Paper towns and why learning is awesome | John Green

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  • Some of us learn best in the classroom, and some of us ... well, we don't. But we still love to learn, to find out new things about the world and challenge our minds. We just need to find the right place to do it, and the right community to learn with. In this charming talk, author John Green shares the world of learning he found in online video.
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  • @JennieKerfuffle
    @JennieKerfuffle 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8217

    I am absolutely devastated that the audience did not laugh at more of John's jokes. It took them a whole minute and fifty seconds to catch on to his humor, lol.

    • @Miranox2
      @Miranox2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      Jennie Kerfuffle TIL scientists and academics have a slow sense of humor.

    • @TheGryffindorable
      @TheGryffindorable 9 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      there is this thing that people have to like you before they laugh at your jokes so maybe that's an issue here

    • @shway1
      @shway1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Jennie Kerfuffle There was nothing really worth laughing out loud at until then.

    • @SlimThrull
      @SlimThrull 9 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      Jennie Kerfuffle Its not so much that the didn't find John funny; Its that they thought
      it might not be okay to laugh during a serious discussion.
      Humor is a difficult thing for these types of lectures. Most people going to a lecture expect to be lectured with minimal -- if any -- humor. With this expectation in mind, people who would normally laugh or at least giggle tend to refrain from doing so until they're sure its socially acceptable to do so. Even then it tends to be rather quiet and reserved laughter.

    • @ratherrandombella
      @ratherrandombella 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Jennie Kerfuffle I thought that too, maybe it just didn't pick up on his mike?

  • @sumtourist9406
    @sumtourist9406 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1877

    Life goal is to have someone mention me in a TED Talk as their high school crush.

    • @SbotTV
      @SbotTV 7 ปีที่แล้ว +258

      Why not get up on a TED stage and mention one of your own crushes? You don't have to be a supporting character in an important person's life and nothing more. Find something significant to you and work towards it. Some of the worst decisions I have made stemmed from the belief that I didn't have what it took to go down the harder path.

    • @isabellagold4114
      @isabellagold4114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      @@SbotTV damn

    • @fool4343
      @fool4343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@SolaceEasy sounds like projecting

    • @lunasea4309
      @lunasea4309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SbotTV ❤️

    • @MsTen999
      @MsTen999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@SolaceEasy Who hurt you?

  • @dreamingstar2374
    @dreamingstar2374 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5909

    It's really sad because I loved learning. In primary school, I was the "smart", "nerdy" kid who would borrow 20 books from the library every week and read them all. Learning about maths and English was fun and fascinating. Then I got to high school and learning was ruined for me. Everything was more of a competition and it made me miserable. Learning was no longer fun but pressurising, forceful and stressful by the school system, rules and teachers. Now that I've graduated, I'm actually going to start learning again :)

    • @FatmaYousuf
      @FatmaYousuf 8 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      +carrotsticks I think you're talking about "studying" here, not learning. Learning and studying are two completely different words.

    • @phoenixvaughn5995
      @phoenixvaughn5995 8 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      +iGFXDesigner school however does have a way of telling you you are learning something when really you are just revising a concept that you were told about when you 12

    • @jessicaziegler5531
      @jessicaziegler5531 8 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      It was the same for me. I loved learning until I got into high school. I would read all the time and I just loved to do school and to learn! It has now become difficult and I don't feel I can remember anything and it just feels like too much pressure now. I feel that I am slowly gaining back my interest in learning again. I think I need to get excited about
      Learning again and this is just might be the start of it all.

    • @tesslynfrancis9322
      @tesslynfrancis9322 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      +carrotsticks I had a similar experience, but the opposite way around. My primary school was stifling while my high school was something akin to a sisterhood. It was just an environment of support and love and I had great teachers who cared about teaching, not just passing students. I realise how lucky I am to have had such an enriching high experience. Without it, I don't think I ever would have developed a love of learning

    • @d.a.hansen9142
      @d.a.hansen9142 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      +carrotsticks I have had a very similar experience, but instead of continuing with brick-and-mortar school I transitioned to online schooling and it was probably the best decision that I have ever made.

