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Something I have always noticed when training new employees, they learn more and faster by doing it hands-on as opposed to giving them a manual and tell them to read.
this is exactly what I was when I was still in school. I often cut class and discarded everything ive learned because no one taught me what they are useful for.
@@desk-kun2366 school people are idiots ..... just not telling where to use that all that info/stuffs but still we have to just memorize that useless stuffs
He's absolutely right. It is far more important to have the skills to learn than to learn specific things. To have and to maintain curiosity is one of the biggest assets anyone can have.
Well Said. Curiosity means asking questions about everything. I made my gf so messed up that she has to leave me. Because I was asking so many questions. She got tired of me.
@@aek12 Question is actually a quest to find out the why,make discovery and seek a better way to the how and improve the what. This could be felt and seen in the passion, enthusiasm,desire and compassion of the seeker. It is not an intellectual abeit an FBI themed exercise. The innocence or purity of a child's curiosity is a beauty to behold.
Fifty years ago my dad told me that if I wanted to learn I should go buy the books and study them! He said anyone that’s worthy will learn the material and be much better for it! However I told him no corporation will hire someone claiming they are an engineer if they don’t have a degree. My dad was a self-made engineer and was renowned as one. I am retired now but I was a Senior Advanced Engineer for a major corporation. I’m am glad Elon is of the same mindset as my dad!!!
I had a lot of friends that went to college and came out ruined. I passed on the idea. We were having a technical problem, with a cryogenic valve. The man that designed it had taken the classes he needed to learn what he was doing and didn't care about grades. That guy was amazing. I survived the entire Shuttle program too.
The reason I quit School when I was 15. I learned more after I quit by reading,observing and participating in subjects that I took interest in. No biased Teachers only caring for the education of students they like. Everything seemed forced with no real freedom of choice.
Yeah me too, School is too much of a structure for me, and even the standards of the education for our country is quite low that I'd be better off learning with the best equalizer of all. The internet. I also need to point out the fact that school does not teach creativity, which is a valuable trait that every innovative inventor should have. People in school who are in the autistic spectrum will inevitable suffer in school because it does not fit their way of learning and just as I said in the beginning school is too much of a structure for them, but don't get me wrong some people need help in managing themselves and once can confidently do it on their own then they can venture into the real world.
Iam also a 14 yr old boy who is planning to quit school somehow,,and im ,,reading,,learning,,self teaching and doing my own projects,,i guess we are all on the same track,happy to see some of the ppl like me than a bunch of robots in school 😅 so , i feel like ppl like us should unite for better innovative world 🙂,,so shall we stay in contact using discord, or telegram groups? 😀 whats your opinion? Iam intrested in Innovative tech development by the way 🙂
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This is how I learned AutoCAD and other CAD programs. My first employer gave me an old computer with AutoCAD and Vectorworks installed on it and said "Go learn them...play around with it." It took me about two months before he was able to give me actual work to do. Fast forward a little over 20 years, and I now produce Architectural and Structural Engineering drawings both privately and Freelanced to one of our leading Engineering firms. Funny enough, other than English and Basic Math, I have had no need for any of the other subjects I was taught in school.
Learnt the programming language PHP recently. Did a project without knowing nothing and finished 4 weeks later knowing a majority of the core concepts. Learning by doing is the quickest way to learn anything.
Q. "What's the difference between a pupil, a student, and a scholar ?" A. "A pupil gets taught everything in details with no curriculum choices. A student gets taught a lot but has to do some foraging and they have some curriculum choices. A scholar gets taught nothing, they have to do all their own foraging, and they make their own curriculum." A new born baby is a scholar, and in the next 18 months they learn their language on their own, with scant effort made to teach them...
When I entered kindergarten I could already read and write on almost a fifth grade level because my mother took to time to teach me. I only enjoyed STEM Classes. I retired as Chief of Advanced Engineering. To this day I only read and study STEM.
I see this happening in my sons' schools. They are taught math concepts which appear useless and study history that seems also useless. But I agree with Musk that students are not taught "why" they are learning something. When my kids get frustrated now, I explain to them what the purpose of the assignment/task is, what the curriculum is trying to teach, to provide some context. Hopefully, this makes the learning more relevant and motivates them to continue working with the material. Education needs to be reformed to explain why, not just the what of learning.
If there’s one thing I think would pinpoint the difference between Elon and other billionaires like bill gates or Jeff bezos, it would be his thoughtfulness and compassion towards humanity.
This is why I started homeschooling my daughter when she was in 4th grade and developed a program for parents that hate the public school system but are overwhelmed with the idea of homeschooling. Elon Musk inspires me as much as my kids do and be better.
I love the way Elon thinks.. I think the same way! Typical education removes motivation to pay attention and enjoy. I love learning new things, and the easiest way to learn is when the learning is driven by a need-to-know, or a curiosity.
One reason I hated math was I just couldn't understand for the life of me how those abstract combinations of numbers and letters were relevant to anything. That really killed my curiosity and motivation to learn it.
@@jm8143 I am in no way discrediting Math. Mathematics in my opinion is the Queen of science. I just commented on how back then I couldn't see math in practical way and the methods of teachers didn't help either !
When I learned algebra, the teacher couldn't give an example of when I'd use it. I'm an accountant who uses algebra in excel sheets. I've used algebra during quilting. Real life applications matter.
