The Surprising Origin of Crash Course

[@Moira895]

I'm kind of an old nerdfighter and I still think of crash course as "that new thing John and Hank are doing" glad to see y'all still kicking

[@vlogbrothers]

SAME

[@nicolejohnson8732]

Same! I never got to use Crash Course for school 😭

[@GrimmDelightsDice]

Right? It's wild to see these projects grow up with me. They have almost as much personality and individuality as human beings and they've come so far.

[@ThatReplyGuy]

I graduated in 2009, so I never had Crash Course stuff in school. My kids, on the other hand, come home and tell me about how they watched Crash Course in class that day, and it makes me glad that their teachers are supporting this pair of incredible brothers who just want to support incredible teachers.

[@TJtheBee]

I was in high school when they started this - now I’m working on my university degree and deeply interested in education.

[@flowerheit4512]

The first person who bought one of the coins was their mom 😭 The Parents Green once again being quiet MVPs

[@JusDoc]

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[@MisterYagibe]

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[@RainaRamsay]

[@ThatllShowEm]

Nope. Not fake crying at all here.

[@AUnicorn666]

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[@discoveringcatia]

"John, it was our mom" the noise I made

[@izzieweitman2338]

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[@Ana-ls4mu]

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[@sawomichowdhury1577]

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[@marymimi11]

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[@ShakespearesLanguage]

“I thought I was gonna fake cry and then I started real crying” - me too!

[@gregorygiaouris8631]

John: Let's create the most important and popular humanities and science videos on the internet. Hank: Yes.

[@vlogbrothers]

The idea I had in that chat was a platform that would allow you to add commentary to videos...like...reaction videos...ughhhh

[@911bigfatty]

@@vlogbrothers thank you for not turning the green brothers into the fine brothers lol

[@fenestrapain]

@@vlogbrothers I mean Flipgrid did finally become a thing, and in the tiktok timeline we’re living in, your idea was just slightly too ahead of its time.

[@firstlast-xn6ul]

@@911bigfatty Green Brothers Entertainment should trademark the idea of "learning" videos!

[@d_dave7200]

@@vlogbrothers So sad reaction videos are no longer a thing.

[@KarenPuzzles]

Another fun fact that I like to bring out at parties (I'm really fun at parties) is that I was on the original email thread where you were deciding what to name Crash Course. Alas, my suggestion of "Learn All The Things" was not chosen.

[@ashishranjan8286]

personally LATT just works bruh

[@nitfens6863]

@@ashishranjan8286 yes but with appropriate capitalising: learn ALL THE THINGS!!!

[@columbus8myhw]

Who came up with the name Crash Course, then?

[@RithSV]

I do appreciate the Allie Brosh reference though!

[@nycholenewman2129]

#teamlearnallthethings!

[@JoshuaGonzalez-be3pc]

When I was a freshman in college I was studying for a chemistry final and I was distraught. I kept thinking to myself "Gah I need a crash course in chemistry if I'm gonna pass!" So I started googling and found CrashCourse-Chemistry. I watched the videos all night, and it was the first time chemistry was fun to learn! Anyway.... I failed that final and also that chemistry course.... but I had discovered that even the most difficult topics can be fun to learn and each contain their own wonders. I retook the chemistry course and passed with an A the next semester. I got my BS! I wanted to keep learning so I got an MS! I am now writing my dissertation for a PhD in Integrative Physiology! In part because CrashCourse was the spark that lit a fire of curiosity in me. And this flame won't go out.

[@jonathanbr7_]

Nice!

[@estrellarouge]

wow! congratulations! the part about you failing is also extremely important. Thanks for learning. Thanks for making learning fun @Vlogbrothers @crashcourse

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

Congratulations! Awesome work

[@KhushiSingh-xi9jt]

So happy for you!

[@maxgotts5895]

Wow....!

[@ardrapattath]

Crash Course is, for me, 80% of the inspiration to learn, not for the sake of exams or jobs or seeming like a smarty pants, but for understanding the world around me better. Thank you Complexly and Crash Course. DFTBA and DFTKL (Don't Forget To Keep Learning)!

[@susanthefish8940]

Me too! It reminds me of why I love learning! All thanks to John, Hank and the entire team😊

[@MichelleK.B.]

