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[WendeShift]

School Is A Prison - If we really want to change education in America we need to re-think the whole system: Search "School is a Prison"

[EnchanterTom]

Notice the high concentration of minority students. GEE, COULD THERE BE A CORRELATION.

[hairybeast91]

Like if you think the captions are off

[smacksaman]

whats the song at 1:45?

[miketonon]

First of all, as mentioned in this video, the schools arn't providing a well enough education. So getting more schooling, isn't going to help much, overall. Secondly, Schooling is only an outlet of education, it is not THE education. The most understandable and useful education one can recieve comes from interacting in extreme situations and learning from reality, not from something presented in a classroom.

[thaninha]

As a brazilian, I share the pain that american people feels watching this movie. Here in Brasil is much worse than in U.S., and we are a reality of our education. Kids are the future of our world and our countries and is really sad how they're forgotten to the system.

[bibilombardi]

El Internet esta muy lento es de el red roof inn no vengan que mal servicio.

[Franouli]

Amazing movie...the true hurts!

[ixtoothint]

@Franouli This movie is nothing but lies, bad mouthing schools, teachers, students, and teacher unions being described as ''bad''!

[woodlandsartgal]

@ixtoothint and you are... a school superintendent perhaps?

[ixtoothint]

@woodlandsartgal No. Why?

[btaylor8840]

The reason why we are so behind other countries academically is because we educate our whole population...not just the smart ones like most countries do. We give each child a chance to succeed. Now whether that child wants to succeed is up to them and their parents...if that doesn't work then we can use teachers and administrators...if that doesn't work then the child has to take responsibility for their own actions!! Quit blaming others!

[oliverthered]

@btaylor8840 Yeh... like in cuba right?

[MsJanetWood]

In foreign countries, there is no SOCIAL PROMOTION. If a student fails, he must repeat the entire year . . . AGAIN!

In America, it is literally impossible to "flunk" a student!

A teacher must attend a "special retention meeting", where she must present her case to a panel of experts.

Even, if the team agrees to retain the student, the parents can still veto their decision!

That is how you end up with junior high kids that don't know their time tables and read at a 2nd grade level!

[spareaxe]

@MsJanetWood I flunked a coupla times during grade school and high school, quit and went to work. Finally, after my tour with the US Army in which I had to get a GED...I went to college and graduated. Now, I have a better quality of life and all this despite bad teachers and schools. I grew up poor most of my life. So, if you are a teacher shame on you for your lousy attitude.

[welendo]

I didn't see the the movie but ,do they ever report on these kids family lifes or lack of ?Because when I grew up education began at home. Are we so politically correct that we are going to put the blame only on the schools and teachers?

[crushxcrushxbaby]

@welendo yes they report on the kids' family lives. And i see what you're saying about education beginning at home. In my area, parent involvement is pretty much the deciding factor in a student's success. But this film definitely highlights the fact that in most cases in America, a student's success is dependent on BOTH family involvement and good teachers.

[SuperWali007]

yeah the new super black man :)

[Rickone2345]

@numberexex: you don't just educate yourself for a job. You educate your self for education, self worth, learning, to share with others, fir the sake of learning, for the joy of it, for how it makes you feel, to help others. Not just fir a job. WORLD WAKE UP!

[numberexex]

more education for kids in an economy with no jobs!

[MrDDify]

Netherlands #3, and i thought we where dumb people lol!! ^^

[xmod4u]

Canada #5, oh yeah, not so dumb after all hey. lol

;)

[weemikey70]

did that kid not die, the one who tried to bike it onto the roof? If so, simply showing it as part of the trailer is illegal not to mention immoral.

[september120th]

lets ask Miss South Carolina how she feels about the topic...

[nijaskija]

Imma watch me , why america so dumb he he yea nyagga

[leesard17]

Something Robert Kennedy said a long time ago resonates with me to this day - he said that he empathized with the kids who lived in the broken beaten down neighborhoods because he could see how people could get depressed and demotivated living in that environment. I know that looking at it from the outside we fight against the welfare system, we argue that individuals are responsible for their level of success but its only because we're well off. I know for a fact, that most people I know put

[leesard17]

@leesard17 in that situation would end up the same way: in prison, or dead on the streets. I know how vulnerable human beings and especially children are. But if we could fix the education system and help the children - for they are innocent, for they are the building blocks of society, for they deserve the right to life- then maybe we could fix this problem. For those of you who argue that we're stealing from the rich to help people who don't want to help themselves, remember that the cost of

[leesard17]

@leesard17 war - unneccessary wars, wars fought for the profit of the already rich- is so much more than whats necessary to fix this problem.