  • @RianKashfi
    @RianKashfi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1812

    That moment at which you expect him to begin with "Good morning, Hank."

    • @rishabhbhatti8783
      @rishabhbhatti8783 7 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      ...its tuesday :D

    • @epicjoyfulcreations4580
      @epicjoyfulcreations4580 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Faiyaz Kashfi Rian IT'S QUESTION TUESDAY

    • @magnuspeacock5857
      @magnuspeacock5857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@epicjoyfulcreations4580 the day i answer real questions from real nerdfighters.

    • @kovidbhaduri
      @kovidbhaduri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@magnuspeacock5857 lets get right to it!

    • @thenazidolphin2279
      @thenazidolphin2279 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Who the eff is hank?

  • @MrChillder
    @MrChillder 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3178

    When the video started playing he sounded a few tones short of homer simpson

    • @kelleydungan3301
      @kelleydungan3301 9 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I was thinking the same thing hahaha

    • @Toastmaster_5000
      @Toastmaster_5000 9 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Christopher Hilder If he sounded more "dopey" he'd sound a lot like homer

    • @16hakisan
      @16hakisan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I didn't realize until you just said it

    • @myragm
      @myragm 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Lol you took the words right out of my mouth haha

    • @quantumvex6679
      @quantumvex6679 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Christopher Hilder That's the best thing I've read all day, haha.

  • @Butterworthy
    @Butterworthy 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6899

    I really, really like John Green.

    • @rshepherd80
      @rshepherd80 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Ok I liked this vid not bad John not bad.

    • @TheBillymybob
      @TheBillymybob 9 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Butterworthy You should check out Crash Course and/or Vlogbrothers then :D

    • @Butterworthy
      @Butterworthy 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      TheBillymybob Definitely will do. I like the stuff he does on Mental Floss also.

    • @dreamingrightnow1174
      @dreamingrightnow1174 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TheBillymybob Thanks, I will.

    • @89nekkoinu
      @89nekkoinu 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah, after years doing vlogbrother its his new heights in his careers

  • @LaceyJuk
    @LaceyJuk 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3064

    Thank you John for making crash course. It is my learning community.

  • @gabrieloconitrillo4141
    @gabrieloconitrillo4141 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1898

    Never thought someone as smart as John Green would be bad at school, seems like school as a system sucks for learning. Learning happens when you're passionate about whatever topic and put all your energy into it and/or start finding correlations between things

    • @viniciusbernardo5569
      @viniciusbernardo5569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      sitting on a chair listening to your teacher for hours straight without room for imagination is not a good method of learning

    • @DerMessiasderSatire
      @DerMessiasderSatire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@viniciusbernardo5569 It's a good method for remembering things and literally shoving things into students' brain. That's why it's used, sadly.

    • @LilianaKali
      @LilianaKali 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @Jo Blow Yep. Schools were started to basically produce more workers for the workforce. Creativity and love of learning wasn't really a notion. It was more about making more cogs for the machine of industrialism. From my experience there are two types of people who go into teaching: those who want to share their success and those who want to hide their failures. Whichever of these two categories they start as they then often get pushed by the system or by their Boards and School Districts into teaching subjects they aren't qualified for or not passionate about. That's why you might sometimes notice that your teacher seems to have just crammed in the subject matter a few hours or days before they taught it to you. Oh, you like Biology but hate Chemistry? Too bad. We need a Science teacher so good luck cramming the chemistry curriculum into your brain in a few days/weeks! Or oh you're an Art teacher? Could you also teach History/Geography/Social Sciences this year? Or the very real situation where the job market for teachers doesn't include the subjects they are qualified for but they also need to pay a mortgage and feed their family so they just fake it.

    • @ismirdochegal4804
      @ismirdochegal4804 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      There are different schools and different teachers. Not everything is bad, but there are concepts that are better then others. There are a few things everyone should know about the world or at least heard of. Beyond that we need teachers that show us doors with various topics on them and the freedom to decide ourself when and if we want to look in there at all. Or like a named place on a map - someone might just want to go there.