I think DFTKL a would be great to work into a tee shirt for Crash Course. I could see a lot of people in the field of education wearing them. Now more than ever encouraging people to see knowledge as a fun lifelong pursuit is a great counterpoint to the lazy thinking of conspiracy theories and scapegoating.

[@ardrapattath]

@@MichelleK.B. Great idea! Would buy one most def..

[@gominuke]

crash course and sci show are one of the few only channels (from like 90?) that are still doing stuff from that 2011 youtube original funding round, crazy. I think vice were in it too, but it was like all to MCNs n stuff that wasted the millions on channels that just couldn't continue without continued funding. remember it like it was yesterday. (edit is typo)

[@vlogbrothers]

In fairness, we almost didn't make it in our first year without Google funding either...

[@hoodiesticks]

I could be remembering wrong, but wasn't Epic Rap Battles of History another channel who got some Google money? They're still around today.

[@AndreasChrisWilhelmer]

To be fair some pretty great things fell out of that initiative indirectly. Without it there would for example be no CriticalRole - arguably the greatest D&D show out there. They startet out as part of Geek & Sundry (one of the funded channels originally run by Felicia Day) but seperated later on and are now run by the creators of CriticalRole independently. Also on a somewhat related note: If I remember correctly at one point there was even Geek & Sundry show where Hank, Laura Bailey (one of the CR creators), Will Wheaton and others played an RPG (Titansgrave), which I am still beyond excited about as I'm a long term nerdfigter and have become a huge critter as of late.

[@jsnrvst]

@@AndreasChrisWilhelmer That this show never got a second season is so unfortunate.

[@kaypgirl]

I think sourcefed did, too. Also something that didn't last.

[@realspacemodels]

In my 60's I'm happy to be able to support Crash Course, being made by people in their 40's for the major benefit of people born since 2000.

[@melimsah]

I just got goosebumps. I remember subscribing on subbable the MOMENT I heard about it. I got some of those subbable perks. I'm still signed up on patreon. I don't have the time to keep up with the videos anymore, but it's not about my own enjoyment, it's about putting these videos into the world for all to have. Thank you both for everything you do

[@vlogbrothers]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@discoveringcatia]

"redacted and other ventured capitalists" comrade hank strikes again

[@vlogbrothers]

"For a person who's basically a Communist, Hank sure loves money." John Green, toasting (roasting?) me at my wedding.

[@mjs3188]

@@vlogbrothers Business Casual Marx

[@Hello-vz1md]

@@vlogbrothers thanks for everything thank you for your great works

[@SamLooksForTheGood]

@@vlogbrothers i recently watched that video too!!! im curious, did u really count those 992 one dollar bills when u got home? HAHAHHA

[@cubeofcheese5574]

@@SamLooksForTheGood what video?

[@elliemj21]

CrashCourse has literally been a saviour of my education since it began and I’m just about to finish university, thank you guys so much for making it 💚

[@elliemj21]

Omg… so I went to work for 8 hours and have come home to a like from the channel… um… ignore me while I happy cry myself to sleep 😭

[@isabbygabbyorcrabby]

I'm so proud to be a patreon of crash course. Especially as someone who couldn't afford to pay for crash course when I was in school and I used it a lot (NB I still use crashcourse a lot as an adult - who doesn't love learning?!)

[@idkjustwatching8117]

Amazing thank u for helping me learn “Western style” learning idk if that makes sense but as a asian kid trying to get to uni in America its really helpful

[@hambonefakenamington69]

if crash course is still up after i get a job and enough money, i'm definitely going to be a patreon! such amazing teachers teaching such cool stuff for free??? HOW COOL IS THAT

[@RobbySauce]

Wow, thank you for sharing this. This video couldn't have came out at a better time. Super glad that crash course and scishow are both free and open to the public.

[@kimmykimmie]

Well. Now I’m crying. Crash course helped me find learners when I lost my love of learning and reminded me that I can do great things. Thank you everyone working on it, everyone whos bought a coin,patreon or supported them in any other way. All of you are wonderful.

