Will and Jada Smith's actor son Jaden Smith shared his thoughts on school on his Twitter page a few days ago....and yes he actually wrote that! Kinda sad that a 15 year old feels this way about school. See more tweets after the cut...
Rich suburban kids who have never known lack in their lives often pass through this phase. Jaden is not an exception. Problem however is,the large number of not-so-smart teens that are gonna get negatively influenced by his shallow comments cos they idolize him. First was his little sister talking about how she isn't sure of her sexuality now him,these kids could use a little spanking,you know. #EducationIsPower
TOMATO JOS Olodo! Wat do u knw about hard life? U sit @ur Dad's Hollywood mansion nd talk trash! Wait until u experience hard life,then I'll luv 2 hear ur rethink on dat! Spoilt brat!
Why TF are you Nigerians always pained? The kid just voiced his mind, if his parents cant see anything bad in it, then its their problem. face your life and be productive rather dan ranting here on LIB.. #okbye
No be everybody wey go school sef get sense or dey intelligent! Some go school finish them no sabi spell dere own name, some after school no job, yahoo yahoo, arm robbing, kidnapping go be d nxt option. Well, everybody with dere own way!
Because of little fame and fortune jaden is going nuts.I hv a feelin him n willow R outrightly rude to their parents at home and proud to their frnds,that's if they even hv any sef.good riddance!
Can't human beings ever mind their business, d poor boy just expressed what he feels, must everybody go to school, bitches mind ur own business, intruders.lol
Lol! First of all, he smoked smth before tweeting that, lol! But jaden, poor kids in africa/asia r fighting for an education and you that has it in the palm of ur hand are talking rubbish. Sigh
I think this is just a phase in his life...kids dis age normally dislike school. Plus maybe he z being abused or bullied in school thrby making those comments. He is jst a kid am sure he'll realize the importance of education in years to come!
He is actually right so many things that this white people have use to blind fold us,85% of the people that did great things didn't go to school or believe some kinda shit the book says, we Africans needs to make more research about our past and see that the ancient monks were Africans and they thought the white people all they know before they betrayed us,came back to our land and enslaved us.even the first school ever was built in Africa but they never taught maths and all these shit we learn in schools now! go to Google read about Africa's beginning before the slavery and there monks.... The white people knows this,that's why them know they go school and they do better than us cus they are wiser and corny. And they just gave us this things to occupy our time and brain wash our children into believing some shit can't be possible all the men that built great things never went to school.....read the rest online
An average american illiterate is better than a Nigerian literate. You'll find some Nigerian graduates that cant speak english or even use a computer, free the boy he's talking about he's own society
But he a kind of saying d truth... Bill gate was a dropout, Steve jobbs was a drop out, and just look @ hw dz 2 people hv change hw we live. I definatly knw they couldn't hv achieve wt dey did if dey finish skul. Mind U, I'm a graduate
I am sorry Linda but you are clearly the ignorant on here. . . . . . He is not attacking education and knowledge per se but school as a political and social institution that turns our youth into people unable to think for themselves, challenge authority and question the world.And I completely agree with him. . . . . . . . . I think that the way people are taught in school does not promote the love for knowledge at all but simply mold them to survive in a brutal and narrowly defined reality without even questioning who and what shapes such reality and trying to fix it . . . . . . . Have you never wondered why so many of the most intelligent men in history are drop-outs or were bad in school?? Bill Gates, the guy behind Facebook etc ....Did you knwo that Leonardo Da Vinci was refused entry to university?? Even Einstein held as one of the most intelligent people ever wasnt good at school at all because his way of thinking and seeing the world was so forward and challenging so many things. And he said that school is not designed to explore the multiple set of human abilities and nurture forward thinking and his life is a testimony of that. . . . . . . . Basically school goes like this: They give you what is held as knowledge and you have to mindlessly swallow it to vomit it later on a test to have cool points. They never teach you how to digest things on your own way or offer tools for that. This is not about intelligence but simply memory. . . . . . . . The best schooling system in the world is Finland's and their system is set as far as possible from traditional schooling. No grade. No competition between pupils. No homework. Highly personalized teaching to nurture a thirst for knowledge in children. Yet their children have the best test scores in the developed world. By investing this way in their education, Finland, which is a tiny country, has now become a technological hub with brands such as Nokia . . . . . . Look at our schools In Africa. Our children are abused physically, emotionally, tortured, called named and traumatized for what exactly? Look at our politicians, they are supposed to be the brightest, the ones who had good marks, had all these degrees in prestigious school, the best education yet anyone can clearly see that they are dumb as hell and backward and have been dragging us into more misery. FFK is out here caught up in online beefs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has graduated from Harvard, yet she is dumber than a bag of rocks and her reforms have been worsening the situation of the most financially vulnerable Nigerians. . . . . . . Linda even the fact that you cant understand Jaden proves his point; you have been brainwashed into never questioning some arbitrary authorities. . . . . . . . . Jaden spoke the truth and it flew above so many ignorant people's heads that they just cant see it smh.
THEY HAVE CREATED A MONSTER WITH A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT...EVEN MASTER P'S SON LITTLE ROMEO WENT TO COLLEGE..SO HE CAN EFFECTIVELY COMPETE WITH THE WHITIES AT THE SAME TABLE...EVEN PUFF DADDY'S SON WENT INTO COLLEGE WITH GOOD GRADES REGARDLESS OF HIS DAD'S MONEY...WILL AND JADA JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THESE CHILDREN...WHAT A SHAME...
