What Do You Want To Be? (China) by Keith Ballard

[@nitinjaiman]

in india and china we face very tough competition in highschool and college that makes us much more tougher and when we step into real world everything seems easy

[@paulkersey2424]

+nitin jaiman Yeah but we still have to go abroad in other countries and become workers.

[@Babumoshai..]

@@paulkersey2424 wherever you get better opportunity you should go

[@harshvardhansingh1300]

everything seems easy ya that's why we have spread all around the world searching for opportunities , its more than 7 yrs now I hope you've grown up since

[@garudaa]

@@paulkersey2424 richest immigrants in USA are Indians lmao

[@nitinjaiman]

@@harshvardhansingh1300 chill dude

[@adityanarayantiwari3052]

Notice the subtle differences between these Chinese students. Instead of saying " I want to be a...", They are saying that " I am going to be ..". That shows their absolute determination.!!

[@AkshayShukla.]

चूतिए, उन्हें इंग्लिश नहीं आती

[@deokumarsingh8886]

Difference between Indian children and Chinese children about the same question , what do you want to be , is that Chinese children stop for a moment and start thinking and then they answered but in case of Indian student , they answered instantly.

[@kneD-e]

Because they have been told from a very early age what they should be

[@aratibhuyan3310]

Another difference is that Chinese students choose distinguished fields of jobs comparatively to the Indian students. Our parents and us too don't see anything except a - doctor - engineer - govt servant - teacher - or fashion designer -_- Im literally fed up

[@shinystar9217]

@@aratibhuyan3310 Neither Fashion designer nor teacher is considered a so called a 'good job' by indian parents. Any job related to high level education and stable is well know between indian parents 🙂 Harsh truth

[@aratibhuyan3310]

@@shinystar9217 yeahh that is true! But students (very few) who take arts only see fasion (or interior mostly) designing as a carrier option.

[@shinystar9217]

@@aratibhuyan3310 Not really lol Students who had taken arts mostly prepare for Civil service (UPSC) exam. Most probably they wanna become a civil servant rather than a fashion designer. If they won't make it for civil service then probably they'll opt for being a lecturer. Fashion designer can be their 3rd or 4th option to choose from

[@KeithBallardEdu]

You are correct regarding you observation. The greatest difference is that the Chinese students work a lot harder in school than students in the USA.

[@ruripapi]

@HEP old vid

[@bhavyakundu8201]

Good luck to the Chinese. Respect from India

[@adimentsu]

+Bhavya Kundu yes absolutely ... we need to respect other jobs too...i remember when i said i wanted to be a magazine editor and my aunt just pulled my ear and said.. u must become a doctor... now here i am an "architect" :D

[@bhavyasharma3224]

Mere naam ka pehla hai bhai tu 😅😅😅

[@Health_first_069]

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[@bhavyasharma3224]

@@Health_first_069 ohh bhai 🤩🤩

[@aratibhuyan3310]

@@adimentsu yes....we must give importance to other jobs too ;( arts jobs are looked down upon

[@adaption27]

7:12 "What do you wanna be when you grow up?" ....(His Answer) "I'm going to be a BOSS!!" Lmao. Spoken like true boss!!!

[@ethanlei1]

I was asked the same question when I was in the elementary school. I still remember i was nervous as hell when I had to answer the question in front of all my classmates, I didn't know what I want to be in life at that time. I was searching from my very limited vocabulary. and the only occupational word that I remembered was businessman. So I went by businessman. They answered your question with the few words they know. You can redo the survey ask them in Chinese. the turnout will be different.

[@aaronc235]

Keith Ballard: What do you want to be when you grow up? U.S. Kids: Soundcloud rappers

[@kneD-e]

Nice, but copied comment from other vedio

[@math_person]

I expected the Chinese students to be even more specific about their goals, even more doctors, engineers and scientists that India and already be winning olympiads, because Keith said he is particularly impressed by China. Now I understand what he meant. Their answers were more hollistic. A lot of them wanted to be writers, singers, dancers, teachers, firemen, journalists, etc. That was missing from India.

[@paulkersey2424]

I used to say - I just want to be a gangsta

[@criticalgod9]

Whenver i go out i asked kidz "wat do u wanna be?" I learned from this lesson to learn frm others 😂😂😂

[@fireworkunstoppable1830]

In India ,there is very tough competition In every field among students......

[@yashnirwan8436]

I like the way some of them say they are *going to be* instead of saying they *wanna be* .