[Kikkoman03]

can't believe that lottery, so horrible O.o

[MsJanetWood]

Documentary: "Hard Times at Douglass High."

Books:  "Bad Students, Not Bad Schools” by Robert Weissberg

"The Dumbest Generation” by Mark Bauerlein

[fanny55363]

Every time I see this video it makes me cry...... even I`m a student

[MrGriefdog]

@fanny55363 me to. it's just not fair for these poor kids. 

[hamamshady]

From Where Do They Get These Statistics !?

[NathanIsDOWN]

I thought this was actually a new Superman movie.

[BassettReviewer]

@NathanIsDOWN Me too-when it was going on about kid's dreams I was thinking "What?" and finally realised it was advertising a documentary.

[ykimmysmile]

@NathanIsDOWN more movies-on-my-website..click-my­-channel-for-tutorial-,,leave ur requests

[NoRegretLife]

its about time they notice!

[mxl1559]

u know this is what exactly wht my skool does we pick people from the lottery its the exact same thing but my skool is cool cause if u have a bro or sis they u get in automatically its kinda pf depressing when u see people kids crying to get a good education

[mxl1559]

is this movie good cause i think i wont to watch it

[jokr8790]

I saw an interview with Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Project. The children in the project get a quality education with an astonishing success rate of graduation. He does it for $5000.00 per student. Anybody know how much it takes to keep someone in prison or sentence them to death in this country? Which would be the superior investment of tax dollars?

[swat22camden]

one day-matisyahu

not one day ft akon!!!!

[aznkid11361]

akon ft matsuyahu - one day, not sure if thats how you spell his name but if you put it up one youtube it should come up

[aznkid11361]

akon ft matsuyahu - one day, not sure if thats how you spell his name but if you put it up one youtube it should come up

[TKXboxer]

Oh man, these filmmakers always pick good soundtracks, whats that song at the end, its beautiful

[swat22camden]

@TKXboxer one day-matisyahu

[MsJanetWood]

According to the Washington, DC Examiner, 2007 salaries for: Michelle Rhee, Chancellor: $275,000 Richard Nyankori, Special Assistant to the Chancellor: $140,000 Kaya Henderson, Deputy Chancellor: $200,000 Lisa Ruda, Chief of Staff: $200,000 Jesus Aguirre, Transition Assistant: $150,000 Jenny Abramson, Transition Team Leader: $140,000 John Davis, Transition Assistant (T.A.): $125,000 Anthony de Guzman,T.A.: $125,000 Billy Kearney,T.A.: $120,000 Ximena Hartsock, T.A.: $115,000

[hankm133]

Now i rather watch this then that Justin Bieber "Never say Never" bullshit

[blingblingshineshine]

@hankm133 u just HAD to mention his name...F U

[trinityisforever]

nah not worth watching

[MsJanetWood]

Michelle Rhee does not have a teaching credential. She taught for only 3 years under a special program. How can she be qualified to evaluate teachers, if she's not even qualified to teach.

The majority of the teachers she fired were OLDER, BLACK WOMEN with teaching credentials who had a vested interest in the community. She replaced them with YOUNG, INEXPERIENCED WHITE people with no credentials, who were temporarily "slumming" in the ghetto!

BLATANT DISCRIMINATION and RACISM!

[lilpandejo]

@MsJanetWood U just make excuses and blame everything on racism. When will u realize it isnt all about being black or white or asian

[residentevilfreakk55]

whats the name of the song at the end of the video

[swat22camden]

@residentevilfreakk55 "One day-matsiyahu

[dinzzy]

come to think bout it!, thank god we are wealthy in education, not just wasting it, if only we could trade it to those students who doesn't want to go to school, look at them just look at them.. they waiting to get their lucks..

[aljmdj]

has anyone thought that its the teachers or the kids themselves that are not learning.Could it be the media and there surroundings that affects how the grow up. Maybe its that rap videos showing women dry humping for 3 minutes.Or maybe even the teachers that dont give a shit about the kids because all they do is focus on getting paid and the teacher's union to help give them raises in their contracts.I hope these movie focuses on those variables rather than just putting money in a deep hole

[TheSk8anddestroy]

FADED!!!1

[smoovegriz]

wow long comments

[chromelung66]

Its arrogance & ignorance combined. I've been saying this 4 years of fellow Americans. THey're taught lies/disinfo by peers/parents/media,"news" lies to them & trains them to argue aggressively to support these lies( example; FoxNews/Rush & global warming cultists. They train u to mock any1 innovative & digs out the truth. Look at 9-11, JFK, Bush, war, etc. Many spent yrs researching w/ documented proof & still r mocked. Thats the prob. Its teachers are to blame the most teaching "group think".

