Strategies for Students: How to Open a Combination Lock

Opening a locker at school may seem like a simple enough task for some kids. But kids with learning or thinking differences may find it hard to remember the combination or remember the sequence required to open a lock. These tips can help your child open that lock in no time.
“Which way is left?” “Do I turn it once or twice” “What’s my combination, again?” Watch as ADHD coach Cindy Goldrich shares helpful tips on teaching your child how to open a combination lock. She also shares other ADHD strategies to help your child remember their combination.
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[@grwff396]

POV you’re a senior in high-school and honestly just forgot how to open your locker😮‍💨👌

[@ChaelaC]

It’s ok I’m a junior and I forgot too

[@ranch4997]

Lol I’m in seventh grade and idk how to to do ot

[@vy6592]

@@ranch4997 it gets easy lmao

[@Da_Musket]

@@ranch4997 oh I’m in 6th it’s easy for me. Sorry to hear that man

[@parkbeyoo]

I m a freshman and dunno

[@endertobias1908]

I have been trying to open this lock for 10 FREAKING minutes

[@nhule7300]

My middle school have lockers and I completely lost my mind trying to open it 😩

[@crossbeam103]

@@nhule7300 same

[@Leah-ip7hj]

@@nhule7300 SAME! IT GOT STUCK AND I HAD TO ASK MY HOMEROOM TEACHER 😩 HE GOT IT AFTER A FEW TRIES

[@whitetrash2886]

Well I guess that makes two of us lol

[@whitetrash2886]

@@Leah-ip7hj if it gets stuck just shake it up and down then it should get unstuck.if it doesn't do it again but just harder.

[@NinteNerd69]

This is the only tutorial that actully made me realize I was doing it backwards

[@vy6592]

same, and no one told me😭😭

[@whitetrash2886]

Lol

[@hearts4mia.239]

Fr lol

[@dexterussalt3917]

Honestly tho

[@aanyashah8647]

Fr like I had been doing it to the right like the numbers were moving to the left

[@avacassidy1345]

Thankful for this video! I asked my teacher to help me with my lock and she literally shamed me for not knowing how.

[@eyebleached]

I am so sorry! Teachers should be more than willing to help without judgement. That’s their job to educate, not shame! Your teacher’s generation grew up using these locks before they were replaced by custom combinations and word locks… so they just assume everyone knows how to use them. Occasionally you will run into a combination lock, so it’s a good skill for everyone to know.

[@HackedError404-vw2ow]

bro what?! like fr?

[@yuzublossoms]

starting highschool in a couple of weeks and i've been sitting here, a blubbing mess, being unable to unlock my lock for practice lol

[@Loleruslol]

hows senior year going???

[@crispychris18]

First day back and I completely forgot how to open a locker

[@jacklalor3672]

Same

[@spaceprk141]

Mm same

[@BluE68_]

same lmao

[@endertobias1908]

Yes

[@Elgato9952]

Same

[@melissaluna317]

After watching this video over a million times and some other videos, this one is the the easiest to understand. 100000% recommend. Thank you very much. Haven't used lockers in a while

[@elliaa5123]

POV you're getting ready for middle school

[@endertobias1908]

Actually its my junior year but I havtn used a locker for 2 years lol

[@brentonmccoy7720]

Ong

[@fizzyizzy2645]

High school in P.E. actually

[@samantha6785]

My coach sent me this😭

[@GodBidoof]

@@endertobias1908 SAME

[@hshvivo7795]

I cracked it open first try! you explained this very well!

[@UnderstoodOrg]

Thanks for the feedback, Hsh Vivo! We're glad it helped!

[@melanin8753]

I’m a sophomore and it’s my first time in person bc of corona since i started and this helped so much. Thank youuuuuu! ☺️😭

[@allahnajohnson3675]

Same..

[@margowoody4293]

sameeeee :,)

[@pappico]

Thank you so much for this! Good lord I was losing my mind and couldn't understand what I was doing wrong, I didn't know how to "go back" to the beginning with passing zero twice until you reach the first combination number.

[@UnderstoodOrg]

We're glad to hear that this helped you, パピコ!

[@gme4life893]

I'm 25 and had to look up how to use a locker combination again for a new job 😂

[@firstlast.1899]

Bruh same💀...hope the job going well!

