thing harder than VWO: TTO (tweetalig onderwijs (bilangual education)) It's like VWO but then nearly EVERYTHING is in english so you will end up speaking english during dutch lessons. And you get like 4 more lessons a week and TONS of homework.

[@fieliep1040]

lolskigaming i’ve been doing TTO for 3 years and it’s quite easy.... no more lessons but it’s just too overrated

[@MelanievanGrieken]

It is not harder you just beed to be good in English otherwise you just need to do atheneum or gymnasium

[@AllAboutNightcore]

I'm Dutch but I have 2 American friends. Every time I tried to explain the Dutch school system, they didn't understand and I wasn't very good at explaining it. This video really helped, Thank you!!

[@falihsaukhan5365]

What a clear and nice explanation, cheers from former Dutch colony of east indies

[@Gamen4Bros]

Everytime someone asks me from now on i'll send them here😉 (Goeie video hoor👍🏼)

[@aezthetixss6863]

how old r 4th graders in holland i rlly need to know i cant find anything?

[@enemihc2801]

Nu kan ik deze video naar mijn internetvrienden sturen haha, dan snappen ze het eindelijk

[@helianthus5381]

enemihC ik ook xD

[@slumberingreader3948]

Fuck. The effort you fucking put in here is amazing keep on doing more work I'll bet you'll grow big through the effort and editing that is present in the videos you make...

[@Yuunarii]

Thank you very much ^^ And hopefully so.

[@dragonfruitsgalore]

Hello, Yuunarii, thank you for this informative video! It has helped me understand what to expect when we move to The Hague this summer. Very well explained! PS: the bunnies are so cute!

[@KomalaUsedYeet]

finally a video i can show to my friends who are just so heckin confuzzled with this whenever i try to explain it

[@joelhoeve]

Gymnasium???

[@VtotheLien]

Dat is VWO, net als atheneum. Het enige verschil daartussen is dat je bij gymnasium Grieks of Latijn moet doen. Het niveau is verder exact hetzelfde.

[@jamiemitchell2861]

Evelien het niveau is hetzelfde in de bovenbouw, maar in de onderbouw, wanneer de school de toetsen helemaal zelf mag maken wordt er meer van gymnasiumleerlingen verwacht

[@eliava2098]

Gymnasium en atheneum maken inderdaad hetzelfde eindexamen, maar zoals jamie mitchell al zei verwacht gymnasium meer van de leerlingen.

[@kayaschouten7839]

ja, had ik nog niet opgemerkt

[@colin9040]

Er wordt wellicht meer verwacht van een gymnasium leering, uiteindelijk is de puntentelling voor toetsen, en de stof voor de toetsen exact hetzelfde. I’m afraid that apart from the extra language there isn’t a difference between the two.

[@melvinholwerda2717]

If you finished HAVO3 is it aloud to do every mbo, but youre not getting a diploma of “middelbare school”

[@ACNGaming_EU]

was such a pain to get my "cycling diploma" xD

[@etetgg1364]

Omg your accent is so well hearing! I am also dutch y'know! Our system is a lil diffrent in Belgium.

[@shanw.2948]

Who else watched the video to better explain the school system to others because damn the middleschool part aleays stumped me. Also well done on explaining, I am grateful for it.

[@_silent_memory_2252]

I was just imagining a cat driving a golf truck...When 1:27 then I got excited.

[@rainah880]

I Would Love To Have Bicycle Diploma!!! *GIMMMEEEEEE*

[@pinguutau]

Seems more complex system compared to England's Education System. It also sounds like you have to work your ass off more in the Netherlands than you do here in England.

[@Twiggy163]

PinguUTAU depends on your field. Engineering will put you to work. But we were right next to a study called 'creative therapy'. Although we enjoyed watching the girls, all they did was put on loud music and dance while we were trying to figure out hydraulics, construction, planning and cost-estimates. They quickly became known as 'free-time therapy'. Its not that bad though. You will have plenty of free time to drink all that knowledge away.