I think he is correct because my boss his white and he only went to elementary school and i am a PhD holder so....What's the use of this school?'am happy a educated but still..... -'
,it is not unusual for kids his age to hate school. Most kids go to school because its attached to a better future. This kid has got his future all planned out for him, at least financially. The fact that he still goes to school is a bonus to him. It would be better for him to get an education, to be at least able to manage his wealth. Still ,at his young age ,this little guy is attending the university of life, tht counts as experience. and he can speak better English than most nigerian graduates.
I think he is correct because my boss his white and he only went to elementary school and i am a PhD holder so....What's the use of this school?'am happy a educated but still..... -'
all ye of Nigeria mentality,99% of graduates in Nigeria, please tell me exactly what they are doing with their certificates?( armed robbers, okada riders, ritualist), as low as you see an ordinary mechanic in Nigeria, let the mechanic get to UK or New York, you will see that they are far better than a graduate, i kinda support his notion..... I did my Uni in Nigeria , and believe me, it was a pure waste of four years of my life... people look less of all this handy jobs, but most hair dressers can still pay their house rent than some of ya so called graduates, mechanics are far better than then, Nigerians really need to change their ways of reasoning, School is not meant foe everybody, some will go to school, and still become a nuisance to the society, like the likes of ya Governors, Ministers,and so on.
@cher wat of handwork, skill? Na everybody wey go school dey make am in life?! School dey important but no be do or die thing! Each person wit their own decision.
It makes sense to drop out of school if you know what you are doing and if it is clear the reason *to drop out* is gonna be a success story....otherwise education is key.
I think he is right to some extent..Its not that school is not important..but It becomes unimportant at a certain stage... The aim should be to work towards achieving your dreams.....You might be surprised that many people DONT KNOW WHY THEY ARE GOING TO SCHOOL.Moreso most top Billionaires aredropouts.
Ask urself au many ppl dropd out of skool wen bill gate n steve jobbs did?where re dey? Evry1 cnt b as lucky as steve jobbs or Bill gate. Abeg waheva z worth doin z worth doin well n we all av diff dispensatn of grace.
Better go to school! The best thing you can give yourself in life is education, no matter how much money you make. Think of what you may "fall back" on if every other thing fails.
Don't study shogbo!!..how many drop outs became Bill Gates and Steve Job..Jaden's folks are rich he can afoord to say this..those poor ghetto youths better not try this..last time I checked the Investment bankers that rule the banking world and dictate the World economy..all educated.. The Accountants and Lawyers that secure and emlarge his Dad'd estate..all educated... Education gets you into places you never could imagine..the choice is yours..just cos a million are not doing much with their certificate..what has that got to do with u??
Jaden is an ignorant, rich Lad. You see, that is the reason why we should not listen to his words.. His parents are rich so he does not feel the need to go to school.
Seccondary school is a must 4 us africans, bcos english is our second language, nd its also important in d westen world, but university is a waste of time, the certificate can't get u a bank loan, d whole economy is controlled by people who did nt know wat university is all abt, even d banks are owned by uneducated people, all they do is employ educated ones 2 manage it, nd sack them wen dey find sum1 better, university kills ur entrepenueral skills,all u do is calculate nd calculate sumtin u will neva practice, nd wen u don't do it well, d lecturer call u dumb, let him go 2 ask dangote if he can prepare an account or balance an account, maybe draw a graph showing demand nd supply curve. Bottom line. U go 2 d university 2 work for those who did nt go
I hated school to bits at 15! Has nothing to do wit money or wealth, its a phase! To be quite honest i hated school n my mom combined all thru my teens! Teenage life is tough in d kid, d folks n d school oh! Its d period u think u know everything and need no one! Jaden will grow up soon n wont believe he ever said dis
The boy is right, we were supposed to go to school to be educated (education which has its Greek origin as 'eduko' meaning to draw out), but the opposite is true day. School create close minds and fear. In Nigeria for example, they teach you how to think with the mind of the 16th Century, while the post 21st Century thinkers are light years away. Just read pple comments, you will see how close their minds are.
I see u really hate d letter 'S' so much. This is why d kid shud go to school so he doesn't end up like u. And since when do 15yr olds have an opinion? Did u have an opinion about school at 15?
Hahahaha! It's clear u didn't go to school cos you're fumbling with percentages. 85% of great pple didn't go to school? Do u know what dat means? You're saying dat out of about 100 great people, 85 of them didn't go to school. Na wa o
Wat they want us to know is that will and jada raise their kids to have an opinion and fight for wat they believe in. They are a family of rebels of some sorts
Nigerians are so parochial in their thinking...and linda for your informtion...the boy is a zillion times smarter than you are....education differs from schooling...great minds have always said schooling had conflicting end effects...just stick to your bloging....you can't comprehend the details....so I wouldn't waste my time...but hey linda show some respect...that's a 15yr old smarter than you are...let's hope you grab dt level of wit in your 50s or 70s if you live that long with your "aproko"..lol
dear LIB'ers...hez jst 15yrs old,alot of kids dislike/hate school,evn we adults,atlst sm of us here cn rmba bin 4rced 2go 2sch evn whn we dint knw d rsn4 sch & wished it wil jst be ova....dis na small pikin tlk + his prnts r rich...free d pikin jare
W̶̲̥̅̊ξℓ̊â„“̊ that's why they are referred to as 'TEEN'... But some people still goes to school and act like nuisance ...either way sha school is important..
W̶̲̥̅̊ξℓ̊â„“̊ that's why they are referred to as 'TEEN'... But some people still goes to school and act like nuisance ...either way sha school is important..
