Why Elon Musk Built a School for His Kids

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[@Dipole__]

Just found out that Elon Musk just donated $5 million to Khan Academy. Khan really helped me learn a lot of things back in the days. I thought i wouldn't love this man any further!

[@pedrorequio5515]

Wow, I too learned a lot from Khan Academy, these days one can learn so much online. I am not so negative on formal education, it's not as good for creativity, but it is needed, those spaceX rockets weren't built by drop outs, something's from control, propulsion(I terribly dislike fluid dynamics it's very hard) and Mechanics are just things that you have to learn, there is no shortcut. Now in the area of Software it doesn't matter, the basics are too simple and the hard part can't be thought it's about strategy and creativity, so it can't be forced genuine interest is needed. But the first principles is in conflict with the idea formal education is not needed because it requires fundamental insight. The first years of school are a waste probably in his eyes, I don't know the US but here science isn't a big part of the curriculum, instead focused on doctrine. But I feel social skill are important, I lack them big time and I feel it has a bigger effect my overall abilities than anything else. The first principles was always my way of work I feel that understanding the problem is sometimes harder than the actual solution. And now as an engineering student It is definitely true, often the solution is behind some technic or algorithm, the real problem is to transform the problem into something to feed those.

[@harshittomar4919]

@@pedrorequio5515 That's what he doesn't like, he's been struggling with social skills and wants nobody to struggle with them😑😑

[@dagaming2389]

@@harshittomar4919 Bro, but if he has the potential of doing things he feels best for his guys, then who are you all to speak like this 😒

[@harshittomar4919]

@Ramen Lover He can't in the US 😢 (he's born in South Africa)

[@NationalAeronauticsSpaceAdmin]

My mom forces me to do khan lol

[@NP1066]

I wish he created a whole network of schools like that. That could revolutionize education entirely. Imagine millions of children learning like that. That would've truely prepared the human race to an inter-planetary age.

[@shnaxo5630]

Yeah

[@rudrajitdey2910]

You wont find enough teachers who will support this.

[@sudheerhaneefa1584]

Be the change u wish to see in the world

[@tarikasukdeoa4334]

Like I know SA will be up for it

[@Hyperbugler]

@@rudrajitdey2910 I support this as a teacher myself, and just anecdotal evidence, most teachers I know support this or something similar to this. Part of the problem is a good education system is not a one size fits all, which is compounded by massive class sizes where teachers can not realistically meet individual needs of students. Schools like Ad Astra, Brightworks, Sudbury Schools, Democratic Schools and other alternative educations have their own successes and failures as well. What would be better for education is having a network of public schools each with different styles of learning, so that students can find/or be guided to the best fit for them at that time.

[@20_percent]

Elon Musk Mentality: "I don't like our schools, I'll make my own." "I don't like our cars, I'll make my own." "I don't like our rockets, I'll make my own." "I don't like our highways, I'll make my own." "I don't like our energy companies, I'll make my own." "I don't like our planet, I'll go to another one."

[@chakradharchakka9921]

Superb

[@Obscurai]

You forgot, "I don't like our banks (Paypal), and phone directories."

[@chewinggum5550]

@@themiddlelayer he already did

[@20_percent]

@@themiddlelayer 😂😂find yourself a new one

[@jackxiao9702]

"I'll make my own casino! With black jack, and hookers!"

[@thelonercoder5816]

Musk is literally always ahead of the curve. He'll def be in history books 50-100 years from now lol.

[@collincovid6950]

Not ahead of the curve, but is straight, and so gets things done. He will indeed go down as the greatest individual of this century

[@prakash_77]

History Books in the future?

[@mariomario-ih6mn]

Yeah

[@Nanami_X_Higurama]

If not he'll forever be immortalized in the world of *internet* ✨✨

[@chirilcugureanu1853]

Not necessarily in history books, but as the best entrepreneur ever in economic writings

[@Rain2H0]

My parents always told me the same thing, "That's just how it is" and it bothered me so much. I am so glad that Elon Musk is taking a step towards the right direction.