[@AJGress]

I know this is an old comment but I wanted to elaborate on this. Because your level of education is already determined in elementary school you can literally do the bare minimum in highschool and still stay in that level. This has created a culture of mediocrity which in Dutch we call the "zesjescultuur". So in a way, our education system is in many ways easier than that of other countries, because you don't need to constantly get good grades in order to get into a good university.

[@athenatsunami1347]

Thanks! Its helping me see the difference between my Dutch friend's experience and mine.

[@phantom-xb6wv]

one flaw is that if you’re a late bloomer, your future is doomed. You have to mature insanely early to find success in this system. coming from a late bloomer, which is doomed to some long years building my failures back up.

[@noost6923]

"the netherlands has a small size" you haven't seen belgium yet

[@tomrijnders]

nastiaake *cough* Luxembourg exists.

[@Gameplayer-vm5ml]

nastiaake They're basically the same size really.

[@WritingGeekNL]

Belgium isn't that much smaller though. It has a smaller population, 11.5 million people instead of 17 million. But yeah... Luxembourg on the other hand...That entire country has less people than Rotterdam. And almost Antwerpen.

[@huibvanhemert8918]

the difference between HAVO and VMBO is as i can confirm great in grading i mean i am a 1st grade HAVO dropout because i couldn't keep up and now as i am taking final exams i am scoring 8th and 9th (pretty high) left and right

[@huibvanhemert8918]

note i am not really doing anything for it

[@BlueEyedRaven_]

There's a very big difference between HAVO and VMBO unfortunately. I graduated in VMBO-TL a little while back and decided to try HAVO after. Thing is, VMBO had always been a bit too easy for me so I never bothered to study, going to HAVO I all of a sudden had to study a lot and keep up with my homework because you just had to learn.. a.. lot.. like really so friggin much. And since I didn't even know how to study my grades were terrible. After half a year I decided to drop out because it just didn't work for me and I was 18 years of age anyway. I then proceeded to MBO level 4, at which I am currently studying, which is also very easy in my opinion. However I'm actually trying now and studying really hard to prepare myself for HBO after. Yay?

[@sacha5985]

monika_chr For me there wasn't except the fact that in Mavo the girls are waaaaay nicer and it was a lot easier to make friends, also German was a pain and I always got 1's and 2's and they wanted me to re-do 2th year because of it, making me have german for two more years, whilst going yo the mavo I could just drop German and French, finally. Just like on Havo I dont need lots of motivation to get good grates, I only make my homework, which I might have opted to do more often on the havo. :')

[@WritingGeekNL]

I'm finishing my havo on cruise control. The difference in havo and mavo is indeed much, best advice to give is simple: Start working. Teachers tell havo 3 students the same, because most havo 3 students are lazy as well. It is a havo thingy, lol. Best thing to do is to make most homework during class and pay attention in class, at least that works for me and I am finishing with a average grade of 7.3.

[@tostie3110]

Same for VWO and HAVO, though my scores were not severely higher, at least upped 2 marks (or one letter, for americans) across the board without effort.

[@skalias815]

I went through the dutch education system I don't think it's a good education system. I don't think that your average grade in basic school combined with the cito test should determine what level of education you will follow. I think it's flawed and puts students in this category, it basically tells students if they don't have good grades or do well on tests they are not smart enough to study the higher levels of education. I actually had bad grades in basic school and had a lower score on the cito test. When I was in group 7 my teachers actually told me I shouldn't take the cito test at all because they knew I couldn't do better than getting into VMBO BB (which is the lowest level of VMBO). Fortunately my mother refused to listen to them and made me take the cito tets anyway. I got a higher score than they expected but still not great, so I was sent to VMBO KB which is just one level higher. I honestly believed I was stupid and lost all motivation to study and barely put any effort into school, so naturally I got bad grades. Something I also noticed in my high school of about 5500 students is that the fast majority went to VMBO. Fast forward a few years later I moved to Canada and I felt like this was my chance to start over. I was so shocked when I was allowed to pick my own classes based on my interest. I started to take classes that I would have never been able to study in The Netherlands such as physics and chemistry. I learned how to love studying and got good grades, I went on to get principal rolls and honor rolls. I graduated high school and went to university to study psychology and sciences, something I could never imagine doing in The Netherlands. Anyway my point is that it's not just black and white. There is a lot of factors that can make a student to bad at school and test don't determine what someone is capable of. So putting students in a category and limiting their choices only reinforces this narrow view. I think that students should be allowed to study what they like and not be but in levels of education. How would you know a student doesn't succeed in something if you don't allow them to study it in the first place. I also think that I was not as capable of understanding difficult subject at 12. I am a slower learner and I started to understand maths and sciences better when I was 16. So it's mind blowing how this test that you take at 12 determines what you study for the rest of your high school career.

