Re: What Do Teachers Really Make? Taylor Mali Explains...

[kisa2674]

Cool blurb. Nice props.

As for homeschooling, it is not regulated adequately. It is limited in many ways. In my state, the requirements to pass are a joke. However, I have had many homeschooled kids transfer to public and due to a regimemted schedule and parent support, they excel.

But graduating at 14?

[dearthofskillz]

I'm late on this video but I was just youtube hopping. I can't believe some of the comments about your tattoos! Those guys are truly idiots. I went to a pretty good undergrad and am in law school right now, and have seen some amazing ink work at both places.

These other guys' must have had bad teachers that never taught them respect. Or, they were too dumb for their teachers to break though.

[ronocdh]

This vid is what YouTube should be. Great work, man, really enjoyed hearing your response, and I hope it finds its way to Taylor!

[mrnac87]

rock on!

[instantLCL]

rofl. this guy's full of shit! why do libs always want to make conflict?

[mikeymx5]

I make students cry!

[NippleBerry1]

If by change you mean horizontally, then yes, you're welcome.

[holodeckwaitinglist]

AWESOME, Man. Thanks.

I teach for a living, and I don't walk around looking for a "thanks for teaching", but something like your comments makes me want to be a better one.

[randycoopernet]

Keep up the good work. Our daughter (the youngest) started high school this fall and I can tell already which teachers are into it and which ones are paycheck getters. Teaching is one of the most important jobs you can have. Seen the movie "Pay it Forward"? You *NEVER* can tell the impact you may have on someone...

[freedom4allnow]

To someone like me; who is considering the profession rather than corporate slave labor....this means a lot....thanks man....

[DrCruel]

I'm reminded of why I've become so enthusiastic about a federal school voucher program.

[EmilyBeadle]

DrCruel: What does vouchers have to do with it? You realize that Taylor Mali was a private school teacher, right? In a voucher situation, there would still be teachers. What is your point?

[tommaletic]

Point is, with vouchers, you have ACCOUNTABILITY, which leads to better outcomes. Closer to the results of private schools. ALL as good as private schools? No, but closer, and the greater percent closer to excellent, the greater number of kids successfully educated and ready to make the best of their abilities and their life.

[eazyreader]

Randy, thanks for this response. I was inspired by Mr. Mali and it is nice to hear what you have to say as well.

[skwirlbayt]

thank you...

makes me want to soldier on..God bless

[epgal1]

Thanks for your response. ~ a teacher.

[jasonisaweirdo]

man i love my art teacher shes blond with bih kajonkajonks VAVA THE TEACHERS

[MrsvM]

After reading most of the comments I find myself sighing with sadness. Mr Randycooper, I think you are marvelous and as another teacher, I thank you for your kind words.

It is painfully clear that the negative comments have come from people with past experience of poor teachers, otherwise they would have learned that it doesn't matter what someone looks like, it's how they treat their fellow human being that is important. I love your tats and am glad your grandchildren have you to look up to.

[engenheirotorpedo]

What's the point of this vídeo?!... Did you have to say it by video?... Don't you have a keyboard to type a comment?

[vgutierrezs]

Are you going to tell me the correct quote? Where did you find it?

[xabcx]

taylor mali- what do teachers really make

[treatrex]

moron.

[vgutierrezs]

Thanks for putting a voice to feelings that many have. The negative comments (both about you and about education) remind me of this: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." I can't argue with Einstein.

[tittiedick]

my ass, like you went to college. tattoo parlars aren't college douche bag

[randycoopernet]

Stereo-typed as usual... UGA - Go Dawgs! As for the ink, done by some of the best - cost me a small fortune...

[tittiedick]

just playin bud, no hard feelings

[Ahirsh7]

Evidently you didn't go to college either. *parlors

[craigerf]

Ummm... "a lot" is two words.

[SoulTassadar]

Why would anyone call you a loser, you're basically just saying that is was a good poem, and teachers rule.

