Education IS Fun

[theresonly1stig]

NOT IF RYHMINGWITH ORANGES IS PREACHING HIS BULLSHIT

[Slapbass13]

I agree. Can't fatten a pig by weighing it.

However, I think the best place to be is between the two extremes of performality and educating.

[MetaCraken]

Dude. You so right. Check out 'Democratic schooling' if you haven't read about it. I've got a blog about this kind of thing and I'm writing a kind of 'student manifesto' about working for changes to the education system. I'll link you up if you're interested...!

[OhSoJazzy51]

i like the ending.

[egernhat]

I totally agree with you, but I am very distracted by that paper on the wall in the background that keeps changing.

[bodaidan]

the paper in the back keeps changing.

[abandonedtemperance]

did anyone notice the sign to his left but to our right? lol Anyways sorry for not having a comment to share. Thank you for being on YouTube.

[miketann1]

you look like a prick mate

[DropDeadHeeHee]

Well done,

we all love to hear what idiots like you, have to say ^^

x

[helloimthedoc]

Yeah, I just realized that Year One, for the six-year-olds, isn't mandatory so... Yeah, well done Cambridge, that's actually true.

[helloimthedoc]

Hey, I'm swedish! I started school when I was 5 (turning 6, but still....). well done there, Cambridge!.

[LuvGlamRock]

lol, I couldn't agree more with you. Sadly, I can't see things changing. Especially when it's the same all over the globe.

[TudesofAlex]

you're hair looks pretty freaking beautiful here. :) good length :)

[xxRebella]

Sorry to be the really annoying girl here, but would someone mind explaining the British school system to me? It severely confuses me, seeing as it's ridiculously different from our system over here in Canada, haha.

[rockinronan]

We all have our own ways of doing things. In Scotland, where I live, we start school at 4/5 years old and stay on at Primary School until we are 11/12 (From Primary 1 to Primary 7) then we move to Secondary or High School. When you are 14 you start your Standard Grades which is the minimum education you require to leave school. You can leave school at Secondary 4 (age 16) or stay on until Secondary 6 (age 18)[and do your highers]. Further education is available in collage and university.

[whitewillow27]

at my old school, we had benchmarks ALL the time. i think it was 9 for english, science, and history (3 each) and I think it was 6 for math...then we had these msa's (maryland state assessments) for english, science, and math. then for advanced math students, they had to take final exams and a high school assessment (hsa) if you were in algebra (thank god geometry didn't have one). but yeh. it SUCKED!

[HogwartsGirl13]

"No shit, Cambridge! Really?!"

I love that :D

[PineappleOxide]

Haha, I liked the background.

[ZFroggirl]

ah jazza, clever backround you got going on there. as ever, pleasure to view you... uy, that just sounds... uy.

zo

[Qw3rtypop]

"findings of a study released from cambridge university were released today"

*claps very slowly* a proud moment for you im sure Jaz

[xqeenx]

I know! I heard about this too!

We're basically heading down the chinese path with school work 24/7 but instead ending up not learning one damn thing after a wasted childhood. (Canadian education at least) It's like working in a factory, except you don't get paid. and you even get less time in jail for murder, than the time you have to spend going to school.

[MemberOfTheMaggots]

in the background, the wall, the paper more specifically, gives messages, "this is for...," "Mr. (Suck My) Balls."

[gav101gav]

in the next few years, students will have to stay on to school til 18! im lucky, i can leave school when im 16, but people in the school years below me are unlucky..

its bad enough that we have to spend 11years of our childhood in school, but an extra 2 years is ridiculous. When my mum left school she was only 12! times have changed...

[SxcJeni]

i'm just gna watch u instead of the news..

[ashamakeda]

same

[rhymingwithoranges]

AWESOME!

:P

[Saffron333]

I have to agree. I started in a preschool type program before I even turned one year old and have been in school ever since. It wasn't until two summers ago I experienced what it was like to not be in school, and since then I have grown to dislike school quite a lot because I realize there is so much more out there besides it. As they say, "don't let school get in the way of your education."

[charissasingeractres]

i lik school and stuff and learning things what ive never learnt be4.

but the thing is some of theteachers are just so lame.i think that the teachers should make their lessons more fun so the children dnt reli losetheir concertration lol

[tanzanite10]

as i teacher, you bring up some valid points,we live in a learning world that honestly does not learn... lol so ya we re live the past, I make learning fun, but i cant say for other teachers... so ya less grading and testing made formal and more informal assessment

[JENNNA1025]

omgsh you guys start school at 4?

like realllll school?

or like idk where this is going

sorry!

