How The US Education System Failed Pete! | IRL Tokyo (Ft. CDawgVA +AbroadInJapan + Premier Two)

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[@gyro_rella]

Pete: I don't know, is this story interesting? Connor and Chris later: * crying in laughter * Pete just has a natural talent of storrytelling.

[@ilhamseptian1604]

Power of extrovert

[@ThatClipperGuy]

It's so very true!

[@nottaibo]

@@ilhamseptian1604 + being an avid reader

[@akagamishanks2774]

Pete should stop apologizing and start being confident in his talent and it's worth he is a natural storyteller/entertainer.

[@marclenraymagdaraog691]

I think he does a lot of that due to the people he is with in his early stage of life.. given that his parent's probably thought he was unique and advised him to be apologetic instead. cuz that's true to most people here on us.

[@V0r4xiz]

It's impostor syndrome and a level of narcissism that often comes with ADHD and especially ADHD/autism combinations that has you self-conscious about being the center of attention and SIMULTANEOUSLY wanting nothing more than being the center of attention. I have it, too. It's wild.

[@noahhkun5097]

@@V0r4xiz don’t use “it is” on the internet you don’t actually know him

[@reverb4311]

@@V0r4xiz I agree mr commenter

[@V0r4xiz]

@@noahhkun5097 he literally says it like 15 times in the video. Maybe watch the content before commenting on the internet.

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

Kid: *has AHDHD* American school system: This is an Avengers level threat

[@ilhamseptian1604]

I still don't understand with the story' ? So he got in class with adhd people?

[@williamhjorth4284]

@@ilhamseptian1604 what do you not understand? he has adhd, went in a fight, and then got put in a class of "really challenged kids" more than just adhd for 4 years

[@ilhamseptian1604]

@@williamhjorth4284 he has? Till now?

[@mastema610]

@@ilhamseptian1604 yes, he put adhd tag on his stream, and you can connect bit by bit he still has adhd, but i think not a big deal for most viewers

[@ilhamseptian1604]

@@mastema610 holy fuck ..........i never knew that

[@itskudini]

This story is honestly sad knowing that it happened to real people. Pete may have gotten his way through the system and still get to go to college but imagine others who got really fucked by this system and have to deal with the fact that they can't get a job they can make a career out of and wouldn't pay them enough to survive this cruel world.

[@ThatClipperGuy]

Yeah it is truly horrible and you really never know what someone else has gone through in life, this could really ruin you if you are not strong, determined and have self belief like Pete did to overcome it!

[@H3NRY121]

that.....that right there sounds like me in a nutshell....something i figured out during my life time is that living is not meant for everyone....

[@DenLim123]

Now they're trump supporters

[@Dextline]

They may not be eligible for a 100k college education and student loans, but there's always the trades where they can earn more than the college educated folks trapped in offices for long hour and weekends, trying to pay off their debt within 30 years. As someone working in the trades, I'd much rather have people frown at my smug feelings of superiority than feeling pity.

[@Ninjadoku3779]

@@H3NRY121 Hits hard.

[@jratnerd]

What’s awful is I knew a lot of kids at my school that were smart but had to be in classes like that. They stuck these kids in “life sciences” with people that had real problems, just ruining these kids lives.

[@saniharuo]

It's not even the fact that they had "real problems" it's the fact that they have lower cognitive function and mental health is so stigmatized that people don't understand that a blanket term like ADHD or Autism doesn't fucking mean "Yeah, I can't read ever" which is terrible because I am ADHD Autistic, and I was very lucky to have teachers, parents, entire communities fighting for me to have opportunities, even when I couldn't control my anger. And I got a perfect score on the ACT. It's them who ruins us, not us who ruins ourselves.

[@zipp4everyone263]

Yeah that's insane.

[@CrimsonKage]

Def a thing, had ADHD myself, and the Math classes were way ahead of where I was at (due to school change), so the only place they could find to put me was 'LD Math' or Learning Disabled (Teacher was awesome though, she used to say it stood for 'Learning Differently'). But this LD Math was essentially the special education class for the people in wheelchairs and helmets (not trying to be rude here, just never understood which condition was which). Apart from that, though, having ADHD had a few perks which I think were called an IEP (Individual Education Plan), one being that once you finish that class worth of work, you could commandeer the PC (there was always one or two in the corner of the classroom) and play games like SimCity or Oregon Trail. Secondly, you could use a PC to write any essay or otherwise long-form written assignment in any class, because apparently ADHD and handwriting don't mix well. But yeah, what Pete went through sounded a bit more primitive than what I did, the school was relatively with the times, it was my own mother taking me off my pills halfway through each year saying 'you don't need these', and then taking me to the doctor to get re-prescribed the same drugs once my grades fell from A's and B's to D's and F's.

