How Exams Ruined Your Life

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  • @OrdinaryThings
    @OrdinaryThings  3 роки тому +582

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    • @graff5138
      @graff5138 3 роки тому +10

      I love your videos dude, glad you are getting more subs

    • @te-teck6639
      @te-teck6639 3 роки тому +7

      Hey I have a question why do you get rid of some of your old some of your videos like about the British flag and some of those other ones are really entertaining?

    • @te-teck6639
      @te-teck6639 3 роки тому +3

      The only thing keeping me going at this point I made wonderful videos please don’t stop making videos they honestly teach me more than the school of her good

    • @lunanoche4128
      @lunanoche4128 3 роки тому +4

      no

    • @reventon_4442
      @reventon_4442 3 роки тому

      You think I can still use your link if I already use private internet access? I'd much rather support you while getting a good discount :)

  • @honestbrit8035
    @honestbrit8035 3 роки тому +3151

    The way he explains the world is so absurd yet accurate at the same time

    • @Chris.Batchelor
      @Chris.Batchelor 3 роки тому +27

      you described this in the best way possible

    • @Baphomets_Kid
      @Baphomets_Kid 3 роки тому +42

      It’s a style very reminiscent of early 2000s internet humor. Dig up old Cracked articles from the era if you don’t believe me. This is not an attack on his humor, I loved that comedy and not sure why we stopped doing it.

    • @Jarkeezy
      @Jarkeezy 3 роки тому

      @@Baphomets_Kid age of entitlement my friend

    • @Baphomets_Kid
      @Baphomets_Kid 3 роки тому +31

      @John Broward Fuck off killjoy, nobody expects these to be scholarly works. Reminds me of the criticisms of John Oliver’s show. The fact that the general public is both entertained and informed is a net positive.

    • @jordanwardan7588
      @jordanwardan7588 3 роки тому +5

      @John Broward Interestingly enough, I had John Oliver in mind specifically when typing that comment. Here is the problem with John Oliver and the John Oliver wannabes:
      "I ended up pulling up an episode or two off of UA-cam to show her what I meant. All of the segments I've ever seen from this show follow the same repetitive format: present some "argumentation" and "facts" for about 10 seconds, then quickly follow these up with a snarky quip (which themselves take the form of complete non-sequitur or otherwise absurd metaphor) before any rational processing of the preceding argument can take place in the mind of the viewer. Further telling is that the only "beats" or mental pauses in the show's pacing exist solely to highlight the approving laughter or applause of the studio audience. Repeat this basic formula without variation 20-40 times in a row and you have on of the 12-20 minute "segments" that form the backbone of the show.
      The end effect is (obviously) not to deliver information, but rather to literally teach the viewers - on a subconscious level - to mentally associate derisive laughter with any person or opinion that is at odds with the narrative's take on the chosen issue. And it accomplishes this by maintaining a strict adherence to a roughly 20-second cycle in which a stimulus is presented, and a response is cued. This is the sense in which the show is fundamentally hypnotic in effect - even more-so than its precursors in the genre (Daily Show, Colbert, etc.).
      To my mind, John Oliver's show is representative of the media's increasing mastery of the methodologies of mass conditioning; in fact, it is almost such a perfect technical accomplishment that I would almost have to admire it on technical grounds, which moreover is in the hands of the entirely wrong people."
      Now, I am sure you will tell me to f-off again or call me something like a racist or sexist or whatever is left in your conditioning/programming. I frankly don't care. You are not a sentient human being. You are lower than a dog to me. I hope you and your brainwashed, moronic ilk get exactly what is coming to you.

  • @villalba874
    @villalba874 3 роки тому +2234

    This reminds me of the biggest lie I was ever told, that being cheaters never prosper.
    That is just a lie cheaters say to you to keep market competition low.

    • @Tonixxy
      @Tonixxy 3 роки тому +117

      You need to be smarter than most to cheat effectively.
      How old were you when you realized that?

    • @villalba874
      @villalba874 3 роки тому +182

      @@Tonixxy People cheated off me, and the teachers allowed it for the sole reason to avoid the state cutting off funding. Ahh the American education system.
      At a certain point I just stop caring and actually encouraged people behind me to cheat by moving the paper slightly to the side so they could get a good look at it.

    • @Tonixxy
      @Tonixxy 3 роки тому +25

      @@villalba874 we did the same in HS. Except us 5 or 6 worked in tandem.

    • @user-et7fu3jg9l
      @user-et7fu3jg9l 3 роки тому +1

      So true

    • @CrimsonOptics
      @CrimsonOptics 3 роки тому +68

      So many people I know who are successful are people who lied their way to the top and only stayed there because they're friends with the higher ups. In America at least, it always feels like being recognized for your own merit alone is a lost art, and social credentials and networking are valued way more.

  • @kamikazey_force8423
    @kamikazey_force8423 3 роки тому +3053

    Fun fact: the deadliest civil war in all of history was started by a guy in 19th century China called Hong Xiuquan who failed the imperial exam and got so stressed out about it that he fell into a coma, had a vision that he was Jesus's little brother and decided to lead a revolution to topple the Qing dynasty.

    • @IAMSTRINDOM
      @IAMSTRINDOM 3 роки тому +299

      goals tbh

    • @Infinitynous-gg6vs
      @Infinitynous-gg6vs 3 роки тому +298

      This happens to me every day. I always fail the imperial test and fall into a coma and have a vision that I am the little brother of the son of God so I lead a revolution to take over the government

    • @internetobserver1946
      @internetobserver1946 3 роки тому +109

      Also a reason why China are not very tolerate to outside religions and ideological influences. Well, they have to be sinicized and censored before the public. China don’t want to risk making another Hong Xiuquan.

    • @richpryor9650
      @richpryor9650 3 роки тому +25

      As you do

    • @danteloparco6708
      @danteloparco6708 3 роки тому +28

      Relatable.

  • @asswaffle432
    @asswaffle432 3 роки тому +2284

    The big problem with exams is they student will only learn for the exam and forget everything immediately after. I passed my spanish GCSE and 6 months later I only remember 5 words. A test you take during your most immature years is used as a measure for your intelligence for the rest of your life.

    • @magnuscritikaleak5045
      @magnuscritikaleak5045 3 роки тому +68

      Testing Regimes only Devalue human lives and replaces humans with NanoBots and ANdroids.

    • @sidhanttomar1407
      @sidhanttomar1407 3 роки тому +26

      Damn your second statement is fascinating

    • @estratosfera_5229
      @estratosfera_5229 3 роки тому +100

      Spanish is my native language, I used to have a friend from the us and he showed me his spanish exam, for me as a native speaker every single question was very stupid, it obligates you to memorize every single conjugation in a vocabulary list, it was very easy for me but I can understand the frustration for no native speakers to memorize all that useless stuff, it was very similar when I took english classes from 4 to 16, for me the easiest way to learn a language its just practicing it in my case with youtube videos and talking with native speakers instead of having boring classes with expensive workbooks with a cambridge certification

    • @AAAAAA-qs1bv
      @AAAAAA-qs1bv 3 роки тому +2

      I'd say we do exam systems pretty well here in finland

    • @apolloandwarrior_3229
      @apolloandwarrior_3229 3 роки тому +4

      @@estratosfera_5229 I took 1 year out of the required 2 years for Spanish yet i was able to communicate with a Spanish only speaker through "bueno"

  • @JJMcCullough
    @JJMcCullough 3 роки тому +5292

    When I was in Japan I was surprised by the totalitarian nature of the "test culture" that surrounds high school students. There is so much pressure on the kids, born from all this class anxiety about how test outcomes shape your destiny forever, etc. They have these grotesquely named "cram schools" that anxious parents enroll their kids in after real school, and several months a year where ambitious students basically just shut themselves away from the world and do nothing but study. And there's all sorts of predictable mental health stuff bound up in that as well. I remember high school being stressful and I hated exams, but man I'm glad we don't have that kind of culture on this continent.

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 3 роки тому +276

      And Japan you can’t even smoke weed or else the whole society alienates you

    • @smileydog5941
      @smileydog5941 3 роки тому +88

      By the looks of it, it seems to work out for their country as bad as that sounds

    • @casteanpreswyn7528
      @casteanpreswyn7528 3 роки тому +648

      @@smileydog5941 their high rate of on the job deaths, suicide rates, mental health issues, social isolation, and consistently dropping birthrate suggests otherwise.

    • @plsarguewithme2665
      @plsarguewithme2665 3 роки тому +177

      And that culture is rampant in the rest of asia as well, although probably in varying levels but asians take tests and school too seriously and in the end you'll just be a middle wage earner at best

    • @smileydog5941
      @smileydog5941 3 роки тому +9

      @@casteanpreswyn7528
      None of those are a problem except for the last one.

  • @seanlally7384
    @seanlally7384 2 роки тому +310

    Homework is worse than exams, your whole day is absorbed by something that should be assigned in class.

    • @47nrubreddew
      @47nrubreddew 2 роки тому +3

      👍👍👍👍👍

    • @dejja7376
      @dejja7376 Рік тому +46

      I heard the argument once ''does your boss ever give your work to do at home?''

    • @alexeyeliseev6322
      @alexeyeliseev6322 Рік тому +3

      ​@@dejja7376does crunch time count as such?

