How Our Education System Kills Creativity || BlackDad Clip

[@BlackDad]

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[@itaintmeforreal]

1000% agree..... this is the CORE of what needs changing in our society!!

[@BlackDad]

Exactly!

[@RachelHiner]

My whole life I was bored in school teachers said that I "had potential but lack effort" but in reality I lacked interest.

[@BlackDad]

Unfortunately, we tend to place blame on the defenseless when things aren't working as planned.

[@aleshiarodriguez6138]

It's sickening. When you talk about medicating them to cope.... that made my heart sink. This video is spot on and I wish more parents could see this.

[@BlackDad]

Yes... I saw it first hand so many times. Parents coming to me in confidence considering medication b/c their child was too hyper active to sit in our classrooms for 2 hour class. It's really sad, b/c they feel pressured by the situation even though in their heart they feel it is wrong to medicate.

[@100deadinside9]

I was labeled as “gifted” at a young age. I began to read and write far earlier than most of my peers and have consistently performed well with reading and writing. In elementary school, I would get my books taken away because I would read instead of doing my work. I’m 18 now and am currently failing high school. I might not graduate even though I still excel in language arts and am considered an intellectually advanced individual. I have so much to offer, but society doesn’t value art and creativity and musicality. I play violin and am very passionate about it, but can’t practice “too much” or make my own music because it doesn’t help me graduate. I can’t write novels or learn animation because that doesn’t help me graduate either. All of the things I am good at and passionate about… they don’t matter if I cant pass trigonometry and government. Having ADHD on top of all of this has made school torturous. But of course, nothing matters in this world if you don’t have money, and so I fall lower and lower by pursuing my passions and talents.

[@BlackDad]

Sounds like you have been blessed with a gift. I pray you are allowed to explore that gift and granted the opportunity to live within your purpose. Bless.🙏🏿

[@th_greatest]

I really wish my old school was like my school I go to now, because my old school would cast out the more creative and special people like me. I had gotten a lot of trauma from my old school, and the school I go to now thankfully inspires kids to be creative and special.

[@BlackDad]

🙏🏿

[@soldiersquidgame7078]

😢 I remember when I was elementary school, my teacher and some of classmates bully me a lot because I'm being sensitive, hard of pay attention during class, always do something weird. And my secondary school, high school I different with other and being introvert, not follow the majority so I get much bully than elementary school🙄 But now college I study art and design, and my classmate is so good, friendly, open mind

[@BlackDad]

🙏🏿

[@Robloxkid69-bx6di]

dam i feel bad for you but god has many plans for you and your family keep yourself and family safe god bless you ❤

[@muthaafrika6137]

Yeah like me paid NO attention to what was going on at STUPID class i drew ALL day

[@annemcdonald3770]

This is the BEST explanation of what is wrong with our education system. Thank you for making this!

[@BlackDad]

Thank you

[@Maverickdavidbao]

How does this have 6k views? This is amazingly edited

[@BlackDad]

🙏🏿

[@farrarchannel7227]

Thank you for this powerful message. It is very affirming to have an ex school teacher reach this conclusion…some days it is hard to follow the road less traveled but your messages make it easier. It is frustrating seeing so many YT homeschool influencers teaching others how to replicate public school at home. The irony. But, I started that way myself, so I get it, just a product of our environment. Thankfully, after 7 years of battling my homeschool fears, I have mostly conquered the public school mindset and am enjoying learning with my children again, even if they are obedient, its so much healthier and meaningful to let our individual creativity shine instead of stifling it with carefully curated curriculum that is cold and artificial in comparison to the joy of learning things naturally as we go along. Thank you!!

[@BlackDad]

Wow... so much truth in this comment! Thank you for watching and sharing your experience. Blessings to you and your family in your journey of life and learning. 🙏🏿🙌🏿

[@farrarchannel7227]

@@BlackDad Thank you! Many blessings to your family as well.