[@Bristecom]

This is crazy to me because I had a VERY similar experience at my midwestern American Jr high school and high school in the early 2000's! My parents were getting a divorce and I switched schools mid-semester so I kind of had a hard time keeping up at first so was getting some C's and D's so apparently my mom had a secret meeting with them claiming I must be very distressed over the divorce so they took me out of class one day - mid class - and put me in the Special-Ed program at another school and even made me ride the tard-cart to school and stuff. So I went from being one of the most popular kids in school to a completely humiliated nobody who was mostly kept away from the rest of the students. They would keep lying to me by saying as long as I do really well and prove myself in Special-Ed, I will be put back out into normal classes. So I tried my hardest and got straight A's for a few years but they refused to ever let me fully out of there so I got really depressed the last two years of high school and cynical of the entire educational system. Fortunately, despite being around mostly very unhinged and handicapped kids, there were a couple other dudes that were perfectly normal like me and we had some great times together and some hilarious experiences just like Pete told! I think I'd be a very different person if this didn't happen to me but it's hard to say if I'd necessarily be better off or not, but it is interesting to think about a parallel universe where I was treated normally in school instead of as a crazy/handicapped person. Oh, and BTW, I didn't even have ADHD! They kept testing me for it like twice a year but not once did I qualify for it but they still acted like I probably was and even prescribed me pills which my mom would try to hide/sneak into my food! Haha... anyways...

[@JiroTheFro]

Now I want to see Pete on Trash Taste. He seems like he’d be an awesome guest

[@ThatClipperGuy]

100%

[@IchWarRAR]

I come from the future to tell you, it happened.

[@JiroTheFro]

@@IchWarRAR So it would seem. I can't wait to listen to it

[@yunghana7556]

It happened and it is imo the best TT episode ever.

[@_lime.]

I'm a minute and 25 seconds in and this man has mentioned that he lost a fight in which he did the pose from karate kid, got put into a class for kids with behavioral issues, that one of his former classmates name John is now dead, that he had to listen to whale noises for 3 hours a week because he has ADHD, and that his mom would use his Ritalin. Pete has been an invaluable addition to the Abroad in Japan family.

[@suyashkumar2757]

And then he unironically asked if the story was 'good' or not lmaooo

[@Phyrrax]

Funny and very sad story at the same time. He was lucky and smart enough to come out of it somehow fine. But I cant imagine how many people didnt have that chance to break out of this and the chance to get a career and a normal life.

[@ThatClipperGuy]

Totally agree!

[@NexusBecauseWhyNot]

I personally think that Pete ended up way better than most people who go the normal school system, like holy crap. He kept pushing forward and forward and doesn't seem to have gotten comfortable with his situation and continued to improve. Great story xD

[@Karlthuluu]

IN FULL WE PAY Holy shit I really love this trio, Sloppy Seconds podcast when?

[@ThatClipperGuy]

Hell yeah they are so entertaining and I could listen to Pete's stories all day 🤣

[@cheddarrbunny]

holy shit - I actually have 2 friends who ended up in THIS system in my own highschool... One just because his first language wasn't English (and was kept in there even after he did become fluent), and the other who ended up there after a fight. They were also there from middle school until highschool and both also hid this info until we all graduated. The whole thing is so fucked up - Glad Pete was able to overcome the U.S. school system straight up sabotaging him

[@ThatClipperGuy]

It's very sad that it seems somewhat common, just because schools assume that the child will be too 'difficult' or something and treat them differently to everyone else.