    • @sweet-lara
      @sweet-lara 9 місяців тому

      "If i'm not supposed to play at school, why i need to study at home?" Or something along those lines...

    • @filmandfirearms
      @filmandfirearms 7 місяців тому +1

      Also, a lot of the countries with the best educational performance tend to be ones that don't do homework, because it's actually completely useless

  • @nikitaivachtchenko6375
    @nikitaivachtchenko6375 3 роки тому +3785

    "The SAT may be pointless, but at least it isn't cruel and unusual punishment."
    This is honestly the best distinction between traditional Western and Asian education I've ever heard.

    • @galek75
      @galek75 3 роки тому +50

      And it's honestly a biased and eurocentric view of Asian vs Western education. Why is the East doing so well then, if examination culture = bad?

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 3 роки тому +246

      @@galek75 Then the west is also doing stellar. Both sides use the examinationmania.

    • @galek75
      @galek75 3 роки тому +19

      @@JonatasAdoM The west is in decline. Are you that out of touch?

    • @sillygazelle210no8
      @sillygazelle210no8 3 роки тому +251

      @@galek75 I don't know. Do you have evidence it is due to examination culture though?

    • @iug5672
      @iug5672 3 роки тому +171

      @@galek75 Cruelty and efficiency go hand in hand

  • @therocketboost
    @therocketboost 3 роки тому +3038

    I recently applied for a job that required me to take both an IQ test and a Myer Briggs test as part of the recruitment process. I immediately turned them down and went with my other choice.

    • @OrdinaryThings
      @OrdinaryThings  3 роки тому +896

      Good decision 👍

    • @diablo.the.cheater
      @diablo.the.cheater 3 роки тому +765

      Ah yes, when HR has no clue on what they are recruiting for.

    • @lightmorrison5404
      @lightmorrison5404 3 роки тому +209

      iq is so shit i got very high percentile and 98% overall, but the only reason mine was high is i read a lot. innate intelligence my ass

    • @ivetgeorgieva8888
      @ivetgeorgieva8888 3 роки тому +228

      I can kinda understand the IQ test, still think it's ridiculous to decide weather to hire you based on that tho. The Myers Bright test tho... I have no words. What could they even accomplish with that? Were they going to decline you if you turned out to be a Sensor or a Feeler?

    • @malloray
      @malloray 3 роки тому +94

      Right? I’ve looked into MBTI theory and find it interesting, but I would never advocate for allowing it to influence hiring decisions! That’s so absurd

  • @elegantcat1496
    @elegantcat1496 3 роки тому +947

    Admitedly, the myers briggs is surprisingly useful in writing fictional characters. Take it and complete it role-playing as your character and the result will give you some ideas on how to flesh them out.

    • @ManiacX1999
      @ManiacX1999 3 роки тому +226

      Who knew a test based on fake knowledge is good at making fake people with fake personalities?

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 3 роки тому +114

      @@ManiacX1999 It's basically stereotyping. One of the lowest forms of judging people based on prejudice.

    • @MadamFoogie
      @MadamFoogie 3 роки тому +36

      That's a really good idea! I'll use it for my next 5e campaign. Thanks, Elegant Cat!

    • @alexeysaranchev6118
      @alexeysaranchev6118 3 роки тому +13

      @@cattysplat What's the difference between stereotyping and categorizing, which Jung's typology, and, subsequently, MBTI is claiming to do?

    • @abchernin
      @abchernin 3 роки тому +1

      @@alexeysaranchev6118 Stereotyping is the unfortunate consequence of monkey brains applying categories, which are usually intricate structures of theoretical sets with fuzzy borders, overlaps and complex mappings to others sets of categories and value implications, in a blunt and reductive way. Comparing theory with negative consequences of practice is pointless, they ought to be studied in combinations.

  • @faceofsarcasm4947
    @faceofsarcasm4947 3 роки тому +6635

    School is designed to prepare you for school. When school is done, life hits you like a freight train.

    • @runed0s86
      @runed0s86 3 роки тому +449

      They don't teach taxes in the USA... Instead they make you remember false history from over 2000 years ago

    • @faceofsarcasm4947
      @faceofsarcasm4947 3 роки тому +215

      @@runed0s86 Nope. That way you have to pay a company to do it for you.

    • @runed0s86
      @runed0s86 3 роки тому +295

      @@redwastaken3363 My school taught us that christopher columbus brought the indians to NA.

    • @malloray
      @malloray 3 роки тому +155

      @@runed0s86 bro wtf, for real? Was your teacher just a nut-job?

    • @Shinano1944
      @Shinano1944 3 роки тому +78

      / school are just daycares and uinversetis are just to be in work and say "Oh LoOk I wENT To THIs uni and not this"

  • @OneTopic
    @OneTopic 3 роки тому +1689

    I did not expect flashbacks on this day 😐

    • @benjaminfraeyman
      @benjaminfraeyman 3 роки тому +11

      Topiciwopicy is here :o

    • @JoeMamasBestie
      @JoeMamasBestie 3 роки тому +1

      I refuse to sub

    • @stevesmith7339
      @stevesmith7339 3 роки тому +3

      I did not expect to find onetopic here, been watching through some of your content with the gf. love it.

    • @wyattmiller9539
      @wyattmiller9539 3 роки тому +1

      Dude you're everywhere

    • @NA-AN
      @NA-AN 3 роки тому +2

      @@JoeMamasBestie Resistance if futile.

  • @congruentcrib
    @congruentcrib 2 роки тому +121

    When I was in highschool (maybe 4-6 years ago) I remember one of my teachers was being “let go” and it really sucked because everyone liked him. Apparently his scores weren’t good enough (as in student improvement). Being said, the last 4 months we had with him were honestly had some of the most important classes. He was very open with the fact the ACT/SAT is built to make money. One year they make a system that had it teaching everything, but science. Obviously this made that science score were poor that year; so they’d “update” the science curriculum, but that came with changes to everything else and it would leave out math, so those scores are poor the next year. This made it so they needed to buy new books every year. He also spoke completely honestly and atbsometimes would do stuff that’s probably get him fired and would just say “what are they gonna do… fire me?” Since he was guaranteed his pay as long as he followed his contract. Pretty much he could do nothing and be perfectly fine, but instead he took those days and taught us stuff other than English. Things like how systems work, and how you shouldn’t worry about your scores; those who are good at something will be good at it. A test doesn’t determine that.

    • @beyond-journeys-end
      @beyond-journeys-end 2 роки тому +5

      Soundi, like the dream, got little a-bit of that back in my youth.

  • @hd_harold7587
    @hd_harold7587 3 роки тому +1299

    My A-level exams were literally harder than my university degree.

    • @GskitzIndustries
      @GskitzIndustries 3 роки тому +84

      And my GCSE courses overall were harder than my A-Level. After the newer changes to GCSE, it's been upgraded to an absolute beast. Thankfully, I'm free now

    • @sionhughes3335
      @sionhughes3335 3 роки тому +4

      Which ones were they?

    • @radamirabdulle3559
      @radamirabdulle3559 3 роки тому +17

      @@GskitzIndustries calm down the new GCSE's weren't that hard. Don't over exaggerate it

    • @GskitzIndustries
      @GskitzIndustries 3 роки тому +83

      @@radamirabdulle3559 Nah, can't agree with you, sorry. Doing 21 exams in a row was so much more draining than doing 7

    • @hd_harold7587
      @hd_harold7587 3 роки тому +6

      @@sionhughes3335 economics, history, geography

  • @snowyalice
    @snowyalice 3 роки тому +536

    Exams still ruin my life as I'm a teacher.Not only do I have to mark them, I have to try to get students to sit quietly and take it seriously.

  • @robertrask7781
    @robertrask7781 3 роки тому +117

    Regarding the Swedish test ”Högskoleprovet” I would like to point out that it is completely optional and mainly acts as a sort of second option for people who didn’t get the grades they wanted or needed in high school.

    • @kricku
      @kricku 2 роки тому +8

      Literally the point that turned my life around

    • @samialfakir3669
      @samialfakir3669 Рік тому +7

      Also it is absolutely the saving grace of many young people who weren't granted a full shot at a straight linear education because of immigration, and I thank it for being such a good tool of integrating and welcoming a people you now consider your own

    • @longiusaescius2537
      @longiusaescius2537 10 місяців тому

      @samialfakir3669 I love getting free shit and wrecking it

  • @alextimemit9454
    @alextimemit9454 3 роки тому +892

    "which only really prepares them for life on a game show or in a police interrogation" Isn't that about 80% of American life though?