@ anon 12:33 u just wasted ur strenght To type dis trash....check d likes of Roman Abramovich, sean combs (P Diddy) and even our own 2baba self na drop outs...D boy can read n write so wat else more so d boy can feed many so damn graduates....ki la wan so. Those critisizing should go get life n find somting else doing....'Karate Kid'
Actually he is speaking the truth. His comment does not attack knowledge, he is simply saying that school is dumb which is true. I fondly refer to school as the indoctrination of the young, school is designed to feed us with knowledge and shape our way of thinking into a narrowly defined view of the world. It does not allow us to think or utilise our brain or question the world that we live in.
All the gadgets and cars we use are created by brilliant physicists and Engineers..what about Satellite services... Anything worth using is done by educated people!!
To @Anon September 16, 2013 at 9:10 AM "@ anon 12:33 u just wasted ur strenght To type dis trash....check d likes of Roman Abramovich, sean combs (P Diddy) and even our own 2baba self na drop outs...D boy can read n write so wat else more so d boy can feed many so damn graduates....ki la wan so. Those critisizing should go get life n find somting else doing....'Karate Kid'"
You obviously need to go back to school way too juvenile but would address you all the same like the child u are....you obviously missed the part where I said for every successful drop out there's a million or more that didn't make it.. You mention Abramovich..Diddy..Gates..Jobs...
QUES..who drives the machinery that makes them money..EDUCATED PEOPLE!! Certain artists that haven't bothered to have some sort of education notice how they have been ripped off by smart Lawyers and Accountants!! Silly child...one of the most essential services in this world is MEDICINE..now what would have happened to most of us if we were to fall ill??.. Just get Back to YouTube..
Anonymous said... I am sorry Linda but you are clearly the ignorant on here. . . . . . He is not attacking education and knowledge per se but school as a political and social institution that turns our youth into people unable to think for themselves, challenge authority and question the world.And I completely agree with him. . . . . . . . . I think that the way people are taught in school does not promote the love for knowledge at all but simply mold them to survive in a brutal and narrowly defined reality without even questioning who and what shapes such reality and trying to fix it . . . . . . . Have you never wondered why so many of the most intelligent men in history are drop-outs or were bad in school?? Bill Gates, the guy behind Facebook etc ....Did you knwo that Leonardo Da Vinci was refused entry to university?? Even Einstein held as one of the most intelligent people ever wasnt good at school at all because his way of thinking and seeing the world was so forward and challenging so many things. And he said that school is not designed to explore the multiple set of human abilities and nurture forward thinking and his life is a testimony of that. . . . . . . . Basically school goes like this: They give you what is held as knowledge and you have to mindlessly swallow it to vomit it later on a test to have cool points. They never teach you how to digest things on your own way or offer tools for that. This is not about intelligence but simply memory. . . . . . . . The best schooling system in the world is Finland's and their system is set as far as possible from traditional schooling. No grade. No competition between pupils. No homework. Highly personalized teaching to nurture a thirst for knowledge in children. Yet their children have the best test scores in the developed world. By investing this way in their education, Finland, which is a tiny country, has now become a technological hub with brands such as Nokia . . . . . . Look at our schools In Africa. Our children are abused physically, emotionally, tortured, called named and traumatized for what exactly? Look at our politicians, they are supposed to be the brightest, the ones who had good marks, had all these degrees in prestigious school, the best education yet anyone can clearly see that they are dumb as hell and backward and have been dragging us into more misery. FFK is out here caught up in online beefs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has graduated from Harvard, yet she is dumber than a bag of rocks and her reforms have been worsening the situation of the most financially vulnerable Nigerians. . . . . . . Linda even the fact that you cant understand Jaden proves his point; you have been brainwashed into never questioning some arbitrary authorities. . . . . . . . . Jaden spoke the truth and it flew above so many ignorant people's heads that they just cant see it smh. September 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM
whoever this is, you are an uncommon blessing to your generation. You ooze knowledge!
pink said... He is actually right so many things that this white people have use to blind fold us,85% of the people that did great things didn't go to school or believe some kinda shit the book says, we Africans needs to make more research about our past and see that the ancient monks were Africans and they thought the white people all they know before they betrayed us,came back to our land and enslaved us.even the first school ever was built in Africa but they never taught maths and all these shit we learn in schools now! go to Google read about Africa's beginning before the slavery and there monks.... The white people knows this,that's why them know they go school and they do better than us cus they are wiser and corny. And they just gave us this things to occupy our time and brain wash our children into believing some shit can't be possible all the men that built great things never went to school.....read the rest online
School isn't Education! Lemme remind the dumb fellows here that 70% of the wealthiest people on earth are the 1st #Generation, they never had schools, education or classes, all they had was passion to create... The boy of 15 years has what you dumb ass are yet to get... Self education is the very #Key to success! Davegrin 08036018932
School isn't Education! Lemme remind the dumb fellows here that 70% of the wealthiest people on earth are the 1st #Generation, they never had schools, education or classes, all they had was passion to create... The boy of 15 years has what you dumb ass are yet to get... Self education is the very #Key to success! Davegrin
@ 16yr teen...if u did not go 2 skol all dis 1 u r readn here u won't hv bin able 2 do dat...dis boy tlkn hez mother tongue s english, hez parents r rich and he probly dosnt hv anytn 2 lose if he drops out nw cuz d economy of hez own country s diff 4rm ourz...so beta stay in skol and mk smtn of ur live.
@ anon September 16, 2013 at 6:34 AM; your own second language and not everyone. By the way the main foundations of English are learnt in Primary school and by Secondary school you should be a master. Don't mix your situation and upbringing up with everyone else. Also, work on you English. It's obviously your second language.
lol @ Jaden I can't be mad at him...his a product of parents that dropped out but hustled hard to provide. If only they can take their kids to regular skools and stop this B.S of home skooling or some stupid skool Jada and Will opened together...he would write smarter stuff....