[@SombreroGato]

I was placed in 3rd grade in the ESL class, after 4 years of being with everyone else after they heard my Puerto Rican mother speak while at a parents night, automatically assumed i needed to be there. They were incredibly Racist and demeaning to my mother and to me. The teacher of the class had no idea why i was there and tried to give me copies of what everyone else was working on so i didnt fall behind, my mother complaining to admistration did nothing but solidfy thier viewpoint. I randomly got removed from it and put back in the normal class like a month before the end of the year and was in normal classes 4th grade and after, i came to find out much later, my uncle on my father's side (Irish-american) pulled strings with his cousin in the city police and had a bunch of officers nearly beat the life out of the administrator's husband who had a racist vendetta against my mom and me. Lols Early 90's South was still crazy as shit.

[@HouseMDaddict]

Was this in Kansas too?

[@cheddarrbunny]

@@HouseMDaddict for my friends it was in Miami, FL

[@hlpenguin8278]

@@SombreroGato Well they got what they deserved

[@HouseMDaddict]

Pete was basically put in a Special Class (know as self contained) because he has ADHD. Good job Kansas. Pete would have had a 504 for his ADHD meaning he'd be in a regular ed classroom but he'd get accommodations like movement breaks, extended time on tests,. separate location to minimize distractions etc. He didn't need to be lumped with kids with learning disorders that necessitated an IEP (basically you get help with everything and sometimes go into a self contained room for your core classes where you learn basically the same stuff for four years).

[@Cole_McGill]

I had an IEP and was not in a self contained classroom at all in highschool. I think that you have a misunderstanding about what the two things are for.

[@Cole_McGill]

Also, he wasn't just put in a special needs class. He was put in a special needs class for kids with "behavioral issues". These are very different. The "behavioral issue" class is essentially the dumping ground for the kids that the school district doesn't want to deal with. I was placed in one of these classes, hallway through my 3rd grade year. I had to switch from the newest/best school in the district, to the worst/extremely underfunded school in the district. The reason they gave was "we don't have the reasources to help him". They had several special needs classrooms for different "levels of accommodations", but did not allow me to enter those classrooms "because it wouldn't be fair to me, to put me in a class that isn't specifically able to help me". Which was a complete lie and several people within district administration did admit to my mother that it was because the school's administration hated my mother for making them take to allergy safety seriously(by threatening to take the school to court over endangering my life everyday at lunch). But that aside, the class was full of kids with the same difficulties as the normal special ed classes. They were just being give worse reasources and being treated like a danger to "normal" kid's wellbeing. Those classroom were made to seperate children with disabilities, who displayed behavioral issues. This was not to aid those children by providing adequate reasources. It was to "prevent them from harming other student" and allow the school to write them off as "defiant" whenever they failed to overcome their disabilities. Also, ADHD can be considered a learning disability(in regards to your ability to focus on and take in new information).

[@HouseMDaddict]

@@Cole_McGill nowadays that's the case. I'm talking about when Pete was in school when any kid that had any learning disability they got thrown into all sorts of different classes other than Gen ed. Nowadays (as of about 10 years ago) they have "inclusive classrooms" where kids of all learning levels can be in gen Ed classrooms (with exception of kids severely below grade level who needs self contained classes), the teachers are just expected to differentiate their instructions and assignments for kids (such as less/easier questions, less harsh grading, plus accommodations like breaks, test read, extended time, separate location, copies of class notes, etc for the kids with IEPs and 504s). I don't know how old you are, but they used to have IEP diplomas for any kid with an IEP where they just went to school, did classes and learned a skill/trade and graduated without needing to take any state tests. Couldn't go to college with it but it showed you graduated high school. Nowadays, kids with IEPs have to take state tests to earn a high school diploma but they can get a lower passing score or "safety net" on the state tests to help them pass the tests easier. They also get "compensatory" which is like if they have state test they did better on but failed another that was close to passing, they could "donate" points to the failing test to make it passing. Also, the "trade" they learned, as of 2018 in NY anyway, if they pass and get certified that can count as one of the 5 state tests they need to graduate. I've worked in a school for 10 years and I went to school around the time Pete went to school , so I know a lot about special ed services and what schools do to help kids be "integrated" nowadays into general ed programming when 20 years ago they wouldn't have had much exposure beyond PE and music and art classes to the general school population.

[@dango9941]

Pete is so underrated man, has the best stories and an amazing attitude.

[@V0r4xiz]

As a 39yo ADHD sufferer whose education system was, luckily, a little more tolerant of my shenanigans (but equally ignorant about them), I am literally looking into the mirror when I listen to Pete.