[@hashimalz]

The sad thing is when your family thinks highly of school & university, to the fact that they view teachers and uni doctors alike are angels. I wasted my time on something I hate, and I felt like a stranger in both. And I only found what I wanted to do a few years ago, which is mythology and writing. But I can’t bring myself to tell them, because to them what I will do won’t make me live rich or with sufficient money to live with. I can’t say I don’t want money, but this is the last thing I’m thinking of. I’m now left with nothing I can say “I achieved.” It hurt me so badly as I think of it.

[@BlackDad]

Wow... This is one of my biggest reason for leaving the classroom. I did not want to be a part of pressuring young people to put all their efforts toward this "lie." Getting to the place where we are comfortable with our life decisions and have the grit to preserve through the consequences of our decisions is what childhood education should be focused on.

[@Amari-go8ny]

hey mr Williams! this is Amari from your last year of teaching 6th grade. I just want to say that everyone always enjoyed your classes and they were always fun. Its nice to see that you still upload and I wish you the best.

[@BlackDad]

I appreciate that. Thanks Amari

[@mattolinallc8888]

I want a society of thinkers and creatives not slaves.😊😊😊 Matthew William Vega

[@BlackDad]

💯

[@laurajane4806]

These are excellent points. I was born in 1960 and from my point of view, the changes made to the educational system since the 1960's are akin to the changes made to the gas can. Over time, a simple, easy and effective design got turned it into such a complicated, inefficient and confusing devise, that many people are willing to pay a premium price in order to stay as far away from the new and improved design as they can possibly afford . Y'all too young to remember KISS - Keep it simple, silly 🙂

[@BlackDad]

I remember KISS... We have definitely complicated things in order to "help" our kids olay the "game"... Unfortunately we are the ones being "played"

[@nadiajoshua9937]

Great video, so glad we found unschooling/unscgooling found us!

[@BlackDad]

🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

[@Cjazz1120]

Good stuff!!! Keep spreading the word.

[@BlackDad]

🙏🏿

[@Ale-wm6dn]

hey man its ale (cidvicious) i finally found your yt channel, i will never forget how u changed a boring covid year into a great year, now i live in spain and all the teachers suck

[@BlackDad]

Hey Cid... Thx Bro. Those were the good ol days... Even better than my time playing professional soccer 😏

[@Ale-wm6dn]

bro ure never gonna convince me that u met my mom at a soccer game 💀

[@BlackDad]

It happened, Bro... It happened

[@psikeyhackr6914]

Schools don't suggest weird books to read. Deathworld by Harry Harrison Night of the Trolls by Keith Laumer Little Fuzzy by H Beam Piper All Free in Project Gutenberg. I talked to a few high school teachers a couple of years ago. They didn't even know about Project Gutenberg. I have known about it since at least 2009. My very first SF book was added to it in 2006. Star Surgeon by Alan E Nourse The miseducational system is designed to maintain controlled ignorance.

[@BlackDad]

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[@psikeyhackr6914]

@@BlackDad How often are kids told education is to get a good job? But if they get the job they still must make financial decisions. So why isn't accounting/finance a standard part of education? Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

[@juniperkitkatstudios8234]

Im literally all of these kids you described in 1 person. 2:04

[@BlackDad]

Me too

[@elisabethsun7059]

Same-

[@psikeyhackr6914]

Something that you might find interesting has turned up in Project Gutenberg: When Africa Awakes by Hubert H. Harrison I am almost ashamed to say that I never heard of him but it kind of looks like plenty of "Black Intellectuals" helped shove him under the rug. I would have liked to have read it in 7th grade.

[@BlackDad]

😏

[@jocabedvp5087]

I agree with everything in this vid. Society has become so Neurotic that it’s sad an devastating. - Is it ok to unschool/homeschool (in any other method) in the farm or countryside, you know… like farm school, nature school and stuff like that? I love that idea but the most popular opinion about it is that it ‘isolated’ kids and teenagers from the real world. I don’t believe it but it’s worth considering and thinking. what do you think @BlackDad and the rest of the viewers?