[@noelle4625]

SK Alias I agree! They said to me that I could only do VMBO. Eventually, I did that but it was way too easy for me as I didn’t have to study and still get an 8. Now I’m doing HAVO as well after I graduated on VMBO. And this costs me two extra years of ‘Middelbare school’ so that sucks when I could have easily done it right at the beginning.. However, I do think the levels are a good thing, but they should do more tests to really make sure where you stand. One test is definitely not good enough and the things you’re tested for in ‘Basisschool’ is nothing compared to ‘Middelbare school’. :)

[@noelle4625]

Had niet door dat je ook Nederlands kan, maar Canada lijkt me zo gaaf! Altijd al een droom geweest om daar heen te gaan. Maar het systeem klinkt daar ook best chill!

[@noelle4625]

Even om mijn eerste argument nog een beetje te onderbouwen: Mijn mentor in de brugklas zei op de HELFT van het jaar tegen me dat ik beter maar vmbo kon doen, want ‘havo zou ik niet redden’. En nu doe ik zelfs havo met twee vingers in m’n neus.. Best wel raar. Als ik het zo bekijk zou ik makkelijk zelfs vwo kunnen proberen, maaarrr ik ga niet nóg twee jaar op deze middelbare school zitten hahahah.

[@semhabers5910]

Noëlle mijn mentor zei in de eerste klas dat havo te veel en te lastig zou zijn. In de tweede zei mijn mentor dat ik het wel kon als ik mijn best zou doen maar dat het al te laat was. Nu ben ik net geslaagd voor mavo met een 7.1 gemiddeld en heb ik 4 jaar lang (bijna) niks voor school gedaan maar heb ik geen zin meer om nog havo te doen.

[@mirayy1573]

Noëlle really? That’s so weird! Ik had mavo, maar met mijn Cito scoorde ik vwo dus ging ik naar havo maar omdat mijn gemiddelde hoog was werd ik in de 2e anar vwo gestuurd??

[@CATboss001]

This proves that I will watch anything as long as it's nicely animated...

[@roy_hks]

There are multiple forms of LWOO, not just for VMBO but also for Havo and VWO. It’s not just for students who have some trouble with subjects, but also for students who simply are too smart for regular education, who have trouble at home which results in shitty grades, who are hard to handle for teachers (fighting, autistic kids, etc), or people with mental illnesses/depressions.

[@knucklesrule6381]

Ik hou van je KZbin-kanaal :D lel my Dutch isn't good anymore since it got hard to learn :/

[@Yuunarii]

Awww dankjewel ^^ And don't worry, your Dutch seems fine ^^

[@knucklesrule6381]

Yuunarii hah thanks! :3

[@armaan9171]

MeepMeep Meep that is litterly a Dutch sentence so you're not bad at Dutch ;)

[@user-dx5yg1yi1v]

It's actually houd but everyone says hou since ... just that xd

[@elsielf]

OMG YOU LEARNED DUTCH? I NEVER KNEW SOMEONE WANTING TO LEARN DUTCH I LOVE YOU

[@ghostchiryou]

I wonder if the education system has changed since my dad was in school, as he was born and lived in the Netherlands until age 30. He told me his "elementary school" had only 6 teachers, one for each grade, and then he had to bike 20 miles to "high school" and 20 miles back.