[@microchipmatt]

Pete is the MOST gifted story teller! I could listen to his stories for hours. Look at Pete now. All together now, “We pay in full!” (Snaps object)

[@rafaelgarcia5797]

He’s like the real life Dewey from Malcom in the middle

[@ThatClipperGuy]

😂 haha I love that show

[@TowelGard]

This makes me feel better about not having gotten an ADHD diagnosis till adulthood.

[@Jaimitox1x3x]

laughed so hard with the uno "fuck you"

[@PyraXadon]

Being put in classes like those are honestly more insulting than helpful for the students in them. It felt like we were being treated like literal children and my intelligence was being insulted, my mind slowly rotting away while the teachers go about asking everybody 'what we did over the weekend', and 'how do we approach x situation' in a rudimentary way. All of the guys that I met in those classes were genuinely nice people, and I felt bad for all of us having to waste our lives in an insulting educational program.

[@ThatClipperGuy]

I'm sorry you had to go through that!

[@flamb7809]

these clips are great, straight into the meat & potatoes, good to see Pete living a life of his choice rn esp when he was literally held back in school as a teenager

[@ThatClipperGuy]

Yeah it's great to see him really enjoying life now and getting success doing something he really enjoys, after a challenging youth!

[@LAK_770]

Getting put into detention/counseling sessions with the kid you fought with is a mood lol. You wind up developing this weird camaraderie once you become prisoners together

[@Rewwgh]

Revisiting after the latest Trash Taste episode. Honestly this anecdote/story never gets old! Even if I should feel a bit sorry for Pete, I just find it an amusing lapse in American pedagogy.

[@bruchett4799]

Yeah, the school system is messed up like that. Today schools try their best to improve these problems but the same cannot be said of poorer schools with the lack of funding or mismanagement of school money.

[@ThatClipperGuy]

Yeah it is very scary, as like you said I'm sure it still happens now sadly

[@bruchett4799]

@@ThatClipperGuy Thank you for the clip!

[@ThatClipperGuy]

@@bruchett4799 no worries mate

[@Mwoods2272]

Parents also to blame not just the school.

[@Dinobob26]

GUYS always remember. Always pay in full

[@EliosNex]

Pete is amazing, the fact that when the teacher let him skip class he went and read books to teach himself. So many kids would use that time to play games or mess around. Truly deserves the good things that come to him, such a hard worker and talented guy!

[@MrHeorhe]

This shit happened to me in toronto in 2001. I was diagnosed adhd and I was defending myself against bullies I wound up knocking one of them out, the biggest and scariest who often hurt me the worst. I got sent to a special education department a 1 hr busride from my house when my original school was 2 minutes walk. I was given the same worksheet, place periods, match words to objects, highlight capitals and grammar mistakes. I never recovered my mathematics skills, and it put me too far behind the group to go into programming and software development. My life sucks now and I cant shake this slump I've been put into. It even ruined all friendships I had because I wasnt allowed to socialize with the "normal kids"

[@alexjustalexyt1144]

I've only watched this video of Pete but I already know I want him to be in a trash taste guest

[@ThatClipperGuy]

Haha he would be awesome on trash taste

[@detectivmuffins602]

@@ThatClipperGuy I’m pretty sure he has

[@nobodyyouknow6998]

If this is all you've seen of Pete you might consider checking out clips of Connors and Chris' bicycle journey. There were some great highlighted moments. He was giving great motivational speeches for the duration he was there lol.

[@sasshiro]

@@nobodyyouknow6998 agreed, I’ve added him to my list of streamers I follow as part of the 6 degrees of Trash Taste separation.

[@Owlettehoo]

I grew up with undiagnosed ADHD. My experience was wildly different. I have predominantly inattentive type ADHD, which is more common in girls, so I didn't have all of the outward hyperactive tendencies, I was very quiet and reserved. Unfortunately, being quiet and reserved is expected of girls so no one noticed I was struggling and, being a child, I didn't know I was struggling either because that was just my normal. I thought everyone experienced the world the same way I did. I got good grades until up into middle school because I understood everything effortlessly until then (I even was recommended for separate advanced classes in elementary school, but my mom declined because I was already having trouble getting all of my work done), which again, unfortunately, kids in general are expected to stop caring about school as much around then, but because I never had to, I never learned how to study properly so, again, no one noticed I was struggling. It just seemed like I was more interested in friends and boys and not "looking to the future." Though in reality, I did care about school for the most part, but I never built the skills I needed to have once the handholding started to end. "Do you just not care?" "I do..." "Then why didn't you do it?" "I don't know..." Was a conversation I had to have fairly often. Flunked out of community college within a couple of semesters twice. I did as well as I did in high school because I at least had the support system of the teachers following up on assignments, but in college, you're expected to have your shit together and do things without having your hand held the entire time. I was diagnosed at the beginning of 2021 at 25, but had suspected I had it for about a year by the time I made an appointment with my doctor. Medicine has helped me tremendously, and I want to start therapy too, but I just don't have the spare money for it right now, so I've just been doing a lot of ADHD oriented self-help/self-therapy reading, which has helped a lot too.