[@innovationtalk3734]

yes.

[@ErikDaGreat]

I fucking hate that phrase

[@arunkumartv6262]

It's important to put critical thinking in children. It also important to know about society.. empathy.. literature is the key for that. So it's important to teach literature too.

[@deveshgupta8192]

Exactly

[@meenoomeenoo4578]

Literature will be like a passe-temps at Ad Astra.

[@tosemusername]

What do you mean?

[@rabbitazteca23]

ikr. I went to highschool with a similar set up. After elementary I got the chance to attend a vocational school wherein we were taught subjects that are closely related to what we want to pursue in college. SO if you had chosen engineering, you'd be learning a lot of maths and sciences and absolutely no literature and Arts...in this case, Musk is doing that but even earlier. I am not so sure if it is a good idea, but I guess only the results will show.

[@skyward7903]

@@rabbitazteca23 tbh I would like the kids to develop their literature and language skills too. Literature and history is just as important as a human being in society as the sciences. Idk but I always find it weird when parents dont get the kids into reading at a young age. Reading books makes you think so differently. Truly a word where no opinion is the ultimate.

[@varaprasadperchalla2453]

This is what I call learning for the future.

[@skypie5374]

To infinity and beyond! 🚀

[@_AValerio]

I hope they also teach personal finance at some point! Taxes, better money habits, savings accounts, investing etc.

[@lsudo]

Probably never until Elon comes to the track

[@evm6177]

Powerful people (govt & academic policy makers) prefer to have you ignorant of most of that.

[@prateekpanwar646]

Govt wants crowd to be idiot and dumb about stocks else everyone would buy one and will get rich. At the end they want capitalism to happen and govt, big business people support it

[@onelove7069]

I think Elon's school might be promoting a whole new economic system! Crypto-currencies etc. He seems to be pretty good with money himself, so a good example. Knowing in what to invest in all aspects. Such as the future of our planet, resources, technology that will help sustain and grow etc

[@jelena4211]

Once I asked the math teacher how the functions are applied and where. And I said I felt, in order to fully understand, I needed to understand connection to real life. But instead of giving me the answer she shamed me for asking it and told me not everything has to be applied.

[@Bobby-lv2kr]

and sometimes you get an extremely complex answer which usually doesn't even mean anything

[@ba-dum-tss9169]

This man is like a fictional protagonists but he's real and his goals are real one of a kind

[@mariacheebandidos7183]

the irony about this "dropped out of college narrative" the examples they often use (gates and jobs) don't encourage it and sent their own kids to the best schools. they always use the handful of examples who succeeded despite dropping out, not the millions who didn't fare so well because they dropped out.

[@hamham577]

True. They excelled at a newly coming up field that one could argue didn't require years of study then. That's not the case for science fields and medical fields. Plus even tech fields, like designing requires regular college degree. And last but not the least, Elon is in a managerial/ administrative position. He employs other specialists in the field for his results.

[@arnoldjaymecomparativo711]

Here in the Philippines Mod of tycoons ang billionaires and millionaires are college drop or not even gradua ed in secondary or primary school,they become rich for being in advance thinking to go in business, star ung from a small capital,like Henry Sy, Gokongwei,Lucio Tan and many more,in most of the moneyed person was the one vending in public market, street smart,peedling their crops

[@l1mbo69]

@@hamham577 I don't think musk disregards those with degrees, but rather everyone else disregards those without degrees (dropouts). Musk doesn't discriminate simply on basis of degree but on ability, which just so happens to have a good correlation with college degrees

[@sophiagonzales8974]

@@arnoldjaymecomparativo711 Yeah but come on we can't even encourage that mindset further in the Philippines you can't get a normal job without going to college here even someone with the most useless degrees can get a job which proves something. The only college dropouts here are businessmen but even if you do business you got to be really creative to the point you can dropout of college. In other countries at least you can finish high school education and get a job immediately or internships unlike here most of the internships are for college students unless a high school student would agree with working in customer service. If Deped created a Grade 11-12 curriculum that employers have trust with none of this will happen and going to college would feel optional than required.

