I Went Back To School... And Failed

[@lucyjbe]

"i do like when you have to fuck with x" is such a ridiculous quote i love it

[@maebee134]

some of this math was really familiar and some of it was so confusing. I’m so glad I don’t have to do anything of this anymore 😫

[@Kierbear101]

PJ seems to do the same exact thing I do, in which my brain short circuits about 10 questions into any exam and I begin to panic under the time constraints.

[@gretaiseppi6437]

8:25 “I’m the best mathematician in this room right now” don’t underestimate Fuji!!

[@superherocrap]

I think is because she didn't want to give him the answers :c

[@tyddlup]

I thought the exact same thing lol.

[@jenrrr]

I've spent many hours this week revising degree-level maths and I can't decide is this is frustrating or calming to watch

[@loismiller7123]

literally omg is this helping my stress or making it worse lmfao

[@theregoesrenagain7012]

It became obviously clear throughout the video, that PJ is not woken up in cold sweats at the memory of 'probability trees' like so many of us, constantly traumatised by the concept of Maths GCSEs to this very day

[@ynneper]

Not me a 21y/o being excited that I knew the answers to the questions on this foundation GCSE paper that is made for 15 year olds 😭

[@izzychang]

me, an asian: this.. this is for 15 yr olds..?

[@irisw8606]

I'm watching this before an AP math test and it's actually making me feel less nervous

[@deerfootishere]

Good luck on your exam! Regardless of what score you get, I’m sure you worked hard all year - You should feel proud of yourself for pushing and getting to the finish line soon! Best wishes from a college student who does not miss the stress of AP exams at all, haha! ❤

[@liz7064]

I study maths in university, and there’s a lot of questions where I’m screaming the answer at you, and for others, I’m sitting there with no clue while you answer it brilliantly. School exams suck, but don’t beat yourself up over it

[@Wispa03]

the fact this was foundation too 😵‍💫every person does this knows the struggle of not being able to complete the second half of the paper, like the first half is almost bearable and then the last half is painful. Also i think that was well done PJ, i would average around 25 for my own maths papers 😂

[@stormphoenix2896]

"I studied art in school" is PJ's "I could've been an engineer."

[@becs2cool]

this is the exact dialogue that went through my head in during my high school maths/physics exams 😭 would love to see this turn into a mini series though !!

[@rhiannon8109]

Oh gosh I miss doing that kind of maths! So fun to work through ahah even when some of it is a bit more challenging

[@shadowkyber2510]

I used to find it fun too, like a puzzle. I was always horrible at English but

[@reero]

PJ I just took my fluid dynamics final I'm literally so lost in the duality of man

[@bumblebeevie]

I recently had to do a placement test for mathematics because I’m finally starting a degree after 10 years out of school. It was truly miserable and I felt this way exactly. I felt for you this entire video!

[@freakMasha]

who else is pausing and trying to do this themselves? just me? alright then (:

[@nuclearself]

i felt like an idiot for doing this, but i passed!

[@CraosRiv]

I tried, man. I really tried. Given the fact that I learned my maths (and all the lingo that goes into it) in Estonian, my native language, I had no idea what some things meant and literally had to google their meaning to figure things out. Still didn't get too far, especially with the probabilities part, as somehow through me switching schools multiple times somehow made me skip probability part of the math class (yes, our schools have different curriculums/teachers choose what to teach when and so schools have slightly different times for learning certain parts of maths, for example). I really excelled at the "find y when x=..." and these simple and logical straightforward parts though :3

[@freakMasha]

@@nuclearself I gave up in the end haha

[@superherocrap]

After all the "i don't know"s and even some with sad faces, the "No" at 11:50 was the best 😂

[@charlottevh]

I'm a part time teaching assistant in a secondary school, supporting in the maths lessons is a challenge for me too! I have a Masters degree in Art & Psychotherapy and can't remember hardly any gcse maths, I have to revise before lessons sometimes ha!

[@3vil0vesy0u]

There were a few questions towards the end where I could just feel how frustrated PJ was getting and I was like “nooo take a breath and think about it for a second” but then again I don’t know if I would’ve passed the exam either 😅 I also went to school for art and I learned maths in a different language so the questions are even more confusing 🥲

[@Spacey_Mad]

This video made me realise that I've basically forgotten all the maths I ever learnt RIP, I do not miss maths exams 😅

[@FindThisAnywhere]

Also yes, please make this a series!!!

[@bent.8192]

Watching this before my math exam review today and it made me feel better haha! Thank you!