[@EightySixRecaps]

"Do you just not care?" "I do..." "Then why didn't you do it?" "I don't know..." fuck that hits hard

[@BigGomer]

i need to get tested to many similar experiences

[@sausy6586]

I'm in a very similar boat as you, what do you take to help with and does it help much?

[@sage5871]

I had nearly the exact same experience. Mainly the attention side of ADHD, with a bit of the hyperactivity in that I feel exceedingly uncomfortable being completely still. Effortlessly passed through elementary and middle school, and then high school kicked my ass for the same reasons you mentioned. Got diagnosed around end of junior year. It's comforting to know that others were also diagnosed late and managed to push through it. Currently in community college constantly fighting ADHD daily. Glad you seem to be doing much better.

[@Mordred14394]

i can totally relate to you even though i am not diagnosed with ADHD (been asking around how to get checked). I'm working now, and somehow managed to graduate in college, but because my job requires a lot of concentration, i've been struggling more and more

[@Sybato]

Ironically a Finance class sounds like a better class than Algebra. Might actually save a student from being buried in debt.

[@gauge9100]

I love seeing Pete his story's are great

[@ThatClipperGuy]

Yeah they are amazing and somewhat scary haha, he sure has had an interesting life!

[@yoakleoakle]

makes me actually thankful i didnt get diagnosed with autsim as a kid because they could tell i had development disorders as a kid and made be do a test in a corner by myself every month from 1st to 5th grade but i could read fast enough and had great comprehension of written media. they were trying there hardest to put me in the special education class... i ended uo getting a 35k scholarship but having to drop out anyway do to severe mental illness. now im a chef so anything can happen kids

[@Ignir]

Canadian School systems do the same. I have ADD and in high-school they put me into a "special class". Although this class was only in lieu of French, so I just never learned french. I'm not sure if school's still do this, but if this ever happens to you, just ignore it and spend the time learning something that interests you. I became a massive history nerd, and took in it Uni, until I learned there were no jobs and shifted into Programming. However, that love of history and knowledge of how to think about events, as history teaches you, has helped me endlessly in my everyday/work life.

[@ThatClipperGuy]

Good on you for turning a challenge into a new love for history it cannot have been easy,

[@saddocatto9245]

Yes, History Classes Always teach me to always erase my browsing history

[@jaywalkallstar]

Thus effectively barring you from serving as Prime Minister of Canada and blunting your possible rise to Canadian power.

[@Roy-ml5fn]

Huge shoutout to that teacher that allowed him to skip that class and spend the whole day in the library 🙌🏽 it’s also insane how for all those years he was never checked up on by a school administrator or whatever so that he would be allowed back into normal classes

[@JoseGrips]

Pete gotta stop apologizing for telling such wonderful and entertaining stories of his past Love ya Pete ❤

[@yatharth8118]

John was the real MVP 🤣

[@amansharma2870]

6:44 "My good friend, John.... He is the dead one" - PremiereTwo 💀💀💀💀 RIP

[@thekuuderedude1737]

US Education system moment

[@CornysConsoles]

God i love pete, i need WAY more of him

[@lissurko5267]

As someone who is from Kansas this isn't surprising sadly. A lot of rural areas are pretty conservative and the funding for schools is pretty poor in general. There is a lot more knowledge about ADHD now that helps with counseling and learning different ways of learning but there are still some weird classes like the gifted program

[@ThatClipperGuy]

It's sad to know this is still a major issue

[@internalizedhappyness9774]

Why would the schools fix the system when the consecutive’s are fine with the punishment for the children who failed the schools

[@internalizedhappyness9774]

You’re not a person to them you’re property, an expenditure!