[@sophiagonzales8974]

@@hamham577 Your point there is on spot the examples mostly mentioned were non existent, I'd say go to college if you need a degree that requires theories abd don't go to college when you want to pursue something out of creativity. I've always hear that advice my problem is where I live there aren't a lot of job opportunities for those who are fresh out of high school.

[@leroyonuoha]

“Not to mention many successful people dropped outta college, like bill gates and Steve jobs” Bill dropped outta Harvard😭😭

[@rajadhirajmaharaj]

@Aadi Ringay the important thing is what the fuck you do after dropping out... if u have better things to do which pays you more than what college degree is worth, then srely u should drop out..

[@calicofishy]

@@rajadhirajmaharaj Of course. But many teenagers/young adults hear too often that school is not important, and that rich and successful people drop out of school, and so they think that if they drop out of school simply because they don't like studying, they will be just as successful (if not more) than their peers who stayed in school, which is not true at all because most don't have a legitimate plan.

[@gracie7212]

@@calicofishy Exactly. The minute you drop out you must have an organized plan of what you are going to do with your time and who is going to help you or how you are going to help yourself, which many dropouts do not have.

[@rajadhirajmaharaj]

@@calicofishy yes

[@rajadhirajmaharaj]

@@gracie7212 mostly, people are influenced by substance abuse.

[@eherrmann01]

That was the slickest segues into a paid promotion I've seen in a long time, good job!

[@themintytoaster273]

Just about to comment this! This channel is amazing, I’ve always been impressed with their content and how they smoothly introduce their sponsor.

[@DerCrafter]

I didn't see them bc i use the SponsorBlock extension lol

[@bardosthodolworks]

I'm so happy someone else noticed that lol

[@Ken_sky]

It literally took me a while to realize that they stopped talking about Musk and that it was an ad because of how smooth the transition was lmao

[@acommonman7950]

I was today years old when I learned 'segue' isn't spelled 'segway'.

[@cold7564]

Best narrator in history. It’s fair to say you giving the National Geographic narrator competition.

[@IsMaski]

Elon is a man of values. He continuesly follows them and it allows him to do what he loves. The raging fire and passion in him to make things work is truly admirable. He is doing as much as he can to save this planet and humanity..

[@willlathrop9502]

Videos are getting better and better! Great job Cindy.

[@davidmacphee8348]

I can't wait for Cindy to get her first KZbin Award!

[@TheLastCodebender]

Funny coincidence: I was just randomly reading about Ad Astra two days ago and you released this video now!

[@master-ik9ro]

Haha Google knows everything bro

[@davidedemasi4424]

there's little coincidence hahah

[@TheLastCodebender]

@@partlycloudy2526 It is a coincidence because I didn't get this video recommended to me. I am already a subscriber so I found it in my subscriptions tab

[@ZameerHJ]

All I know is it’s going to be crazy when the first humans land on Mars in a SpaceX rocket... it’s like the culmination of a dream. Hope this school expands. More kids need this type of education.

[@Greenlight535]

That ad transition was deceptively smooth.

[@accsub8646]

Wooww.. She explained it beautifully and how smoothly she shifted to the sponsor. Of course I have seen her doing it earlier in other video, but this is the smoothest I feel. Way to go Cindy!!

[@Mbuso_A_Nkosi]

Duuuuude 👌🏾

[@barbaralynnjoy3840]

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for for my grandson. I don’t want him wasting his time in regular schools

[@secretlyamonkey]

I’m going nuts, you look exactly like my grandmother

[@gibbishgiggles]

You are a great grandparent ❤ (not pun intended😂)

[@jamestnov41945]

Good day Cindy. Another informative presentation thank you.