[FlaviusAetiusII]

Exactly! It's so good to be homeschooled!

[KissLimeBlondie]

Lurve it..

..kinda wish school was a bit .. Funner ..

lol

Do totally agree with yeh though.

Luv the ♥hair [:

[shebitmylip]

i agree totally.

i've got to say, if someone started listening to you and took what you said to heart like all of us here on youtube

things would definitely start changing

i think it's even worse in the USA with the freaking "No Child Left Behind Act"

but i've got to say, we have an idiot president and i cannot wait for a new president. go obama!

[rhymingwithoranges]

go anyone who can string a sentence together to be fair lol

(but yes, obama is my favourtie too :P)

and thank alot for that comment

meant alot

:D

[BlackHurricane714]

@rhymingwithoranges teehee there's a u in your favourite :) how britsh! once i get rid of that nasty 'r', u and i will be together ;)

[AppleProd]

wth is going on with the signs behind you??

lol

[rhymingwithoranges]

read them

lol

[Mintaroo]

Mehehe, this H or C?

Nice video

-L

[zoe409]

they make me lol

[kittyqueen25]

OMG ! I LOVE THE HAIR not to sure what the video was about..

and you look like.. Vernon Kay!!

:D:D:D

[bicycleconnoisseur]

totally and completely hit the nail on the head matey. woopwoop! [since when did i ever say THAT]

p.s. your hair is looking mighty fine :P

[rhymingwithoranges]

lol,

thanks

[Thisisace]

Spot on, Jaz.

The government is obsessed with targets for everything and so we have to have tests and grades to make sure that everyone is pushing themselves to the limit (and is 100% stressed out.)

[alacruz]

wow. amazing use of sources. absolutely pro speech. good job.

[rhymingwithoranges]

cheers dude

;)

[ticket2]

A education shouldn't leave someone with the thought that they have wasted their time learning useless facts or stressing out whether they pass exams I know you need some sort of measuring stick to judge ones progress in school but there should be other factors that count for getting a useful education and not just passing exams or enduring rigid cirriculums

[rhymingwithoranges]

couldn't have put it better myself, nice one

[fatso786]

Love the change in your accent. xD

[hagrid3689]

this makes me think of Matilda... the banner at the front of the classroom that says "If You Are Having Fun You Are Not Learning"

[rhymingwithoranges]

lol omg that vrought back so many memories

the girl being thrown by her pig tails

lol

[skybluescientist]

why do all these people you are quoting have strange nasil voices? Are you stereotyping them all as posh?

hmmmm

x

[rhymingwithoranges]

yes

[skybluescientist]

riiiiight...

x

[pearshaped68]

haha I love the signs in the background!!!

have you heard of the Summerhill school? it's an alternative school in England that doesn't give exams and they don't make kids go to lessons if they don't want to. sounds brilliant.

we've got a couple alternative schools here in the states too. I unfortunately go to a very traditional school where they bludgeon you to death with grades and exams. poo.

[rhymingwithoranges]

wow i'll defo look them up cheers

;)

[charlyandjosh]

Great vid Jazza. :-)

What always used to bug me wasn't just how much kids are examined (although I agree that it's far too much these days), but how, whenever students do well in exams, the government decides that the only reason for this is that the exams are getting easier.

I worked damn hard at my exams when I was in school, and so did all my mates, but, rather than being congratulated on having acheived results that we deserved, we were told that we'd had it easy.

[rhymingwithoranges]

i know

i think they're just bitter

that we are more cleverer than them

(and yes, cleverer is meant to be ironic :P)

[Laurbubble]

I really love these style of videos because it makes me feel I actually learn stuff from youtube. Btw...was it just me that noticed those lil changing notes in the background?

[rhymingwithoranges]

oh arn't you clever laura :P

yes the background did change,:P

[Laurbubble]

I'm proud I noticed! I will catch you next time you're on msn!!!!