[@pappico]

same! glad to know im not the only one in their 20s still struggling lmao

[@wasianmutt6091]

Me as we speak… help I’ve watched 5 videos now Dx Edit: so whenever you’re feeling stupid j remember there’s me… I miss heard the last number of the combo and it took me 20 min to unlock it hahhah

[@blockland30]

It's really not that embarrasing. Once you've been out of school for a while there's really no reason to remember

[@Rosiexoxoxoxo]

Same here. I just started a new job and have been leaving my purse in the managers' office because I can't open the locker and I have nowhere else to leave it. I'm gonna try this today. Fingers crossed, hope this works lmao 🤞 Also, hope all your jobs are going well 😁👍

[@Leah-ip7hj]

I was almost late to class because I couldn't figure out how to unlock my locker 😩 this was so helpful

[@bluefire8388]

Bro I remember one time I was late!!!

[@cleberva]

I forget how to unlock my locker every year lmao, I'm going into high school this year I'm so sad

[@Froggycolouring]

I was late to class 3 times because mine is really old and won’t open even when I do it correctly most of the time, and they won’t give me a different one either

[@alidasieger7489]

I can honestly say that this helped alot. I am the night before my second day of grade 8 trying to open my locker because I didn't have them in grade seven because if COVID. My brother taught be but he is asleep and so forgot how to do it. I tried over and over again and it wasn't working, went along with your video ONCE and it opened without a problem. THANK YOU!!!

[@scarxiett2998]

awww

[@vy6592]

thank you, i've been looking for a video because i completely forgot how to open it, and this is the only one that is explained well enough

[@termehafshar5018]

GOD I FINALLY DID IT AFTER YEARS OF NOT KNOWING HOW TO OPEN A LOCK

[@MarioTrees]

Here’s a tip if it’s not working and your getting the code right. Keep tugging on the shackle really hard. I found out I was getting the code right but I only tried pulling it twice and I did it very lightly

[@UnderstoodOrg]

Thanks for sharing this good tip with us, MarioTrees!

[@glich7648]

Thank u I'm going into middle school next year and this helped

[@4Ibby]

This is a lifesaver

[@UnderstoodOrg]

Hi TRASHH - we're glad to hear you found this helpful! Best, The Understood team

[@obvs.lina1]

Thank u so much for this, it's been almost 3 days scenes my teacher taught me how to open my lock, but I forgot I'm so glad I found this video, tomorrow is my first day of school, once again thank you😊💖

[@guardianvalor962]

Comments: high school kids Me: (hasn't been to high school in years and just needs to remember)

[@wateriscoolerthanmilk]

Even though this is 4 years old, this really help me. Kudos to you!!!

[@Clear_ASMR]

POV: You're watching this the day before your first day, but they give you your lock AT SCHOOL, so you have nothing to practice on, so you just pray to God you'll be able to open it on the first day without looking like a doofus.

[@Trbled]

hold up they give you it at school?

[@lollove9974]

They give you it at home!?

[@ashlensi]

POV: you are me.

[@Froggycolouring]

My lock is built into the door so I always end up looking stupid anyway ._.

[@gloriousbeard9054]

Goin back to Brick and Mortar tomorrow and I have to watch this so I don’t show everyone how utterly incompetent I am as soon as I get back.

[@midapita]

did you go to an online/homeschool before?

[@ryanhernandez1877]

@@midapita Where have you been in last year or so?

[@earljustinemagoncia2207]

thank you so much for this finally I know how to opened it after many attempts.

[@Vaxmelocity-x1x]

Okay this vid is a life saver cuz it’s my first time for a comb lock on school

[@Devz_23]

Not me a senior forgetting how to open a stupid lock

[@angelplays9694]

Thank you so much

[@elizabetheshun1939]

This video just SAVED me. Thank you so much!!

[@UnderstoodOrg]

We're so glad to hear you found it helpful!💙

[@BluCreeper_VR]

Thanks so much! I’m now going Into middle school, so I bought a padlock to practice at home over the summer. I’ve watched so many other videos, but they didn’t help. *except for this one.*

[@mori_me_rin2300]

Herring the click is awesome i took my lock home because I didn't need it first day of university tried for an hour gave up and this is just great thanks

[@UnderstoodOrg]

We're so glad we were able to help!

[@raqueltumm8522]

Thank you!! It works very fast

[@gothammcityy]

Thank you this will help me with my locker

[@UnderstoodOrg]

Glad to hear it!