[MsJanetWood]

Tobocco causes cancer, yet, some people smoke.

Alcoholic beverages kill brain cells, yet some people drink.

There is no cure for AIDS, but some people still have unprotected s*x.

Junk food is high in calories and has no nutrional value, but some people continue to eat it.

Cars pollute the air, yet some people continue to drive big, gas-guzzling SUV's.

The information is out there, but some people just CHOOSE to ignore it!

Ignorance? Apathy? Or maybe both?

Who do we blame?

[ixtoothint]

College is not right for everybody. STOP PRESSING COLLEGE INTO PEOPLE THAT DO NOT WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE! Miss. Rhee, stop pressing education down our throats! 

[VictorNY]

@ixtoothint Go flip some burger or delivery some pizza if that you want to do for the rest of your live, but stop wining one day cause your body aching.

You are what you think you are, What you think it become

[VictorNY]

I think All American kids is being spoiled with the situation, How many of them fall sleep with the science book next to or How many of American Kids fall sleep infront of Xbox lets be honest.

How many kids want to be scientist and how many kids want to be HIP HOP Singer with Big BLINK BLINK, or just try to get Easy money.

How many kids think being SMART is School is a Shame but Smart in Street is COOL. What a Shame, but so true

[pop3498]

@VictorNY thats not all true there are some bad teachers and some good teachers it depends on how the students learn if the teacher teaches you how you are better at learning another way than chances are that your not learning a thing. My strongest subject is algebra right now I really cant stand science and any other subject because I get math not science science is just hard unless I take notes and stuff

[VictorNY]

@pop3498 Well I can see you disagree cause you actually like to study but look at somebody that they in school but they dont like study all they care is how to be famous and rich quick.Not alot of people want to be teacher because not only they dont get paid well they get disrispect all the time by student and parents.

If I am a teacher its just a matter of time between they kill me or I kill them first.

Teacher is just can help you as much you want to be help, They cant wake up dead people :D

[eazyedLA]

Damn thats crazy!

Thats my fucking elementary school at

2:11

and if you pause at 2:12

you see the mural in the back?

see the brownish spot covering up the tagging?

one of my still close friends was the one who tagged there!

It's weird seeing this in a movie.

[MrsDrPeper]

@eazyedLA so did you graduate from the school?

[dengeist]

Why are we doing things that don't work and won't, like merit pay, charter schools and standardized testing? Why aren't we doing the things Finland and Korea are doing. If we want to be the best we have to start doing the things the best do. Why don't the "Big Brains" see that? Why not do the things that work?

The truth is American schools failed a long time ago.

[lenalena111]

i can't wait to see this. its amazing how you take your education totally for granted when it's been handed to you. i really don't think there is one thing that is accountable for the poor education in our country. part of it, i think, is the horribly low funding for public education. i heard that the state of California spends more money on it's prison systems than on it's education systems. that is so ironic it's disgusting. no matter how great our teachers are, we need the gov't to step up.

[AilzMacDo]

green day :D

[MsJanetWood]

In foreign countries, disruptive students are EXPELLED for good! They are removed from the classroom, leaving the teacher and other students to concentrate on their education.

In America, loud, rude disruptive students are allowed to remain in the classroom, and disrupt the class!

Stop blaming the teachers! Blame the rude, disruptive, hip-hop, gangsta wanna-bees!

Why are other countries successful? BECAUSE THEY RESPECT THEIR TEACHERS! STUDENTS FOLLOW THE RULES!

[aljmdj]

@MsJanetWood im pretty sure in other countries they just dont kick out disruptive students for good get your facts straight

[MsJanetWood]

@aljmdj In the UK, "the Secretary of State's guidance states that exclusion is a serious step. Exclusion, should be used only in response to serious breaches of a school's discipline policy and only after a range of alternative strategies to resolve the pupil's disciplinary problems have been tried and proven to have failed; and where allowing the pupil to remain in school would be seriously detrimental to the education or welfare of other pupils and staff, or of the pupil himself or herself."

[MsJanetWood]

@aljmdj "Persistent defiance." is considered a serious offense.

"A pupil can also be expelled for a persistent rebellion against the school rules. This is where the pupil has done many bad things which are not serious when taken on their own, but when taken together, are a serious matter."

[aljmdj]

@MsJanetWood pk not all kids are going to pay attention be polite and follow orders. Part of being a kid is to explore and have fun. You just made it sound like kids get only one strike and their out.