One reason I loved mathematics at school was that it was not tied down to real life scenarios, it was absolute fun solving puzzles that had no messy real life cases :)
I love the part how Elon uses the concept of computing, programming, or any technology principles to use it as an analogy of how he explain his explanation.
"Why are students being taught" something was always a mystery to me as a student. I once asked a physics teacher how long a flash of light would bounce around in a mirror lined box, and he threw me out of the class.
So far in my life with struggle and lack of mentorship there are a lot of things I can look back on and wish I hadn't been influenced at all by our traditional school systems and its very encouraging to have someone like Musk out there be able to inspire young and old generations to follow their dreams and show its okay to step out of the matrix so to speak.
I am seriusly having to unlearn the traditional mindset that I received both from school and in an even more stifling measure from family influence. That mindset as failed me. What Musk is saying makes far more sense.
I read somewhere that college education is just a document that shows a student attended classes on a "somewhat" regular basis and successfully passed tests. The real education begins when they begin working in their chosen field.
Exactly what I thought. High school math was never something appealing to me until one day I had to do something involved with what I learned. And chemistry - when I finally figured out how to get rid of the stain on my clothes, or when I start aging and want to buy something really useful for my wrinkles. I'm taking time re-learning them because I finally see how useful they could be. Back when I was young, I was more interested in language and social acience and psychology - because I wanted to attract that super handsome british exchange boy in the next class 😂 It was a very practical motivation/method to learn English, geography, history, and psychology.
I struggled with the lack of context in my lessons throughout school. It makes it so difficult for kids, especially those who need a greater mental challenge.
@@PapaTrice360 yep. I overthank so much I lost interest in school because of how fast they move on to a different topic without explaining the context.
Ban: mandatory school, gov control over education and curriculum, hsd and ged requirements, public school, directly tax funding schools. Let kids learn job skills and work instead. individual learning customize to kids wants
Yes learning is merely reading about procedures and familiarizing your self with the tools to create or to disassemble anything Elon is so intelligent I love this man he's a great insperation and get a head to the thinking person that wants to learn
There was a time when I did not know if I feared Elon or was his biggest fan. The more I listen to him the more I admire his this thought processes and presentation. I may not agree with everything he says but for me that’s the point. He is very engaging. The world needs more Elons.
I totally agree with his statement that the most useful part of higher education being the first two years. Looking back at my time spent pursuing a bachelors degree seemed to be demonstrating the law of diminishing returns at years 3 and more so at year 4. Many times I thought to myself that I should’ve dropped out at year 3 because the opportunity cost became too much by finishing.
Reformation of school's education is at an all time necessity. Too much fruitless information is being obtained through social media & schooling. Unless the individual fully understands what information they are pursuing it is no different from mindlessly being brainwashed & having all creative learning be obsolete. To learn with a passion is a gift.
I love the sound of his voice and how he's always quick to respond. He's so many things in one body. I've learned a lot from this human being. I'll continue to seek his knowledge!
It all sounds so simple but the fundamentals of your background and drive from your parents play a huge role in success. Elon was lucky his mother is Canadian and his father a genius, it does help.
@@iche9373 I don’t think there is any superiority to Canadian culture. At least that’s my understanding of ethnocentrism from my intro to sociology class in college.
I didn't like school at all i never tired, i didn't do homework or listen. Now i love learning, I'm a self employed plumber and now learning programming and reading up on maths/algorithms etc to help me and i really enjoy it and may potentially do a career change if i keep it up.
I totally agree ....schools colleges limit the knowledge intake...like u've to complete the particular syllabus sometime they don't even tell the front and back of it....but when u make yourself know to the masive knowledge available, u research nd understand the whole meaning of the given syllabus nd it's limit then the syllabus ultimately starts to make sense ...this is my experience!
Totally agree with everything Elon had to say about learning. The main purpose of college educators is to teach people how to learn, and how to think critically. And yes, the "why" is extremely important to motivate learning.
How could one hate on this man? He clearly is a genius and getting misjudged so badly. He has dedicated his life to better humanity, and the only things people do is slowing his work every day. He is the best engineer/businessman of our times, and I am grateful to see him do his thing every day. Love Elon, wish him only the best.
Thats one of the reason I went to school for Engineering Technology because we had hands on project classes and not so much hardcore engineering theory. Today I have my own engineering consultation. Thanks Mom she knew this years ago.
The whole education system should be structured to do things that we need to live our lives- grow food, car mechanics, carpentry, budgeting, social skills- like practical things and each grade level increases the difficulty skill. After that anyone would have all the practical intelligence to learn and figure things out on their own in whatever field they want. That would be a beautiful world
My whole childhood I always asked why and legit everyone said it doesn’t matter just cause. It made it so hard for me to do certain subjects.....math was my enemy
To build on this, supervisors and bosses should not be insulted when employees ask 'why' when asked to do a task. Understanding the why changes the approach and end result of almost any task.
I learned to read and write then saw school as a pointless waste of time because now I could just read about whatever I want to learn about and learn more in an hour than I would in a semester of school.
Excellent take on better ways to learn! Companies and colleges should consider the key takeaways: - Explain the why - Teach to the problem, not to the tools. Pick the problem first. - Allow learners to progress at their own pace - Gamify learning, make it fun! - Employees who didn't go to college can still grow in their careers
I am a college graduate. I can also say that I learned 2 years in the field than 5 years on the college but it's not that simple. I wouldn't be able to act upon given situation in a proper way if it wasn't for that college. I wouldn't be able to think 10 steps ahead with the background of the degree that I have. I believe that it's one thing to learn how to do concrete things and another to anticipate the dynamics when things shift and change.