[@shk00design]

A video like this just show there are many things we have in common. Kids on both sides of the ocean have many of the same dreams and aspirations. You don't expect kids to be a baseball player because the sport isn't popular in China. Otherwise wanting to be a scientists, teachers, firefighters isn't that unusual. The 1 thing that kept coming up over and over: there are over 1B Chinese and those in school are learning English. In America, on the other hand, very few people seem to be learning Mandarin.

[@madhavgopakumar8597]

You cant compare english and mandarin. English is a International language spoken in every corner of the world. Mandarin, is a beautiful language, but is only spoken in 2 countries.

[@shk00design]

You are right about English. Yes, Mandarin is an official language in just 2 countries (excluding Taiwan which is not recognized as a country) you only have China & Singapore using it as an official language. Based on numbers, Mandarin has many more speakers but the geographic reach is not very big like English, Spanish or Portuguese. You can say the same about Hindi / Russian. There are a lot of people speaking these languages but they are spoken in 1 or few countries.

[@Siddharth-zl1qe]

Reporter: what you wanna be when you grow up? Me: Happy!

[@KeithBallardEdu]

Could be but I am sure that many of these students will be successful. Compared to what I see in the USA as a teacher, the Chinese kids are light years ahead!

[@ritwikgaur1858]

Yes, it is because the top creme goes to USA..

[@charliefan677]

Really? So many kids wanted to be doctors. When I was in primary school, most of my classmates would like to be engineers or scientists.

[@piyushagarwal6219]

7:23 the best kid

[@indrajityadav4331]

Why is this blowing up after a decade lol 🤣😭?

[@dontsaymyname9441]

😂😂😂

[@math_person]

KZbin algorithms. Also, any video about India gets a lot of attention from Indians, driving the algorithms to recommend it further.

[@tsulu2002]

I think that what is lacking in many countries like Japan, US and other overly developed countries is that there is so much freedom to choose that we over burden our children with freedom of choice without the proper foundation. Moreover, in the US, there is little to no competion in the schools. Unless you are in a sport that allows for cut throat competition, you will never know what it is until you have graduated and try getting a job. The US job market is the best and VERY competitive.

[@sparshbhatia7596]

Nice to see that many of these kids want to be scientists, teachers and astronauts while in india science careers for people just means to become engineers and doctors

[@prajvalrao4871]

This seems much more varied compared to the India video

[@Ashlesh.....]

Ohh from India children are very less interested in Arts and sports. You will found mostly scientists, engineers and doctors.

[@harikrishnapatil7850]

Cause of school and family pressure nobody gets chance to persue career init

[@Oomsham]

A lot of my students in Korea want to be pilots, programmers, engineers, teachers, or pro-gamers. The jobs these kids want really shows what is important in their country. For example, the only way to get in or out of Korea is by airplane or ship. Korea also has large pro-gaming matches. Samsung, LG, Kia, Hyundai, etc. really push the engineer focus, and parents push for their kids to get the "best" education from an early age. There are many ways in which they waste resources and push their kids too hard, but I feel that they will work out the kinks in their system relatively quickly.

[@stephentsang2000]

In America, the kids would say "I wanna be a gangster." or "I wanna be a useless eater."

[@kneD-e]

"I wanna own a gun" or become a rapper

[@player95]

I think asking children what they want to be sometimes ruins there life .. :( .. kids should enjoy childhood ..not starting to worry about what to became .how much I can earn..but this didn't mean they shouldn't study...I used to say fighter pilot...but now I'm a developer ..that makes me think I'm loser...I did worked hard..didn't enjoyed my childhood now I miss what I leave behind ... ;(

[@KeithBallardEdu]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Unfortunately, your comments imply that you know it all. Regarding Chinese not being creative - even Bill Gates says that there is an evolution to everything and that China is evolving to a creative society. Sorry buddy, it is just a matter of time. Do the research and while your are at it - get over to China to see what is going on for yourself. You just might learn something new.

[@quanzhou528]

In fact, this is not their dreams because they only know these few words i think

[@becky8563]

it is true

[@charliefan677]

You can't compare your English education level back to your primary school than that of nowadays. In fact these kids master much more words than us at such a young age.

[@KeithBallardEdu]

I agree with you 100% !

[@lilige2001]

Just to tell u when a Chinese kid like me(I'm eleven and I just came to Singapore)sees a foreigner,she or he will be shocked and the don't know what to do or communicate.when a foreigner ask us questions like that,we only know simple words like doctor or singe or stuff like that.I'm from Dalian,China.