I kinda agree with him. #thats because I want to be honest#
I know that we need basic education, as a matter of compulsion but the mentality that education is the ultimate just sickens me.
I know many people will chop off my head for this but I am merely being honest. Look around you, the very rich and prosperous are people who use their God given talents not necessarily those who invest their lives in the pages of books, irrespective of what field. And in a way this is one among the very many reasons why Africa is backward.
We need to explore other options outside academics. How well educated were the likes of Bill Gates and many others. As for me, I'd let my kids do whatever it is they want to do with their lives, so long as it's not a criminal act, and as long as i see good prospects in thier aspirations. However they must have basic education #my definition of basic education is at least graduation from high school or a college of education # not necessarily a university.
I no blame the mumu.........why hin no go dey tok lyk dat????? after all him papa get money, and them don turm the 15 year old punk to Hollywood star! ...........my people,when your family is stinkin rich, you can afford to say anything you like....lol........If Aliko or Atiku was my father, i culd prolly say shiii like that.
It's not sad tho.Linda, he is saying the plain truth...school is dumb AF..it doesn't in anyway prepare you for life..I more than support his statement that sort of says if everyone drops outta school, intelligence will take over.
Ppl are entitled to their own opinions including jaden n obv hes growin n avin mood swingss...if u listened in class n didnt blame the poor boy u wuldnt know this. U dont know what us teens abroad go thru...all dat glistens is not gold
Lalarealtalk along with those others he praised are blessed. You all know ur stuff...Jayden is much more smarter than the rest in the same league with Linda...Linda with all these ur blogging, i think u should spend some time doing worthwhile research such as the history of education, curriculum adopted to educate us and individuals that championed it...i'm sure at the end of ur research, you will see the light and thank Jayden for schooling u. Perhaps u may even start blogging about positive stuff.
I agree with Jaden to a certain extent because formal education is actually not suitable for everyone; it stifles the creativity and originality of really smart children. It is especially bad for us because everything we learn in formal education is euro-centric and so we keep moving further and further away from what we could be as a people. The ancient kingdom of Benin had well laid out roads, storey buildings and technology suited to its own needs before the coming of the white man. Similar stories abound all over black Africa. But we lost all of it and took on the white man's ways. It took intellectual thinking and planning to create the things and build the kingdoms of ancient black Africa. Those who still have the capacity need to start doing something so we can re-discover and integrate our ancient knowledge into our modern education system so that we can move forward. Years ago, there was a young man in Benin that created a television that worked based power generated by some plant based energy system that he developed; he was shut down. What he did was original and probably derived from the sort of thinking that was at work in the ancient kingdom of Benin. Those of us with the capacity and bent need to break from the chains of western education. Jaden is certainly right to an extent.
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Nawa oh...we waiting for dad n mom to RT..
Well,,,that's his own point....coz him papa and mama get money na..nor be us here wey dey go sch to come get job take survive..its well!!!
Na him sabi!
Why won't he say so! When he swims in money!...9ice goes back to school to study Law after music!
Not unusual for children his age to dislike school. Its a normal thing
Celebrity life and fame has corroded your brain lad, get sapient!
Mtchewwww..
Well. Its what u get from every young teen. Not surprised. Sha be going to school.
Funny**
i think he's making sense am 16 and i still feel thesame way as he does, everyone with their dreams i love music and i want to become a superstar
evri1 iz entitled to hiz or her opinion
Lol, I once thought that way when I was much younger, his acting his age.
Lolzzzzzz!!!!!! Jaden nwa will ati jada!!! U are dumb o.
Abi he dn join d boko boys? Hehehehehe, dss one wen he de against education(school)so?
Rich suburban kids who have never known lack in their lives often pass through this phase.
Jaden is not an exception.
Problem however is,the large number of not-so-smart teens that are gonna get negatively influenced by his shallow comments cos they idolize him.
First was his little sister talking about how she isn't sure of her sexuality now him,these kids could use a little spanking,you know.
#EducationIsPower
He can say ALL THESE THINGS about school, cuz he knows he will NEVER SUFFER to go JOB HUNTING like some of us.
How will some people like us don't go to school and expect to get a descent job that will help us survive daily??
Other than that, to be educated is also a pride.
If he (Jaden) didn't go to school earlier on, will he have been able to read or write?
Crazy lil dude!
idiot
TOMATO JOS Olodo! Wat do u knw about hard life? U sit @ur Dad's Hollywood mansion nd talk trash! Wait until u experience hard life,then I'll luv 2 hear ur rethink on dat! Spoilt brat!
Shhh... Dnt lash out @ d poor fella, err 15 year old thinks school is dumb... Chyk is back.
Lol... Z he high?
Wat do u xpect 4rm a 15yrs old?
erm, which 15yr old doesn't think like this?
errm doesn't every teenager feel this way about school at some point?
mayb if his parents werent loaded he will have a different view kmt
Smh 4 dis lil nigga
Rubbish!!!
Why TF are you Nigerians always pained? The kid just voiced his mind, if his parents cant see anything bad in it, then its their problem. face your life and be productive rather dan ranting here on LIB.. #okbye
No be everybody wey go school sef get sense or dey intelligent!
Some go school finish them no sabi spell dere own name, some after school no job, yahoo yahoo, arm robbing, kidnapping go be d nxt option.
Well, everybody with dere own way!
Lmaoo as expcted..wen hs parents cnt run a sch..
Because of little fame and fortune jaden is going nuts.I hv a feelin him n willow R outrightly rude to their parents at home and proud to their frnds,that's if they even hv any sef.good riddance!