I believe that the most important thing is to develop curiosity in all directions. The current purpose of education does just the opposite. It groups the similar and directs them in one direction... It's sad, few people actually remain curious after formal education... That curiosity or as they call it the "inner child" must be preserved.... My respect to whoever finds it a model by which it would be feasible.
This is a trip to watch. In 2013 I suffered a TBI after that I forgot who I was my passwords my phone so much I lost and have never recovered. I had to learn my social again my accounts. Memories just gone when people spoke of times if there were no photos then I'd not even know what had occured and it was sad because as others were happy about the memory I couldn't share it. So what I'm getting to is I went on a journey to learn and since I had a clean slate I taught my self to only store what is needed and honestly it works. Just takes consciousness because majority have lost it and are on auto pilot. Breathing and slowing heart rate helps by aging slower along with bringing peace within.
he is right, we dont know why the subjects we learn in school are important - teachers are not making children to make them interested in how to learn and why to learn
I'm 50 years old 6 months ago I decided I wanted to learn all I could about working in the construction industry I did a course for my CSCS card and passed then I'd sat another course working at heights on a construction industry and past then I sat another course working in confined spaces on the construction industry and past and then I sat another course asbestos awareness which I also past then I sat another course cosh and passed now I'm doing manual handling and yes I will pass it so the message here's it's never too late to learn new things☺
This is really inspiring. I’m choosing my A level options at the moment and being forced to “pick a career” right now in order to select my options. I’m realising that I’m still young and have time to learn and qualify for whatever I want to, and it might be better to use my A level qualifications as tools for later on rather than a gateway to uni.
❤️ 💙 💜 Been a public school teacher for 25 years. I loved interacting and teaching my 5 to 9 year old students through hands on learning (acting, playing, arts, drawing, origami, painting). But teachers are not allowed to use other curriculums besides the stated adopted ones. They are strict to teaching and finishing in the alloted time scheduled so students can take their end of the year state tests. All in the name of comparison to see how badly children learn. America public education is so dogmatic. In order to resolve this issue, the whole society has to come together and eliminate government and political management/control of education. I am awake to how bad and controlling America public education is now. Most education would cut art, music, sports or anything getting students to be creative due to budget. And I finally resign/quit because too much stress/anxiety to continue to be a caring teacher with the dogmatic rules and regulations that are not relevant to effectively to teach kids and for kids to learn in a fun way.
I've come to find out that there are three things I need in order to truly learn something 1. Read about it in a book/manual 2. Hands on doing it 3. Some one with knowledge of the subject who can answer my questions of the subject with accurate answers.
I learned very little in school, when I got out I checked out a paperback book of easy algebra and finished the book and knew how to work an algebra problem.
Wow! Thanks for this video, I've really been thinking about this when it comes to my child's education. If one is not happy with the education system, what do we do. Can a parent educate their child at home and how.
I remember I asked my math teacher in middle school why we needed to learn the material we were learning that day, and she said we needed to know the basics of math to survive and thrive or something like that. The same day she couldn’t figure out how to put more staples in her stapler and I had to help her. It was middle school…
Education vs. Learning - there is a big difference. He‘s mostly right what he says. On one thing i don’t agree: Homework. I did Homework always in the school… after class, before going home. Why? Because after 8 hrs of learning in school, your brain needs time to integrate, to process all those informations. This was before the internet. I even never learned before a test, because i learned everything in school, i follow every class with the maximum awareness. it worked. Everything that i learned after school, i did by myself… because of interest. We need to stop educating children and start to awaken their capabilities and interest. Learn to be a problem solver. Aloha
I was never a fan of old English in school-having to study those short stories, analyzing, and writing essays, but now that I quit college and want to write a novel, I found old English very magical in how it can tell a story.
Yes, as a grown homeschooler, this is exactly how I was taught. Applied learning more than theory, and grades were only per subject not per individual. To this day, I can organize my learning experience based on this background and pick up new skills. Also we had courses in critical thinking. It is my understanding this is not common.
What an understatement: critical thinking is in short supply. There are many who make calls without a complete picture of the issues, at all levels. Elon hits the nail on the head.
People are funny. I like Elon for several other reasons, this is one is included. Saying this as a former educator, what He is saying it's pretty self-evident but most of the people are lazy to work their education out alone, that's the truth... they prefer something chewed instead of the hard and painful work of the self-taught way... He is not saying anything new...
I'm actually grown with that kind of education system in which no teachers think about student's doubts , they just want to complete the whole syllabus and nothing. Ya they like to solve some doubts but for completing that syllabus and nothing. I'm now happy that ☺now I'm interacting with different things in education and now love to learn anything. But still here where I live, people think straight line of profession like they know very little in profession lines. But now I want to go in diversions and then want to inspire people for it.
Musk is correct. Many teachers are burnt out, but still want to teach. They have students who need a”reason to want to learn” and many will not “agree with the reason provided anyway.” There is always hope, but in time, the student must be the one who finds it.
I remember one time getting fed up with seeing my fellow friends and also me getting discouraged by the way the teachers deliberately set hard exams and making people to fail and so I wanted to know why does that have to happen in school and surprisingly. Even my teacher told me that the basic education (elementary school & high school) was not that. Very important and it was just to train a person on how. To cope with life and the many challenges in it and that ended up changing my view of schools.