[@Yuunarii]

Hmm.. It varies from school to school. My primary school was relatively large (compared to other primary schools), with roughly 300 students total. However there are basic schools out there with less than 100 (sometimes even less than 50) students total. In such cases there indeed is usually only one teacher per grade. And 20 miles? O.o Damn. Personally I happened to be lucky. As my high school was located within my town, so I only had to cycle about a mile to school. Most students however had to cycle about 3 to 6 miles to get to school.

[@lindaraterink6451]

I was in a combination-class in basic school from grade 3 and up. So grade 3 and 4 and 4 and 5 one class, one teacher some things were done together and some things we did seperate. etc. Those combination classes happen mostly when there are very low number of children in those years. I think your dad had to bike 20 kilometers, 20 miles is a bit far for Dutch standards aswel, I also was lucky to have my highschool in my home town. I could walk there in 15 min if I wanted. Sometimes highscholers take public transport with special student passes aswel. I don't know how old your dad is, but things have changed during several decades. When I went to high school 20 years ago it was different then it is now. For instance the VMBO system didn't exist back then, we had something different for that level of education.

[@frdjuh]

The system basically stayed the same since the 70's, although the 8 groups in the "Basisschool" as we know now where divided in 2 years in Kleuterschool (age 4-6) and 6 years in groups (back then called "klas") age .6-12.

[@ghostchiryou]

I asked him and it was actually 20 kilometers, which is still pretty far!

[@tsuyuasui7297]

ghostchiryou where do you live now ?

[@deepsunken1160]

god i wish i could crash my car while listening to eurobeat

[@IcebulletZ]

While the amount of options is fascinating it's super convoluted. Our school system can use some work but is generally a straight line. Elementary: Age 2-5 preschool (essentially social learning) 5-6 kindergarten (entry skills letters, numbers, writing and reading) Grade 1 - 3 division one Grade 4 - 6 division two Jr high: Grade 7 - 9 Highschool: Grade 10-12 Post: Continuing education (usually 1 year programs to pick up extra skills like typing, higher reading and such) Certificate college (low level job specific programs such as secretary, florist...) College (higher level diplomas and transfer programs like development therapist) University (2-8 years for your big programs, teacher, doctor) Technical institution (trade learning. Repair jobs, construction, design...) Apprenticeship school (extra learning on stuff that can't be learned on the job) Within all of that we then have public, private, religious, residential and bilingual.

[@vanthonvenus]

Note: In Friesland (A Province in the Netherlands) the Cito is just a test, it doesn’t tell you where you’ll go in Middelbare school. We have a thing that keeps track of your grades from group 6-8 this will tell you what level you’ll have. To be honest I’m happy that exists because I did terrible at the Cito test -w-

[@Shashu_the_little_Voidling]

I love the background music at 7:20 Edit: it started earlier, that's just when I started to notice.

[@7w0lf7]

I’m myself Dutch and it’s funny to see how different all countries are You did a great job btw ^-^ Myself I’m in group 7 of basic school :3

[@levian3501]

I think the system is great but it really fucked me over ':D (if you don't like profanity maybe don't read this) everyone who talked to me for more than 5 minutes knows I belong in a VWO school, buuut I was bullied during the cito test with my misophonia (mental disorder making certain sounds unbearable. You could give me a panic attack by sniffing your nose) so I got HAVO advice. Lucky me I went to a particularly bad school and the teachers bullied me. They told me I was worthless and I shouldn't bother showing up. So I didn't. It came to a point it was special for me to attend an entire day. And eventhough I still knew everything in the books, I couldn't be fucked making the tests. The school therapist tried to make something of me, but her sessions revolved more around her than me. So that didn't help. The principle asked me if I even wanted to be at the school, but it was quite obvious that I didn't want to be there. So they just send me to a VMBO-T. I wish I was transferred to another HAVO, but this was all they could do for the piece of shit they made me. I'm doing better now, but I really wish I wasn't in this VMBO-T school. But oh well. I am going to a HAVO and a VWO school after this because everyone around me knows I can only get a job I can keep without shooting my skull out with a VWO education. Sorry to rant there.