[MashPotato1234]

We were debating about this today, cause mwe had like 4 family friends round, and we were talking about this topic for ages. I love your accent/impression for the quotes :D

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU MR JAZZ :D

I LOVE YOU xxxxxx

[redheadedlosers]

well at least the UK has better schools than the US

[danbron]

Great video, I also noticed the message changing on the wall, then 2 bits of bluetack left at the end :)

[TheOnlyCharlotino]

haha loves it! i onli noticed that shhet on the wall changed at the end wen it disaperd haha ye im so not blonde!

peace n love

<3

*

[babyporridge]

ahaha oh jazz.

i like your quotation voice. it reminds me of professor umbridge. a little sexier though.

[rhymingwithoranges]

i always had a soft spot for umbrigde

i love the image of her dropping crystal balls on death eater's heads in the last book

:P

[Dragonlov3er]

=P Nice subject. I think if it interests you, go for it. You do well enough with the news and what interests you will probably interest us. And by us I mean cool people...and by cool people I mean nerds. But hey, nerds rock, right?

[rhymingwithoranges]

NERD FIGHTERS FTW!!!

[Dragonlov3er]

Heck yes! =P (we're totally jokes)

[NicoleOlle]

nice little background chages lmfao...and yea totally...i do horribly on tests...yet I get all the concepts...it's stupid...but yea...good point...favorited that vid :D

[rhymingwithoranges]

thankyou my love

:D

[PaperStory]

nice signs, lol

[jeunesseperdue]

I'm through with formal education -- have been for years - but I still occasionally have those dreams - only a few hours before the big exam and I'm in a panic, still trying to buy the course book in the bookstore -- or only four minutes left to finish the test and I haven't even started writing yet. These are common dreams and show what a deep, long-lasting negative psychological impact our education systems have on us. Cheers, Jaz - good one!

[FaceForRadio63]

Here in the U.S., the No Child Left Behind program of Bush is the same kind of evaluation testing you're talking about. It's resulted in the students being taught how to perform well on the tests by which the schools are graded rather than teaching the students a normal curriculum.

[TotalTrekkie]

Hell yes!

I get these freaking standardized tests every year, that require months of teachers preparing us!

[normalwerido]

this is so true in the US school are trying to stop bullying and saying that some kinds are terrified to come to school

that is one issue but what about the kinds that just don't go because they will be bored out of there minds or just get bad grades and get in trouble

=D

[riverbasil]

the education system is always going to be fucked up... recently in Australia there were MPs who wanted children's body weight to be included on their school reports to try and control the little fatties... *sigh* they'll never get it right

[billyX84]

school is extremely stressful...you should become like a school superintendent (head of schools) and change things (especially for the younger kids)

[rhymingwithoranges]

I have emailed MPs and stuff but i havn't had a response.

so muh

[billyX84]

try during election time (when they need something, lol)

[cutekat0012345]

yeah wat the hel why dont they ask the students?!?!?! wtf

[rhymingwithoranges]

exacto!

why is our opinion not valid here/

[jabazzy]

Just like when a parent yells at a child, they'll never learn that way. Stress and fear is no way to be educated.

[cheekychen]

good points well put.

[livbiv]

Woop! Power to the people!

More newsy things like this, eh?

Bring it on.

We love you Jazza :D

[luvthecanadian]

Absolutely Jazza...I agree.

The statistics are in, and people ignore them. It's really annoying.

[Elrich89]

All hail Jazza!

It's the same in France.

My little brother Alexander didn't have to start proper education until 6. So he had a lot of time to learn how to play, re-create, and form friendships with fellow children.

Not only is forcing small children to work from such a young age stressful and producing terrible results, I believe it must be responsible for the many anti-social youths that today's society is so rife with...

[rhymingwithoranges]

very well daid ed

oooh that rhymes

:P

[cuteruthxox]

tehe, i have to admit when in black&white you look a bit like tom/randomprodinc!!

but yeahh, i agree with what your saying, if i sent my kids to school i'd send them to one of those diverse ones...but i'll probably home-educate them so they can be geeks like i am, lol!

[rhymingwithoranges]

lol awsome

will you adopt me

and i take it as a compliment

tom is well sexy

:P

[Epiphanized]

hahah.. Ed BALLSomething ^_^

lucky him!

cambridge must be right, i mean, they accepted me! hehe :P

[jot88]

youre going to cambridge? well done! :)

[rhymingwithoranges]

nicely subtlely slipped in there doug

*rolls eyes*

well done

[Epiphanized]

loool soz :P

[Elrich89]

-_-

Show orff.