Joe Tube thats an excellent question. 2 possibilities. 1 he has 2 sons 1 of which isn't with him anymore. The other is that his older sons have grown and he dosnt appreciate them or understand the whole point of what we are watching. I really hope there's a 3rd option I missed.
I like that he is driven to share his views on such fundamental issues to improve the world. This makes Elon a philosopher among his other great accomplishments. No doubt he is not perfect and has his issues too.
I'm a grown man, and have never understood why the education system in Western society is structured the way it is. I would recommend giving children a basic understanding of each relevant subject, then allowing them to pursue further learning in subjects that interest them, or simply in which they excel.
He's right, however he's forgetting that people generally need the discipline too soldier through some of the tougher subjects to really learn what they're interested in.
But learning and understanding the why is the missing piece to soldier through tough subjects. Or at least give them a broad explanation to why things are how they are if are if an in-dept explanation is complicated. I was a private math tutor, I thought kids the a2+b2=c2 using play-doh... we actually sat down and built triangular structures and used that formula to find out the required length sizes... they literally understood it in seconds.
"whos Elon Musk? the ONLY "TEACHER " HERE SELF TAUGHT! GREAT IMAGE to hold! I can't think of even 1 other at that benchmark! Except 1 , and WORDS are barely all that's left of that one! Very fine job at all your ambition Elon!
As a science teacher i had my kids play chess for two days before starting. Another thing i did was having kids take apart electronics and put them back together exactly.
I had to take Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 to graduate from high school. Now I am a retired old guy and I can honestly say that I never used anything at all that I learned in those classes. They were a waste of time.
Political Science classes in college are the best because you learn through open discussion and debate with minimal lecturing, and learn to rephrase things in your own words to guide your as well as other people's understanding and have a splendid learning experience that is more likely to be remembered.
I love your truth on knowledge one is giving many gifts in life. To bring it forth one has to explore within himself the knowing of what to do to make it happen and that's just doing😊
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So it's done..ai
We are tomorrow's people.
how to learn everything use elon musk technic and fineman technic easy xD
school is built to make workers/peasents remember that- elon musk
Current education kills imagination
No home work , and a study / work / tutor hour would be most helpful . With some hands on labs .
Something I have always noticed when training new employees, they learn more and faster by doing it hands-on as opposed to giving them a manual and tell them to read.
Yes because we can remember more things visually. Not only it applies in training employees, but pretty much everything.
Reading has only been reached the masses the past 200 years. We are meant to be hands on learning vs reading.
@@jacobtacosta elon said he learned from reading books in this video
Mmm, dumbing down society
Problen
Agreed 100%. Do not dump things in the children brain without explaining how it is useful in life.
this is exactly what I was when I was still in school. I often cut class and discarded everything ive learned because no one taught me what they are useful for.
@@desk-kun2366 school people are idiots ..... just not telling where to use that all that info/stuffs but still we have to just memorize that useless stuffs
Like pronouns. Lol
Teacher's unions and Demholes have ruined public education.
@@nick_7979 Or English
the funny thing is that school discourages a lot of people from learning
Fax
No not true. School encourages u to learn, but they do not teach u about money guyz
@@tickstickthruthroat for me personally when I was in primary school they discouraged us from learning anything outside of the lesson plan
Schools value is that it forces kids to spend time learning where they would have been on their phone.
True.
This is because people confuse "school" with "learning".
School is not learning.
He's absolutely right. It is far more important to have the skills to learn than to learn specific things. To have and to maintain curiosity is one of the biggest assets anyone can have.
Well Said. Curiosity means asking questions about everything. I made my gf so messed up that she has to leave me. Because I was asking so many questions. She got tired of me.
@@aek12 Question is actually a quest to find out the why,make discovery and seek a better way to the how and improve the what.
This could be felt and seen in the passion, enthusiasm,desire and compassion of the seeker.
It is not an intellectual abeit an FBI themed exercise.
The innocence or purity of a child's curiosity is a beauty to behold.
Steve Jobs in his standford address, he recommended to the graduates to "stay foolish. Be curious."
Thanks
according to flow researches:(if i am not wrong) one of the 22 triggers to flow is curiosity
Fifty years ago my dad told me that if I wanted to learn I should go buy the books and study them! He said anyone that’s worthy will learn the material and be much better for it! However I told him no corporation will hire someone claiming they are an engineer if they don’t have a degree. My dad was a self-made engineer and was renowned as one. I am retired now but I was a Senior Advanced Engineer for a major corporation. I’m am glad Elon is of the same mindset as my dad!!!
Do a video on how your dad became a self taught renowned engineer. I'd like to do that myself.
I had a lot of friends that went to college and came out ruined. I passed on the idea. We were having a technical problem, with a cryogenic valve. The man that designed it had taken the classes he needed to learn what he was doing and didn't care about grades. That guy was amazing. I survived the entire Shuttle program too.
Read the comment, it helped me out.
The reason I quit School when I was 15. I learned more after I quit by reading,observing and participating in subjects that I took interest in. No biased Teachers only caring for the education of students they like. Everything seemed forced with no real freedom of choice.
I wish I could quit too, I have a lot of interesting projects in mind, but my parents are impossible to talk to about this
Broo, I think we're on the same path. See ya on the other side.
Yeah me too, School is too much of a structure for me, and even the standards of the education for our country is quite low that I'd be better off learning with the best equalizer of all. The internet. I also need to point out the fact that school does not teach creativity, which is a valuable trait that every innovative inventor should have. People in school who are in the autistic spectrum will inevitable suffer in school because it does not fit their way of learning and just as I said in the beginning school is too much of a structure for them, but don't get me wrong some people need help in managing themselves and once can confidently do it on their own then they can venture into the real world.