[@katnisspotterholmes5206]

I’m going to be frank here: I’ve hated history class for a LONG time, but when I started to learn about the French Revolution I LOVED IT! And the best thing is, that by watching the crash course videos it made me love it even more! Now I’ve started to love history little by little, and John’s videos have been the ones that have helped me love every other part of any history subject

[@scottfromoahu2896]

Agreed. I hated history when learning it in High School... Long story short, I eventually got a Master's Degree in History. And I used Crash Course (and other YT channels) quite a bit to cut to the quick on many readings.

[@Jane_8319]

It’s crazy to think something that has had such a profound impact on my education - and so many other’s educations - started so simply. Thank you

[@sabrelion8426]

Thank you, I remember I used to love when teachers would show a CrashCourse video in class

[@jazmelodys]

For a year and a half, I taught and tutored elementary, middle, and high school students with learning disabilities. There was not a single one of them that did not LOVE Crash Course. It was engaging and insightful to them on a level and in a way that nothing else they'd been offered was. I'm now working on my master's degree to become a librarian, and I feel your stress of budgeting and offering the best educational resources possible on an even deeper level. As a former teacher and a now-almost-librarian, thank you for dedicated your hearts and souls to the cause of free access to educational resources.

[@doommustard8818]

There is a third barrier you didn't really talk about: (you discussed making learning boring and expensive or difficult to access for certain people.) certain topics are considered not worth learning, and it prevents those topics from being discussed in an environment that is conducive to learning.

[@maxelizabeth7330]

yes this is v important and another reason i love Crash Course! i’ve really been enjoying the new series on Black American History because in a traditional school setting i probably wouldn’t have ever had the opportunity to learn some of the things that the series is teaching me about.

[@doommustard8818]

@Lee Birchenough one example that bothers me personally is the arts. Scholarly study of the arts are typically limited to "the great works" or "the classics", a poorly defined group of books, music, sculptures and paintings which are considered good for some reason. Studying modern works like videogames, tv shows, movies, memes, and even more recent books to an extent is considered categorically unscholarly. Even works from a similar time period which don't qualify as "great works" or "the classics" are considered unscholarly. How can you study what makes a certain group of works good, without discussing what disqualifies the other group from being good? Even ignoring the fact that this is grounded in prejudicial cultural elitism, it's still an objectively wrong way to study any topic.

[@soundofez]

i fight this third barrier every single time i talk with my dad, who despite championing the importance of learning nearly every time we talk, has never once validated music or makeup as valid and important fields. (they're not my fields, i only have passing interest in them, but i feel compelled to bring up the fields he has the least appreciation for to throw his hypocrisy in his face 😡 also bc if i tried to explain why english is Important Actually i would get lost in the weeds and turn into even more of a frustrated mess than i already do lol)

[@RainaRamsay]

Also topics that are really important to learn, and yet aren't "academic", so they get left out. It's clear that Hank started this whole process already knowing a whole bunch of stuff about finance -- how to pitch to a venture capitalist, how to read and negotiate a contract, how to estimate a business' profitability potential, available options for monetization -- that just never get taught anywhere except in families that already have those skills. And then we wonder why there's so little social mobility in this country.

[@cubeofcheese5574]

Ooo yes this!

[@sawomichowdhury1577]

Their mom buying the first coin made me cry too

[@ams7722]

I have 2 children with developmental differences, during the Pandemic CC SAVED their interest in education. It remarkably digestible and lead to jumping off points for all kinds of in home education and research project rabbit holes I that would have been (and was) completely overwhelmed by. It's really meant the world the last 18 months.

[@LynMusic]

The reveal of the first person who bought the first $500 crash course coin almost made ME cry. So sweet! 😭

[@trivialoves]

a moment of appreciation for supportive parents ❤️

[@heimlershistory]

Here’s to Crash Course! John and Hank are truly the granddaddies of us all who struggle to teach kids history through KZbin. I’m so grateful you had this idea…

[@ReeveProductions]

Between crash course and extra credits and some of the other channels I follow (totally for got names in the moment) I’m looking forward to helping with my child’s history homework. 😁

[@jackpeterson305]

Thanks for getting me through APUSH

[@estagiariaa8146]

i'm so glad y'all worked so hard to keep this acessible. the impact of it has been hugely awesome.

