Matt Damon speaks before SOS March

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[BloggerMusicMan]

This is one of the most inspiring and eurdite speeches I've heard from an artist. Two thumbs up to Matt Damon.

[MrGreasie]

Youre a great man Matt and you still owe me a carton of cigarettes from the set of Oceans 11 in Las Vegas Dammit! lol.... I was the set electrician that you kept bummin smokes from. I dont expect you to pay up, but I have to say it was a great experience meeting you. You are a great inspiration my brother!

[jerramy]

Gotta love smokers who have "quit". They have cost me a lot of money.

[jerramy]

My husband is in the military and we were transferred to Italy for two years when our kids were 10 and 12. The school on the base was the private Montassory school and they leared more in those two years, they blossomed, they enjoyed themselves, they had creativity, motivation, expectations, self respect, bonding, yearning for learning. What I'm trying to say is that the education system you have for your kids determines their outlook for the rest of their lives.

[Debra Barbre]

Thank you so much. We need this right now.

[Sangjay Smith]

HMMM indeed. very erudite comment as well

[iamkeir]

I love how grounded and rational and inspiring an extremely famous person can be. Endless respect for Matt.

[Amelia Zimmatore]

Incredible!!! <3

[nanomyou5]

PISA test is Programme for International Student Assessment by OECD.

It's somewhat silly and misleading, but it is the only international benchmark against which countries pit themselves against each other (silly, I know).

As such, it has a LOT of power in policy circles.

Trust me, if US did better on PISA, you'd know about it all the time.

We know, because the country I live in, does well (not that the scores actually guarantee anything).

google: OECD pisa

[Tara Darlington]

This is so important! Thank you Matt. So many of us believe this. Thank you for supporting our kids. My 6 kids do not and will not sit standardised tests. Creativity and love of learning...

[Brooke Dobson]

FYI - Do you need tests every now and then? Sure, but have you ever given these tests? Kids are tested every single year they are in school. We give up 4 days of instruction to test every year. Juniors in California test for 16 hours! No joke. When's the last time you had to take a 16 hour test that it didn't matter for you personally whether you passed or failed? Colleges don't use those test scores.

[Brooke Dobson]

And the Nordic countries value the teaching profession. Teachers are respected and treated as professionals. In America, we are demoralized and undervalued. If you're intelligent and educated, you really have to have a personal drive and belief in public education to not only go into teaching but remain in a profession that is often belittled and blamed for societal problems.