  • @NASAistheway
    @NASAistheway 3 роки тому +655

    "I never let my schooling interfere with my education."
    - Mark Twain

    •  3 роки тому +11

      Facts

    • @dontletmememandie6506
      @dontletmememandie6506 3 роки тому +8

      damn i love this quote. I’m gonna use it by now on

    • @copiumforthepeople
      @copiumforthepeople 3 роки тому +2

      legend

    • @baikhous
      @baikhous 2 роки тому

      @@dontletmememandie6506 You can add 'from now on' to your useful phrases list 👍

    • @dontletmememandie6506
      @dontletmememandie6506 2 роки тому

      @@baikhous oops. You’re right. (I speak french) thx for the correction

  • @loadingusername3348
    @loadingusername3348 3 роки тому +480

    One of the best lessons my parents taught me was that the educational system is mostly a joke, but just do your best anyway so that you can have a better chance for a future job or career. I'm glad that they exposed my history classes of what they were teaching us and showed me how complicated mathematical methods had become (specifically for little kids). I used to stress out about school and my grades, so they helped me not to worry too much if I failed something and focus a lot on skills I'll actually use in the future. At the same time, I was still expected to do my best in school. I'm still in high school, but my parents aren't too hard on me if I fail a test or quiz, they just push me to study a little more. I'm blessed to grow up this way honestly and I pray a lot of people my age realize whats going on around here too. It's a waste of time to stress over something that has a lot of flaws and holes in them.

    • @callmeej8399
      @callmeej8399 3 роки тому +32

      It’s true I would never discourage anyone to try and game the system but it’s absolutely broken. Glad you have the mentality skills is all that ultimately matters. It just sucks that universities require such a steep pay wall for a lot of them

    • @darkslayer1161
      @darkslayer1161 3 роки тому +26

      My parents asked me why I couldn't be normal when I struggled with grades. Not even as a joke. They would just ask out of the blue and expect an answer.

    • @FrancisDoubleA
      @FrancisDoubleA 3 роки тому +9

      my parents still going hard on me especially when exams and still don't understand that education system is a joke

    • @sagichdirdochnicht4653
      @sagichdirdochnicht4653 2 роки тому +1

      You know what's the most depressing Part is? You work so hard for over 10 Years for your final Exams and some day you'll realize: Nobody bloody fucking cares about your School Carreer.
      At least, here in Germany. After School MOST will do one of 3 things: A) be an Aprentice B) go to University C) get a better School degree. After Option c) you'll go on with a or b. Up to this Point, your Final Exams are EXTREMELY important. Better Grades = Better Chances of getting the Aprenticeship/ University/ School.
      In any event, after you finally started a Carreer, even if you completely change it, they don't bloody care anymore, if you sucked Ass in School or if you completely nailed it.
      Which is another really unjust Thing here around. To get an Aprenticeship, you'll either need good Grades, or Connections. Preferable both, but Connections are more important. We've had a lot of complete Morons in Class, even with Bad Grades, yet Most landed fantastic Jobs, because they were lucky and just had the right Connections. So for them, School was irrelevant from the Beginning! The Rest - tough luck. You'll not get accepted into the better Companies. So those who didn't even do to bad in school ended up with low wage Jobs in the End.
      And those who did good here... Well, either you got a great Job then, or (like myself) went to another School, to get a better Degree, that would allow me to fail University ;)
      Lol, in the End, all of my Education was "useless", I'm working as a Baker now (I found a Passion), and you don't need great Grades to become one. And even tough School brought a lot of Stress and Frustration, I at least don't regret it. Without it, I wouldn't have learned better Science Knowledge and Skills. To be able to understand the Basics of Life is extremely helpfull, and without my further Education, I wouldn't really understand anything.

    • @trinabellsz
      @trinabellsz 2 роки тому +8

      I'm glad your parents don't push way too hard, especially on grades. My parents always expect me to have higher grades no matter what. They hated seeing my grades lower than 90+ which is crazy. This made me even lazier at studying because of burnout and mental health issues. I'm 18, still struggling about this but still trying to do my best :)

  • @LuqmanHakim-xi9qz
    @LuqmanHakim-xi9qz 3 роки тому +490

    this reminds me of a guy living near my grandma's house. From the moment he starts school, his parents would forced him to study all the time. On weekends and holidays, they would locked up the door and the front gate to prevent their son from going out and prevent any outsider "intervention". His school friends who came over would be ignored and be left hanging at the front gate. According to my uncle there has been quiet a few attempt by the parents' friend and neighbours telling them to stop this but it was ignored or met with hostile response. Anyway, when it was time for the guy to enter university, I don't remember the exact detail but he either fails the entrance exam or drop out after a few months/semester. And after that he just snapped. He now would just wander around aimlessly while talking to himself. After the guy snapped, his younger siblings would fare better and is not coerced into the abusive situation he was put in. But whenever I passed in front of their house, it really just give this gloomy feeling.

    • @magnuscritikaleak5045
      @magnuscritikaleak5045 3 роки тому +82

      Oh dear, that POOR neighbour guy need psychological support ASAP.

    • @saddamhussein2
      @saddamhussein2 3 роки тому +55

      Jesus christ this is deppresive

    • @FrancisDoubleA
      @FrancisDoubleA 3 роки тому +45

      his parents need help, if i was locked up for a long time like him i could go insane

    • @brintesiacirce9414
      @brintesiacirce9414 2 роки тому

      @@FrancisDoubleA yeah they need a helping of punches in the gut, a good beating that's what those shit parents need... The fact that they are allowed to have another kid is criminal

    • @gasun1274
      @gasun1274 Рік тому

      kt mane ni

  • @bobdidahthing
    @bobdidahthing 3 роки тому +1199

    He’s done the research. He studied the facts. He investigated the processes. It’s official!
    *Test Bad*

    • @Dom_R_222
      @Dom_R_222 3 роки тому +21

      20:56

    • @MrPeter1337
      @MrPeter1337 3 роки тому +4

      Someone did not watch the video

    • @bobdidahthing
      @bobdidahthing 3 роки тому

      @@MrPeter1337 what?

    • @MrPeter1337
      @MrPeter1337 3 роки тому +1

      @@bobdidahthing Someone apparently also did not comprehend

    • @bobdidahthing
      @bobdidahthing 3 роки тому +13

      @@MrPeter1337 i mean i watched the full video yesterday before making this comment so eh... Was making a joke. If you want to make random assumptions then so be.

  • @nation5743
    @nation5743 3 роки тому +211

    The problem with exams is that people see it as endgame rather than a checkpoint. You study to learn, a test is confirmation if you learned anything.

    • @GogiRegion
      @GogiRegion 3 роки тому +54

      Correction, a *well designed test* is a confirmation that you’ve learned anything.

    • @BarioIDL
      @BarioIDL 2 роки тому +25

      well guess what
      i learnt nothing
      still passed them anyway

    • @PastorGooch
      @PastorGooch 2 роки тому +1

      @@BarioIDL lmfao

    • @justafurrywithinternet317
      @justafurrywithinternet317 Рік тому +5

      @@BarioIDL Yep. I'm in secondary school. I had amazing grades in primary school. Do I remember anything from back then? No. Just no.

  • @No-uc6fg
    @No-uc6fg 3 роки тому +369

    The best part of your videos is seeing how you get your old hair colour back from when you bleached it.
    We will go full circle when your hair is no longer blonde.

    • @OrdinaryThings
      @OrdinaryThings  3 роки тому +127

      What if dye it pink in the meantime?

    • @narsimhas1360
      @narsimhas1360 3 роки тому +56

      @@OrdinaryThings then you will look like a homosexual

    • @aprofondir
      @aprofondir 3 роки тому +14

      @@OrdinaryThings hell yeah

    • @BasicPrinciplesGTA
      @BasicPrinciplesGTA 3 роки тому +3

      @@narsimhas1360 Indeed. Hopefully Ordinary Guy heeds this warning.

    • @anres1002
      @anres1002 3 роки тому +6

      @@OrdinaryThings Do it

  • @Jabroney
    @Jabroney 3 роки тому +272

    "Astrology for people who like filling out forms" is the best description I've heard of those goofy personality tests. Some people put wayyyy too much weight into them and categorize themselves based on their results. Great video!

    • @josecezar7903
      @josecezar7903 3 роки тому +2

      Bro i love your vids! More pls sir🙏

    • @diablo.the.cheater
      @diablo.the.cheater 3 роки тому +18

      People just love to put labels on themselves.

    • @straightupanarg6226
      @straightupanarg6226 2 роки тому +4

      They're about labels, and any label is a limitation.
      A person who is told they're an "introvert" or an "extrovert," and believes it, is likely to double down on those qualities: despite the fact that, according to Carl Jung, "anyone who was purely an 'introvert,' or purely an 'extrovert,' would be fit only for the asylum."

    • @99Plastics
      @99Plastics Рік тому +3

      @@diablo.the.cheater Yep, some call it a username.

  • @chrisgoblin4857
    @chrisgoblin4857 3 роки тому +154

    The worst day of my life was my first year university Statistics exam. I showered in the morning and found a worrying lump on my left testicle. I thought I had cancer and the world looked monochrome. I couldn't get a doctor's appointment until the day after so I completely failed as I was sure I was at least losing a ball and at worse dead so what's the point. Found out I had a cyst and all that was for nothing. Had to repeat statistics again in year 2 which was a fucking pain.

    • @somenamelastnaammee52
      @somenamelastnaammee52 3 роки тому +33

      Imo still worth it health comes first. ALWAYS first

    • @topminator1667
      @topminator1667 3 роки тому

      @@Unfrightable basically a bubble of pus

    • @Gamesational1
      @Gamesational1 2 роки тому +9

      This is why self paced education is superior to traditional educations. There should be a college that allows you to take as many units as you can per semester then move on to the next classes when your finished with them. When you go through all the class material, there should be a test or big project. If you do well in the project, you should be able to advance to the next class. When you finish all these classes, you are awarded the degree.