[@feefen]

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[@Snagrit]

I was studying an arts degree at uni and didn't really know what to do with my life. I watched one of the very first crash course science videos on "water" and it changed my life. It ignited in me a love for science which my high school teachers never did. Now I am a few months from graduating medical school. Nerdfighteria 4 life.

[@UdyKumra]

The Prince of Nepal became a serial killer? Wtf? Anyone else just found themself a new rabbit hole to go down for two hours?

[@SomeKindOfThing]

Right?! WE NEED THIS INFO

[@pixiepearls3]

I think he might be referring to the Nepalese Royal Massacre from 2001, where the Crown Prince shot eight people in the royal family and then himself. Though as that's just one event I'm not sure I'd classify that as a serial killer, but that's all google would tell me.

[@iloveprivacy8167]

WE NEED THIS VIDEO!!!

[@jonas1015119]

If you want an even worse rabbit hole, look up the Mayerling incident, when the crown prince of Austria committed murder-suicide with his lover, which is the reason Franz-Ferdinand became next in line to the throne and I think you can extrapolate from there

[@anantkerur557]

@@jonas1015119then Romeo and Juliet caused WWII /j

[@gothikfairy21]

I actually got emotional at the end of this video, because, Crash Course helped me through college, the hours of anatomy and physiology videos I have watched. You were the sound track to my education! Thanks guys!

[@ammagetchell1854]

"i thought i was going to fake-cry but then i started to real-cry a lil bit" is a pretty good summary of my time in this community, actually.

[@moonnimbus6656]

My favourite part is John saying "okay, I will do it." I need more of that kind of energy.

[@wilsonpatterson2703]

Being a nerdfighter for a while now it was always weird and kind of exciting when a college professor would show a Crash Course video in class. I usually felt like some secret insider.

[@ka_ekim7277]

You are both such lovely people. I have learned so much from you guys, and continue to watch and learn from several of your channels daily. Thank you.

[@mary3114]

I would do pretty much anything for a Crash Course Grammar/Writing series to help my 7th grade English students. Just putting that out there. 💜

[@ZunarZulfiqar]

I just got my coins in today! I love them! IMPORTANT: they are wrapped in thick paper with a wax seal holding it shut. OPEN IT FROM THE SEAL. DO NOT CUT THE PAPER AT ALL AS THE PAPER ITSELF IS THE CERTIFICATE OF PRODUCTION. Ask me how I learned that. Break the seal and unfold the certificate. The coin is held in a little pouch glued to the center of the certificate.

[@KathyTrithardt]

Now my eyes are all teared up thinking about your mom buying the first $500 coin.

[@Narnendil]

Same

[@palepomegranate2052]

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[@ThatllShowEm]

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[@taranpreetkaur7573]

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[@tinalin2894]

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[@Adam-sj1iy]

I think one of my favorite things about the two of you is how even the way you do fundraising is so interesting and effective in a positive way. Like, even though I cannot afford a coin (sadly) I am still satisfied in getting like, a typical friday-Hank video. I love how the way you advertise doesn't block off your normal weekly content.

[@samandmeshach]

This video literally brought me to tears at the end, thinking about the impact that Crash Course has had on my life and so many other people. As a homeschooled kid growing up in the midwest, my passion for learning was fueled by the wonderful work you have done and continue to do. (I truly do not know how else I would have made it through chemistry) Thank you! -Meshach

[@soccerbopper124]

I remember when crash course was created 😭 another day the green brothers make me cry. I love you guys

[@LuinTathren]

Crash Course and the Green Brothers have changed my life.

[@heypajamagirl]

Samee

[@JoriamRamos]

The simple, yet colossal force that is two brothers who actually listen to each other.

[@yasmeenanis]

I used Crash Course all throughout high school and it’s honestly one of the main reasons I passed my IB exams and got my IB diploma. Flash forward 5 years and I use Crash Course Kids on a weekly basis as an elementary school teacher. Thank you for making learning (and teaching!) easy and fun! You make a world of difference in the education of these students.