[@Golden0806]

yall are sum lil kids in this comment section😭

[@aquaxfurss]

Thank you for this video. I had no idea on how to open my locker but thanks to my friend who shares her locker with me, I’m able to put my stuff in (she opens the locker for me) and she’ll usually get my own bag for me at the end of the day at the locker I struggle to open. This time I want to do this all by myself so she won’t have to do all that everyday ❤❤ ( btw I in 7th grade but I went to diff school so everything’s different and we have locker combos now on master lock 😅 it’s kinda hard and I not use to it it’s my first time using these things. Oof 😓)

[@GraceeMenabungi]

Thank you so much bro these are my first time using them and you really helped!

[@UnderstoodOrg]

We're so glad to hear we were able to help!💙

[@dtriplej9794]

Gracias

[@livyloo4452]

I just started using lockers so I hope this helps. I get so stressed and frustrated when I can’t get in it so I’m praying this helps.

[@lilkeyla5769]

I need this for work, at a new job lol seeing as i havent used a locker since high school years ago and for gym I've been using a key one 😭 much needed 🙏

[@jadenchavez8197]

Anyone watch this like 10 times lol

[@sandybella56]

Same

[@cath713.]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS LMFAO ITS RAINING FOR ME AND I NEED TO PUT MY UNBRELAL IN MY LOCKER

[@addymadden]

This helped me so much bc I just got my lock and it was so hard to open i washed other videos it didn't hlep but this video helped me so much thank youuu

[@dagoatcay]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I FINALLY GOT IT !

[@MixingMagic09]

Thank you so much! I’m one of the only people in my school with a locker this year and didn’t want to ask them for help so this was really useful

[@itsssjaylaa2099]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@Areyouseriousaboutme]

I need this for next week as i since begin high school so thank you and i do really appreciate it 🙏. Also do you have to pull up or down the shuttle normally.

[@maddy6812]

POV: you’re an upperclassman and you haven’t used a locker in so long you forgot how to use the lock

[@travisjr.687]

Your awesome appreciate the help

[@SEORAVLOG]

Lifesaver thxx This is my first lockerr

[@UnderstoodOrg]

So glad it was helpful. You've go this!

[@SEORAVLOG]

@@UnderstoodOrg tysm

[@plutosworld96]

I literally have to watch this video every time

[@Damien-PIXEL935]

Thank you 🙏

[@frostgoddess4357]

I was watching so many tutorials and this was the enliven that helped tysm

[@frostgoddess4357]

Only one*

[@tess258]

Thanks!

[@UnderstoodOrg]

No problem!

[@Bomboclaut_863]

Thanks. I’m a 6th grader but I forgot how to open my locker cause it’s been such a long time since I opened it I was kinda worried I will never know how to open it but today at school I tried 2 times and it didn’t work. My backpack weighs like 20 pounds so now I have somewhere to put all my folders and stuff this honestly helped

[@ponies.arecool123]

HOLY COW I DID IT

[@johndavidgant3260]

Very helpful

[@HEYHEYHEY2023]

Dude this was so easy I never been able to open it and I just realized I’ve been doing it the wrong way nobody told me I even told them how I did it and just scold me for not knowing how

[@atticus6463]

pov your school sent out this email to the students and now youre watching it

[@llma]

yes

[@Neon99]

Thank you

[@UnderstoodOrg]

We're so happy to help!💙🎉

[@everthdubon]

Middle schooler here thank you so much this really helped

[@UnderstoodOrg]

Glad it helped!

[@bluefire8388]

YESSSS!!! LETS GOOOO!!!!! I Finally Beat The Stupid Lock!!! I WINNNN!!! 😂😂😂

[@Random.Moon.Person]

Oh my honestly Tysm this really helped usually when I watche tutorials I’m alleyway’s like huuuuuh but this one wow. First time having a locker. (why do I feel like I’ll come back to this comment in a few years and feel nostalgic lmao )

[@UnderstoodOrg]

So glad it helped!

[@auntiebeddy6782]

My locker has the right combination and I know this because I’ve done it many times and it even went through in the morning but every afternoon even if I do the combination correct it will not click to let me open it

[@dhu6232]

Same :(

[@deardiary3144]

I don't know if my lock is just stuffy but my Friends advice worked for me and it was this Right first number skip zero once then second bouncer left then right third

[@MrChip477]

TYSM!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nutterbutt]

Thanks

[@silvaroo]

Thank you so much for this video! I rented a locker at the gym and forgot how to unlock the lock 😢 but this helped a lot!!