Iam also a 14 yr old boy who is planning to quit school somehow,,and im ,,reading,,learning,,self teaching and doing my own projects,,i guess we are all on the same track,happy to see some of the ppl like me than a bunch of robots in school 😅 so , i feel like ppl like us should unite for better innovative world 🙂,,so shall we stay in contact using discord, or telegram groups? 😀 whats your opinion? Iam intrested in Innovative tech development by the way 🙂
@@automateddude that's kinda sus
I learned more in two years in my field than 5 years of college.
Which field?
@@vibeistics786 Digital marketing for agencies. Specifically organic search or SEO, also organic social media, copywriting and blogging for the web, etc.
@@vibeistics786 and I actually went to school for marketing. There's way too many people I know with degrees working outside of their majors
I agree
@@HartJon282this isn’t really science, but practice that changes through trends. Not compairable to rocket science
This is how I learned AutoCAD and other CAD programs. My first employer gave me an old computer with AutoCAD and Vectorworks installed on it and said "Go learn them...play around with it." It took me about two months before he was able to give me actual work to do. Fast forward a little over 20 years, and I now produce Architectural and Structural Engineering drawings both privately and Freelanced to one of our leading Engineering firms. Funny enough, other than English and Basic Math, I have had no need for any of the other subjects I was taught in school.
That's amazing and mkaes a lot of sense.
W employer
🤔🌻🫶
@@1tubax Yes
What a great employer
Learning with Elon musk is better than listening to audiobooks online 🤩🤩
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@@spongebob1293 ikr 😆
Hwr
Accurate
Learnt the programming language PHP recently. Did a project without knowing nothing and finished 4 weeks later knowing a majority of the core concepts. Learning by doing is the quickest way to learn anything.
Q. "What's the difference between a pupil, a student, and a scholar ?"
A. "A pupil gets taught everything in details with no curriculum choices. A student gets taught a lot but has to do some foraging and they have some curriculum choices. A scholar gets taught nothing, they have to do all their own foraging, and they make their own curriculum."
A new born baby is a scholar, and in the next 18 months they learn their language on their own, with scant effort made to teach them...
When I entered kindergarten I could already read and write on almost a fifth grade level because my mother took to time to teach me. I only enjoyed STEM Classes. I retired as Chief of Advanced Engineering. To this day I only read and study STEM.
I wish I was a newborn baby level scholar.
Totally agree. I quit school after high school. Everything I've learned has been on the job which propelled my career in IT.
Elon fangirl here! Elon Musk isn't just book smart - he has amazing perceptions and a deep understanding of life. Respect!
I see this happening in my sons' schools. They are taught math concepts which appear useless and study history that seems also useless. But I agree with Musk that students are not taught "why" they are learning something. When my kids get frustrated now, I explain to them what the purpose of the assignment/task is, what the curriculum is trying to teach, to provide some context. Hopefully, this makes the learning more relevant and motivates them to continue working with the material. Education needs to be reformed to explain why, not just the what of learning.
The maths appears “useless” because they’re learning out of context.
If there’s one thing I think would pinpoint the difference between Elon and other billionaires like bill gates or Jeff bezos, it would be his thoughtfulness and compassion towards humanity.
He makes it sound so easy to become a billionaire 😄
It's sincere!
Bill Gates is one of the most humble persons
@@soumyabratachakraborty7283 🤦🏽♂️😂
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This is why I started homeschooling my daughter when she was in 4th grade and developed a program for parents that hate the public school system but are overwhelmed with the idea of homeschooling. Elon Musk inspires me as much as my kids do and be better.
I love the way Elon thinks.. I think the same way! Typical education removes motivation to pay attention and enjoy. I love learning new things, and the easiest way to learn is when the learning is driven by a need-to-know, or a curiosity.
One reason I hated math was I just couldn't understand for the life of me how those abstract combinations of numbers and letters were relevant to anything. That really killed my curiosity and motivation to learn it.
It improves your brain ability and the knowledge is used everything in your life generally speaking.
It depends on what your doing in life though..
@@jm8143 I am in no way discrediting Math. Mathematics in my opinion is the Queen of science. I just commented on how back then I couldn't see math in practical way and the methods of teachers didn't help either !
@@freemindas I see. That's a shame.
When I learned algebra, the teacher couldn't give an example of when I'd use it. I'm an accountant who uses algebra in excel sheets. I've used algebra during quilting. Real life applications matter.
One reason I loved mathematics at school was that it was not tied down to real life scenarios, it was absolute fun solving puzzles that had no messy real life cases :)
I was a successful music teacher in Reno, NV for many years. My motto was teach only what the student is interested in. Return rate was nearly 95%
And this method has been applied to language learning, which is why more people get into languages through self-teaching than they do at school.
@@Musicienne-DAB1995 Absolutely. School's teaching sucks
My biggest question to humanity is that why do this type of videos seems to be interesting one day before the exam
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That's the time we feel , a lot of things being dumped into our brain at short time !! And question ourselves , why I am doing this???
@@svarsh-qk7hc I guess so...
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I can watch Elon the whole day. Love him...
I could watch your face whole day long! ;)
@@lexgarcia2839 bro
@@squiqqlewiggles2440 lol……
Very unique in thought about various spheres of life.