[@JohnDRuddyMannyMan]

Yay to lowering barriers to education. I’ve said this so many times over the years as I research history: “how can people make this boring???” But it happens :/

[@sjrescapades2256]

I have bought a 2000 learners coin, crash course has meant an awful lot to me over the last 7 years and it has provided me with excellent sources of information on a wide array of topics. It led me into nerdfighteria and to both of your books all of which has shaped me into a more well rounded person. Thankyou both

[@wyattwustrau]

That's a beautiful story for a wonderful thing that I never knew about. Thank you guys for creating content for everyone

[@whyshouldicarehistory5038]

I still remember discovering your original US history show as it was coming out to studyfor my AP. Your videos showed me the power that humor and being unapologetically passionate can have helping someone learn. I’m interviewing now to become a Social Studies Teacher in NYC(partially inspired by you) hope my lessons can engage students the same way you engaged me.

[@ueblay]

omg gl

[@paulaOyeah]

Crash Course allowed me to spectacularly homeschool my kids! I slowed the videos for them at first so they could learn your flow. I did it, not only for the incredible context and nuance your videos contain, but also, I knew their vocabulary would flourish. You assume intelligence, and that is a beautiful thing for a child. Thank you for your inclusion, too; it is important for me that my kids learn from all kinds of people. You guys are brilliant! 🥲💜🌈

[@vidincrisis]

OMG I remember when that video came out where john talked about launching a project which would try to cover loads of topics ranging from history to chemstry because people should know something about a lot of things and learning should be easy and accessible and fun and an added bonus is that it just makes them an interesting conversation haver. i was like 11-12-13 at that time and that's the philosophy I've always lived with. i want to know something about everything. i have watched almost every single crash course video, sometimes I have understood them, a lot of the times those things have stuck with me and many times I forgot the things I watched. i couldn't thank you guys enough for this truly wonderful project. Hank, i am now almost 24 and a lawyer and I still watch Crash Course and all I can say is thank you so much and DFTBA

[@Tanktaco]

10 years . . . well now I'm gonna cry.

[@carolime9414]

Crash Course has altered the path of my life, I just graduated with my BA in Social Studies Education and I’m currently working to begin my first teaching job in September, you guys were apart of my inspiration to take the leap and become a teacher in the first place. I remember when Crash Course was founded when I was in Middle School, I remember using your videos in High School to study for my AP exams. I’ve been following you guys for almost 10 years and now as an educator myself I thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything that you’ve given to a truly uncountable number of people, and I look forward to keep using your invaluable content in my own classroom 💛 thank you

[@hoelbling18]

I just realised that I am now a fan of CC for nearly 10 years. I always wanted to help but I went through some difficult stretches and so always postponed it. My situation is better now since about a year, but life is busy and I have not thought about it actively.. until this video stopped me in my tracks. So now one of these lovely coins will make its way to the Netherlands and I am glad that I finally could contribute. Thank you both for creating this wonderful thing and sticking with it for over 10 years. You two are two real life heroes and an inspiration. Hartstikke bedankt voor alles to both of you and the whole CC team, DFTBA.

[@kanisnealon5062]

The impact you and your brother have had on the world has been spectacular, largely for crash course, but also in so many other big and small ways. Sincerely, thank you so much for drive, your compassion, and your authenticity. Please keep it up.

[@elizabethkeller4544]

fell down a vlogbrothers rabbit hole on my way to watch a crash course video and now I'm crying at my dinner table because crash course got me through a LOT of hard classes

[@paigeryan476]

I remember we used the European History crash course all the time in my AP Euro class in 2013-14! Crazy to think how far it’s come since then. Going to go support you guys on patreon now.

[@pauljsm]

Hank, John: I'm glad you guys exist! Thanks.

[@gabehockett]

I’m so glad that John had that idea and that you guys decided to move it to KZbin. CrashCourse has helped so many students, including myself. It truly does make learning more fun.

[@feefen]

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[@tiruliru]

Crash course is so awesome!! I was in verge of depression once, and crash course was one of the things that would cheer me up :}

[@sam-the-moomin]

I know this has nothing to do with the topic of the video, but I am super vibing with your shirt Hank! I love the pattern, it’s so cool!