Can't human beings ever mind their business, d poor boy just expressed what he feels, must everybody go to school, bitches mind ur own business, intruders.lol
He just released a film with his dad AFTER EARTH...so he is going somewhere
Well said mich,well said.
Jaden,u look dumb urself.... Skul is nt for dumb peeps like u
Jeez he's 15 let him rant.every teen rebels in their own way besides no one really liked going to school at that age
I dnt blame d small boy ..He has seen nd felt money
Boy #Education is power
@mzz_mary1
Lol! First of all, he smoked smth before tweeting that, lol!
But jaden, poor kids in africa/asia r fighting for an education and you that has it in the palm of ur hand are talking rubbish.
Sigh
Na him know oooo.
Sckentologists be like...
I think this is just a phase in his life...kids dis age normally dislike school. Plus maybe he z being abused or bullied in school thrby making those comments. He is jst a kid am sure he'll realize the importance of education in years to come!
For now...he z jst a KID!
Na small pikin dey worry am jor!
DOWNTOWN baby!
THIS KID IS A JOKER, I MISS NAIJA SHA.
He is actually right so many things that this white people have use to blind fold us,85% of the people that did great things didn't go to school or believe some kinda shit the book says, we Africans needs to make more research about our past and see that the ancient monks were Africans and they thought the white people all they know before they betrayed us,came back to our land and enslaved us.even the first school ever was built in Africa but they never taught maths and all these shit we learn in schools now! go to Google read about Africa's beginning before the slavery and there monks.... The white people knows this,that's why them know they go school and they do better than us cus they are wiser and corny. And they just gave us this things to occupy our time and brain wash our children into believing some shit can't be possible all the men that built great things never went to school.....read the rest online
If your parents believe in having an open marriage, you have every right to be an "olodo" dunce.
He thinks that way, because he his very sure that education or no education he will surely b ok with his parents money.
He is entitled to his own opinion.
An average american illiterate is better than a Nigerian literate. You'll find some Nigerian graduates that cant speak english or even use a computer, free the boy he's talking about he's own society
We go 2skul even wen we'd love to stay home! Its d real world ova here. You make ur cross and u carry it!
The guy don smoke gbana.
But he a kind of saying d truth... Bill gate was a dropout, Steve jobbs was a drop out, and just look @ hw dz 2 people hv change hw we live. I definatly knw they couldn't hv achieve wt dey did if dey finish skul.
Mind U, I'm a graduate
I am sorry Linda but you are clearly the ignorant on here.
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He is not attacking education and knowledge per se but school as a political and social institution that turns our youth into people unable to think for themselves, challenge authority and question the world.And I completely agree with him.
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I think that the way people are taught in school does not promote the love for knowledge at all but simply mold them to survive in a brutal and narrowly defined reality without even questioning who and what shapes such reality and trying to fix it
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Have you never wondered why so many of the most intelligent men in history are drop-outs or were bad in school?? Bill Gates, the guy behind Facebook etc ....Did you knwo that Leonardo Da Vinci was refused entry to university?? Even Einstein held as one of the most intelligent people ever wasnt good at school at all because his way of thinking and seeing the world was so forward and challenging so many things. And he said that school is not designed to explore the multiple set of human abilities and nurture forward thinking and his life is a testimony of that.
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Basically school goes like this: They give you what is held as knowledge and you have to mindlessly swallow it to vomit it later on a test to have cool points. They never teach you how to digest things on your own way or offer tools for that. This is not about intelligence but simply memory.
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The best schooling system in the world is Finland's and their system is set as far as possible from traditional schooling. No grade. No competition between pupils. No homework. Highly personalized teaching to nurture a thirst for knowledge in children. Yet their children have the best test scores in the developed world. By investing this way in their education, Finland, which is a tiny country, has now become a technological hub with brands such as Nokia
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Look at our schools In Africa. Our children are abused physically, emotionally, tortured, called named and traumatized for what exactly? Look at our politicians, they are supposed to be the brightest, the ones who had good marks, had all these degrees in prestigious school, the best education yet anyone can clearly see that they are dumb as hell and backward and have been dragging us into more misery. FFK is out here caught up in online beefs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has graduated from Harvard, yet she is dumber than a bag of rocks and her reforms have been worsening the situation of the most financially vulnerable Nigerians.
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Linda even the fact that you cant understand Jaden proves his point; you have been brainwashed into never questioning some arbitrary authorities.
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Jaden spoke the truth and it flew above so many ignorant people's heads that they just cant see it smh.
See his mouth like "education is rebellion"
If I drop out of school ehn, I go sweep floor taya.
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I think their own is beyond spanking. Someone needs to punch them.
Exactly! I'm sure the idiot would say he was born literate.
Lol.silly brat
THEY HAVE CREATED A MONSTER WITH A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT...EVEN MASTER P'S SON LITTLE ROMEO WENT TO COLLEGE..SO HE CAN EFFECTIVELY COMPETE WITH THE WHITIES AT THE SAME TABLE...EVEN PUFF DADDY'S SON WENT INTO COLLEGE WITH GOOD GRADES REGARDLESS OF HIS DAD'S MONEY...WILL AND JADA JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THESE CHILDREN...WHAT A SHAME...
I think he is correct because my boss his white and he only went to elementary school and i am a PhD holder so....What's the use of this school?'am happy a educated but still.....
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,it is not unusual for kids his age to hate school. Most kids go to school because its attached to a better future. This kid has got his future all planned out for him, at least financially. The fact that he still goes to school is a bonus to him. It would be better for him to get an education, to be at least able to manage his wealth. Still ,at his young age ,this little guy is attending the university of life, tht counts as experience. and he can speak better English than most nigerian graduates.