Right? The dude is a genius.
I love the part how Elon uses the concept of computing, programming, or any technology principles to use it as an analogy of how he explain his explanation.
"Why are students being taught" something was always a mystery to me as a student. I once asked a physics teacher how long a flash of light would bounce around in a mirror lined box, and he threw me out of the class.
Take heart ❤ the same was happening to genius students in the '80s.
Now I gotta go Google the answer to this question
Why? Was it way off topic? Odd story.
The answer is forever. Just here to save people from googling it.
A teacher or professor like that should find a different career.
So far in my life with struggle and lack of mentorship there are a lot of things I can look back on and wish I hadn't been influenced at all by our traditional school systems and its very encouraging to have someone like Musk out there be able to inspire young and old generations to follow their dreams and show its okay to step out of the matrix so to speak.
I am seriusly having to unlearn the traditional mindset that I received both from school and in an even more stifling measure from family influence. That mindset as failed me. What Musk is saying makes far more sense.
I read somewhere that college education is just a document that shows a student attended classes on a "somewhat" regular basis and successfully passed tests. The real education begins when they begin working in their chosen field.
Exactly what I thought. High school math was never something appealing to me until one day I had to do something involved with what I learned.
And chemistry - when I finally figured out how to get rid of the stain on my clothes, or when I start aging and want to buy something really useful for my wrinkles.
I'm taking time re-learning them because I finally see how useful they could be.
Back when I was young, I was more interested in language and social acience and psychology - because I wanted to attract that super handsome british exchange boy in the next class 😂
It was a very practical motivation/method to learn English, geography, history, and psychology.
I struggled with the lack of context in my lessons throughout school. It makes it so difficult for kids, especially those who need a greater mental challenge.
Particularly for children who are deep thinkers at young ages
@@PapaTrice360 yep. I overthank so much I lost interest in school because of how fast they move on to a different topic without explaining the context.
Ban: mandatory school, gov control over education and curriculum, hsd and ged requirements, public school, directly tax funding schools. Let kids learn job skills and work instead. individual learning customize to kids wants
Yes learning is merely reading about procedures and familiarizing your self with the tools to create or to disassemble anything Elon is so intelligent I love this man he's a great insperation and get a head to the thinking person that wants to learn
Very sound learning principles advocated by a self-taught Genius which educational systems would do well to embrace.
There was a time when I did not know if I feared Elon or was his biggest fan. The more I listen to him the more I admire his this thought processes and presentation. I may not agree with everything he says but for me that’s the point. He is very engaging. The world needs more Elons.
I totally agree with his statement that the most useful part of higher education being the first two years. Looking back at my time spent pursuing a bachelors degree seemed to be demonstrating the law of diminishing returns at years 3 and more so at year 4. Many times I thought to myself that I should’ve dropped out at year 3 because the opportunity cost became too much by finishing.
Reformation of school's education is at an all time necessity. Too much fruitless information is being obtained through social media & schooling. Unless the individual fully understands what information they are pursuing it is no different from mindlessly being brainwashed & having all creative learning be obsolete. To learn with a passion is a gift.
I love the sound of his voice and how he's always quick to respond. He's so many things in one body. I've learned a lot from this human being. I'll continue to seek his knowledge!
This man is an utter genius at learning and making life fun
I agree. School in its' present form, has surely had its' day.
It all sounds so simple but the fundamentals of your background and drive from your parents play a huge role in success. Elon was lucky his mother is Canadian and his father a genius, it does help.
Why does being Canadian matter?
cus shes nice
Musk’s Parents were already born rich. South Africa is famous for its strong inequality.
@@AmbitiousPanda It’s Canadian ethnocentrism
@@iche9373 I don’t think there is any superiority to Canadian culture. At least that’s my understanding of ethnocentrism from my intro to sociology class in college.
I didn't like school at all i never tired, i didn't do homework or listen. Now i love learning, I'm a self employed plumber and now learning programming and reading up on maths/algorithms etc to help me and i really enjoy it and may potentially do a career change if i keep it up.
College kept me from doing actual learning.. totally agree with musk, I learned most everything after I left college. College was all about stress
I totally agree ....schools colleges limit the knowledge intake...like u've to complete the particular syllabus sometime they don't even tell the front and back of it....but when u make yourself know to the masive knowledge available, u research nd understand the whole meaning of the given syllabus nd it's limit then the syllabus ultimately starts to make sense ...this is my experience!
Totally agree with everything Elon had to say about learning. The main purpose of college educators is to teach people how to learn, and how to think critically. And yes, the "why" is extremely important to motivate learning.
How could one hate on this man? He clearly is a genius and getting misjudged so badly. He has dedicated his life to better humanity, and the only things people do is slowing his work every day. He is the best engineer/businessman of our times, and I am grateful to see him do his thing every day. Love Elon, wish him only the best.
Thats one of the reason I went to school for Engineering Technology because we had hands on project classes and not so much hardcore engineering theory. Today I have my own engineering consultation. Thanks Mom she knew this years ago.
The whole education system should be structured to do things that we need to live our lives- grow food, car mechanics, carpentry, budgeting, social skills- like practical things and each grade level increases the difficulty skill. After that anyone would have all the practical intelligence to learn and figure things out on their own in whatever field they want. That would be a beautiful world
Everything I watch of him just blows my mind. He will awaken the closed minds.
He has certainly awakened my mind.