[@user-xb2kw2qy3d]

I wish my ADHD self attended something like this I would be way more successful now instead of doubting my ability

[@RK-mp4gm]

The videos keep getting better and better every time you upload. Keep up the great work, Cindy!

[@SHABSOL]

Elon Musk should start these schools commercially so other kids can benefit from the same amazing education system

[@TheHellFlower1]

As a homeschooling mother doing it for the same reasons as Elon founded Ad Astra, I agree wholeheartedly.

[@Bobby-lv2kr]

@@TheHellFlower1 But the problem is where would you place all those geniuses? I am sure Elon will never make it for everyone.

[@TheHellFlower1]

@@Bobby-lv2kr Maybe you have some ideas?

[@Cyclops0000]

School should always cover the basics, teach WHY something is important and encourage critical and creative thinking. If this means skipping some specific topics that's fine because the kids will have the tools to investigate and understand themselves.

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[@brycegrounds476]

Hi

[@tomasmicek2306]

@@brycegrounds476 hi

[@ristoreipas21]

@@tomasmicek2306 hi

[@skm8838]

Hi

[@goodstuff7375]

Hi

[@amarbal7095]

Woaw woaw woaw !!......i didnt realize theres a sponsor's plug in the end the transition was that flawless.

[@dylanwhite3383]

Sounds like my time in middle school

[@sayyamzahid7312]

I live in Karachi Pakistan and I like your comment

[@dylanwhite3383]

@@sayyamzahid7312 thanks and i never went to high school because they didn't put me in my right grade

[@brijeshsamal7035]

@@dylanwhite3383 that’s sad

[@feuersterngaming6002]

I really hope that sometime, hopefully very soon, the school systems will be reworked. In my country, Germany, we students learn so much in school which we will probably won't need later. I'd love to learn something about engineering and rocketry, but I can't learn it in school, I have to teach it myself via the internet. Like in the US, we also don't learn the "why will you need this later in life?" That means school is very unmotivating and boring, especially now during lockdown.

[@smf7269]

You are right.

[@ariana-fe9mn]

ur right too. In my country, Peru, have the same school system and for example, I learning about things that are not necessary for life. I want what one day this type of system will be changed to other better.

[@colorfulflowers574]

because schools are made to make employees so thats why

[@janardanpatowary6072]

The transition to the sponsorship part was very smooth though!!

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Now this...this is a school I would’ve loved to have gone to.👌🏼 This is the way to go. Once again, Elon has done it right. Here’s hoping it all goes well again once lockdown is over in the States.

[@prakash_77]

Awesome video Cindy! Love the fact that you don't try to prolong the video unnecessarily.

[@BlackBitsBananas]

When I asked “why” in public school I was always told I ask too many questions. I very much remember asking why and always getting scolded or not getting an answer

[@edn570]

Amazing man on our planet 😊😊

[@Nanami_X_Higurama]

A smooth ad transition as always Cindy , Bravo 🙌 !!

[@ChrisBrengel]

I had a friend at college who had gone to a hypermodern high school with no grades. He found it incredibly difficult to fit into a traditional college. For some people a school with no grades might be great, but I think not for most people.

[@glkglkglkglk9193]

Love your videos Cindy , keep 'em coming..

[@michelbruns]

"degrees dont matter" (although we still require you to have a bachelor, master is preferred tho"

[@eyeborg3148]

He doesn’t care but his HR most certainly does lol

[@kavoya]

Idk about soaceX, but Tesla dosent require any degree

[@michelbruns]

@@kavoya thats what they, or any major company for that matter tell you, just go to teslas careers page and every engineering job etc. requires a degree or even "master preferred"

[@burgerburger3626]

@@michelbruns hell naw if you undertook very challenging projects and keep on striving to innovate then they'll take you in without a degree it's just that coincidentally achieving these things isn't easy at all without a degree

[@michelbruns]

@@burgerburger3626 after 10 years of experince yes, and how do you get those? With a degree

[@bonburn]

Whenever I learn something, I think about whether the stuff I'm learning is applicable or not. If it's not applicable, I wouldn't learn more than I need to on that topic but instead, I would learn something more useful. (I am homeschooled, so I can do that)

[@topdog5252]

Nice interview: awesome vid cause of that. Keep doing these real interviews there are many channels who just put inches over commentary but the interview rlly made it more clearly real and unique.