[@okeee-o8l]

Two turns right Full turn left Turn to right

[@isabelamsdenbertolino7831]

Great video! Definitely subscribing 😜

[@businessaddo]

This is going to help me. Because I am going to 6th grade

[@fiahnavuong6277]

im literally in 8th grade and we dont have lockers lol

[@Retired_Account804]

Business Addo same

[@tacoeater16]

bruh im going into 6th grade too but please learn how to use punctuation

[@cakeblaster6150]

Good luck little man

[@evanortega171]

So how's online

[@mentes_sagaces]

You saved my my life, thank you so much 🎉🎉🎉

[@thebelissima64]

Thank you so much! It worked like a charm!

[@reeceelise7933]

Boom 💥 thanks it works....

[@UnderstoodOrg]

We're glad to hear this helped!

[@mariiigarcia9007]

pov you’re at your second job and you have to use a lock and can’t remember how

[@exfourcive]

I’m a Freshman in highschool and I end up having my seniors helping me every time

[@Llama-p8m]

Holy thank you now my athletic class will be more easy

[@UnderstoodOrg]

You got this!

[@jamaripino810]

thank god for this 🙏

[@RoseMassingo]

We're being forced to use our lockers this year and I'm a senior and honestly forgot how to open them plus our school got new bigger lockers so my combination and everything changed.

[@triesharichards5748]

Like this video one try and that was it... nice and easy

[@sxmplyfright8314]

TYSM THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WORKS

[@rustygod.6961]

Thank you!!!!

[@UnderstoodOrg]

You're welcome!

[@thisismychannelname5476]

I was remote a year and a half now I’m going into my junior year having forgotten how lockers work

[@Itshollywoodvega]

I’m the stupid thing about my school lockers is that you can’t stop AT ALL like you have to do a full circle without stopping but this tutorial is very helpful thank you!

[@xxaxexx5204]

THANK YOU OMG.

[@blancahinojoza7005]

This is a good thing

[@jazzyvino]

I have to relearn how to open this type of lock for my Chemistry labs in university.. The last time I've used these was in middle school!

[@larryslobster7881]

POV: u came from powerschool

[@SilverGaming701]

I had a lock back in sixth grade and I knew how to use it but because of covid we didnt use lockers and I now im in 8th grade and forgot how to use my lock

[@sociallyawkwardself971]

I don't use lockers in college, but I have one for my mail and packages. I can never get the damn locker to open LOL even after trying to following other people's movements when they're showing me how to open it. Hopefully this tutorial will help!

[@oddstormz8206]

Thank you I was so frustrated

[@Pete-da-peter]

Pov: take a deep breath and try again is important

[@enzu8307]

I used to carry round my bag so I never learned how to open my locker. This year it’s a rule that we *have* to put our stuff in our locker and we aren’t allowed to take our bags to class, first day back and I’ve been struggling :,)

[@A.D.M_official]

I'm moving schools and my old school ha different locks that are much simpler but now I have a combination lock and I don't want to annoy the person who's locker is above mine by taking ages sooo hopefully I can learn fast enough

[@syanide-__-]

Thank tou

[@Icamspellit]

Watch I’m gonna forget as soon I go to school and try to open my locker💀

[@UnderstoodOrg]

Hi Mika the idiot - We hope you remember the information presented in this video, but if you think you might want additional tips, you can check out these additional videos and tips to help you with typical locker-related challenges: u.org/3xYfXhG.

[@maybe.6226]

I'm new to lockers so I'm trying to learn this because it's so hard to open the lockers and I only have 1 minute to open the locker before the bus comes.

[@maybe.6226]

I can't always ask the teacher to open the locker for me everyday.

[@UnderstoodOrg]

Hi maybe - We can imagine that having so little time to open the locker is very stressful. Depending upon the type of lock used at your school, perhaps you could practice on a similar lock at home. You can get more tips here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4XTn6l6j7Fpm9E. Best, The team at Understood

[@akaashisstalker1212]

PoV: It's your first day and you got early and wanted to try opening your locker lmao, or is it just me-

[@Froggycolouring]

Is there any tips for locks like this that are built into the door rather than attached to it? Because I think theres a small difference with the way they work and mine won’t open for me at all even though I’m doing everything right(I think)

[@rdo9191]

Thank u

[@rupert00here]

POV you're an adult and haven't touched one of these since high school, but you just got a new job that has these on the employee lockers 😅