    • @Tadesan
      @Tadesan 2 роки тому

      Lol wut

    • @charlesmartiniii1405
      @charlesmartiniii1405 Рік тому

      Just turned 21 last week. As you can imagine I wanted to celebrate. Failed my first exam since freshman year and I'm supposed to feel bad because I wanted to celebrate. F*ck that

  • @maruf16khan
    @maruf16khan 3 роки тому +401

    In India, 12th graders take the IIT-JEE and the NEET to study engineering and medical respectively at college. Students move to big cities after their 10th grade, away from their families, just to prepare for these tests. The "coaching" industry is huuuge here. The cities these students move to have the highest suicide rates in the country.

    • @tiddlypom2097
      @tiddlypom2097 3 роки тому +19

      Geez that's sad

    • @jyotiradityasatpathy3546
      @jyotiradityasatpathy3546 3 роки тому +29

      lol bruh i was wondering why no one was talking about JEE on a video about exams

    • @maruf16khan
      @maruf16khan 3 роки тому +1

      @@jyotiradityasatpathy3546 i know! About 25 lac students take these exams every year!

    • @raydai9541
      @raydai9541 3 роки тому +5

      @@jyotiradityasatpathy3546 This video is mostly about tests in the western world. Simply put, India isn’t part of the western world and doesn’t have especially cruel or hard questions, so it’s not noteworthy for him to mention.

    • @AA-hg5fk
      @AA-hg5fk 3 роки тому

      That's very sad

  • @danielmcfarlan1035
    @danielmcfarlan1035 3 роки тому +368

    "at worst it's astrology for people who like to fill out forms"
    YES FINALLY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS ME

  • @joshjacobson9846
    @joshjacobson9846 3 роки тому +442

    I was determined to be “gifted” when I was 6 or 7. The amount of sheer educational privilege afforded to me thanks to a single “IQ test” performed at school is wild to think about.

    • @Kelly_C
      @Kelly_C 3 роки тому +48

      yeah man I had a fucking philosophy class in elementary school cus I had a good IQ test score at age 5 and was rich (although those are basically the same thing)

    • @MissMoontree
      @MissMoontree 3 роки тому +21

      Dyslexia tests are also higly unreliable. One of my classmates only used his extra time during math, and one of my friends did the same. Mind you, I'm talking about people who had at least 4 languages at some point during school.
      Basically their parents bought a piece of paper that gave them special privileges.

    • @Tzar1
      @Tzar1 3 роки тому +7

      I struggled enough being called gifted because I know a fair bit. I can't imagine being determined gifted by a test is like

    • @joshjacobson9846
      @joshjacobson9846 3 роки тому +20

      @@Tzar1 being 6 when I did the test it was fun? I had no idea it was a test. They had me go see a guidance counsellor at the office and she just had me do a bunch of logic puzzles. A week later I was sent to my first “gifted class.” Which basically meant once a week I went to another room and was given extra access to computers and other stuff that my normal classmates didn’t.

    • @BarioIDL
      @BarioIDL 2 роки тому +8

      we are all disappointment
      let's get real here

  • @nothing4mepls973
    @nothing4mepls973 3 роки тому +301

    This Carl Brigham dude had one hell of a character arc.

    • @iug5672
      @iug5672 3 роки тому +6

      LeL
      I would watch a video about him seems like an interesting guy

    • @SamuraiPoohBear
      @SamuraiPoohBear 3 роки тому +17

      He later admitted to faking data for his book. But this video fails to mention that

    • @SnailSlugSlut
      @SnailSlugSlut 3 роки тому

      I don’t know if it was intentional, but he mispronounced Brigham or pronounced it differently every time said. 😂

    • @PenguinLord10
      @PenguinLord10 3 роки тому

      @@SnailSlugSlut if it was every time it was probably intentional

    • @ManiacX1999
      @ManiacX1999 3 роки тому +2

      @@SamuraiPoohBear The guy who was a major proponent for testing in this country, cheated... The irony

  • @lel8928
    @lel8928 3 роки тому +604

    Of course he uploaded this video when I’m supposed to be forgetting about this week of school

    • @roamingvagabond5435
      @roamingvagabond5435 3 роки тому +6

      Stay on that grind.

    • @rojorosa
      @rojorosa 3 роки тому

      @Mohos Me as well.

    • @cyberas3840
      @cyberas3840 3 роки тому

      Didnt take sats but I did take my English SOL and now waiting for the results. Hope everything works out for you

    • @tommymarco
      @tommymarco 6 місяців тому

      lol

  • @LiquidTang
    @LiquidTang 3 роки тому +111

    The SAT does test an important aspect of a persons aptitude for this world, the ability to jump through bullshit hoops we know are a part of a bullshit game because we have no choice and without losing your mind, or in other words, your capacity to fall in line.

  • @PlebNC
    @PlebNC 3 роки тому +242

    I've always hated how timed exams, particularly timed essay exams, are utterly unreflective of the type of profession the exam is often for.
    For example, history exams here in the UK usually consist of doing an unplanned essay within a short time frame, which is unlike actual historical work where you spend weeks and months just on research and planning an academic paper before actually writing it.
    Similarly exams also struggle with quantifying qualitative or subjective variables
    Art exams, for example, have a marking scheme so vague that it amounts to "does it look good, took some effort and/or has a paragraph of abstract BS about symbolism." They also outright don't reward creativity as no part of the marking scheme awards points for the creativeness of the piece. So someone could make something real imaginative but unless it shows high technical aptitude, a paragraph of abstract BS explaining it or the examiner simply doesn't get its message then the creative effort is wasted.

    • @diablo.the.cheater
      @diablo.the.cheater 3 роки тому +14

      To be honest, there is not a good way to measure art, you can only really measure things like technical aptitude and symbolism, you can't really measure creativity.
      Although measuring symbolism is some next-level BS.
      And everything being said, if you are learning art, you are not learning creativity, you are learning technical aptitude, so it is normal for you to be tested in technical aptitude.

    • @neoqwerty
      @neoqwerty 3 роки тому +24

      @@diablo.the.cheater Explain why in the one year I wasted an elective on I had to constantly write paragraphs of bullshit symbolism about my art pieces and was asked 0 questions about what I was trying to do with the piece, technique-wise. I got threatened by getting a 0 on one of my final exams if I didn't explain what a piece meant symbolically when it was literally just me drawing fire and a close-up of a human eye and the reflection of fire in the eye, framed by more fire, because that was what I wanted to practice coloring and shading and shaping.
      (Also, never got a single peep from the teacher about if the fire, the cracked charcoal with embers glowing in the cracks, and the reflection of the fire looked at all good or even semi-realistic like I was trying for. Got full marks for BSing a nice deep-sounding pretentous artsy-fartsy reasoning I'd have put on a description for a bad newgrounds game.)
      I WISH I was taught technical aptitude, instead I only learned how to weaponize my 14 years old existential angst and ultraviolet prose to sound impressive and deep.

    • @samuraijackoff5354
      @samuraijackoff5354 3 роки тому +1

      I feel this as an Ap art student ere

    • @kitfagan2027
      @kitfagan2027 3 роки тому

      I can't say anything about post-18 art exams but for A-Levels and GCSE it was more about wether the execution of a final piece is good and how detailied the evolution and discovery of the topic and associated artists. In a theoretical sense it works but the topics chosen by the teacher or exam board as well as the materials avalaible dramatically impact a student's potential on an individual level.
      For myself that made a big difference in how I was graded as someone that struggles with traditional artistic expression such as drawing and painting realistic figures. In high school where I had more options I was able to make things I could truly be proud of and recieve a higher grade. My final exam piece was a swamp made out of e-waste and origami with ciruit boards screenprinted onto the paper as a 3D piece. In contrast to college where I was more limited to traditional techniques I floundered and felt unable to express what I wanted to which led to me dropping the course after getting my AS results back.

    • @pastlife960
      @pastlife960 2 роки тому +1

      Those history exams were murder, especially on my poor wrist

  • @tbonenom3736
    @tbonenom3736 3 роки тому +271

    "This is a country that has a bit of a predilection towards self-inflicted misery"
    As a swede, I can't deny this statement.

    • @leeeass840
      @leeeass840 3 роки тому +3

      Can you please explain? Didn't get it

    • @TechniqueSan
      @TechniqueSan 3 роки тому +15

      Refugees welcome!

    • @mintpaintome
      @mintpaintome 3 роки тому +28

      @@leeeass840 He's mainy referencing Ingemar Bergman movies. A Swedish movie director whose movies are like all, pretty depressing. Though themes of despair and similar are very common in Swedish media in general I'd say, even our comedy movies are mostly based around a weird form of socially akward cringe comedy. But yeah, this is only explaining the reference and not the bigger concept of self-inflicted misery (which I do still agree on but can't really explain why it feels like we do it)

    • @leeeass840
      @leeeass840 3 роки тому +1

      @@mintpaintome ok, thanks a lot for elaborating anyway!