I think he is correct because my boss his white and he only went to elementary school and i am a PhD holder so....What's the use of this school?'am happy a educated but still.....
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LOL he is 15 andreally rich! Wat do you expect!
Exactly #WellSaid
all ye of Nigeria mentality,99% of graduates in Nigeria, please tell me exactly what they are doing with their certificates?( armed robbers, okada riders, ritualist), as low as you see an ordinary mechanic in Nigeria, let the mechanic get to UK or New York, you will see that they are far better than a graduate, i kinda support his notion..... I did my Uni in Nigeria , and believe me, it was a pure waste of four years of my life... people look less of all this handy jobs, but most hair dressers can still pay their house rent than some of ya so called graduates, mechanics are far better than then, Nigerians really need to change their ways of reasoning, School is not meant foe everybody, some will go to school, and still become a nuisance to the society, like the likes of ya Governors, Ministers,and so on.
@cher wat of handwork, skill?
Na everybody wey go school dey make am in life?!
School dey important but no be do or die thing!
Each person wit their own decision.
He's suffering frm Didaskaleinophobia (that's school phobia)b4 U all will skin me.
STUPID LIL CHILE SHUT UP
THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGY DOES TO A CHILD
IT FCKS UP YOUR BRAIN MENTALLY
WIERD KIDS BOTH YOU AND YOUR SISTER
Micheal, I couldn't agree more. The sad 'behind-the-scene' story here will certainly be the negative influence this may spurn.
It makes sense to drop out of school if you know what you are doing and if it is clear the reason *to drop out* is gonna be a success story....otherwise education is key.
Nyc epistle!guess u didn't go to skool urself!*wondern*but au cum u culd write dis long essay!*mtcheew*u'r advocating 4 wat ur actns r antagonising.
I think he is right to some extent..Its not that school is not important..but It becomes unimportant at a certain stage... The aim should be to work towards achieving your dreams.....You might be surprised that many people DONT KNOW WHY THEY ARE GOING TO SCHOOL.Moreso most top Billionaires are dropouts.
We all felt like at some point of our teenage life! I felt that way. I am grad school now.
Ask urself au many ppl dropd out of skool wen bill gate n steve jobbs did?where re dey? Evry1 cnt b as lucky as steve jobbs or Bill gate. Abeg waheva z worth doin z worth doin well n we all av diff dispensatn of grace.
Idiot lomo yen!dumb boy!!
@Diamond u wnt to tell me if u dnt go to second schl would you be on ds blog,atleast he should go to Second schl after dat he can decide his life
Pls leave him,he is just a kid, all kids thinks this way like davido and wizkid.
And that is the reason why wilow and him can't read.
I want to believe he was high when he tweeted all that. Lol ***Kween***
Better go to school! The best thing you can give yourself in life is education, no matter how much money you make. Think of what you may "fall back" on if every other thing fails.
He's overwhelmed with riches and fame and turned lazy.
Arm robbing? See why u need to go to school.lol. Well, He's been a kinda awkward- first he's bisexual.fuck.
Don't study shogbo!!..how many drop outs became Bill Gates and Steve Job..Jaden's folks are rich he can afoord to say this..those poor ghetto youths better not try this..last time I checked the Investment bankers that rule the banking world and dictate the World economy..all educated..
The Accountants and Lawyers that secure and emlarge his Dad'd estate..all educated...
Education gets you into places you never could imagine..the choice is yours..just cos a million are not doing much with their certificate..what has that got to do with u??
He knows little
Linda...This is the reason why he said so.watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-eVF_G_p-Y
Bisexual?? O_O
Why won't he think this way, when he has all that money can buy without going to school, or atlst being properly educated. Don't blame him folks!
Jaden is an ignorant, rich Lad. You see, that is the reason why we should not listen to his words.. His parents are rich so he does not feel the need to go to school.
Old fool! English speakin is not mandatory. It's a borrowed language that later became a major language due to lack of self independence.
Like I love you n this comment so so much. You are the best on dis comment I really wish I could give u a drink of ur choice
@Rough diamond pack ur things n rush 2 sch. Seriously, arm robbing?
go join boko haram. Mumu pikin
Seccondary school is a must 4 us africans, bcos english is our second language, nd its also important in d westen world, but university is a waste of time, the certificate can't get u a bank loan, d whole economy is controlled by people who did nt know wat university is all abt, even d banks are owned by uneducated people, all they do is employ educated ones 2 manage it, nd sack them wen dey find sum1 better, university kills ur entrepenueral skills,all u do is calculate nd calculate sumtin u will neva practice, nd wen u don't do it well, d lecturer call u dumb, let him go 2 ask dangote if he can prepare an account or balance an account, maybe draw a graph showing demand nd supply curve. Bottom line. U go 2 d university 2 work for those who did nt go
Omo ale... I wonder what his parents would say to this.
you smoke omo?
idiot! Compare both your spellings
I hated school to bits at 15! Has nothing to do wit money or wealth, its a phase! To be quite honest i hated school n my mom combined all thru my teens! Teenage life is tough in d kid, d folks n d school oh! Its d period u think u know everything and need no one! Jaden will grow up soon n wont believe he ever said dis
What have we all learnt from school?
Better than you olodo,we all can see that!
The boy is right, we were supposed to go to school to be educated (education which has its Greek origin as 'eduko' meaning to draw out), but the opposite is true day. School create close minds and fear. In Nigeria for example, they teach you how to think with the mind of the 16th Century, while the post 21st Century thinkers are light years away. Just read pple comments, you will see how close their minds are.