Thanks very much for your love and support
It's incredible how much we can learn if we are not forced
My whole childhood I always asked why and legit everyone said it doesn’t matter just cause. It made it so hard for me to do certain subjects.....math was my enemy
To build on this, supervisors and bosses should not be insulted when employees ask 'why' when asked to do a task. Understanding the why changes the approach and end result of almost any task.
The school of Elon is where I wanna send my son!
I learned to read and write then saw school as a pointless waste of time because now I could just read about whatever I want to learn about and learn more in an hour than I would in a semester of school.
Seems like the role of professors will shift more towards mentorship rather than lecturing
The problem here is to being considered by most companies without a degree certificate it's an uphill nightmare journey
Excellent take on better ways to learn! Companies and colleges should consider the key takeaways:
- Explain the why
- Teach to the problem, not to the tools. Pick the problem first.
- Allow learners to progress at their own pace
- Gamify learning, make it fun!
- Employees who didn't go to college can still grow in their careers
I am a college graduate. I can also say that I learned 2 years in the field than 5 years on the college but it's not that simple. I wouldn't be able to act upon given situation in a proper way if it wasn't for that college. I wouldn't be able to think 10 steps ahead with the background of the degree that I have. I believe that it's one thing to learn how to do concrete things and another to anticipate the dynamics when things shift and change.
Lucky for me I dropped out while I can still think 30 steps ahead.
I believe that the most important thing is to develop curiosity in all directions. The current purpose of education does just the opposite. It groups the similar and directs them in one direction... It's sad, few people actually remain curious after formal education... That curiosity or as they call it the "inner child" must be preserved.... My respect to whoever finds it a model by which it would be feasible.
Reading on your own is valuable to your knowledge base.
My dad was a mechanical engineer, I learned from him just for fun and now I can talk with university engineer students
What do yo do and what's your age then?
@@palaksareen9227 I'm 24 and now I'm working in a bar
Teachers should be taught the why's of things too.
no, they will just force students to rote learning
This is a trip to watch. In 2013 I suffered a TBI after that I forgot who I was my passwords my phone so much I lost and have never recovered. I had to learn my social again my accounts. Memories just gone when people spoke of times if there were no photos then I'd not even know what had occured and it was sad because as others were happy about the memory I couldn't share it. So what I'm getting to is I went on a journey to learn and since I had a clean slate I taught my self to only store what is needed and honestly it works. Just takes consciousness because majority have lost it and are on auto pilot. Breathing and slowing heart rate helps by aging slower along with bringing peace within.
Tomorrow is near, yet so far away. Choose this day to love unconditionally, and be happy within
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I have no alternative but to completely agree with Elon
Problem solving skills must be important for students and interns.
What a slap in the face to universities! I love it!
he is right, we dont know why the subjects we learn in school are important - teachers are not making children to make them interested in how to learn and why to learn
I'm 50 years old 6 months ago I decided I wanted to learn all I could about working in the construction industry I did a course for my CSCS card and passed then I'd sat another course working at heights on a construction industry and past then I sat another course working in confined spaces on the construction industry and past and then I sat another course asbestos awareness which I also past then I sat another course cosh and passed now I'm doing manual handling and yes I will pass it so the message here's it's never too late to learn new things☺
This is really inspiring. I’m choosing my A level options at the moment and being forced to “pick a career” right now in order to select my options. I’m realising that I’m still young and have time to learn and qualify for whatever I want to, and it might be better to use my A level qualifications as tools for later on rather than a gateway to uni.
It's learning the truth that's the hardest for some.
❤️ 💙 💜 Been a public school teacher for 25 years. I loved interacting and teaching my 5 to 9 year old students through hands on learning (acting, playing, arts, drawing, origami, painting). But teachers are not allowed to use other curriculums besides the stated adopted ones. They are strict to teaching and finishing in the alloted time scheduled so students can take their end of the year state tests. All in the name of comparison to see how badly children learn. America public education is so dogmatic. In order to resolve this issue, the whole society has to come together and eliminate government and political management/control of education. I am awake to how bad and controlling America public education is now. Most education would cut art, music, sports or anything getting students to be creative due to budget. And I finally resign/quit because too much stress/anxiety to continue to be a caring teacher with the dogmatic rules and regulations that are not relevant to effectively to teach kids and for kids to learn in a fun way.
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I've come to find out that there are three things I need in order to truly learn something 1. Read about it in a book/manual 2. Hands on doing it 3. Some one with knowledge of the subject who can answer my questions of the subject with accurate answers.
I learned very little in school, when I got out I checked out a paperback book of easy algebra and finished the book and knew how to work an algebra problem.
Wow! Thanks for this video, I've really been thinking about this when it comes to my child's education. If one is not happy with the education system, what do we do. Can a parent educate their child at home and how.
I remember I asked my math teacher in middle school why we needed to learn the material we were learning that day, and she said we needed to know the basics of math to survive and thrive or something like that. The same day she couldn’t figure out how to put more staples in her stapler and I had to help her. It was middle school…
I'd rather learn from this man then be robbed by any college.
True
Education vs. Learning - there is a big difference.
He‘s mostly right what he says. On one thing i don’t agree: Homework.
I did Homework always in the school… after class, before going home. Why?
Because after 8 hrs of learning in school, your brain needs time to integrate, to process all those informations. This was before the internet.
I even never learned before a test, because i learned everything in school, i follow every class with the maximum awareness. it worked.
Everything that i learned after school, i did by myself… because of interest.