[@northbound4296]

these guys are GOATS in their own right as content creators no doubt. they each are excellent, and its so good. also Pete ya didn't derail anything, ya made the tracks bruh.

[@ceresbane]

I think its only appropriate to address Pete by his full title. His Royal Promenade Majesty Peter, first of his name. Premier Twice counted. Thespian extraordinaire. And "Best Buddy" of Japan.

[@boofruit]

Pete gives off a bit of it's always sunny in Philadelphia vibes.

[@lanceoneil]

This would be the perfect plot for a cult classic coming of age comedy, napoleon dynamite style

[@ThatClipperGuy]

🤣

[@johnname7163]

At no point could I predict where the story was gonna go next.

[@misteryA555]

I feel so bad for Pete man, he's obviously a smart guy he should've been able to get at least a 27 easily, and maybe even higher depending on how much he studied. I have ADHD but my school actually taught me and I got a 20 on the ACT in eighth grade and a 30 or 31 by my senior year of high school. And that's important because scholarships will give you more money if you can hand over higher test scores, so he might have missed out on a decent amount of money for his college education. All because of one mistake he made when he was in MIDDLE SCHOOL. He didn't deserve a 21.

[@shae4043]

I was also put in a special Ed class growing up because I had ADHD (and for being in a fight as well) and it absolutely destroyed my self confidence over my intelligence, to this day. I remember feeling so insulted and going home crying all of the time.

[@girosakai9552]

Very uplifting tales. I'm impressed. Keep the stories coming 😊

[@kakashi1173]

WE LOVE PETE ❤ HE MUST BE PROTECTED

[@clindsell6111]

yo chris be looking healthy good for him

[@ThatClipperGuy]

He looks great Hey!

[@pugnaciouspug1213]

So as someone with both dyslexia and ADHD I can say things haven’t gotten much better, in most public schools. This has left private schools to pick up the slack which is unfortunate because most people can’t afford to send their children to private school and to make it worse the private schools that specialize in helping children with these disorders, like the one I was lucky enough to attend, are generally even more expensive than the average private school. In short America needs to get its act together when it comes to education, because right now it is leaving a lot of people behind.

[@duo60692]

i can sympathize with pete on this i was the same way. they ran me through every medication and put me in those classes as well. i whent to them for like a week and told them i wasnt going anymore. eventually i quit school because of it.

[@ThatClipperGuy]

I'm sorry to hear you were treated like that!

[@cXspXr]

as an american with adhd who shared a similar experience in school, i feel pete to my core

[@toxicear5274]

Tbh this is what happened to me, having ADHD really sucks. I didn’t even know basic algebra coming out of high school, but now I only have a two more year until I graduate from college. It sucks that it took 8 years to complete, but I’m happy that I made it this far.

[@meejmuas8686]

One of the greatest stories Ive ever heard 😆. Was laugh crying at the punch lines

[@kieranbennett7453]

12:40 chris is so quick sometimes i love it

[@-A-c]

You're a fukking survivor, Pete.

[@richardjohnson7727]

A class in credit card debt , not the worst idea in the world!

[@zer0chill241]

This guy's really funny I hope he finds some more confidence:)

[@hollyhenison9345]

This is an inspirational movie just waiting to be made

[@taiga17]

That's actually crazy, I kinda felt bad for him, like the school failed him cause I spent alot of years not even learning the same things with the others

[@JamesTheTurnbull]

I keep saying it. Us early 90s kids got absolutely screwed over.

[@markchang2964]

wow great stories!!

[@elfireii328]

I was put in one of those classes for a few months every time i went to a new school. The kids and teachers there were generally nice. But when they realized i didnt actually need to class, i just got told to stop going.

[@bakicci]

CRAZY STORY

[@AwesomesMan]

That was an incredible story

[@NightDawnDusk]

Pete is such a legend and realises his surroundings amazingly.

[@camtanner121]

Bruh this speaks to me so much. Often kids that are labeled under a " behavior disorder" back in the 90s they were put in the same classes that the "learning disability" kids were in. For me it was like this all the way to high school, where they then put you in collab classes with the "normal kids".

[@FlowerFriend02]

Holy shit I was put in the “special class” because I was lazy and didn’t want to do homework lol

[@eurogael]

Pete, seriously the most interesting man on youtube!