[@victoriadickins]

You lost your patience 38 minutes in, that's an achievement!! Very proud of you for attempting this, can't wait for the geography test

[@isthisfi]

for anyone who may need to know and hasn't thought of it for a while, the way to deal with time constraints is skip anything you're not confident on, do the rest, go back through and choose the easiest ones out of the ones you skipped, then repeat that until you have as many answers as you can get

[@emilymarley4505]

This is exactly what taking the paper felt like with dyscalculia lmao

[@blueriver.]

Gosh seeing this paper is causing so many flashbacks I am SO GLAD I never have to do that crap again

[@jostewart3192]

Great job PJ! I couldn’t do this these days. If I’d been able to read my test questions out loud I think I would have done a lot better at my tests in school

[@darigaabikenova8724]

it was interesting for me as a foreigner to hear how do you call all the mathematical operations. Don't worry, i gate maths too

[@negligible_reality]

just watching PJ do math is stressing me tf out 💀💀💀

[@jenrrr]

I forgot how much I hated those stupid estimation questions

[@ePai9e]

I used to always draw in the blank pages - the cool teachers wrote comments on my drawings too.

[@jenrrr]

I enjoy maths, I am good at tests. Both of these combined have led to me doing maths at university. I also would have hated doing this paper

[@kierabelson4021]

i was a bit of a maths geek as a kid so i used to love when they made us do foundation papers haha

[@Thiscoldice]

This is honestly how I survived school: some knowledge and a lot of lucky guessing

[@marie_mothh6826]

this gave me anxiety and I've been out of school for 11 years 😂

[@DiceDecides]

all those "nos" and dramatic paper turns had me rolling xD

[@yuranival]

Finally. I think I've been subbed to this channel for over a decade, and this is the first concrete evidence I'm better than Peej at something.

[@maychiwong]

11:49 i felt that "no" at a visceral level

[@himynameisnickolas]

This was hilarious. All the no’s has me rolling! 😂😂😂

[@LauraDora124]

This is causing stressful flashbacks 😭😂 The maths tests caused the most panic out of them all, for me. School was painful.

[@Hennelina]

I'm studying university level statistics and this video made me feel better about my abysmal study performance.

[@BarkleyBrixton]

Omg PJ you're looking GOOOD in this video😍

[@Gayskarf-ly2di]

I'm currently sitting my gcses and I have to do higher maths. I have been so envious of people doing foundation maths for the last two years-

[@dangerindesign]

If only they give extra points for good jonks. Hahaha

[@tomatof]

Work out...No! 🤣love that attitude

[@icommenttoplay1301]

GCSES! Throwback being 25, But not a set memories I would go back too! Hahah!

[@firingflares7556]

im in my second year of university and i still remember doing this practice paper over and over, nightmare fuel

[@sprouseyy]

this brought back flashbacks but you made them very funny!

[@planetaryg0]

as someone who did A level maths and is studying technology at uni, this was highly entertaining😂 made me realise someone can be SUPER artistic and intelligent while still terrible at maths

[@jjgasp3186]

claiming that watching this counts as revision because i’m answering the questions as they come haha

[@pato__gato]

this feels like a window into my brain in high school

[@stacker63]

this was amazing i love the "no" in the answer boxes LOL

[@mari13ssaTheStrange]

As a physicist, who does these types of math problems for fun, I kinda want you to drop the test for me to do in a quick sitting instead of pausing the video to answer lol your way of solving some of these had me dying, you took the longest way, I see my students doing that all the time. xD

[@corvuspika]

the way you handled the exam is exactly how my inner monologue sounded in my GCSEs

[@annamariaml9137]

The fact that he coudnt figure out how to simplify 3+3+3+3 is lunacy.

[@tyddlup]

"Am I allowed to swear? I'm technically not supposed to be talking." That gave me the biggest laugh I've made all day. My belly was not prepared. "I'm halfway through and I'm drawing a flower." 11:55 "Work out- No." Me for every exam question I didn't understand, which was a lot. Checking my GCSE maths result (still got my certificates), I got an F. I was in bottom set every single year of secondary school. The only result that was worse was graphics, which I was actually okay at but I got a G for it because I forgot absolutely everything I needed for the exam. I turned up with just a pencil.