We need to stop educating children and start to awaken their capabilities and interest. Learn to be a problem solver.
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I’d love to meet Elon for a great meal and a fascinating conversation. Just to make sure he really exists. ❤
I was never a fan of old English in school-having to study those short stories, analyzing, and writing essays, but now that I quit college and want to write a novel, I found old English very magical in how it can tell a story.
Yes, as a grown homeschooler, this is exactly how I was taught. Applied learning more than theory, and grades were only per subject not per individual. To this day, I can organize my learning experience based on this background and pick up new skills.
Also we had courses in critical thinking. It is my understanding this is not common.
I wanna send my son to Elon's school!
I plan on homeschooling my kids for this very reason. No real critical thinking is taught
@@Torpax_ I am seriously considering homeschooling when I have children as well. Our education system here in the UK is a shambles.
What an understatement: critical thinking is in short supply. There are many who make calls without a complete picture of the issues, at all levels. Elon hits the nail on the head.
People are funny. I like Elon for several other reasons, this is one is included. Saying this as a former educator, what He is saying it's pretty self-evident but most of the people are lazy to work their education out alone, that's the truth... they prefer something chewed instead of the hard and painful work of the self-taught way... He is not saying anything new...
there's too much to eat, mostly people don't have enough sense of purpose to motivate themselves towards self-educating
i'm 56 years old and think the world has gone mad,i am so happy and full of hope now the planet has Elon Musk,up,running and on a roll
So right!! I spent 2 hours, 3 times a week, repeating French verbs. When I got to France I couldn't hold a conversation😎
Try with belgium people. 😊😅😂
I'm actually grown with that kind of education system in which no teachers think about student's doubts , they just want to complete the whole syllabus and nothing. Ya they like to solve some doubts but for completing that syllabus and nothing. I'm now happy that ☺now I'm interacting with different things in education and now love to learn anything. But still here where I live, people think straight line of profession like they know very little in profession lines. But now I want to go in diversions and then want to inspire people for it.
where your heart is, there will your treasure be
YES! Learning in high school, collague has only gotten me into worse terms with my family and argue more often
My best instructors said to throw away the textbooks, in order to teach us PERSONALLY.
Musk is correct. Many teachers are burnt out, but still want to teach. They have students who need a”reason to want to learn” and many will not “agree with the reason provided anyway.” There is always hope, but in time, the student must be the one who finds it.
Learning is to understand the value of mistakes. Learning does not come from a life of rote.
I remember one time getting fed up with seeing my fellow friends and also me getting discouraged by the way the teachers deliberately set hard exams and making people to fail and so I wanted to know why does that have to happen in school and surprisingly. Even my teacher told me that the basic education (elementary school & high school) was not that. Very important and it was just to train a person on how. To cope with life and the many challenges in it and that ended up changing my view of schools.
All in all we are just a another brick in the wall. Elon is our teacher.
I have always failed at tasks until I see the big picture then I become successful. There is definitely some link there.
I really admire this human, that' s why i keep my high hopes 🤞that my youngest son would be like him one day😊🙏
Why your youngest son?
Joe Tube thats an excellent question.
2 possibilities.
1 he has 2 sons 1 of which isn't with him anymore.
The other is that his older sons have grown and he dosnt appreciate them or understand the whole point of what we are watching.
I really hope there's a 3rd option I missed.
@@SDL-xu7em I hope the 3rd option isn't because he thinks his older son is dumb but I guess your possibilites are maybe correct
@@joetube4382 , my eldest is not, he's just not interested
I agree 100%. Actually getting hands on experience is much more effective than setting in a room being talked at.
Probably the wisest modern man out there, well done Elon and Thankyou.
I like that he is driven to share his views on such fundamental issues to improve the world. This makes Elon a philosopher among his other great accomplishments. No doubt he is not perfect and has his issues too.
I'm a grown man, and have never understood why the education system in Western society is structured the way it is. I would recommend giving children a basic understanding of each relevant subject, then allowing them to pursue further learning in subjects that interest them, or simply in which they excel.
My thoughts EXACTLY!
He's right, however he's forgetting that people generally need the discipline too soldier through some of the tougher subjects to really learn what they're interested in.
But learning and understanding the why is the missing piece to soldier through tough subjects.
Or at least give them a broad explanation to why things are how they are if are if an in-dept explanation is complicated.
I was a private math tutor, I thought kids the a2+b2=c2 using play-doh... we actually sat down and built triangular structures and used that formula to find out the required length sizes... they literally understood it in seconds.
"whos Elon Musk? the ONLY "TEACHER " HERE SELF TAUGHT!
GREAT IMAGE to hold! I can't think of even 1 other at that benchmark!
Except 1 , and WORDS are barely all that's left of that one!
Very fine job at all your ambition Elon!
As a science teacher i had my kids play chess for two days before starting. Another thing i did was having kids take apart electronics and put them back together exactly.
I had to take Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 to graduate from high school. Now I am a retired old guy and I can honestly say that I never used anything at all that I learned in those classes. They were a waste of time.
Wow I’ve never herd about this guy before. he sounds incredibly brilliant
he IS brilliant
Political Science classes in college are the best because you learn through open discussion and debate with minimal lecturing, and learn to rephrase things in your own words to guide your as well as other people's understanding and have a splendid learning experience that is more likely to be remembered.
I love your truth on knowledge one is giving many gifts in life. To bring it forth one has to explore within himself the knowing of what to do to make it happen and that's just doing😊