[@isha7372]

what do you want to be in life me : i just want to live

[@Nejjidragon]

One thing to consider in things like this is that it's not just what these kids want. In China, what a student studies is usually what their parents want them to be. From a young age many children are kind of "pre programed" concerning what they want to do. Not to say that every child parrots what their parents want, but the culture behind deciding a profession in China is very very different than it is in America.

[@yuluoxianjun]

7:15.he say he wanna to be a boss.lol

[@sai_3keerthana]

Same condition in India and China.

[@olivyif8457]

I wanna be a stewardess when I was little, but I wore glasses in middle school so I changed my goal to engineer. First engineering then management job later.

[@rabinrai9213]

if same qsn ask in nNepal their common asn is i want to b a driver

[@ShinAkuma]

hmm . wonder why there are so many doctors and engineers from India and china :/ They must have come out of textbooks too .

[@dr.nityasagarjena4512]

Very nice kids... I saw your Indian response first and next Chinese... I notice the doctor ... engineer.. is common... why the Chinese heads are bit confused...

[@bravo-6900]

India competition is far more severe I guess

[@Jnan._.]

So,it might be difficult here in India for students who deliberately wants to pass jee and neet whereas china goes easy on its students cause they don't want everyone to be a doctor or engineer. China is doing well tbh as you see a good ratio of arts to science being imparted at schools from quite early on unlike the way how India in elementary and high school neglects arts

[@clevercat1218]

@@Jnan._. bro i am Indian and I know Chinese education system is so hard even they end up in science field

[@alanmohan5852]

Li Li Ge1 year ago Just to tell u when a Chinese kid like me(I'm eleven and I just came to Singapore)sees a foreigner,she or he will be shocked and the don't know what to do or communicate.when a foreigner ask us questions like that,we only know simple words like doctor or singe or stuff like that.I'm from Dalian,China.

[@deepaksridhar5349]

these looked like prepared answers!

[@raghavdhyani5739]

in asian schools when you ask from teacher what can i become - doctor engineer astronaut what about something musical or dance no you can't

[@bossb9680]

No engineers in China?

[@aravindhkumar2012]

yes, you are right. I too have watched both the videos......:)

[@KeithBallardEdu]

These are simply observations.

[@Imancabistan]

Hi, I'm from SD. I went to CPHS. Have you read "The "Triple Package" by Amy Chua (her husband is co-author, but I forgot his name)?

[@KeithBallardEdu]

Yes - and they will take many service jobs in the future that normally might go to Americans. Remember - Business has choices and business is exercising their choices!!!!

[@quanzhou528]

LOL I want to be a DOTA

[@pranitmatkar7003]

why everyone what's to be doctor

[@KeithBallardEdu]

This is true but at least Chinese parents actually take an interest in their kids, where in America, a great majority of parents do not take any interest in their children. I see this everday teaching in the public schools!

[@paulkaikwonglee]

Thank you, Keith.

[@digantshetty06]

5:08 what he wanna be?

[@IGSTUDIO]

I came here after watching about ur India video......Btw i m india

[@digantshetty06]

7:34 He wants to be a N word teacher???😂😂😂

[@anubhav2207]

7:34 Was it just me or he just said the N word.

[@gilbert8156]

+Anubhav Bali neige means"that".

[@Karmeet23]

7:35 I want to be a nigga's teacher

[@klasta2167]

I like how no one said they want to be an engineer but in India, everyone wants to be an engineer lol

[@kingdomheartsx94]

nice. keep those dreams..!!

[@dr.nityasagarjena4512]

China has a better infrastructure in school than India... when I was in school.... no fan.. no desk... in most indian school the situation is still same....though we are improving.... but the passion for education is growing...that nice to see

[@kneD-e]

But the system hasn't changed :(

[@SachinSharma-lz1py]

bro,you are talking about the old schools now everything has changed even in small villages the government school has fan,desk and toilet.

[@kneD-e]

@@SachinSharma-lz1py yeah but can't deny the fact that China still has a better infrastructure

[@SachinSharma-lz1py]

@@kneD-e come to new delhi bro

[@kneD-e]

@@SachinSharma-lz1py I know I live In Delhi NCR, and I also know that Government schools of Delhi have been improved so much, but still other than Delhi and some other states there are many other schools in India that are not good, In Delhi it's because of the Capital of India, And I am not criticizing Indian Schools, I am just saying that schools in China are much more better

[@unboxingbaba9599]

In China everybody wants to be teacher

[@doubdouber1124]

A possible limitation of this in a research stand point is that the answers tend to be biased by the students' English vocabulary.:)

[@math_person]

Do you mean the first set of words the Indian and Chinese kids learn are doctors, engineers, cardiologists, aeronautics, and software?