    • @apotato6278
      @apotato6278 3 роки тому +9

      @@mintpaintome I think that the real reason Swedish comedy is so awful is because of Swedish culture itself. Swedish culture values silence and anonymity. What sets Swedish comedians apart from society at large is their complete failure to adjust and integrate. Simply put: They want to be famous in a culture that hates fame.
      Comedy is built on observation and experience but when your experience is completely different from the average person's a rift will slowly form. If you have never been able to fit in that will shape your comedy. "Isn't it funny that i always say the wrong thing?" or "Isn't it funny that people think i'm weird" are the primary themes in Swedish comedy because the retired class clowns that crowd the Swedish comedy scene haven't spent a day of their lives as functioning citizens. The same type of maladjusted weirdos are common in the Swedish media industry too so naturally they think this socially awkward cringe comedy is funny resulting in more of it being made and broadcasted. The issue isn't the Swedish people, it's the concentration of weirdos resulting from our oddly exclusionary culture.

  • @BlackStarInitiative
    @BlackStarInitiative 3 роки тому +91

    "Christianity on hard mode"
    This is why I'm here.

  • @TheRealRonShady1911
    @TheRealRonShady1911 3 роки тому +331

    I MISSED THIS DUDE IVE BEEN REWATCHING OLD CONTENT

  • @ShellShock11C
    @ShellShock11C 3 роки тому +147

    I'm a historian, and studying anthropologist. I have never used anything I learned in high school. It's simply attrition-eque torture

    • @vammukittu
      @vammukittu 3 роки тому +13

      I am a physicist. I use almost every thing taught in school, everyday, every hour. Albeit, byhearting and rote memory doesnt signify intelligence, just complacency.

    • @diablo.the.cheater
      @diablo.the.cheater 3 роки тому +46

      @@vammukittu To be honest, you did not need to memorize those things at that point, just comprehend it enough to be able to do it with reference material should be enough, in any field if you do something frequent enough, you memorize it naturally, and for the not so frequent enough stuff, you are better referencing it anyway because memory can be faulty

    • @vegeta8169
      @vegeta8169 3 роки тому +9

      @@diablo.the.cheater yeah but if he believes that he can't rationalise his 4 years learning nothing.

    • @a_8764
      @a_8764 2 роки тому +2

      @@vegeta8169 Lol, do you really believe aspiring physicists don't learn anything about physics during their education?
      I can't speak for other fields, but with engineering and natural sciences you actually learn an incredible amount of useful stuff in your education. It's crucial, actually. You can't apply for a job as a synthetic chemist and simply expect to "learn on the job," you need to actually understand a lot of things about chemistry. It's not simply memorization either. You don't solve complex math problems by just memorizing a series of steps. There are concepts that you need to actually understand (not just "remember") as well as skills you need to practice.
      "he can't rationalise his 4 years learning nothing." - It sounds more like you're the one trying to rationalize how not going to school makes you somehow superior, because clearly you have no clue what a physics education is like or what it takes to work as a physicist.

    • @vegeta8169
      @vegeta8169 2 роки тому +1

      @@a_8764 in the fields you mention you do learn. This is not the case in all subjects. So yes enginering and natural sciences you do learn.

  • @alisawing3705
    @alisawing3705 3 роки тому +136

    As a school psychologist, thanks for the little blurb about assessing students for disabilities. That's what I do! This video was right up my alley and your presentation of the topic was highly entertaining and refreshing. Keep em coming.

  • @-Raylight
    @-Raylight 3 роки тому +385

    *"But much like gunpowder, tea, and deadly pathogens once the exam reached Europe, it really took off"*
    Lol I mean he's not wrong, he's got a point xD

    • @fifthat
      @fifthat 3 роки тому

      Whoa, this part of the video happened as I started reading this comment 🤓

    • @RockSolitude
      @RockSolitude 3 роки тому

      I see you everywhere on youtube now

    • @nenesimone
      @nenesimone 3 роки тому

      OT just spittin' facts

  • @wissmiss1718
    @wissmiss1718 3 роки тому +344

    For anyone who doesn’t know 400,000 characters is basically 2 entire 694 page Game of Thrones books

    • @thedoode7749
      @thedoode7749 3 роки тому +83

      but how many football fields is it?

    • @hbrown689
      @hbrown689 3 роки тому +63

      @@thedoode7749 About 5.08

    • @SSKJ64
      @SSKJ64 3 роки тому +3

      0-o

    • @creator2909
      @creator2909 3 роки тому +26

      Does that calculation consider that Chinese characters can sometimes represent entire words?

    • @mr.p215
      @mr.p215 3 роки тому +1

      @@creator2909 thing is, he stated characters and not words in his sentence.

  • @henriquefinger935
    @henriquefinger935 2 роки тому +21

    Here in Brazil we have ENEM, an acronym in Portuguese for National High School Exam. It's surprisingly similar to the Chinese test you described, the only difference is that it lasts 10.5 hours over two days. It's basically an endurance test. The result is what most colleges use to decide which students get in. Also some colleges have their own individual exams, but they still take your ENEM score in consideration.

  • @junkiejackflash
    @junkiejackflash 3 роки тому +258

    It didn't hit me till my 4th re-watch of the Sopranos that he's called Pussy because he started out as a cat burglar

  • @Ion_Petrov
    @Ion_Petrov 3 роки тому +235

    More like, how an exam started one of the bloodiest rebelion in history

    • @jesusolguin5896
      @jesusolguin5896 3 роки тому +5

      Wait... Tell me more

    • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 3 роки тому +27

      @@jesusolguin5896 taiping rebellion. Look into it. Hilarious stuff. The insane loss of life only adds to the absurdist nature of the rebellion.

    • @Ion_Petrov
      @Ion_Petrov 3 роки тому +10

      @@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 and one guy who believe he was Jesus brother

    • @roboturtle1429
      @roboturtle1429 3 роки тому +7

      @Mialisus buddy. You know where the door is

    • @sebaseba6710
      @sebaseba6710 3 роки тому

      I commented the same thing, it's insane!

  • @grantbokmiller4127
    @grantbokmiller4127 2 роки тому +18

    Glad you made this. I actually wrote a 10 page research paper in college about how the college board here in the US is absolutely broken. Got an A. Says something when even your professors think it’s bullshit too

  • @Iudicatio
    @Iudicatio 3 роки тому +127

    So glad someone else recognizes this! I did K-12 in the US but did college in Germany. I easily passed all the exams in school and got a 33 on the ACT with not much preparation. But when I got to Germany I suddenly failed the majority of exams. The types of exams and expectations of the graders are completely different. Not only do they not teach you anything relevant to the real world, you might not even be prepared for other types of exams. We shouldn't blame children and teens for wasting their time when they play video games. We adults are the ones wasting their time.

    • @magnuscritikaleak5045
      @magnuscritikaleak5045 3 роки тому +4

      Very true. Also the Education system bureaucrats: the Senior uppermanagement (Teachers) absolutely DESPISE Gamr designers, Animators and Artists to rework the education system from the ground up because anything that moves cannnot be dictated to (CONTROLLED) In an Authoritarian or Totalitarian manner, should be resteicted or PURGED. Thus in utter contrast to the Academic world, which recognises Games and ANimation design as legitmate Academic topics, to be explored by students and designed further.

    • @davicampos6735
      @davicampos6735 3 роки тому +1

      what subject dit you study in germany ? was it hochschule oder uni ?

    • @Iudicatio
      @Iudicatio 3 роки тому +2

      @@davicampos6735 I study physics with a minor in meteorology at uni :)

    • @davifreitas2810
      @davifreitas2810 3 роки тому +1

      @@Iudicatio cool, I started studying mechanical engineering this semester here in Germany, and we have so many lectures in a week . Is it exactly the same in the states?

    • @Iudicatio
      @Iudicatio 3 роки тому +2

      @@davifreitas2810 I think so but I never studied in the US so not really sure.
      What really got me though is how in Germany they either don't give homework regularly or it's not mandatory. Because of that I just did nothing LMAO.

  • @maloneymaloney5204
    @maloneymaloney5204 3 роки тому +84

    me, having flunked out of high school but getting near perfect on the SAT: yes, I *am* very smart.

    • @antonioakiki3716
      @antonioakiki3716 3 роки тому +8

      You should get psychiatric help, no offense. Might be adhd or something because if you can achieve high scores in these kinds of tests you can surely pass high school with decent grades without much effort

    • @maloneymaloney5204
      @maloneymaloney5204 3 роки тому +34

      @@antonioakiki3716 I already flunked out, past tense. I'm in university now, largely because of my SAT scores. And, no, these tests are not indicative of any kind of aptitude, just because I can pass a test doesn't mean I can necessarily pass high school.

    • @danielzerich2179
      @danielzerich2179 3 роки тому +3

      r/ iamsmart

    • @beepmoo8771
      @beepmoo8771 3 роки тому +32

      @@danielzerich2179 shut up, redditor.

    • @danielzerich2179
      @danielzerich2179 3 роки тому +1

      @@beepmoo8771 I'm good

  • @ThePhiphler
    @ThePhiphler 3 роки тому +21

    Being from Sweden and having taken the university admittance test you refer to "Högskoleprovet", I have to argue that the existence of the test is a very good thing. You can get into university either on your grades from school, or by taking this test. There is a fair spread of logical thinking and knowledge based questions, but it is intentionally very broad in its scope. This is good because you can get a real sense of the ability of the student to reason and absorb knowledge, the qualities necessary to succeed in higher education. The whole point of selectivity in university admittance is after all for the courses to get students that can actually finish them.

