An Open Letter to Students Returning to School

Are you ready for a Nerdy Valentines Day? http://bit.ly/WekHqK
Learn with Crash Course: http://www.youtube.com/crashcourse
And SciShow: http://www.youtube.com/scishow

In which John Green gives advice to students returning to school for summer break, discusses the reasons public education exists, and celebrates the landing of the Mars rover Curiosity, among many great things that have happened to humans since we began to invest in public education.

The Evil Baby Orphanage kickstarter:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1...
We did not make this game or anything, but when we saw it, we contacted the people who were making it and they showed it to us, and we just think it looks like a really cool card game. (And if they raise enough money, they're releasing a nerdfighter-specific expansion pack, which would be--while we're on the topic of 2007 vlogbrothers terminology--pretty jokes.)


HERE ARE A LOT OF LINKS TO NERDFIGHTASTIC THINGS:

Shirts and Stuff: http://dftba.com/artist/30/Vlogbrothers
Hank's Music: http://dftba.com/artist/15/Hank-Green
John's Books: http://amzn.to/j3LYqo

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Hank's Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/hankgreen
Hank's Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hankimon
Hank's tumblr: http://edwardspoonhands.tumblr.com

John's Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/realjohngreen
John's Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/johngreenfans
John's tumblr: http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com

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Other Channels
Crash Course: http://www.youtube.com/crashcourse
SciShow: http://www.youtube.com/scishow
Gaming: http://www.youtube.com/hankgames
VidCon: http://www.youtube.com/vidcon
Hank's Channel: http://www.youtube.com/hankschannel
Truth or Fail: http://www.youtube.com/truthorfail

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http://reddit.com/r/nerdfighters
http://nerdfighteria.info/

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  Education

[zacharyp32]

the reason why people don't enjoy school is because the way it is designed is extremely poor, especially at the high school level. By high school kids are starting to develop their own opinions about things and when you try to make them conform to a system that often has no relevance to the things they are interested in at that age your going to have serious reprocutions that aren't good.

[TheWindWaker333]

Microwaves heat food by emitting microwaves which are absorbed by water molecules in the food. The water molecules vibrate in response and release heat. Having the glass of water with the pizza causes more of the microwaves to be absorbed by the water in the glass instead of water in the crust so the starch molecules in the crust remain attached and the crust gets less soggy. However, I would think that this would cause the rest of the pizza to also heat more slowly.

[Georgia Greenleaf]

"French is simple because the French speak English but pretend not to." you are amazing John.

[Char McClintock]

*repercussion

It's generally a good idea to spell things correctly when you are blaming the education system for students failing.

[TheShwerty]

Hey. John. It wasn't called Germany. Prussia had the first.

[HexoNerd]

calm yourself, read a good book, ( or a capital G great book) and remember to look past the negatives to the 00.01% of the world you are. Be grateful, I know I am.

[Gabby Esquivel]

I need to save this for the new school year. My grades went scuba-diving during the last few months.

[JORDAN HALL]

The only thing I learn at school is how to sell weed and steal from the local Coles

[gojidoh]

i learn more about the universe at home than at school

[Dann858]

They should show this video to my government, as they want to stop the 'free funding' for education. Turning into a loan. Which, when you have completed your study but are unable to find a job (quickly enough), you end up having a huge debt.

[Crested Dragon]

What if your brain is incapable of understanding polynomials and physics equations? Does that make me a bad person for not knowing what 2x-3y answers to, especially if literally none of that will be useful in a career in paleobiology?

Sincerely, a 16 year old Canadian.

[pyr666]

consciousness is not symbolic, it is connectionist.