The last thing you are is a loser. =)

[nzcoops]

I love how all these people with completely useless videos on youtube just dump negativity on other peoples videos. Don't like it, stop watchin and piss off.

[BoruJudasDedrich]

A fat, tatooed, camo loser thanking his teachers for giving so much to him.

Pfftt! lmao

[animaeruption]

Try looking beyond your own nose. It isn't that interesting.

[randycoopernet]

Fat and tattooed I'll accept with pride... loser? Pal, you don't know anything about me...

[Ahirsh7]

Where is the relevance?

[Ahirsh7]

I'm not sure why this comment would be thumbed down three times...I was replying to BoruJudasDedrich...

[adkisol]

That was nice. As a high school teacher who is married to another high school teacher, we appreciate the sentiment.

[turkeyno18]

dude thanks alot. i jus got done seeing your video on you seeing a video and taylor mali and that is awesome! it reminded me of alot of people who have thanked me when i open a door for them or buy them a present. they made such an impact on me and i really am grateful for the thanks those people give me... and now my children and thats really cool. thanks for makin the video. god i hope someone takes the time to make a video to thank me for this post.even another post thankin me would be nice.

[tadshackles]

Dude thanks. i jus got done reading your comment on the guy seeing a video and mr mali and that is awesome! it reminded me of alot of people who have thanked me when i open a door for them or buy them a present. they made such an impact on me and i really am grateful for the thanks those people give me... and now my children and thats really cool. thanks for makin the video. god i hope someone takes the time to make a video to thank me for this post.even another post thankin me would be nice.

[turkeyno18]

dude... thanks. it means a lot.

[JonnieDarko69]

Well guys im just gonna say this, school IS important..i didnt do anything in high school...i hated it....but now im in college to be a respitory therapist at a 2 year college....and the reason people become teachers is because thats their passion...its not all about money..if it was all about money id be working in a plant somewhere putting in 20 hours of overtime a week for that big check...but thats not what its all about

[getswayed]

Taylor Mali has been SLAMing for years, he is hilarious!

[randycoopernet]

Well, he is totally AWESOME in my book!

[ghostfacekillah1919]

thanks?

[lucianopink]

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[ZabuzaSOULESS]

cool video man and people who say nagetive shit SHUT THE FUCK UP NIGGAS

[Altomage09]

You have a Microsoft LiveCam.

Me too! :O

[indifilmsmakenosense]

YOU have grandhildren?

[randycoopernet]

Yes... feel free to look at MORE FROM THIS USER and check out some of the videos with them in them. They are BEAUTIFUL!

[pno12006]

School isn't important, seeing as the average American will hold an average job that consists of knowing how to dial a telephone or type on a computer. Then worldwide, most people only need to do menial redundant tasks for things like factory work, or they need to farm. So you see that most people do not need to go to school to learn how to do these things that even three year olds can pick up in less than an hour.

[Dragonrocks]

Actually that mentality is holding America back. It's that laziness that is pervading our society and making us fall behind in the world, in places like India and China you have that are 15 years old and up going to a full time job that got out-sourced there, but in the night they go to school to get an EDUCATION. It does make a difference my friend, you must be oblivious.

[pno12006]

I go to school thank you much. What i was saying was that most people could be taught how to do the job that they hold by a training process and not though a general education. It's nice to be well rounded, but it is not necessary.

[carsonh]

why do you think that when people go to third world countries,after food and hospitals the first things they build are schools. they might not be neccessary for advancement but the allow for it to be faster and they also allow for those advancements to be properly incooperated into society, and i agree with you but there is more to life than just the job and school helps with those things..all im saying.

[IHyRaXI]

They build schools in third world countries to give the kids basic knowledge because they barely have any at all. But by the time you get to highschool you already have a good amount of knowledge to be well off.

[carsonh]

i agree, but all im saying is well off is ok, but too "boring" , well whatever im done copmmenting

[StandUPProductions]

U ROCK for simply saying THANKYOU! Thank U for saying Thank you!