[@feefen]

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[@burnyizland]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you do. I'm disabled and struggling for money and my son has had to be homeschooled because of Covid and he's only 6 but LOVES your videos - this and SciShow, they're one of the few times learning has been easy with him. I can't afford to contribute financially so I've made it my mission to tell every person I can about your show in hopes some of them will be able to afford to. Listening to them has also been one of my few refuges from my illness - Hank, I know you know what chronic illness feels like so you'll know how easy it is to sink into depression and that you need to use all the tools you can find, and grow that toolbelt, to keep your head above water. I morn the passing of the people who lifted me out of poverty and abuse when I was little and taught me how to be compassionate about myself and others. People like Mr. Rogers and Robin Williams. I've often wondered who from our generation would step in to fill the immense voids they've left. Clearly you and your brother and all the people who work on these with you are doing just that. You're not teaching the exact same things but compassion, love for learning and curiosity about the world, tolerance, cultural and historic placement of ideas and our progress as a species, the necessity and beautiful kindness of contributing to you community, these are all powerful lessons my son is learning because of you. Thank you. Thank you. Please keep up the struggle for as long as you can. DFTBA all the way!

[@AzuriteCoast]

Watched Crash Course psychology in High School. Got my Bachelor's in Cognitive Science half a year ago. I just finished running the final participant in my VR study for my Master's. I set out on this path because I enjoyed watching all of the Psych playlist. It's working, Brothers Green. It's working. Been with the Vlogbrothers for as long as I can remember. DFTBA.

[@eriks2962]

Man, Crash course is awesome!! I teach Computer Science, usually to college junior and senior, but also in grad school. And I give crash course videos for student to watch often. It is not that it should be new material for them, they should have seen it already! But as a refresher, it is great, even at these levels! "Next week we'll go into details of how caching protocols work in modern processors and why they are important. If you don't remember anything about caching, go watch crash course CS #9." Does it cover everything I wished they knew? No, but it will remind them of basic goals of caches, and basic terminology. Crash Course is awesome, man!!

[@KooblayKhan]

at the very end that "OH SHIT" from John is the *mwah* chef's kiss. Also I teared up a bit when you said it was your Mom who bought the first coin.

[@t3hsis324]

When Crash Course debuted I was already out of the education system. It made me happy to hear that the stepkids were using it in school, and dad and I still watch it to this day as it really is a fun and informative way to learn. So glad you guys have been offering free educational content that is engaging at any age, free to access. You guys continue to add amazing content for us all and I just wish to express my thanks. I don't have the financial backing to support you guys, but I'm thankful for the community that does and helps keep it alive. (And maybe I'm slightly jealous that the kids today get to watch your shows rather than those old 80s-90s VHS tapes I was forced to watch in high school.)

[@makaylaanos]

I'm so glad you guys made crash course work despite all of the hardship I'm sure it brings. I remember watching them in high school classes and watching them for fun in my spare time. Unfortunately, I cannot afford to donate to your cause, but I am incredibly thankful for the work that you both do. Any way people can lower barriers to learning the better this world will be. Much love to you both 💖

[@InsertCleverNameHere0]

Crash Course was the first exposure to vlogbrothers I ever had in middle school history class. It still has a very special place in my heart.

[@UnpronounceabIeName]

Crash course has helped me in high school and it has helped me in college, there aren't a lot of things as helpful, entertaining and educational as Crash Course. Thank you!

[@jkuhl2492]

I don't know of John or Hank read the comments, but Crash Course is probably the best thing on KZbin right now.

[@wired1533]

The clarity with which John silently exclaims "Oh, Sh*t!" at the end was my favorite part.

[@michellerune8793]

Cannot thank you both enough for having the idea and then figuring out a way to keep it free. I had integrated your videos into lessons before, but I relied upon Crash Course Kids (and SciShow Kids) to enrich the remote learning experience for my students all throughout COVID. Those videos are on par with (if not better than) other ones that ARE behind a pay wall. It is a tremendous gift you continue to give. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@lhfirex]

Crash Course is actually how I got to know John Green existed (thanks to World History 1), so it's cool that I get to learn the origin story on my birthday!

[@WenzelSays]

Happy birthday!