[@KitanKate]

I want to be a foster carer

[@Piineapple.]

"HELLO YOU WANT TO BE A DOCTOR"

[@jeevan554]

Man why do u have less subscribers when u have good content

[@KitanKate]

They tell him what they want to be so he repeats them...

[@the18Ting]

come on, u know that some of them didn't mean it...they said "teacher" or "doctor" just because they couldn't think of other job-title vocabularies

[@ashokbabuasp]

@3.01 I am going to be a doctor...wow.

[@kumar94ful]

i watch both of Indian and Chinese video. south Indian easily beat Chinese badly in English.

[@trusfratedbunny2215]

& then make pickle with that English...coz it's not standard to measure anyone's intelligence level in anyway...It just shows how We r still not free from colonial gulaami mindset!

[@wintry636]

Ah yes english dosen't matter much in china

[@nihilistPenguinz]

I want to be a what teacher??🤣 Did he say nigga teacher?. 😶

[@vtwinv5280]

kids i think "i just want to make whole lot of money" is the best answer.

[@9000andOver]

YOU WANNA BE A DOCTOR, GOOD JOB!

[@scjlwg]

they only know 10 career names by English. so doctor, teacher, businessman are high frequency words

[@amzadansari4145]

7:35 I want to be a nigga teacher did I heard right ???

[@amzadansari4145]

7:22 that is me at the age of 20

[@KeithBallardEdu]

MK - I think the game is over! ALL GREAT empires decline. The US is just declining at a much faster rate than previous empire's.

[@physicsonly]

That one kid *I'm going to be a BOSS* legend 😂

[@klasta2167]

Did he just say nig*a teacher? 💀 7:35

[@Bhandarikame]

Johnny sins: i want to be all

[@sdsdj626]

Primary school students' English is not good，he wrong word or incorrect pronunciation can turn a simple misunderstanding，so they choose "doctor "or teacher".but Senior high school students have good learning ability and presentation skills are required

[@KeithBallardEdu]

sorry - you need to get over there and see what is going on - these kids mean what they say and if you see how they study in school it will be a reality for them !

[@ayushpainuly4530]

chinese teacher is a difficult job

[@Nejjidragon]

Yes, parents do need to take more of an interest in America. Other expats and I often said that the ideal educational system lies somewhere right in the middle between America and China. Chinese schools place far too much pressure on students to succeed while American schools don't quite put enough, and parents do need step it up, but not to the point that Chinese parents do. There's something to be said for encouraging creativity and independence, two major things Chinese students lack.

[@aiaiaa]

They are cute

[@troyroberts4196]

what do you want to be in life, a prison inmate.

[@commanderhawkins5950]

LOL so many said "Doctor!"

[@samgaddameedi0077]

I also want to be ah ah ah ah ah ah ah 🤣🤣

[@alanmohan5852]

Have you ever taught English as a foreign language? It seems you need a translator... Having the kids repeat themselves isn't good. A true capitalization 17 years teaching in my eyes without empathy... I just posted aprove

[@scorpionchen1359]

always being pushed by their teachers

[@ethanlei1]

lmfao. Do I wanna argue with you? Do I wanna waste my time?

[@Babumoshai..]

Not much different than india

[@JagroopSK1]

It's actually tougher

[@Babumoshai..]

@@JagroopSK1 i am talking about answers kid's in india will give you same answers if you asked them what they want be or what career they will choose they will say doctor engineer scientist or civil services no one will say i want to be a musician a dancer or sportsman

[@sarababe1234]

chinese must work on their English :)

[@alisagailor8140]

These students live in China and it doesn't take a genius to realize that main language in China, and the most commonly spoken language in the world, is Mandarin not English so they certainly don't have to be fluent in English. Maybe you should learn their language to understand them better instead of judge their pronunciation :)

[@deepamurthy7105]

How rude ? English is not everywhere..!!

[@Shailendra077]

Why!!!

[@吕世文]

POOR english...

[@stimsWonderland]

keith will you stop embarassing yourself and other kids? you say they are the future of the planet and then they have even more delusions of grandeur causing them to fixate on things which might not necessarily improve their lives and communities. Everyone wants to be a rocket scientist...