[rhymingwithoranges]

lol i know

but he can't help imself bless him

:P

[Leahu2kufu]

playing what? is that the same thing as skipping?

[BansheeNC]

good points, enjoyed it!

[FroGhandi]

education should be more fun indeed. soon enough exams will be out the door. well, that would be more fun.

[gllafc]

I like the newsy stuff too.

And sorry for confusing you with Blade/Myles.

I guess it's the long haired British guy thing.

Peace

[rhymingwithoranges]

lol no worries

i'm the one that actualy HAS videos under 20 minutes long

:P

[Neavers]

also too right.

[Neavers]

DOORHINGE!

[rhymingwithoranges]

CRINGE

BORINGE (its a town in whales aparently)

[Neavers]

Haha, glad that didn't go down unnoticed.

[hyperbunnyninja]

welcome to the uk the results factory of the world! i am so jealous of all the countries like america that have like one exam at the end of highschool

we constantly do exams here! urgh!

[MyCheRoSk8]

Grades are not the most important thing. Its how much you learn. Sure, if you get good grades, you can get accepted into better universities, but if you dont learn any skills, you wont be prepared for a career and your level of pay will suffer

[kashiiampersand]

I completely agree.  Tests are like 80 percent of our grades!

[Minish]

Sorry for my lack of substance, but I wasn't really paying attention to what you were saying.

I was too busy trying to get the image of a talking horse stimulating your bollocks out of my head.

I need therapy now...

(I am aware that Ed. Balls is a person, but wiki Mister Ed and see what I mean)

On a more less bad-attempt-at-humor note, gratz on making partner, Jaz! (Just don't do what Nerimon did XD)

Long comment. Boo.

[rhymingwithoranges]

what did nerimon do?

[Minish]

YouTube partner YouTube partner I am a YouTube partner Alex is a YouTube partner baby

[rhymingwithoranges]

oh yeah

lol

no dont worry

i wont do a pointy songy thing

:P

[rhymingwithoranges]

lol yeah

dont worry i won't do a pointy rappy thing

:P

[Minish]

Ooh. Echo.

[GrandNarrative]

Ah love videos that are interesting. Tis good.

Isn't it rediculous that education doesn't become interesting until at least year 10, but more usually sixth form? And wouldn't that be around the same time that students actually start to have control over what they study?

Shock horror; but shouldn't we actually be giving children a little responsibility for their own education?

[LikeTotallyLauren]

Your sign over your shoulder changes...

I started school when i was 3 (Preschool) but I went into elementary school at age 6.

If it wasn't for my friends, there would be no way I'd go to school. Ever.

[rhymingwithoranges]

it does indeed

:P

[maniacalmike]

Good point.

There was something in a Churchill biography about him starting school at 8. That was over 100 years ago. When did Britain go to a younger start? Did anybody ever look at whether the children did better or worse as a consequence of the change?

The schools are mostly baby sitters for the younger kids, anyway. Gets them out of the house so that the mother can go to work.

[rhymingwithoranges]

I think the way the school system has changed too much for any comparison to be valid.

Churchill would have had a teacher at home before being sent to school when he was older, so his education would have started sooner than 8.

interesting theory about schools u got there.

jaz

;)

[maniacalmike]

I'm really only familiar with US schools. The baby sitter remark is not uncommon here.

Why take young children out of a home environment where there is a ratio of a few kids per parent and put them in a classroom where there are 20 or more per teacher? No matter how well intentioned the teacher may be, it is not possible to give each child the attention that a parent would. There is quite a strong movement to home schooling here to avoid the problems in the schools.

[Agriking]

Be cool, stay in school. Even though as I recall it sucked big time.

[rhymingwithoranges]

lol

exacto my friend

[lwazinkiwane247]

I surely agree with your message Jazza. I go to TVU college here in Reading in Berkshire doing steps course. Exams are coming so I must get ready for that.

Thanks for letting us know.

Lwazi

[tagalicious2789]

another jazza classic. Couldn't agree with you more. I find it funny how they had to do a study to prove that kids are under stress and school is no fun. Why not just ask the people who are going through it.. or just look around. Fantastic vid!

[rhymingwithoranges]

well, it's cambridge so it MUST be true

i hear some clever peepsgo there

:P

[tagalicious2789]

Precisely! Anything from Cambridge must be true. tee hee.

Your a clever peep. <3 the newsy-ness.