[@awesomeadamfrom2099]

Awesome jo pj

[@natureshermit]

me watching this realizing how much i’ve forgotten in the last 5 year since ive been in school and progressively getting more concerned about the deterioration of my brain

[@oceandriftwood3007]

watching you struggle over this makes me feel a lot better about my maths exam on Friday. I am however doing higher, so I'm probably screwed lmfao

[@Sora-sp7zk]

this video is pure gold

[@nathalie12890]

As a former standardized testing tutor, this gave me a good chuckle

[@crowsandcryptids]

i had something similar to the scone question on a test once but I'm autistic and like baking and was in a bad mood when I took it so I just said to do more then you need cause no one will complain about too much cake

[@aknee3042]

This video really re-awoke a primal fear in me

[@keananaughton]

We need science next

[@jemmatilling]

"I can't be bothered"

[@ihathtelekinesis]

I'm the same age as you and didn't do maths after AS Level, but I swear that some of the topics on that paper have absolutely zero use in mathematics other than to get you through the GCSE syllabus.

[@emacelikovic1675]

pj the second question...you're joking right 😭😭

[@sam_boulter]

As a dyscalculic, most of these both confused and hurt my brain. I was no thoughts, head empty 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@christine-ac]

I didn’t anticipate how much math would make me wanna nope out of a vid sjdss, but I managed to make it to the end and you are So brave for doing this in the first place o7

[@Ruby_Nightmares.They-Them.]

My Dyscalculia is screaming and crying just watching you attempt this lmao I have so much trauma surrounding maths i could never lmao I'm glad i have a smart phone to ask google and use a calculator 😅

[@ezranexcalibur]

this made me feel very good about myself ngl

[@lara_xy]

I am so glad I never have to do a maths exam ever again. The horrors!

[@anodandawave]

question: “find an estimate” pj: “i believe this may have to do with rounding” 😟

[@evie_118]

I feel good about my uni maths test today after watching this 😁

[@lizardthewizard6737]

This is making me slightly more confident in my current math skills

[@lizardthewizard6737]

Not anything negative to you! I am just encouraged by how much I do remember

[@MoistCrumpet]

Wow, I just realised that I worked really hard just to barely scrape a pass in my final maths exam in high school and only very basic maths has fully soaked into my brain. All the rest of it no longer is in there.

[@LorBell]

don't feel bad, PJ... you did better than I ever could or will do. I attended college TWICE and couldn't graduate because of Algebra. Makes me want to break things.

[@harasen_haras5]

I wonder how I would do on this. It may seem weird, but some of those math problems got me nostalgic.

[@Luvlymsk]

You started so well..

[@chiaragiuffrida2954]

Thank you for the reminder that I am BLESSED with the absence of math tests in this moment of life

[@emileybagalawis4472]

No matter how hard life gets at least I’ll never have to do another math test ever again

[@Gothic_Booknerd14603]

I remember doing that GCSE paper last year I slowly lost my sanity towards the end 😂

[@justmolmoo7365]

turns out i do not remember maths based off this video..... really showing off how i SCRAPED through that GCSE paper back in the day lmaooooooo

[@MeaniepieRoo]

this video made me feel smarter so thanks peej 😄😆

[@ceebee3885]

As a visual person with dyscalculia, I'm just imagining what Simon, Savio and Mia look like and what they like to do with their day

[@mediamom27]

I have a minor in mathematics, which I don't use, and I had to look up the trigonometry question, so don't feel bad.😂

[@mothervengeance]

The fact that this was posted on the day of the last math exam I'll ever have to take is SO STRANGE

[@freakMasha]

okay, I lost it after Fuji entered the frame, just look at her :3

[@ElkeAlexia]

this was so stressful ugh i can't believe this is how they try to 'educate' us and help us grow in schools :')

[@hailtz]

As an engineer, this was painful to watch. 😂

[@m0nz13]

Some of the questions were actually quite easy 😂 but it’s okay PJ, just do what you know best, ART!

[@hannahvmh]

watching this makes me so thankful i’m not still in school

[@inthesandwich]

this video made me feel very proud of my maths skills

[@louet9407]

as someone who teaches maths… i was screaming 😂

[@angiec3847]

I can only answer the stats related questions. My brain was 💩💨for the rest.

[@djbreadcrumb7679]

Luke be a Jedi tonight

[@thesilentalien6713]

yess!! please do english language next as it doesn't need any prior knowledge/revision.

[@margaret__todd]

I almost failed maths in high school - over 13 years ago, and I somehow still NOW knew probably around 90% of the answers... I am so confused XD XD

[@sebthroughwen]

You should do a test about your favorite subject back in school, that'd be nice

[@Gretchasketches]

I think pj studied art in school