[@smurfrise]

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[@sharonoddlyenough]

🎂

[@paigeherrin29]

It was an incredibly valuable idea! It got this old lady through a biology undergrad as a 43 year old brand new college student and now helps this 50 year old science teacher by providing exemplary, supplemental and supportive resources for teaching biology. I cannot thank you two enough for CrashCourse. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@michellecabrales4485]

you guys have made such a big impact on so many people's lives 💙thank you for sharing your love of learning

[@rosegott7105]

I am 46 and just received my bachelor's degree last year. YOUR VIDEOS HELPED! Now I am a graduate student /teaching assistant in 300 level biochemistry. Your videos are one of the first things that I recommend to my students! Thank you so much for making this knowledge free! You are a huge hero to science students!!

[@SamLooksForTheGood]

crash course made studying so much fun!!!! when i was younger, i always thought studying was something i HAD to do just to get through school & get a good job & make lots of money because that's what "success" looked like for me....but now, through vlogbrothers & crashcourse, i realized that studying allows me to know myself better & get to know the world better & use this knowledge to make the world suck less!! so thank u for allowing me to stay curious & engaged in a more genuine form of learning :)

[@SM-cs2my]

i think it's sometimes so easy to take crash course for granted just because it's something that i've grown up with, but i want to genuinely thank you from the bottom of my heart for it. it has helped me in so many ways and i appreciate the effort you've put in to making sure it is accessible to so many

[@untappedinkwell]

Without fail, the CC theme makes me emotional. So, so happy that this is a thing, and that the CC coin is going to help the crash course team reach more students and keep learning free, for everyone, forever. DFTBA, y'all.

[@marceline_rots]

you and John's videos have gotten me through so much in my childhood and teenhood and they continue to do so to this day. Everytime I get the notification, I have some joy in me that wasn't there before. thank you for making this community where nerdfighters can feel safe and at home, and thank you for sticking by it for all these years. -Alex

[@nvwest]

I love that phrasing. "making it boring" Because indeed history and biology and the world are already interesting on their own!

[@albertjackinson]

I am fairly new to Crash Course, and indeed being a Nerdfighter was a thing I only started on July 7th, 2020, but this past year Crash Course has been an immense and amazing part of my life during quarantine. And I hope it can be part of my life after quarantine. I'm going into college soon in about a year (this upcoming year is my Senior year), and I cannot, will not, and do not want to do anything to not watch Crash Course's videos, because darn it, I love learning! Hank and John, this is the kind of impact I think both of you should be proud to have--having someone figure out what they watch is so important they won't do anything to not do it simply because it brings something into their life they love doing. And that idea is awesome! At this rate, I think Crash Course could possibly be considered one of the most impactful things on KZbin...and maybe even the entire Internet someday! Seriously; that's how successful I think it might be eventually. You two have made something astonishing. Thank you for creating one of the best educational channels out there, so I can keep learning something every day, but also for the millions of people who are impacted by it. DFTBA, and keep on improving on it until it is its best, because there is a lot more impact Crash Course can have, and I am so excited to see where it goes next. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Side note: I just thought of this on Wednesday--I was watching the old videos from 2009, and before I had started from the very beginning. So, I noticed the old school explainer videos John did, and I thought "Is that the beginning of Crash Course?" Maybe, in a way, they were, because if those old videos explaining situations in the world hadn't been made, maybe John would not have had that idea. Just a thought.

[@Symphing12]

Crash Course is how I got into Nerdfighteria. It is truly the model for universal education. I hope you can reach more and more people with these coins. And when I have an income, I'll get one.

[@jedichandler13]

So I’m kinda on the younger side of nerdfighters. My first introduction to you two was summer of 2016. I was nervous over starting AP world history, my first AP class as a sophomore. I watched John explain everything from agriculture to the Cold War. I loved it so much I branched out into the sciences and other crash course despite not taking a class for it. You two are not only a major factor to my success as an AP scholar, but both of you made an arrogant 16 year old think about the world complexly for really the first time in my short life. I’m now about to be 21 pre law student because of John’s series on US history and debate. I still watch crash course when I want to think complexly about new topics. If I could I would buy every singe coin in your stock without a thought. Thank you Green brothers❤️

[@4IdiotsGaming]

"Good Morning John." I do not know what day it is. Is it friday?

[@viral_suppressor4154]

You guys gave me back my love for learning science, expanded my curiosity for non-science and even got me interested in history. Never in my life had I imagined that anyone would do something like that for free, not in that quality or that fun to watch. I owe you big time. Thanks

[@tmntallthewaydw]

this video title + the timing of this video make me know that we were gonna plug coins

[@vlogbrothers]

Hundo p

[@brendanmooney7607]

@@vlogbrothers slightly disappointed the $100 version of the CC coin didn't have "HUNDO P" stamped on it.