That's ma booOoooooooooooooo.....he's making his money acting ...he does not have 2 get 2 skul 2 b rich...he's future is rich alredi
Well said Mich. U always have the very right words!
Jade
I see u really hate d letter 'S' so much. This is why d kid shud go to school so he doesn't end up like u. And since when do 15yr olds have an opinion? Did u have an opinion about school at 15?
***Twizzy***
Its just a phase! He'll get over it
Hahahaha! It's clear u didn't go to school cos you're fumbling with percentages. 85% of great pple didn't go to school? Do u know what dat means? You're saying dat out of about 100 great people, 85 of them didn't go to school. Na wa o
**Twizzy**
Wat they want us to know is that will and jada raise their kids to have an opinion and fight for wat they believe in. They are a family of rebels of some sorts
Nigerians are so parochial in their thinking...and linda for your informtion...the boy is a zillion times smarter than you are....education differs from schooling...great minds have always said schooling had conflicting end effects...just stick to your bloging....you can't comprehend the details....so I wouldn't waste my time...but hey linda show some respect...that's a 15yr old smarter than you are...let's hope you grab dt level of wit in your 50s or 70s if you live that long with your "aproko"..lol
True talk am evn tired of skul,wish dere was nothing lik test nd examz.mstcheeew.
dear LIB'ers...hez jst 15yrs old,alot of kids dislike/hate school,evn we adults,atlst sm of us here cn rmba bin 4rced 2go 2sch evn whn we dint knw d rsn4 sch & wished it wil jst be ova....dis na small pikin tlk + his prnts r rich...free d pikin jare
W̶̲̥̅̊ξℓ̊â„“̊ that's why they are referred to as 'TEEN'... But some people still goes to school and act like nuisance ...either way sha school is important..
W̶̲̥̅̊ξℓ̊â„“̊ that's why they are referred to as 'TEEN'... But some people still goes to school and act like nuisance ...either way sha school is important..
@ anon 12:33 u just wasted ur strenght To type dis trash....check d likes of Roman Abramovich, sean combs (P Diddy) and even our own 2baba self na drop outs...D boy can read n write so wat else more so d boy can feed many so damn graduates....ki la wan so. Those critisizing should go get life n find somting else doing....'Karate Kid'
Actually he is speaking the truth. His comment does not attack knowledge, he is simply saying that school is dumb which is true. I fondly refer to school as the indoctrination of the young, school is designed to feed us with knowledge and shape our way of thinking into a narrowly defined view of the world. It does not allow us to think or utilise our brain or question the world that we live in.
Come to naija na, and don't go to sch, u'll just be selling purewater on 3rd mainland bridge!!!
All the gadgets and cars we use are created by brilliant physicists and Engineers..what about Satellite services...
Anything worth using is done by educated people!!
little SHIT of cause that is what he would say because of bullshit father my friend get a life.
To @Anon September 16, 2013 at 9:10 AM
"@ anon 12:33 u just wasted ur strenght To type dis trash....check d likes of Roman Abramovich, sean combs (P Diddy) and even our own 2baba self na drop outs...D boy can read n write so wat else more so d boy can feed many so damn graduates....ki la wan so. Those critisizing should go get life n find somting else doing....'Karate Kid'"
You obviously need to go back to school way too juvenile but would address you all the same like the child u are....you obviously missed the part where I said for every successful drop out there's a million or more that didn't make it..
You mention Abramovich..Diddy..Gates..Jobs...
QUES..who drives the machinery that makes them money..EDUCATED PEOPLE!!
Certain artists that haven't bothered to have some sort of education notice how they have been ripped off by smart Lawyers and Accountants!!
Silly child...one of the most essential services in this world is MEDICINE..now what would have happened to most of us if we were to fall ill??..
Just get Back to YouTube..
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I am sorry Linda but you are clearly the ignorant on here.
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He is not attacking education and knowledge per se but school as a political and social institution that turns our youth into people unable to think for themselves, challenge authority and question the world.And I completely agree with him.
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I think that the way people are taught in school does not promote the love for knowledge at all but simply mold them to survive in a brutal and narrowly defined reality without even questioning who and what shapes such reality and trying to fix it
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Have you never wondered why so many of the most intelligent men in history are drop-outs or were bad in school?? Bill Gates, the guy behind Facebook etc ....Did you knwo that Leonardo Da Vinci was refused entry to university?? Even Einstein held as one of the most intelligent people ever wasnt good at school at all because his way of thinking and seeing the world was so forward and challenging so many things. And he said that school is not designed to explore the multiple set of human abilities and nurture forward thinking and his life is a testimony of that.
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Basically school goes like this: They give you what is held as knowledge and you have to mindlessly swallow it to vomit it later on a test to have cool points. They never teach you how to digest things on your own way or offer tools for that. This is not about intelligence but simply memory.
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The best schooling system in the world is Finland's and their system is set as far as possible from traditional schooling. No grade. No competition between pupils. No homework. Highly personalized teaching to nurture a thirst for knowledge in children. Yet their children have the best test scores in the developed world. By investing this way in their education, Finland, which is a tiny country, has now become a technological hub with brands such as Nokia
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Look at our schools In Africa. Our children are abused physically, emotionally, tortured, called named and traumatized for what exactly? Look at our politicians, they are supposed to be the brightest, the ones who had good marks, had all these degrees in prestigious school, the best education yet anyone can clearly see that they are dumb as hell and backward and have been dragging us into more misery. FFK is out here caught up in online beefs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has graduated from Harvard, yet she is dumber than a bag of rocks and her reforms have been worsening the situation of the most financially vulnerable Nigerians.