[TurtleVVisperer]

Agreed! True, there are some crappy teachers out there, but there really are some that do care about every single student and the impact they make on each one. I love that Taylor's video got featured, he deserves it.

[theminority5]

@ hyraxl,

Think of it this way, you need to know how to build a wheel before you can build a car.

[InuYoshiHigurashi]

Without school there would be no advancement in anything. You think school is a waste but the very computer you are sitting at was made because of someone going to school. Everything in the world is made possible due to advancements in knowledge and technology. Don't misunderstand me we need people in other jobs too but we also need people to create the technology we are going on in the future. I also observed that the ones thinking school isn't important use crude language and poor grammar.

[IHyRaXI]

OK listen, some school is important, im just saying a big part of school is a waste. My dad is an engineer for a hightech company where he makes over 100 grand each year and he told me nothing he learned from highschool was useful only college. He never uses algebra or anything just computer chip designing. You can get a good job without knowing 2/3 of what they teach you at school, thats all im saying.

[calvin2032]

Then in that case the majority of grade school is meaningless as it does nothing for you...except prepare you for the next level of education which in turn readies you for your career. If you don't know 2/3rds of what they teach you, flipping burgers will be your career.

[IHyRaXI]

No calvin your wrong, elementary and miidle school is important because thats where you learn your basic skils like math,reading,writing etc. Once you get to highschool you know enough to be able to get a good job without learning that wasteful HS shit. So your wrong, im right.

[carsonh]

in high school you learn a variety of things and they help to shape your thoughts on what you want to be in the future, and the stages before college actually mold your mind to live in society, math and algebra help you with logic and logical thinking not just mere maths, history helps you to understand and/or appreciate the society you are in and why it is the way it is. do not overlook school and education it does more than get you a nice job, thats all im saying.

[ThoughtScientist]

Heh, thats a funny coincidence. Engineers rarely use half the knowledge they learn from college in their everyday jobs.

[pno12006]

False. How do you think the first things were invented? Cavemen did not have school, and we still use their crude technologies. For instance, we still use fire, the wheel, the inclined plane, variations on the spear, pulleys, and levers.

[carsonh]

you idiot we do not use their crude technologies...are you fully aware of the advancements in each of those simple things you now listed, the wheel, pulleys and levers? It was through studying them that they have been improved to what they are today, which is more efficient variations of the caveman inventions. and by the way the cavemen did "study" what they were doing research and study is all about trial and error and that is what the cavemen did; try something and stuck with whatever worked.

[pno12006]

they did make them without schools. also i know that they have improved on them since, but in essence the tools we use are the same as what we use. And i never said they didn't study. All i said was that they did not attend school. Animals learn through trial and error as well. That doesn't mean that you need school to achieve advancement.

[carsonh]

yes i agree but there is a fundemental thing you might be overlooking animals have limited networks some arent even social to begin with, whereas people are highly social and are not limited to human beings in their imidiate surroundings, school is very neccessary for advancement in that it provides for the basics of the day to be cemented and the ideas/ advancements of the future to have a foundation to be built on,

[ThoughtScientist]

The thing is that it took those cavemen 100s of years to develop and improve those techs, yet skills taught in school can compress that process down to a mere 2-3 decades. (Good) schooling makes R&D loads more efficient.

[furi0usfungus]

Its too bad you're still living in your mom's basement though...

[IHyRaXI]

Haha your an idiot, I dont live in my moms basement Im 16 and i live in a big house with my family you dumbass. You probablly live in your moms basement and your trying to make yourself feel better by making fun of other people.

[fuhleeshuh]

I agree with you in that this video made me think about my grade school/high school teachers and college professors and how much they made an impact on my life too.

[IHyRaXI]

Also one of my friends who graduated highschool is getting certified to be an electrition. You can make more money than teachers make for being an electrition and all that wasted time doing algebra,reading,etc will be a Fucking waste when you could be getting paid!

[deathcab00]

Money is not everything in life. Had you read any good literature or even looked inside yourself once in a while, you have figured that one out.