[@ChrisPatti]

This video moved me to tears. I'm 52 years old. I remember a world before the internet, so I still see it as a wellspring of nearly infinite potential for making the world a better place. Thank you both for being who you are and doing what you do. You make me feel good about still upholding those ideals as something real and not just the delusions of a naive guy who hasn't figured out that humans are utterly horrible yet :)

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Honestly the fact that the thumbnail is blurry is such a mood... 😂

[@clairezalla]

Wow. Back when I watched Crash Course it was "just" John nerding out about literature and history (which was nonetheless amazing). Now I go to the channel, and there's zoology and chemistry and soft business skills and African American History! What incredible growth and amazing, essential work.

[@kritidhakal157]

Woah, You've uploaded early today, Hank! It's great to see the transcript and to see our very own domestic Prince-turned-Serial-Killer being mentioned there! John's right to say it's interesting but almost no one actually believes that here in Nepal. Like, we still aren't aware of any actual justification except "Mum and Dad won't let me marry this girl I like; well then, might as well kill every single relative i find and then kill myself. Seems fair to me" This was before I was born, and even after graduating high school, I'm so disappointed that we didn't ever actually learn about THIS massacre in history, let alone learning interestingly!

[@bestdaymlunatic]

CrashCourse got me through high school and college, and now as an educator myself, I use it quite often in my lectures especially during distance learning. Thank you Hank and John. Much love from the Philippines! :)

[@KhushiSingh-xi9jt]

Hank Green, just so you know, I consider you my virtual dad.

[@oddment7]

👏🏼 you are both an inspiration!

[@abbym.7046]

G Chat: the birthplace of the BEST ideas in the early 2010s

[@JosephDavies]

And the mid-2000s (it was gtalk then)!

[@anna-ne9zk]

will forever be grateful that you've lowered the barriers to learning. your chemistry videos helped me pass chemistry when i was scared i wouldn't, and your biology videos made me want to study it (and i did! i now have a bachelor's in weird living stuff!). john, hank, and the entire crash course team have genuinely changed the course of my life for the better, thank you so much.

[@jacob8565]

Im sorry, the Prince of Nepal became a serial killer?

[@anneth7154]

Thank-you thank-you thank-you for making learning fun and accessible. I've found your videos very helpful for school, but also anytime I'm reading a book about cooking and then I get confused and am searching Crash Course for something on osmosis. You guys have made a huge impact on my life, not just saving my grades in school, but continually keeping me interested in learning outside the classroom. 💜

[@jesussaves2043]

Crash Course got me through High School and 4 years of College. I'm serious.

[@justinblechinger6723]

Thank you guys so much. Crash course is one of my favorite KZbin channels. I learn about things that I never learned in school. You guys rock and keep up the hard work

[@lolamarie3555]

Is there going to be an art history crash course? 🥺

[@ChenAnPin]

CC History and Astronomy were some of my favorite series. But it was your series on psychology that came exactly at the perfect time as, a year later, I was taking a supplementary university course on psychology, and I showed one of your vidoes to my professor who went on to show some of your videos from that series to the class. I don't know if he or how many other teachers used your videos to help further educate others, but it's been perhaps one of the greatest ideas to grace the internet.

[@kendallmarie259]

Crash course is the savior to all 'my gym teacher teaches biology' high schoolers out there. thank you hank and john :)

[@shogan8460]

I feel ya!😄

[@Nicole-zy4vb]

Wait where is this legal?

[@shogan8460]

@@Nicole-zy4vb In many of the 28 right to work states, in which there are few to no labor unions to advocate for teachers or other workers. So, no one to keep districts from using staff the way they want.

[@Nicole-zy4vb]

@@shogan8460 Oh, I'm in CA. I'm reading all about it now, thank you.

[@kendallmarie259]

@@Nicole-zy4vb also, sometimes teachers are 'technically' qualified to teach a science course, but don't have the experience or the knowledge to teach the subject well. we never got lectures, only packets and good ol' hank green.