[@DeceptiJOHN.]

Unfortunately I was in the same boat at Pete. They completely failed me as educators due to me having ADHD.

[@asomefacepro]

Holy shit, the part about the kid snapping the pencil had me laughing so hard it hurt!

[@athavavalisio9585]

I was having a good time just listening and laughing at his story then I stopped and realized wait......I have ADHD/Dyslexia and growing up they put me in those special ED classes in Elementary School. It's amazing the info you suppress when you get older. I remember being in special ED and being like "What's the difference between a b and a d I don't get it! -brakes pencil-". Really funny thinking back on it now. I improved and got to the point where I could do normal school work so they made my schedule a fusion of 3-4hrs in special ED and the rest in normal classes. By 4th grade I was in normal classes. By middle school I was stuck in normal classes but with the worst kids in school who made it impossible to teach so same as special ED. My class was always behind no matter what grade I went to. By 7th grade I decided to care more about school and started getting straight A's and ranking advanced/intermediate in all subjects. However, I was pulled out and "homeschooled" for 8th grade......well let me tell you the ADHD came back in full force and I flunked out of homeschooling. I realized I only did well because I was forced to be in a space and listen to the information being thrown around while playing with my erasers. I passively took in information and can learn at a higher rate when I force myself to focus but with the internet and little supervision it was impossible. My parents assumed I was just being lazy and not trying hard like I did before. I thought that too and blamed myself for not being able to focus and resist the temptation of Stick Arena. My parents didn't put me back in school because I'd be too behind so there'd be a 2 year age gap between me and the other kids making things more awkward like "What is this chick re*arded? Why is she here?". So I skipped all of Highschool spending the time contemplating the meaning of existence wondering wth to do with my life. When was 17 I decided to get my GED and studied with a tutor for 3 months and passed. Then I entered community college at the age of 18 ranking above college level at the highest level possible for English and Comprehension which is ironic because I don't actually understand English structurally speaking I understand emotion and context, nothing else. For Math I ranked at Middle School level...which makes sense. It was a bad moment feeling like a failure in my teens due to flunking out but now I appreciate the hell out of it because I avoided the school system and my critical thinking would of never gotten to the level it is now by staying in the system. By NOT being in school and taking up more tasks around the house I learned: budgeting, planning, organization, critical analysis, philosophy, spirituality, creativity, self-awareness and problem solving. I thought I completely grew out of ADHD and have been feeling frustrated for the past 6 years because I struggle to complete anything or will constantly miss little mistakes even though I've looked it over 10x. Thank you for the video this was a good reminder.

[@johnl9665]

LOL this is probably the greatest story ever told !!! I don't know if Pete understands what great comedic timing he has a along with his tone, it's a magical experience. As someone who was diagnosed with IHaveSeggsDaily I mean dyslexia back in the late 90s, I understand the struggle, please chill anyone who's "offended" the truth of the matter is, anything we can laugh at, i.e. make fun of, we can destigmatize... being laughed with is better than being laughed at :D

[@ThatClipperGuy]

Yeah it's great that he can look back on such a hard time and laugh about it now and has overcome the obstacles put in front of him! Also it's great entertainment for all of us haha

[@chas873]

Oh! Shit! That was my elementary & middle school experience too!

[@Joseph-mh9xd]

That no kid left behind life

[@ch8seurdreams114]

Petes story reminded me of how I in my last year of high school they gave us the decision if we wanted to take pre-calculus, and they took me out to just put me in business math were we learned about interest rates and debt collecting or something. Don't remember a single thing from that class to be entirely honest.

[@shaderax_storm6165]

I'm the same age as Pete, and I England they used multiple bizarre methods to deal with children with needs. Mixed ability level classes where the teacher had to try and teach 30+ children where some could barely read. A card method that allowed children to walk out of the room to prevent disruption of the lesson. Remedial learning classes where the least able were shoe horned into a cold shack and left to do very little with trainee teachers barely out of collage. But the one that really pissed me off in the end, was the children that caused the most issues were given the option to ignore the curriculum and simply go do work courses, such as plumbing and brick laying. I was a bland and unremarkable kid at school and so I when I asked for help I was last in line, and certainly never offered options to get a career advice or training... Meh life is what YOU make it, not those around you I guess

[@koobs4549]

So Pete was basically Bart Simpson in the Simpson’s episode: “You Only Move Twice” with Hank Scorpio

[@Ojisan642]

This is the most Pete story of all time.