[IHyRaXI]

Yes I have read a couple books, Ive read The Hobbit and a few other ones. Well school would be more useful if they taught us more useful stuff like about the planets,space travel, intelligent life on other planets, or just mainly stuff well use in the real world because not everone will become a chemical engineer.

[OCizzzle]

Because knowing about space travel and aliens is more useful than chemistry for real world applications? Get the hell out of youtube and get an education. Fucking retard.

[drexlus]

Yeah, you're right. To be an ELECTRICIAN require absolutely NO KNOWLEDGE of mathematics, physics or science. Running your business as an ELECTRICIAN requires no finance, accounting or business management.

You do not know how to write, spell, or use proper grammar. You also, apparently, have no grasp on cause & effect relationships. You enjoy that Burger King drive-through job while it lasts. I'm sure you lack the responsibility to even keep hold of that. You disgust me.

[IHyRaXI]

75 % of highschool is a Fucking waste of time. We could be doing more useful stuff instead of sitting their reading about Romeo & Juliet( I already no how to read & Write!!!)

[deathcab00]

except you used the wrong "their" in your sentence...idiot. You don't need schooling at all, do you?

[urmomdoesdrugs]

im srry but im against school i think that kids shouldnt have to go to school if they dont want to. If they are not haveing work thrown at them every day then kids want to learn. Its just kinda stupid how everyone is brainwashed to think they need school.

[purpleramage]

Wow! Well then who taught you to write? Who taught you to read? And, who taught you to think? Were you born that way?

[whoatemypie]

the reason why we learn all that physics and stuff is to make you think. I myself am in highschool, yes it can be VERY boring, and yes some of the stuff we do is trivial but with out high school I would not have learned to problem solve, I would have probably never read any shakespear, and I would probably be working right now in a factory. For the comment about Romeo $ Juliet from above, Romeo & Juliet is so easy, just pay attention... its not hard at all.

[bluedusk21]

Your belief might work, if we all lived back in the Puritan days, when all anyone had to look forward to was getting married and working the family farm. What do you plan to do, work at Domino's and then hang out on your parent's dime? I think vocational school's should be an option, but just sitting on your ass is stupid. Believe it or not your mom and dad will get sick of your ass real quick that way.

[urmomdoesdrugs]

wow i said this a while ago. Ok what I meant was, or really what i think not. High school shouldn't exist. I'm in college I went straight after middle school. Not because I droped out, but because I felt like going. To get into a community college one has to take a sixth grade lv test. I know you are thinking duh it's a community college, but one can still get a degree there, unlike high school. Would you rather have a Degree from a college when you sent in your reseme, or a high school deploma?

[irishninja694]

i'd be more impressed if you spelled resume and diploma correctly

[MerkabaPilot]

LMFAO!!  AAHHHh HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Classic.

[tommaletic]

or even "dropped"

[Ahirsh7]

I'm sure most employers prefer both...and there's no way you were prepared after middle school to take college courses required for a degree, even at a community college. Everyone knows you're just an angsty high schooler wishing high school didn't exist.

[urmomdoesdrugs]

I was put into college at the age of 14, and I am now 17 with a General businees degree. My spelling is really bad, but so is my dads, moms and Grandparents. I have been to public and private schools. I have had trouble with english my whole life, and some teachers from thos schools did not help they made it worse. I'm sorry you feel that you need to finish high school or middle school to accomplish anything in your life. Elementary school is fine, but you still don't need it.

[Ahirsh7]

As an educated adult I KNOW you need to complete elementary school, middle school, high school, and college to have a more successful life. Without these things, success is not impossible, but much, much more difficult. Do you really expect me to believe elementary school isn't completely necessary? How would you learn to read, write, or spell? How about adding or subtracting? Not to mention the social skills you acquire in school.

[urmomdoesdrugs]

My brothers know how to read, write and spell. NONE of them went to elementary school. They're homeschool'd.

[feetham]

so they completed the elm school curriculum by someone else, so they have still been schooled to the same standard.