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Linda even the fact that you cant understand Jaden proves his point; you have been brainwashed into never questioning some arbitrary authorities.
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Jaden spoke the truth and it flew above so many ignorant people's heads that they just cant see it smh.
September 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM
whoever this is, you are an uncommon blessing to your generation. You ooze knowledge!
pink said...
He is actually right so many things that this white people have use to blind fold us,85% of the people that did great things didn't go to school or believe some kinda shit the book says, we Africans needs to make more research about our past and see that the ancient monks were Africans and they thought the white people all they know before they betrayed us,came back to our land and enslaved us.even the first school ever was built in Africa but they never taught maths and all these shit we learn in schools now! go to Google read about Africa's beginning before the slavery and there monks.... The white people knows this,that's why them know they go school and they do better than us cus they are wiser and corny. And they just gave us this things to occupy our time and brain wash our children into believing some shit can't be possible all the men that built great things never went to school.....read the rest online
September 15, 2013 at 11:11 PM
whoever this is. you are blessed!
Lol he's still a kid ,he knows nothing about life
School isn't Education! Lemme remind the dumb fellows here that 70% of the wealthiest people on earth are the 1st #Generation, they never had schools, education or classes, all they had was passion to create... The boy of 15 years has what you dumb ass are yet to get... Self education is the very #Key to success! Davegrin 08036018932
School isn't Education! Lemme remind the dumb fellows here that 70% of the wealthiest people on earth are the 1st #Generation, they never had schools, education or classes, all they had was passion to create... The boy of 15 years has what you dumb ass are yet to get... Self education is the very #Key to success! Davegrin
@ 16yr teen...if u did not go 2 skol all dis 1 u r readn here u won't hv bin able 2 do dat...dis boy tlkn hez mother tongue s english, hez parents r rich and he probly dosnt hv anytn 2 lose if he drops out nw cuz d economy of hez own country s diff 4rm ourz...so beta stay in skol and mk smtn of ur live.
cool story
Mmmmmm
@ anon September 16, 2013 at 6:34 AM; your own second language and not everyone. By the way the main foundations of English are learnt in Primary school and by Secondary school you should be a master.
Don't mix your situation and upbringing up with everyone else.
Also, work on you English. It's obviously your second language.
lol @ Jaden
I can't be mad at him...his a product of parents that dropped out but hustled hard to provide.
If only they can take their kids to regular skools and stop this B.S of home skooling or some stupid skool Jada and Will opened together...he would write smarter stuff....
I kinda agree with him. #thats because I want to be honest#
I know that we need basic education, as a matter of compulsion but the mentality that education is the ultimate just sickens me.
I know many people will chop off my head for this but I am merely being honest. Look around you, the very rich and prosperous are people who use their God given talents not necessarily those who invest their lives in the pages of books, irrespective of what field. And in a way this is one among the very many reasons why Africa is backward.
We need to explore other options outside academics. How well educated were the likes of Bill Gates and many others. As for me, I'd let my kids do whatever it is they want to do with their lives, so long as it's not a criminal act, and as long as i see good prospects in thier aspirations. However they must have basic education #my definition of basic education is at least graduation from high school or a college of education # not necessarily a university.
His parents are running a private school which is not doing good day. His parents has money too. it is a little brat ranting .needs to b ignored
@zaynab,'at you that has it' tho...i can't deal
A double jack daniels n coke on the rocks thanks.
I no blame the mumu.........why hin no go dey tok lyk dat????? after all him papa get money, and them don turm the 15 year old punk to Hollywood star! ...........my people,when your family is stinkin rich, you can afford to say anything you like....lol........If Aliko or Atiku was my father, i culd prolly say shiii like that.
It's not sad tho.Linda, he is saying the plain truth...school is dumb AF..it doesn't in anyway prepare you for life..I more than support his statement that sort of says if everyone drops outta school, intelligence will take over.
I love you linda,keep up the good work
Well he made so much money evn b he turned 15 why won't he tweet that. If I had it all like did I prolly burn down all schools. #honest opinion.
"9ice went back to school" you also need to go back to school
Ppl are entitled to their own opinions including jaden n obv hes growin n avin mood swingss...if u listened in class n didnt blame the poor boy u wuldnt know this. U dont know what us teens abroad go thru...all dat glistens is not gold
Lalarealtalk along with those others he praised are blessed. You all know ur stuff...Jayden is much more smarter than the rest in the same league with Linda...Linda with all these ur blogging, i think u should spend some time doing worthwhile research such as the history of education, curriculum adopted to educate us and individuals that championed it...i'm sure at the end of ur research, you will see the light and thank Jayden for schooling u. Perhaps u may even start blogging about positive stuff.
Yay am first to comment..can't believe ds..flying over d moon..
NA BOKO HARAM PEOPLE NA.
I agree with Jaden to a certain extent because formal education is actually not suitable for everyone; it stifles the creativity and originality of really smart children. It is especially bad for us because everything we learn in formal education is euro-centric and so we keep moving further and further away from what we could be as a people. The ancient kingdom of Benin had well laid out roads, storey buildings and technology suited to its own needs before the coming of the white man. Similar stories abound all over black Africa. But we lost all of it and took on the white man's ways. It took intellectual thinking and planning to create the things and build the kingdoms of ancient black Africa. Those who still have the capacity need to start doing something so we can re-discover and integrate our ancient knowledge into our modern education system so that we can move forward. Years ago, there was a young man in Benin that created a television that worked based power generated by some plant based energy system that he developed; he was shut down. What he did was original and probably derived from the sort of thinking that was at work in the ancient kingdom of Benin. Those of us with the capacity and bent need to break from the chains of western education. Jaden is certainly right to an extent.
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