[@mongoskitpare224]

I have ADHD and a writing disorder that comes with it, when i went to grade school i was put in the problem child class with all the school bullies. That was the schools solution to anyone who did not fit just put em in the same class and isolate the problem from other classes.

[@annaairahala9462]

this was extremely entertaining

[@ThatClipperGuy]

It certainly was!

[@samg]

very funny and interesting story but also really scary from an outside perspective knowing someone could just get so bogged down by being trapped in a shitty education system like that

[@happenstancially4132]

Don’t underestimate the 90s American Education System… Where pre algebra is twice as hard as actual algebra, English was the easiest course, and teachers didn’t actually care wether you pass or fail as long as you don’t interrupt their coffee…

[@ScarletZelpher]

Yeah his story is kinda spooky for me since i can relate so much with how his school stuff went.

[@TheHeathRobinson]

Pete to man !! fella time to do stand up

[@jackmiddleton2080]

We got into some similar situations. I never went to the lunchroom and there were two lunch periods so I told everyone I was in the opposite one as them. Dropped out sophomore year and then semi stole a high school degree and took the ACT as well to get into college. Was 99th percentile for reading but that was a national test I took for college students in English 101 I believe. Luckily though I somehow learned quick as a kid not to let anyone diagnose you as not normal (ADD etc.) because you will only make life worse for yourself. Probably because of a classmate that I got to watch go down that road at like 12 years old. Kid seemed completely normal to me and was being treated like an invalid and drugged.

[@HKy0uma]

Pet's stories are like following the plot of a TV series where X number of things happen and couldn't possibly be condensed down into a given length of time. So next time you think a show has a bad plot and all this stuff couldn't happen. Think of Pete. As for the US education system, ugh. I think I've been held back without knowing, when it came to my last year of high school in Math/English. I wasn't bad at things, but I must have missed a score mark somewhere.

[@isaacgarcia9273]

I remember having to be in the same classes in elementary before I was officially diagnosed adhd. 😂

[@hippowafflesify]

OMG chris is lit dying xD

[@NoC4k3]

Pete really had an awesome life

[@aidzearceo9768]

Pete is the real “Mr. Affable” (of Kansas) 😅

[@justcallmesiv]

i bet chris has that 6pack now he's definitely slimmed down a lot and i feel like he didnt even really need too but im glad he has, good for him

[@6catsinanalley]

Not the same thing, but I had a strong Japanese accent when I was younger because I predominantly spoke it when I was younger so my teachers thought I had a speech impediment and put time through speech therapy classes for four years to remove my accent

[@okamirunner4169]

Had that happen to me cause I had a British accent…

[@kootiblu113]

I'm laughing so hard I'm crying omg haha

[@ThatClipperGuy]

Yeah that story is a rollercoaster of emotions! I'm glad he can look back and laugh about it now

[@psiga]

As someone in Pete's age group, I can vouch that the 90s didn't understand ADHD nearly as well as we do today, and lord knows we're still making sense of it today. Molecularly, Ritalin is one hydrogen group away from being _actual meth,_ so I can imagine Psychologists in the 90s being like, "Wait. So, our best course of treatment for these children is _meth,_ and _whale mating calls?"_ And the Scientists®were just like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@ThatClipperGuy]

Yeah when you look back on some decisions that were made, you think how did anyone think this would be a good idea!

[@TheToneBender]

Also took 7 years to graduate college due to undiagnosed ADD (just got diagnosed two days ago)

[@TijiSan]

LOL im laughing so much at the same time it is all true and the education system is still pretty much the same

[@samslash9]

I actually remember some of this. Before they figured I had dyslexia they thought I was pretty much everything else. I remember I had to spend two hours sometimes just taking tests on my mental facility. "Can't you find three birds on the picture?" That kind of stuff.

[@VendettaProduction01]

America! 😂 got to live it

[@TeppiaxD]

I was put in one of those classes for 6 months in elementary school, until they called my mother in for a meeting and realized the reason i was having issues in class was because my mother was an immigrant from DR and didn't speak English and barley knew math beyond simple arithmetic. After that i was given after school classes for a couple of months and was able to get back with my original class.