[MsJanetWood]

@aljmdj CORRECTION: " . . . one strike and THEY'RE out!"

Well, obviously you didn't pay attention to any of your English teachers!

HOMONYMS:

their = a possessive pronoun

they're = a contraction for "they are"

there = an adverb specifying place;

[aljmdj]

@MsJanetWood o ok your now just going to be a douche and act like your germatically correct all the time and telling everyone else what they did wrong in their sentences. Do you feel better about yourself? Can you now say o everyone "i taught someone how to use proper grammer over the internet". Well help me pronounce this....... Y O U R B  L O C K E D

[phriendlyphool]

@MsJanetWood sorry but there are some horrible teachers out there and teachers definitely need to take some of the responsibility...you can't just wash your hands of it and say that teachers have nothing to do with kids poor education

[Therealwhatshethinks]

@phriendlyphool if kids would just stop being cowards in school and acctually pay attention maybe we wouldnt be considered dumb they didnt say it butwe all know thats what they mean

[phriendlyphool]

@Therealwhatshethinks cowards?

[Therealwhatshethinks]

@phriendlyphool dumb asses

[phriendlyphool]

@Therealwhatshethinks sure, kids need to pay attention...there are many factors involved and it can't be pinned down to just one thing that is causing it all

[pop3498]

@phriendlyphool yea but if they pay attention and get it the chances are of them remeber the teachers lecturing is 50% and they have to really understand and taking is the best too because it gives you more oppertunities to rember

[phriendlyphool]

@pop3498 lol what? sorry but I couldn't understand most of what you just wrote.

[Cpfan908]

I think the number said 6

[tsoenen10]

Why would a teacher want to work at a school where there are behavior problems and no support from parents and get paid the same, if not less, than at a school where there are very little behavior problems and they have to refuse parent volunteers because there are too many of them. It takes a special person to want to work harder and make the same amount of money . Since areas where kids are good and parents are involved get more applicants they can pick the good ones. The bad ones go elsewhere

[GoHoosiers12]

@tsoenen10 maybe because they want to change the world...maybe they need a challenge in their life and this is the way to do it. Any Joe Shmo can go into a classroom of obedient students and teach. It's those teachers who are willing to step beyond their comfort zones and reach out to those kids with troubled backgrounds that should be applauded, not questioned by some ignorant fool on youtube.

[tsoenen10]

@GoHoosiers12 But they aren't applauded or rewarded. I know first hand that they aren't treated any differently than teachers at high performing schools, if not worse. What I am saying is that unless you are, as I said a 'special person', most people will not want to work harder and get paid the same. If your boss said "hey we're going to cut your pay and your job will be harder, but it's going to make a difference" would you be happy? If so you're better than me. I wasn't questioning anyone.

[GoHoosiers12]

@tsoenen10 the reward is not one of physical or monetary gain, it's about feeling good about yourself knowing you made enough of a difference in someone's life and hope that they are able to use what you gave them to give themselves a better life. I am a teacher myself and the reason we teachers go into teaching in the first place is not for the money. We all know going into this career field that the money we will make for the work we put in will not match up perfectly but that's not why wedoit

[tsoenen10]

@GoHoosiers12 I understand what you're saying, but if that's the case for most teachers then why aren't they lining up to teach at the underprivilaged schools? If you teach to make a difference no matter how hard it is at those schools I would think the best teachers would be at the schools where they could make the biggest difference right?

[GoHoosiers12]

@tsoenen10 define "the best teachers". When you enter into your first few years as a teacher no one knows for sure if you're going to be "good" or not. Most teachers, like 85% at both the underpriviledged and hgher performing schools leave within the first 5 years of entering into this profession for many reasons. Those who are "good" typically get tenured within the first 7-10 years and those who aren't as "good" get fired. So once your potential is realized you typically are tenured...

[GoHoosiers12]

@tsoenen10 ...therefore when you get tenured and deemed a "good teacher" then why would you leave and not stay where you're at? A lot of teachers stay at the school they're at once tenured because they don't want to have to start over at a new school

[nyctube222]

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS ABOUT THE STRANGE SUBTITLES THAT WERE ADDED TO THIS YOUTUBE?

[scottswansen]

“Either kids are getting stupider every year, or there's something wrong with our educational system.”

[raitei202]

Michelle Rhee knows what shes talkin about. DC's school system is too broken to even articulate. but schools like SEED can only do so much. we gotta rebuild the school system from the ground up.

[rage1605]

This isn't just the "left", "democrat", or Obama's fault, both parties are dumbing down your kids.