    • @TheSwedishHistorian
      @TheSwedishHistorian Рік тому

      it has been proven to predict university grades worse than your high school grades though

    • @longiusaescius2537
      @longiusaescius2537 10 місяців тому

      @TheSwedishHistorian Christina was very interesting!

  • @vitormoro8411
    @vitormoro8411 3 роки тому +79

    When you started talking about the Chinese exam style, I had a flashback from Brazil. We have something closer to the Chinese style than the SAT. The most famous one is ENEM. It is ridiculous because rich kids that went to private school all their lives, in general, do better and end up in public universities which are usually the best ones in the country. It is so pointless and the whole high school is just a preparation for that exam

    • @rickydo6572
      @rickydo6572 3 роки тому +24

      Rich kids always get better results.
      But then there's the small number of poor kids that go through great lenghts to study and manage to pass the test. And then the people and the media focus only in these kids, as a way to say that if you really study it's possible.
      Which means that, unlike the rich kids, who have the luxury of just being above average (considering their access to good education) poor kids have to be extra ordinary. I just imagine how far they'd be able to go if they had access to what rich kids have.

    • @joaomotta7791
      @joaomotta7791 3 роки тому +3

      Man, i never want to look at another exam for the rest of my life.

    • @furinick
      @furinick 3 роки тому +1

      Can confirm, will do it this year, managet to get into a federal institute, no joke every classmate of mine is mentally ill because of studying so hard and having to help family. They are absolute troopers but oh god is the local psychologist constantly busy

  • @1serious0mfr
    @1serious0mfr 3 роки тому +36

    I remember when i was in school it felt like everything we did was just in preparation for these tests and we never actually learned anything worth learning or it being superficial knowledge that would leave your mind as soon as the test was over

  • @TheDsyr4MyDmyz
    @TheDsyr4MyDmyz 2 роки тому +39

    When I was in high school, I decided not to take the SAT and ACT. My local community college didn't require it for entrance, and my local university had great programs for majors I was interested in. I saw an opportunity to get into college without stressing myself out, save some money by taking core classes at community college and transferring to university after getting my associate degree, and I could just be a kid. Taking the SAT and ACT seemed pointless.
    I remember seeing my friends prepare for those exams. They got fatter, payed less attention to their personal hygiene, and didn't hang out on the weekends because they were busy studying. I almost got into a fight with one of them because his stress led him to threaten punching me in the face. Ever since then, I developed a deeper distaste for exams and further questioned their role in determining intelligence, aptitude, learning, and whatever other metric they attempt to measure.

    • @longiusaescius2537
      @longiusaescius2537 10 місяців тому

      Nice

    • @greenturtle5616
      @greenturtle5616 10 місяців тому +1

      Wait just a minute. There’s an option to NOT take the S.A.T?

    • @TheDsyr4MyDmyz
      @TheDsyr4MyDmyz 10 місяців тому

      @@greenturtle5616 My school district made the SAT optional, but they changed it to being mandatory after my graduating class.

  • @jasperkrijgsman7663
    @jasperkrijgsman7663 3 роки тому +56

    School system: I’m gonna pretend like I didn’t see this...

  • @GriggsDeMagus
    @GriggsDeMagus 3 роки тому +320

    Seriously though, you have no idea how stressful and psychologically damaging exams can be, especially if you had a tendency to get bad test anxiety like I did.
    Taking exams was more stressful than any job I've ever had and this is coming from someone who used to work as an Amazon delivery driver.

    • @victorcates9330
      @victorcates9330 3 роки тому +17

      Or physically damaging. I once accidentally gave myself a paper cut to the eyeball during an exam.

    • @manputty933
      @manputty933 3 роки тому +24

      I've been the victim of muggings that were more relaxing than the SAT

    • @wisesquirrel4986
      @wisesquirrel4986 3 роки тому +2

      I can relate.
      I usually never suffered much from exams, but I can recall one awful episode.
      I arrived late for an exam because I mixed up the time. Ended up trying to answer the whole thing in 5 minutes. The anxiety after the test caused me to vomit the very same night, I can remember how I gradually felt my stomach acidity rise whenever I dwelled on that test.

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 3 роки тому +22

      I turned up to end of year math exam forgetting my scientific calculator. They refused to give me one, only a dumb calculator, which was essentially useless for all the long form calculation, trigonometry and calculus. Spent the majority of the exam in tears trying to do the impossible in time and only making myself look a fool trying to do workings on paper in minutes what people used their sci-calculator in seconds whilst the teachers smirked. It's still one of the most traumatic moments of my life and I hate how teachers would rather torture students and ruin their lives to make a point than help them out in an unfortunate moment.

    • @conditionalbee9603
      @conditionalbee9603 3 роки тому +16

      @@cattysplat Bro wtf that’s not fair. That’s like asking you to figure out how to compute sine manually in like an hour.

  • @Shaddonius
    @Shaddonius 3 роки тому +14

    I remember to this day what grandma told me when my time for the national exams came, 15 years ago :
    "Son, listen here : there are some people who think these exams is very important, and sadly they're the ones you have to knee to. Make sure you pass. If you fail, you're going to forget everything next year."
    My grandma was a serf in her youth btw. Now that I'm no longer that wet behind the ear, I can sort of see the merits of the education system. About 20% of your school curricula is of any use, but that 20% is different for everyone. My college degree, however, was just an entry ticket for starting my career.
    Evaluating its usefulness is hard . Understanding the fundamentals of your field is useful and gives you insight, but my salary is based on my output of useful work. I lost my first 2 jobs in the field cause it took me that long to understand how to produce useful work.

  • @leopoldmcfitz1124
    @leopoldmcfitz1124 3 роки тому +112

    The SAT is nonsensical garbage, I was top of my high school in computer sciences and passed 9/10 of my AP exams, yet I was seen as "average" by those tests because I didn't prioritize English grammar above the career I wanted in software engineering, what a joke

    • @willywonka3050
      @willywonka3050 3 роки тому +46

      The SAT tests for how good you are at taking the SAT. It’s an absurd concept that has become detached from reality.

    • @NathanDudani
      @NathanDudani 3 роки тому +15

      @@willywonka3050 bold of you to assume it was ever grounded in reality

    • @dr.vikyll7466
      @dr.vikyll7466 3 роки тому +12

      @@willywonka3050 It was detached the moment it was created as it was created by a eugenicist.

    • @viscountrainbows6452
      @viscountrainbows6452 3 роки тому +1

      I got the highest reading score in my school.
      But like any honor roll cert, I certainly can't cash it in, now can I?

    • @diablo.the.cheater
      @diablo.the.cheater 3 роки тому +3

      To be honest, that documentation is not going to write itself, and self-documenting code is a myth, so good grammar can surprisingly be useful.

  • @chadlancer6107
    @chadlancer6107 3 роки тому +22

    Exams are great because now I have depression, anxiety and I’m afraid to go to bed because I have seizures when I sleep.

    • @furinick
      @furinick 3 роки тому +2

      *looks at youth mental illness and suicide rates *
      Yeah this is fine

    • @theawsome3dradder926
      @theawsome3dradder926 3 роки тому

      Exploding head syndrome?

  • @jackharrison2916
    @jackharrison2916 3 роки тому +7

    This channel is tragically underrated. Thank you for all the high effort high quality content mate, I'm always in full belly laughs at unexpected moments

  • @stiles9635
    @stiles9635 3 роки тому +67

    Fear of exams is the number 1 reason why I can't bring myself to join academia again, even though I really want to get my masters. I'm freelance studying a language with some friends without the pressure of exams or grades, and it's fantastic.

    • @magnuscritikaleak5045
      @magnuscritikaleak5045 3 роки тому +3

      you should look into Mystical schools, such as the Rudolf Steiner Werner schools, or the Anarchist Gnostic schools of Thoughts.

  • @ironickomedakin
    @ironickomedakin 3 роки тому +53

    watching this while avoiding revising for my exams xxx

  • @mr.rogers9849
    @mr.rogers9849 3 роки тому +2

    I appreciate how you’re content has gotten slightly me optimistic as time has gone on.

  • @pnelson89
    @pnelson89 3 роки тому +41

    In Australia the equivelent university enterance scheme is also extremely flawed. At the age of 18 you can now qualify as a "mature age student" and do a short course that will get you into almost any degree program in any university in the country. Fuck school!

    • @djoucla9734
      @djoucla9734 3 роки тому

      thought you were going to talk about the HC, where the test only accounts for 50% of your score, with rankings (where you are out of the year + how difficult the class you took is + which school you went to) counting for the other 50% which can also fuck you.

  • @-Raylight
    @-Raylight 3 роки тому +140

    Students who are going to take exams tomorrow : *"And I took that personally"*

    • @kttg4275
      @kttg4275 3 роки тому +5

      Lmao taking one in an hour

    • @alastor8091
      @alastor8091 3 роки тому

      Unless you're paying people to take them for you...

