I SUED THE SCHOOL SYSTEM (2024)

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Albert Einstein once said
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Everybody's a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree
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It will live it's whole life believing
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That it is stupid
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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury today on trial. We have Modern-day schooling
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Glad you could come not only does he make fish climb trees, but also makes them
climb down and do it [10-mile] run
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Tell me school. Are you proud of the things you've done?
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Turning millions of people into robots. Do you find that fun?
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Do you realize how many kids relate to that fish swimming upstream in class never
finding their gifts thinking?
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They are stupid believing. They are useless. Well the time has come no more
excuses
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[I] call school to the stand and accuse him of killing creativity
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Individuality and being intellectually abusive. He's an ancient institution that has
outlived his usage
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So your honor this concludes my opening statement, and if I may present the
evidence of my case, I will prove it

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Proceed exhibit a here's a Modern day [phone] recognize it
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Here's a fall from 150 years ago big difference right stay with me
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Here's a car from today and here's a car from 150 years ago big difference
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right. Well get this, here's a classroom of today, and here's a class we use
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150 Years ago
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Now ain't that a shame and literally more than a century nothing has changed yet.
You claim to prepare students for the future?!
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But what evidence like that?
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I must ask do you prepare students for the future or the past?

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I did a background check on you and let the record show that you were made to
train people to work in factories
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Which explains why you put students in straight roles nice and neat tell them sit still
raise your hand if you want to speak give
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'em a short break to eat and for
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eight hours a day tell him what to think. Oh! and make them compete to get an [A]. A
letter which Determines product quality hits
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great a of meat. I get it back then times were different. We all have a past
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I myself am no Gandhi, but today
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We don't need to make robots-zombies. The world has progressed and now we
need people who think creatively
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innovatively
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critically
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independently with the ability to connect

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See every scientist will tell you that no two brains are the same and every parent
with two or more children will confirm that claim
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So please explain why you treat students like cookie cutter frames or snapback hats
giving them this one-size-Fits-all
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crap [Judge: Watch your Language]
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Sorry your honor
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but if a doctor prescribed the exact same medicine to all of his patients
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The results will be tragic so many people would get sick yet when it comes to
school. This is exactly what happens this
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Educational malpractice where one teacher stands in front of 20 kids each one
having different strains different needs different
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Gifts different dreams and you teach the same thing the same way. That's horrific.
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Ladies and gentlemen the defendant should not be acquitted this may be one of the
worst criminal offenses ever

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To be committed and let's mention the way you treat your employees
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Objection overruled. [Judge:I want to hear this]. It's a shame
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Mean teachers have the most important job on the planet yet. They're underpaid
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No wonder so many students are short change let's be honest
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Teachers should earn just as much as doctors because a doctor can do heart
surgery and save the life of a kid
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But a great teacher can reach the heart of that kid and allow him to truly live
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See teachers are heroes that often get blamed, but they're not the problem. They
work in a system without many options on the wrights
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curriculums are created by policy [makers] most of which have never taught a day in
their life just obsessed with
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Standardized tests they think bubbling in a multiple-choice question will determine
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Success that's Outlandish in fact these tests are too crude to be used and [should]
be abandoned

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But don't take my word for it. Take Frederick J
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Kelley the man who invented
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standardized testing who said, and i quote,
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And I hoped these tests are too crude to be used and should be abandoned ladies
and gentlemen of the jury
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If we continue down this road the results will be Lethal
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I don't have much faith in school, but I do have faith in people
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And if we can customize health care, cars and Facebook pages, then it is our duty to
do the same for
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education to upgrade and change and do away with school spirit
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'cuz that's useless unless we're working to bring the spirit out of each and every
student that should be our task
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no more common core instead

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Let's reach the core of every heart in every class sure math is important, but no
more than art or dance
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Let's give every gift an equal chance
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I know this sounds like a dream
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but countries like Finland are doing impressive things they have shorter school days,
teachers make a decent wage homework is
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Non-existent and they focus on collaboration
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Instead of competition, but here's the kicker boys and girls their educational system
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outperforms every other country in the world. Other places like Singapore,
succeeding rapidly schools like
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Montessori programs like Khan academy there is no single solution
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But let's get moving because while students may be 20% of our population
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They are 100% of our future so let's attend to their dreams. There's no telling where
we can achieve
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This is a world in which I believe a world where fish are no longer forced to climb
trees
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I rest my case. [Applause]
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