[@glitchs3an707]

Your channel is growing fast! At this rate you will have a million subscribers before the end of 2021! Keep it up❤️

[@alephnull6785]

Elons school is the best 100 years from now I want school systems to be like this

[@pebre79]

Nice. Thanks for posting

[@aglan]

I want a school like this when I was a kid so amazing!!

[@dirkkruisheer]

Your approach is quite unique! I enjoy it and learn a lot from it in the process.

[@jackeroo75]

Awesome job! Keep it up!

[@MoneyMindsetM]

He don't want his kids to read something that is not Practical!

[@Quotesandfacts1]

Then his chirdren will never know about E=mc2.becouse it's pure theoretical science

[@finleyh8118]

Thank you cindy how are you today, I am a huge fan of elon musk and he inspires me I love to learn about him...

[@robertlinder6414]

When I need to interview a person, I ask them a problem. But I am not interested in the solution , I am interested on processes that was used to get the solution.

[@klvncruger7413]

best video and best advertisement......well done

[@jasonstupak4535]

Watched and liked, thanks!

[@onkarmore8392]

Got to know about many new things today. I am really glad that I randomly watched this video 😄.

[@seansola6708]

This is top tier Journalism Cindy Pom.

[@skm8838]

Thank you Cindy! Good for Elon!

[@hk7349]

Great Video, Thanks

[@daniiiielw2002]

Your so good at transitioning sponsors lol, I'll watch it just because how good you sneaked it in

[@askaryambus]

Darn, that advertisement plug at the end was smooth...

[@joekim4345]

really enjoy your vids! just subscribed!

[@__Sina]

Bro I go to school study for the next test and when am done I forget everything I just do it for the letter grade caz it feels good to have an A. School doesn’t teach me how to survive in this world or how to get a job or even a home like when I finish school am gonna be so clueless....

[@warsin8641]

I love the lofi 💙

[@naroao6820]

Wow good job 👍 God bless you ❤️❤️

[@done4482]

I wouldn’t want my kids to go to Ad Astra but because I think a lot more schools should be taught in this fashion! It’s great! It makes learning fun and teaches children how to be creative and HOW TO THINK for themselves vs teachers telling them WHAT TO THINK!

[@Shmevin]

nice work on the video. i was wondering how long does it take you to make one video?

[@Terrakol]

1:02 Meanwhile Genshin Impact players: Ad Astra Abyssosque

[@ginabinaterry7659]

THIS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE, CAUSE EACH PERSON'S LEARNS AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL. SOME THINGS WE LEARN THINGS WE DON'T USE.

[@PaperDragons]

The segue to the sponsor was so smooth I was kinda offended... still thinking I was being informed about the story.

[@sembutininverse]

awesome 👍🏻

[@thetaas251]

All childrens deserve a better school system ..

[@raykewin3608]

Fine work.

[@YouChube3]

Love this so much

[@michelbruns]

his kids have very nice names, not kidding, xavier, kai, nevada, all very nice names

[@rolandb.1866]

and then there is X Æ A-12

[@samuraijosh1595]

@@rolandb.1866 Yeah, his kid is going to face a lot in life.....

[@extremeguy967]

I'm a bit skeptical, I know that I would have avoided algebra like the plague at such a school, in the end I would have lagged basic skills. Depends on how "ability" affects the curriculum here.

[@sophiagonzales8974]

I'm kinda skeptical as well because of how much projects that aren't good past the planning stage such as the Hyperloop and some youtubers made something better than Elon himself.