    • @hexoson
      @hexoson 3 роки тому

      Luckily for me, I don't have midterms this semester 😎

  • @nekochadechu
    @nekochadechu 3 роки тому +3

    Now that i've quit school i feel as if a long traumatic event just ended finally, i can't believe my everyday was having to study, forcing myself to remember things i forgot now at school for my whole life

  • @larrylaffer3246
    @larrylaffer3246 3 роки тому +280

    Confucius say: Man who stand on toilet, high on pot.

  • @FreaKCSGOHacker
    @FreaKCSGOHacker 3 роки тому +186

    "As long as there have been exams, there have been cheaters"
    Me who cheated in my last 3 uni exams: whaaaa naaah

    • @GunslingerLv
      @GunslingerLv 3 роки тому +3

      But did you passed

    • @Solomons03
      @Solomons03 3 роки тому +22

      Me who's been cheating alllll quarantine:👀👀👀

    • @julielove4evr
      @julielove4evr 3 роки тому +36

      @Mialisus Its not cheating if the system is already broken 😉

    • @brownerjerry174
      @brownerjerry174 3 роки тому +6

      I once cheated from me friend's paper, we both failed.

    • @dankmemes8254
      @dankmemes8254 3 роки тому +1

      @@brownerjerry174 I have multiple friends who cheated from each other one of them passes while the other didn't

  • @kenku6440
    @kenku6440 3 роки тому +11

    The company I work in at one point wanted to implement myers briggs for already working people. Said it's mandatory to fill out. I refused it, it felt gross and I argued with my manager that if they force me to I can just make up answers to make myself look better. Somehow the whole project fizzled out and I've never heard of it again.

    • @EdepolFox
      @EdepolFox Рік тому +2

      When a company wants to do something like that, what they're really saying is that they want to lay people off.
      Personality tests are just a convenient way to provide a "valid" reason to arbitrarily lay someone off or reject an application.

  • @Andrew36597
    @Andrew36597 3 роки тому +14

    Teaching Chinese teenagers, the pressure and focus on the GaoKao seems really extreme; it not only is seen as the only ticket to further education, but almost like the only ticket to have a life. (I don't believe it necessarily is, but that is what they're raised to believe). I've had Chinese friends tell me that from the age of around 3, they are told that this exam they take when they are 18 is the most important thing in their life and are trained vigorously in order to pass this test, having a childhood or learning through exploration and discovery is basically impossible to an average person, and once they've taken the test, even if they pass, friends have told me they feel empty and often have no idea at all what they actually want to do with their lives. Its pretty mad

  • @supercalaman01
    @supercalaman01 3 роки тому +105

    And I thought American exams were bad.
    To those who live in Korea, China, or any other Asian nation who employs those kinds of rigorous tests...
    I am so sorry. Like so fucking sorry you have to go through that.

    • @maxwellli7057
      @maxwellli7057 3 роки тому +31

      The perception that many people have is that that system in Asia is much more meritocratic and fair. If you score well on the Gaokao for instance, no matter who you are, where you are from, what else you have done, or anything else, you are going to have a future. Here in the states, that is not really true. Even if you get a near-perfect score on the SAT or ACT, you still need mountains of extracurricular achievements, hundreds of hours of your life put into community services that you care nothing about, and a bunch of emotional pandering on your application to have a chance. My father put it this way: "In Asia, the system is black/white. If you get 99% on a test when the system requires 100%, you have failed. In the United States, however, there is a much greater 'gray area'. Someone who gets 100% is not necessarily going to pass, whereas a really charismatic person who scores 60% might pass."

    • @emblemblade9245
      @emblemblade9245 3 роки тому +19

      I mean both systems really fucking suck and create a huge amount of stress for students.

    • @magnuscritikaleak5045
      @magnuscritikaleak5045 3 роки тому +1

      @@maxwellli7057 the American education system should just import the Swedish Gymnasium system.

    • @Tonixxy
      @Tonixxy 3 роки тому +6

      @@maxwellli7057 ah the gaokao which rich people pay to avoid, and poor people get angry when they can't cheat.
      Also that gray area is a featurw of the west ckr good or bad.

    • @nonamepasserbya6658
      @nonamepasserbya6658 3 роки тому +3

      @@maxwellli7057 That's bullshit. Once tried to apply for a Japanese company. They expect me to have 10+ years of experience minimum and to perform in their New Year Parties despite me only fresh out of college. Gave them the bird and applied for a Finnish start-up instead

  • @exosproudmamabear558
    @exosproudmamabear558 3 роки тому +5

    Exams almost killed me. I am in medical school with anxiety and my worst nightmare was oral exams. I normally got depression due to anxiety of the exams and social problems but I always got out when the school ended. This time we had oral exams there was no escape so my depression got worse and worse finally I started taking depression drugs and leave the school for one year to get myself together. I am an intern now we don't have exams and I am living my life to the fullest even we work like hell.

  • @PapaFlammy69
    @PapaFlammy69 3 роки тому +570

    Mah boi uploading again! :D

  • @magurocha
    @magurocha 3 роки тому +68

    The worst types of exams are those that aren't exams but are instead replication/research papers.

    • @iateoutarianagrande9628
      @iateoutarianagrande9628 3 роки тому +9

      I have a class where we do nothing but that. Lame as fuck.

    • @magurocha
      @magurocha 3 роки тому +2

      I feel you my guy

    • @BlueV205
      @BlueV205 3 роки тому

      @@iateoutarianagrande9628 is this class named "Academic Writing"?

    • @BlueV205
      @BlueV205 3 роки тому

      Worst thing is, as a designer, once you got over all this shit and got a job, you basically spend yout whole career making what clients told you to make. Those research experience and 4 years of studying design process got thrown out of the window.
      Edit: Now, to be fair, you can still use that design process experience if you are creating your own brand (or God bless if you got a client who let you have creative freedom over their brand). But for the average corporate or freelance designer, this is, quite sadly, usually the case.

  • @DmanYTofficial
    @DmanYTofficial 3 роки тому +2

    There’s a difference between knowledge and understanding. Exams test for knowledge.

    • @gundam5281
      @gundam5281 3 роки тому +2

      Knowledge solely based on hollow 'memorisation', which is not the same as learning and understanding that is the true essence of learning.

  • @AxenfonKlatismrek
    @AxenfonKlatismrek 3 роки тому +70

    Chinese guy invents a test
    Devil: Well i must say that im a huge fan

    • @magnuscritikaleak5045
      @magnuscritikaleak5045 3 роки тому +2

      The Devil is not Lucifer, but two people Yaldabaoth and Yahweh.

    • @aurabanda6144
      @aurabanda6144 3 роки тому +1

      I am your sixty ninth like, you are welcome.

  • @yeesauce4365
    @yeesauce4365 3 роки тому +69

    I’m in a car while on 5%. This is worth every bit of battery

  • @benjaminestes6716
    @benjaminestes6716 3 роки тому +2

    So happy to see how much this channel has grown. Congrats!

  • @Krackerlack
    @Krackerlack 3 роки тому +29

    we're all complaining about our country's university application exam but at least we don't have to take the Chinese Gaokao

    • @magnuscritikaleak5045
      @magnuscritikaleak5045 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah the Chinese Gaokao was invented by Yaldabaoth the Devil himself. Also the Devil is not Lucifer.

  • @arwhajime4196
    @arwhajime4196 3 роки тому +43

    School is not a place for smart people. Your greatest teacher is life and failure is your best lesson

    • @justabread5679
      @justabread5679 3 роки тому +8

      no? lmao those who say life was their teacher are now setting 5G towers on fire and protesting vaccinations

    • @mr.coffee6242
      @mr.coffee6242 3 роки тому +4

      @@justabread5679 i disagree.
      I have a high school diploma and make 80 k a year. Im 30.
      School is not mandatory if you really are intelligent.

    • @krunkle5136
      @krunkle5136 3 роки тому +1

      @@mr.coffee6242 not everyone can be an autodidact.
      It's not only intelligence, but knowledge.
      Of course if the school system is dysfunctional and the curriculum is outdated, then that's an obvious problem.

  • @riotwire
    @riotwire 2 роки тому +6

    I never thought that tests really messed me up all that bad, but when I was in school I would always rip my eyebrows and eyelashes out while taking tests and thinking about tests. Since I got out of school I have never had the desire to rip out my face hairs.

  • @coramardin1983
    @coramardin1983 3 роки тому +8

    dude the editing in this is so clean and you were made for the camera, you’re so charming

  • @kindaslyguy4092
    @kindaslyguy4092 3 роки тому +10

    That "f**k school" at the end was so powerful...
    Thank you

  • @revera89
    @revera89 3 роки тому +5

    New to the channel: You're a really funny guy with quality, intelligent reviews on various topics. I don't detect annoying biased either. Kudos. Binge-watching previous videos, engage!

  • @lowang9708
    @lowang9708 3 роки тому +87

    I live in Algeria, a third world country... and let me tell there ain't no way to waste your youth better than going to college. We never learned something useful everything we study is theoretical even the English I'm speaking right now i learned it all by myself all college did for me was testing me... Didn't get me a job, didn't even meet great people there and on top of that I'll soon waste two more years in obligatory army service. So if you live in a country were your degree guarantees you a job, then be grateful.