[@WrightGottlen]

I was also bullied at school (for different reasons), especially by teachers, and living in the UK our education system requires us to pick our subjects in Year 9 (so, students would be about 13-14 years old or so?), and I wasn't even allowed to choose what I wanted to do at the time, because my tutor straight up told me I'll fail if I chose the subjects I was interested in because I was stupid. And after the exams in Year 11 we had to enrol into a college to receive a diploma that would basically dictate our entire lives from then on (I chose to do acting, because it's what I'm passionate about, to this day, but realistically I've just put myself into a situation of basically not being able to find a job because my acting diploma is worthless). I really wish, now that I'm older, that I had taken an addition subject or an apprenticeship while I could, because after you turn 18 all courses become stupidly expensive, since after that age it is no longer the law to stay in education, so you can basically fuck off and die for all anyone cares. I can't even go to university for a different subject and take out a loan, because my diploma that I got in college dictates which courses I could do at a university (which is fair enough), but because acting is such a competitive field I doubt I'd ever find any success in it even if I went to a university at this point (not to mention most universities in England are turning to shit anyway, especially acting ones). I also basically hate people due to my severe social anxiety disorder so me finding a job at this point is a pointless errand, so... yeah, life sucks. But hopefully it'll get better some day, for all of us. It has to, right? Keep your chin up, anyway, random Internet stranger!

[@MissMoontree]

Keep it up :) You'll get there.

[@levian3501]

MissMoontree thank you :")

[@wanderlander.abroad]

I think the thing you should really ask yourself is: what would you like to do when you are going to work and do you need vwo in order to do it? I started as vmbo kader and did two completely different MBO education's following that. At my last MBO education all the teachers tried to convince me I needed to go to HBO. For what I wanted in life and still want, HBO wouldn't be able to really add anything for me except plunder my bank account and be stuck in school for another 4 years. Though I appreciated the confidence they had in me (and I'm sure if I really wanted it HBO would give me even more information) a high degree nowadays in the job market isn't always a guarantee for a good job. I often find employer's look at what your practical experience is then your degree as that will tell them how quickly you'll be working independently in their company. If you truly want to go into WO then vwo is worth going for. Else way I really really wouldn't recommend it... But it is your decision.. go for it!

[@TheFox517]

I know how you feel. My whole life is propably fucked because some shitheads (aka my whole fucking class) decided to bully me for some weird reason nobody can specify. Their words don't hurt me in any way and I don't give a shit but it's still irritating. I skipped almost half of the current school year because of these people. Every time I walk into a classroom I feel like I'm back in kindergarten. Pens, pencils, pencil cases and backbacks flying everywhere, noise louder than a goddamn jet engine and occiasional slurs screamed at full volume by some jackass who thinks he looks cool. Teachers are really nice and helpful but even they are losing it. There are also some psychologist who can be nice but they don't understand how the current world works. In their mind using a PC for more than 2 hours a day is a dangerous addiction even when it's cold outside and I don't have any money to just spend on meaningless shit like McDonald's or clother that I will never wear (tbh even if I had some I would still buy 2 t-shirts a year at max). The worst part is that they're threatning me. "If you don't improve we'll have to call child support". BITCH YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HOW MY MOTHER TREATS ME SO FUCK OFF. I can go to school but I won't work ass off for a stupid paper that won't give me anything since I'm not really qualified for any job that involves talking to people or sitting in one place for 9 hours. When I told one of them that I want to earn my money through the internet and become an indie game developer at some point he said that games are developed ONLY by big companies nowadays and nobody will buy my games even if they're good. They're just spitting in my face with misinformation at this point. Maybe they just think I'm retarded because girls usually play chep phone games and aren't involved with anything more. I don't know how people work so I'm just throwing that out there and maybe somebody will help me figure out if that's the case.

[@jeanpaul4848]

When you’re participating an HBO study you can also get a ‘propedeuse’ which can let you can participate a WO study. To get this Propedeuse you have to get all your study points in the first year. This basically means that you have to pass all your tests and schemes🙃

[@jansteen5640]

Dat stukje met die rally auto en dat fietsende meisje is echt goud, een van de weinige keren dat ik iets grappig vindt. Dank daarvoor.