It is simple, what would be the easiest way to control a free people like American citizens? You can't just come in and grab power...Obama found this out recently.

You get the American people hooked on drugs, sex, self-destruction, government handouts, destroy the family structure AND dumb them down to the point where they argue for their rights to be taken away. Americans = serf's for life.

[StoogeWatcher]

This film will make liberals and their union friends all pissy because it's about kids leaving their crappy public schools and wanting to go to good schools. 

[dsltnega]

I'll defer to the teacher that was complaining about the union rules that restricted her from doing the job she wanted to do. She was upset that the charter schools were able to provide time above and beyond if they needed too and she couldn't because of contract her union had her bound too.

It is really sad. Children our the future, and these political hacks are just making it worse.

[051683p]

buck ofama

[psikeyhackr]

Google +"computers as tutors" +vero

Find out about Vero Beach High School in Florida, 1987 and what our so called educators are not telling us about what can be done with computers. They have already wasted 20 years.

.

[TheLolPeacy]

us hehe

[Imagineworksstudios]

Canada's number five! YEAH BABY! XD

[jcjochristian]

@Imagineworksstudios 3rd for confidence, ye baby, but thats like 7 years ago..=(, still, Alberta has good education

[Titanicluver321]

what song is that playing in the last part?

[BringIt2TheMax]

@Titanicluver321

Hey there, it's an artist called Matisyahu. The song is called "One Day" you can look it up here on YouTube. It wouldn't let me put the link in...

He is a really good singer... Enjoy...

[Titanicluver321]

@BringIt2TheMax thank you alot :)

[tabruce1389]

It's about accountablity- for everyone. From the student, to the parent, to the teacher, the administrators on campus. You're right, it's not about throwing more $ at it. Throwing more $ at the Welfare system hasn't fixed it. Throwing more $ at the government hasn't fixed it. It's about taking responisblity for your actions. Teach- if you are a teacher. Parent -if you are a parent. Come prepared to learn if you are a student. BUY INTO YOUR EDUCATIONAL PART!

[guayacan07]

@tabruce1389: Money goes around, you give welfare money and unemployment to the unemployed and they got money to go spend so other people stay employed.

[MsCloudsFTW]

i got chills waiting for the last number

[MsCloudsFTW]

i got chills waiting for the last number

[alycat231]

;( i wana cry watching this

[MeeReeUmmJayy]

i tried to jump that too and i didnt make it either

[ABEGAFE]

wait!! i need to understand, in america there is a LOTTERY 'chance' for kids to go to school, is that what they were showing??

[dblreppuken]

@ABEGAFE Yes, in the case of the school in the trailer, they are depicting the Charter School library. a lot of the failing schools that were closed down, forced a lot of kids to be unable to attend school.

So when charter schools opened where the once failing ones existed, THOUSANDS of parents opted into it for a chance to get their kid to attend. Unfortunately, for the maybe 3000 that were selected, there may have been almost double that number that were not.

[ABEGAFE]

@dblreppuken what??!! I really ddint think something as i anti-progressive as that would be happening in the world, let alone America, I guess somehow, somewhere at some point it sounded like a great idea. But I just can't see how.

[dblreppuken]

@ABEGAFE There's just way too many underperforming schools that are completely being closed down without enough coming back up to take their place. In Metro areas like Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, NYC and such, it's easy for one school to close and for kids to be spread to neighboring schools. Not so in the lesser dense communities.

So when a charter school opens, the "fairest" way to select students is through double blind systems, such as the lottery system. It's cruel, and needs fixing :T

[dblreppuken]

Of course, the "fix" usually means needing funding to open more schools and populate them with dependable/qualified faculty, but even that is a problem now. If children are our greatest resource, we're completely decimating it before it has a chance to do anything.

[TheRedFear]

@dblreppuken

Wow you just completely missed the point. the "fix" has nothing to do with throwing more money at a broken system. The "fix" is throwing away the broken system. The "fix" is throwing away the inept, inadequate, bad teachers and the teacher unions that protect them. Everybody in this country needs to start doing what governor Cristi is doing in New Jersey, and what that woman in Washington is doing. Fight back against the Teachers unions and make them EARN their money.

[dblreppuken]

@TheRedFear

There is no singular system. There is no national standard for schools, there are only state standards. By the implied powers of the Constitution, it's up to the states themselves to fix each and every district. I agree, we should throw away systems that are simply not working like standardized tests, which are imposed by private boards

Teachers should "Earn" their money, but that means a merit based education structure thus standardized tests and around and around we go

[belligerent81]

your pathetic subtitles can shove it... not creative.

[OnlyJustUnknown]

Fail transcribe.