    • @diablo.the.cheater
      @diablo.the.cheater 3 роки тому +15

      To be fair, workplaces do no want a piece of paper that proves your trivia answering and mnemotechnic abilities, they want you to know how to do the job, and only work experience can prove that, so you are better accepting an unpaid internship than going to college.

    • @lowang9708
      @lowang9708 3 роки тому +1

      @@diablo.the.cheater exactly, this is why all the years i spent in college sounds like a waste of time to me

    • @soheibmiloudi1883
      @soheibmiloudi1883 3 роки тому +1

      @@lowang9708 atleast it's free but our youth isn't (am algerian too)

    • @lowang9708
      @lowang9708 3 роки тому

      @@soheibmiloudi1883 yup our youth is priceless and to know that it gets wasted that way is such a hard pill to swallow I'm sure u know exactly what I'm talking about

    • @tiddlypom2097
      @tiddlypom2097 3 роки тому +3

      Is there anywhere now where a degree guarantees you a job? Certainly not any of the richer countries

  • @TomDulson
    @TomDulson 3 роки тому +13

    "astrology for people who like filling out forms" pure gold

    • @HondaFit-ot5ws
      @HondaFit-ot5ws 3 роки тому

      More like "astrology but makes sense, is actually reasonable and based on solid work from a brilliant guy". The way the guy describes it in the video is very shallow and a total overlook.

    • @kirbyjohnarroyo3103
      @kirbyjohnarroyo3103 3 роки тому +5

      @@HondaFit-ot5ws u believe in that shit?

  • @swolby9230
    @swolby9230 2 роки тому +10

    Brigham's interpretation of that 'data' collected on the amount of a mark certain races got on the test is a great example of how a stubborn preconceived notions can blind someone to how their supportive evidence may be flawed.

  • @matthewtaylor2890
    @matthewtaylor2890 3 роки тому +8

    Great video as always, that 9 hour Chinese exam sounds like actual hell though

    • @razr7r531
      @razr7r531 3 роки тому +2

      it is, there is a town build for it, there is no public places in it, restaurants, supermarkets,public fields. nothing there is only a residential zone and school , nothing more

    • @__-yz1ob
      @__-yz1ob 3 роки тому

      Wait, students give that test in one sitting or multiple sittings?

    • @matthewtaylor2890
      @matthewtaylor2890 3 роки тому +2

      @@__-yz1ob you sit it over two days apparently, but even so it's pretty crazy

  • @Coffeepotion
    @Coffeepotion 3 роки тому +71

    While most exams test students memory retention, that's NOT what they are for. They test your submissiveness and commitment. People with high grades submit themselves to a nonsensical system without questioning it and are committed to suffer through the best years of their lives for it.

    • @Dom_R_222
      @Dom_R_222 3 роки тому +2

      lol wit?

    • @Coffeepotion
      @Coffeepotion 3 роки тому +14

      @@Dom_R_222 Ask yourself, how much did you actually remember from your exams? Could you still do them? Most people on their 30s couldn't do 8th grade stuff because its so irrelevant that you forget most of it.

    • @Dom_R_222
      @Dom_R_222 3 роки тому +1

      @@Coffeepotion I'm only 18 so that doesn't rly work

    • @Dom_R_222
      @Dom_R_222 3 роки тому +1

      i can see what you mean tho

    • @hasanyigitsar6264
      @hasanyigitsar6264 3 роки тому +14

      hmu when you fix the system ig lmao
      "youre submitting yourself to a nonsensical system!!!" ok? better that than get stuck in some shitty job in the future

  • @shiguemi7
    @shiguemi7 3 роки тому +20

    The Chinese 9 hours exam, gaokao, reminded me of the what we do in Brazil, the ENEM, it's also done in the course of 2 days, there's only one chance a year but takes only 5 hours each day.

  • @fireant202
    @fireant202 3 роки тому +21

    And here I was just hearing most US colleges went exam optional this year! I’ll be curious to see the results. Let’s hope it’s permanent.

    • @hueyg206
      @hueyg206 3 роки тому +1

      Honestly I hope it’s not. I’m only good at taking tests, so I’m fucked if they get rid of them for college applications.

    • @PenguinLord10
      @PenguinLord10 3 роки тому +1

      I guarantee you it's not happening out of the kindness of anyone's heart. More students means more tuition being paid, more loans being made, more textbooks being sold. Call me cynical, but nothing in this country happens just because someone wanted to do good.

  • @TheLastCodebender
    @TheLastCodebender 3 роки тому +16

    0:28 that scene of the students taking exams in Afganistan, outside under the sun and sitting on the ground, makes you reevaluate a lot of things in your life

  • @blueangelx22
    @blueangelx22 Рік тому +1

    I love your content! I binge watched it recently during my Covid diagnosis. Thank you for taking the time to teach us all something.

  • @Joshua-te1fg
    @Joshua-te1fg 3 роки тому +19

    Imagine a cross over episode between NORD VPN man and this

    • @alyssarichardson2544
      @alyssarichardson2544 3 роки тому

      *"A man like me.. Never really knew how to stop..." ..."shut the fuck up"* ahahahaha

    • @alyssarichardson2544
      @alyssarichardson2544 3 роки тому

      man Internet Historian does the best sponsor readings on youtube, without a doubt.

  • @easye4329
    @easye4329 3 роки тому +28

    If you ever wanted an example of how A. Little the ACT actually means, and B how little it actually affects your ability to get into colleges.
    I got something like an 18 on the test. Which considering when it came to the fact that i never opened the booklet in the math section. And just bubbled the sheet randomly to get done early and take a longer lunch.
    With a score like this you could imagine I wouldn't get into any major university, and you'd be correct. Instead i went to community College, and then transferred to a major university from there, saving a couple dozen grand on my first two year courses, and then graduated three years later with a degree in chemical engineering.
    The test means nothing and is only a barrier to your future success if your inclined to believe that its the only way to get into college.

  • @miamack2922
    @miamack2922 3 роки тому +1

    I found your channel 3 days ago. I have now watched all your videos.

  • @cootergale6281
    @cootergale6281 3 роки тому +41

    Ordinary things: “How exams ruined your life”
    Me: already knows but watches anyway

  • @LORDVONCORE
    @LORDVONCORE 3 роки тому +3

    "Dont test me" i appreciated that joke 😂

  • @MrYsosad
    @MrYsosad 3 роки тому +24

    legacy students in america be like: what do you mean I have to take an exam to enter this university?

    • @b0cket380
      @b0cket380 3 роки тому

      Me giving the awsner: How about no, entering the university because that's the way the cheaters that could be, right Tanner?

  • @simil-kung5610
    @simil-kung5610 3 роки тому +15

    Abitur is pronounced something like this: "Ah-Bee-Tour".

  • @gokueatsomanyburgers1911
    @gokueatsomanyburgers1911 3 роки тому +4

    this feels like a youtuber version of horrible histories. and i love that

  • @drank.99
    @drank.99 3 роки тому +7

    Watching this when I should be revising gives me a weird sense of smugness

  • @sethhiles7830
    @sethhiles7830 3 роки тому +48

    I’ve been reading a book by a Michael J. Sandel called the Tyranny of Merit, and one of the focuses of the book is how universities not only act as a breeding grounds for meritocratic hubris, but that the systems and means of entry into elite universities almost thrive on it. It gets ugly when people take tests, not merely for the sake of good education, but to declare their own, self-earned superiority. Fantastic video mate, I loved how it tied to something I was learning

    • @emblemblade9245
      @emblemblade9245 3 роки тому +7

      Colleges are a business. As soon as I realized that, I became utterly disillusioned with them

    • @deprogramme369
      @deprogramme369 3 роки тому +2

      Dang thanks for the book recommendation, and well said!
      Disillusioned is a great way to describe the realization that school is a waste if you go to it before you know exactly what you want to do and your passions are. I keep hearing about businesses in my country paying for an untrained worker’s college education so they’re eventually certified and licensed to perform the job professionally, but those have to be rare (although, I think it’s common for childcare centers to do that for their workers/caretakers of kids), and should be a standard practice.

    • @Zombie1Boy
      @Zombie1Boy 2 роки тому

      @@emblemblade9245 they've also become effective chains at keeping workers at jobs they hate due to having to pay back student loans.

  • @over7532
    @over7532 3 роки тому +6

    This feels like stede bonnet role-playing as a youtuber

  • @IOxyrinchus
    @IOxyrinchus 3 роки тому +54

    I know a guy who went into an exam half-baked and even he somehow passed, and as you can probably tell he wasn’t the smartest cookie

    • @justinbruce9808
      @justinbruce9808 3 роки тому +25

      Honestly a huge obstacle for exam taking is just how much pressure and stress the students taking it feel. It's likely to make you blank out JUST when you needed your head

    • @rickydo6572
      @rickydo6572 3 роки тому +3

      Some say he wasn't even a cookie at all.

    • @TheDuPeNetwork
      @TheDuPeNetwork 3 роки тому +7

      imma be real i took a calc exam well more than half stoned and passed with a 95

    • @willywonka3050
      @willywonka3050 3 роки тому +6

      A friend of mine got a 1500 (out of 1600) on the SAT while stoned

    • @NathanDudani
      @NathanDudani 3 роки тому +1

      @@rickydo6572 lol