[Cadwaladr]

Jazza is right! Everybody listen to Jazza, because he's the coolest guy there is (I love you, Jazza).

[rhymingwithoranges]

Jazza Jazza Jaza:P

[rhymingwithoranges]

shit is spelt my own name wrong

"jaZa"

who does that?!

[lifeinacndyswrl]

I reckon that I will enjoy any videos that you post.

You don't look tired and dead, you look cute! :)

I liked your signs, and the singing at the end too. :D

& I agree with your message. For example, I would enjoy college much more if they didn't make me take general required classes that have nothing to do with what I'm going to major in.

[rhymingwithoranges]

yeah thats an american thing i think

you have a much broader curriculum and less in depth where as ours is more foused on specific things and more in depth.

and aww

im blushing

:P

[lifeinacndyswrl]

Yea, it is an American thing and it's lame.

(unless you go to a more specialized school like some art school or something.. then, I believe it's a different story.)

[julescavalier]

fucking awesome jazza. and i absolutely agree with you. :)

[EmiliaTsontilis]

hey sexy. i love you. This is a very good video and I fully concur with your point.

This'll blates get featured.

[rhymingwithoranges]

so will ur mum!

[WitnessThePhittness]

LMAO

[rhymingwithoranges]

lol

i wasn't trying to be funny

but your laughter amuses me

:P

[EmiliaTsontilis]

imsogonna kill you.

[Aaroncast86]

"No shit Cambridge, really?" hahahahaha

Their not going to ask young people because their too young to know what they think. Right. No.

[rhymingwithoranges]

exaxtly

damn those young people thinking they can have opinions!

jaz

:P

[randomprodinc]

Been listening to nsg aswell? :P

[rhymingwithoranges]

hell yeah

on loop!

[jeffrey5366]

Take that sign down young man!

- Ed Balls

[RedPinPoint]

i love the way the bit of paper in the background keep changing :)

[studentdotcom]

I like the newsy vids, Jazza. Definitely do more of them.

[eddplant]

This is 100% true and perfectly worded and presented. I can't think of a single person not in government who would disagree with you, and I think this video deserves to be featured so that the voices of the public can be heard on what, let's face it, is pretty much the most important issue. Fantastic.

[rhymingwithoranges]

omg wow

thankyou so much

jaz

:)

[eddplant]

no problem j.

[studentdotcom]

My personal belief is that the real reason the British students underperform in school is because the British students are stupid. All you have to do is be a YouTube member and visit videos from UK Tubers to see that this is so. j/k! I love the Brits!

[rhymingwithoranges]

Ur thick

(bit of brit-slang for u there, i know u get off on it :P)

[OnaBridgeByaPub]

Loving the "Newsy" videos, very cool and informative

Keep at it and one of em'll get featured easy.

Especially liked the posh lady impersonation, that was a winner!

[rhymingwithoranges]

lol, i do try

:P

[TheBorzoi]

Schools (and the government) don't seem to realise that the main cause of people getting lower grades is because the kids are bored.

If the people being educated find it fun, they would want to do it, which would mean that their grades would go up.

[shinyflash]

The performance of the student is expressed through the grade/s though - or at least it should be.

I think the subjects I take (History, Psychology and film studies) are fun but there's always an emphasis on how hard the exams are, even though we're told it's not too hard to get top grades. ¬.¬

[MusicFromBlueSkies]

Do you always have those paper signs?!

And I agree but I'm out of education now so... I don't care.

ha ha ha I'm so funny.

[rhymingwithoranges]

no ur just thick

;)

[MusicFromBlueSkies]

jazza. do you have a degree?

[rhymingwithoranges]

you know very well i dont mr bullas!

and we know very well you got a degree in adding things up

so well done

:P

[LurveFrom]

AMEN!

[radams123]

who is mr. ed?? hahahahaha

[rhymingwithoranges]

Mr. Ed Balls?

he is the head minister for children, schools and families and is responsable for education.

[KickThePj]

I love your camera :P

i totally agree, it was never exciting :(

id go to school if they gave out free cake or something

you are a bad man!

[rhymingwithoranges]

i is well bad

(it's an nsg song btw, lol)

lol

CAKEthepj

oh I'm a comment genious

[STONEDTOTHEBONE]

Brilliant commentary!!

[BarryAldridge]

That ending bit was classic Jazza.

Yeah I mean education is way too stressful and doesn't give to the students enough.