[@mr.visitor2947]

Her transition into ad sponsorship @ the end was smoooth as.

[@timeupmag]

I love you Cindy Pom... you've taught me so much

[@joachimtheboss5326]

I would genuinely give up my "friends" and family here to go to that school

[@brijeshsamal7035]

Family? Are they that cruel to you?

[@samuraijosh1595]

@@brijeshsamal7035 Yes, some are just that cruel to their kids. I wouldn't exactly leave my entire family but just my father. But that would happen only if my mom and brother agree to leave my dad.... 😥😥😥

[@brijeshsamal7035]

@@samuraijosh1595 That's very sad.

[@yeshukakitchen11]

because he doesnt like to see his kids being bullied by over smart wannabees in school like he once went through

[@coldxushi]

i would love to learn like that.

[@n1njastar_56]

Is no one going to talk about how smooth the transition into the promotion was

[@PassportGaming]

Quality content

[@Tinjinladakh]

He's doing so great things to people, earth and humanity in space. I can't belive still people criticised of him only bcoz he's billionare and hate, false comment from media. We love you elon

[@aqeelraja4750]

Exactly. Then they just call u a musk fanboy just for liking him.

[@koushikduttarai81]

And don't think he will give you for free

[@Ashish-ss5nt]

But why he created neuralink.

[@aqeelraja4750]

@@Ashish-ss5nt because it’s testing new technologies with the mind.

[@deathnote4171]

Normally people think (many times without any research or evidence)that billionaires are evil people yet they themselves want be rich And I have watch and talked with Elon musk haters most of the time They're really Ignorant about basic things of his life or companies works

[@c8Lorraine1]

I’m a traditionally trained teacher, who never liked the system. When my son was born, I decided not to Send him to school. I taught him how to read and write then I encouraged him to explore . Now an adult he continues to see learning as an adventure. Not all children flourish in an unstructured environment however, we must recognise those who need an open learning experience to thrive and provide more opportunities and resources for them

[@samanthacezanne1644]

I love the name of the school.

[@Dr.Kraig_Ren]

Damn it he thinks absolutely like me!! I am also an introvert and Intelligent in literally all the things. I am a Neurologist.

[@holivimongzar4597]

U give us vry good education. I cant thank you enough... Lots of love from India...again we love to here more about financial education too and I think that will be awesome....

[@IP1995IP]

This is what I always wondered in high school and beyond. We're doing xyz, but we're not told why, nor is there any emphasis given on putting it into practice.

[@claireglory]

definitely like an algorithm with so many factors in it.

[@incessanttoil9902]

00:40 ..thz is a more prb that every student on earth is facing..😥

[@itsmemax23]

Yeah, if I was a billionaire, I wouldn't either send my kids to learn with those normal kids.

[@villageremeralduwu8970]

He just didn’t want his kids to get bullied like he did. Also, he wanted a kind environment for them to grow up in!

[@za_izhar]

The second you know its the sponsor part you have already watched it...damnn!

[@kimin7633]

The sponsor transition was clean....

[@sciencetoday4431]

Well, he is a visionary guy and now he wants to revolutionalize the education system...

[@rexintonegamers]

In school I hated our education and then I joined college I started hating my life

[@commonman9782]

Relate bro

[@vijaysabarish9600]

lol

[@JoseMedina-vr7sl]

Keep it up! Love Elon and his first principle thinking, it changed the way I look at problems

[@user-np3ub7pu6z]

Quality videos 👍

[@souhardyakundu4120]

5:10

[@vinaypatel9255]

studying in ad Astra school just dream for me , I wish I can study there

[@spyder6000]

Thats the real learning I agree

[@brycegrounds476]

0:37 Elon’s right on that but what is he wrong at

[@sayyamzahid7312]

I live in Karachi Pakistan and I like your comment

[@brycegrounds476]

@@sayyamzahid7312 thank you pal