[phoenixmf3]

@urmomdoesdrugs You must have been as well. Check your spelling of "homeschool'd" there, my friend.

[Ahirsh7]

Furthermore, at 17 you have a General Business degree? A. Bullshit. B. What now? What kind of job are you going to apply for? What kind of company are you going to work for? What kind of company would hire a 17-year-old without a high school diploma or GED? Maybe you could work in the mail room. :)

[urmomdoesdrugs]

Its not bullshit. I was homeschooled so there its not like I have no schooling before college. What kind of job would hire a 17 year old anyway? I'm ahead in life. I have the chance to either screw around for a few months untill i turn 18, or get a job somewhere that dosn't pay that much just for experience. Also I HAVE A DEGREE... That kinda trumps that whole HS diploma...

[feetham]

if he/she got a degree they would have had to get the GED first that's how child prodigies do it, and i put my money that 'urmomdoesdrugs' must be some kind of genius

[Ahirsh7]

Geniuses generally know how to spell and form coherent sentences...

[AmandaV03]

Brainwashed into thinking you need school? I think you should have paid better attention in English class. Education is vital to a thriving society You can't learn everything watching the Discovery Channel, sorry. What are you going to do if you don't go to school? Even the jobs we label as "blue collar" require at the very least a High School diploma or GED.

[trinitymike]

Drop out then...someone needs to dig the ditches or clean the men's room...except those guys working those jobs probably wish they could trade places with you and think you're a mook for wanting to waste your opportunity.

[sumsdiva1]

Thank you so much. I you made my day. I have just returned home from a hard day at work. Yes, I am, as you've guessed already. I like to think I throw my heart and sole into my job and your clip really cheered me up and made me feel appreciated.

[FLPman]

I am a recent student. Just graduated university, and just wanted to throw my support out there to the teachers trying to make a difference in this world. I won't lie, i've disliked more then a few of my teachers, but i appreciate fully those teachers who took the time even for a moment to say something encouraging or supportive b/c it means more to students then some teachers may know.

[didkei]

what's the song's name?

[Dragonrocks]

It was "Smells like Teen Spirit" By Nirvana, a truly great band.

[priscillaaay]

short and to the point...good response!

[bushputz]

Thanks for posting this reply, Randy.

I had to get away from some of the idiotic posts to the "What Do Teachers Really Make" video.

I too, have had several excellent teachers who made a difference in my life. I will be eternally grateful to them for caring enough to pass their knowledge and experience on to future generations.

[QFT2]

Without teachers most of us would be illiterate peasants tilling the soil for our aristocratic masters.

[mytubeisovercrowded]

my father was a math teacher for decades,,worked 2 jobs, night and day to support 6 children

teachers are the most underpaid, most under utilized ,most valuable vocation that any country has and it is a shame that we pay millons more to less valuable assets in our society ,such as sports, rock stars,CEO's. movie stars and more,

A strong society is created by great education and equality

david in san francisco

please do not check my spelling!

[FairestoftheMall99]

amen, brother! my mom is a math teacher and i get really tired of all the crap parents of kids in her classes give her... like just because they're private school parents they know how to teach her class better than she does even though she has a doctorate... and she works way harder than and does much more important work than some football player or tv actor.... so our country's values are a little messed up there. lol

[sumsdiva1]

I really hope your Mum reads this becasue she would be really proud of you.

[BoxOfMirrors]

God Bless You, Randy Cooper.

[nereydaass]

i agree... it was a perfect sppech

[sinkambala]

fuck the corrupt teacher's union

[clmnoplmnop]

Sinkambla, At least you spelled "fuck" right. I'll give you attention even though it's bad attention. Just don't forget to praise the teacher who tries to teach your kids the difference.

[whitecrataegus]

I loved it, as well!!! Nice Response.

[arthurmoore]

So glad you commented!  We do MAKE a difference in people's lives...

[noobskater101]

are u a teacher?

[lisababy85]

yes we do!

[LT2000ram]

Good response!