[@BlackDad]

Life gives us lessons every day no matter what we are doing. So if we are being intentional about a specific thing we will learn, particularly if that learning is learner-led.

[@BlackDad]

Now regarding socializing... I always ask what are we trying to socialize with. Nazis were well-socialized... Violent gangs are social groups... But is that what we want for our children? You said it... Our society has become very neurotic, depressed, stressed, filled with anxiety, and poor self-image... all while being more and more isolated from each other. Again, is that the socialization we want for ourselves? For our children? Every family has core principles they want to instill in how we carry ourselves and how we should interact with others. Those principles should be instilled by the family (community), not a standardized government program. I believe we should be raising, loving passionate free thinkers... I feel that will more likely occur in an agricultural setting than in a classroom. Particularly if the learner has an interest in farming. But this is just my opinion....🤷🏿‍♂️

[@jocabedvp5087]

@@BlackDad Your so right. Thank You for your opinion.

[@verynicefellow]

Hey Mr williams I loved your class you're the best

[@BlackDad]

🙏🏿

[@Realblufish]

Hello comment section! I can confirm all of this is verry true, I am a freshmen in a top of the district highschool. All the time I get these kinds of negative comments from teachers in class often saying I need to have an "open mind" or to "stop writing whatever the hell you are writing and do the problem" and to top it all off that I just "dont care" Normaly most people give up and do the work, however I contine to do this out of pure spite. To be honnest it is a bad habbit I have but its something im proud of as it has protected my most valued talent. for those who say to go to an art school, im sorry to break it you you but its also just as bad. Belive it or not you will also get backlash for doing something diffrent there too! (ps: this was an unplanned rant so sorry if none of this makes sence to you guys but other than that take care and stay safe

[@BlackDad]

Speak your truth!

[@ToolShopGuy]

How are you doing in unschooling? Any update videos planned?

[@BlackDad]

Things are going great. Not a lot of time but... BlackDad season 2 coming soon

[@chesstime_0720]

Great content.

[@BlackDad]

🙏🏿

[@psikeyhackr6914]

So what is happening. It is all quiet on the southern front. Why don't you pick books from Project Gutenberg for Unschooling? David and the Phoenix by Edward Ormondroyd

[@BlackDad]

I have some big things coming in early 2023. Just want to focus on what matter most.

[@psikeyhackr6914]

An interesting book recently turned up in Project Gutenberg: Education and the Good Life by Bertrand Russell It is only 97 years old. Nothing about what to do with computers. When I put in links my comments get deleted so No Joy.

[@BlackDad]

Yeah... KZbin doesnt like links... 😒

[@psikeyhackr6914]

Dude, I don't know where you are in Florida. Are you and your family OK?

[@BlackDad]

We are great. It missed us. The west coast got it pretty bad tho... 🙏🏿

[@psikeyhackr6914]

@@BlackDad I was watching KZbin videos about it. Some looked like asphalt was ripped right off the road. Never seen that before. Then it occurred to me, BlackDad is somewhere in Florida. Glad you're OK.

[@HISdaughterC]

Have you ever decided to start some sort of homeschool coalition for homeschool parents in Fl? I’m in the panhandle

[@psikeyhackr6914]

Encountered a "different" history book in Project Gutenberg that might interest you: The History of Commerce by Clive Day The last reprint was 1925 though the edit was 1922. It is written like a textbook with questions ending each chapter. It goes into technology affecting commerce (economics) which the usual history books I have seen do not. The last chapters, post WWI are fascinating since we know what is coming. I am 2/3rds thru though I jumped on the WWI portion first.

[@BlackDad]

Interesting

[@juliesheedy9964]

🤯💥💣

[@juliesheedy9964]

I’ll also say this gave me chills and is heartbreaking! 😔

[@BlackDad]

Thank you. I still work with high school students even though I'm no longer in the classroom teaching, and I still see the negative effects of limiting individuality and creativity in our young people. It breaks my heart every day.