    • @LuisOrtiz-px4yy
      @LuisOrtiz-px4yy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeh. The system of education is fatal at educating ironically.

  • @dandeliondot
    @dandeliondot 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1477

    It is impossible to calculate how many lives Green brothers have changed during those years. Thank you for making me understand that learning is not a privilege.

    • @dreamingrightnow1174
      @dreamingrightnow1174 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Mari Israelyan Not supposed to be, but it's damned expensive and exclusive and should be free. Even TH-cam and TED is not fully accessible, unless you have a computer or a smart phone and can get a wifi connection.

    • @erinnicole2556
      @erinnicole2556 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Robin Gray Almost all local libraries have computers available for free public use, and lord knows they have books. That's neither expensive nor exclusive. Get yourself there and you can learn to your heart's content.

    • @tuckersabath4984
      @tuckersabath4984 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Robin Gray kinda right, more accurate to point out that for the people who are out to dominate others, it is only a piece of paper, and paying a lot of money is bragging rights, and cheating has no moral importance to them.
      And there are enough of those people to take up a lot of room at the top.

    • @RachelReiss
      @RachelReiss 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Erin Long Don't get me wrong, I love the public libraries and owe them more than I can say...but the NYPL, at least, has WAY fewer books than they used to. Our local branch has laptops to use in the library, and ebooks to borrow (if you have an ereader), but while there are still books, there are more totally empty shelves than full, and lots of the "full" shelves are full of DVDs and CDs and books on hold--and when I was a child they were ALL full of books.
      It's sad.

    • @tuckersabath4984
      @tuckersabath4984 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Rachel Reiss also you might notice a lot of technical and historical content on the curb, to make space for contemporary paperback gangster books.... unless your local branch has already stripped it's shelves of knowledge in favor of entertainment that glorifies hood life.... which by the way, in NYC at least, the safest big city in the country, romantic portraits of the ghettos is a way to control peoples's expectations of life, there by controlling them.
      I don't think Plato is that wonderful. But it might be helpful for a young intercity kid to see that the old white guy on the ten dollar bill was a Caribbean immigrant who advocated for the abolition of slavery... so the library is under attack from budget, and the contemporary commerce of "blacksploitation"....
      Do we have knowledge available? Do we encourage curiosity beyond commercialism?

  • @joelverkaik
    @joelverkaik 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1037

    "I learned what iambic pentameter is,
    And why it sounds to good to human ears."

  • @ZactarZero
    @ZactarZero 7 ปีที่แล้ว +979

    OMG John Green from youtube is the same John Green author of those books. HOW DID I NEVER REALIZE THAT?

    • @katherinelara1931
      @katherinelara1931 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      😂

    • @priyankamaran7244
      @priyankamaran7244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 funniest thing I've heard.

    • @chelsey8737
      @chelsey8737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      😂😂😂 i love it

    • @dementiasorrow
      @dementiasorrow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Me neither! I'M BAFFLED!!

    • @mrwhite6529
      @mrwhite6529 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Maybe you're stupid. IMAO

  • @asliuf
    @asliuf 8 ปีที่แล้ว +794

    "i learned what iambic pentameter is, **and WHY it SOUNDS so GOOD to HUman EARS**
    THAT LAST PART *IS* IAMBIC PENTAMETER

  • @lt80355
    @lt80355 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2257

    A great part of being a nerdfighter is the endless pride you feel. Loved it.

    • @Jontman42
      @Jontman42 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lenda Thompson Pride of what?

    • @raghada9123
      @raghada9123 9 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Pride of the community, of the progress, of the journey, of the accomplishments, of the learning, and of course, pride of hank and john.

    • @Soldier842
      @Soldier842 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Raghad A Just make sure your pride does not make you act as if you're superior to the less educated who are less interested in sciences.
      Pride can be quite the weakness.

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Victor G Pride ... or let's call it community spirit can also make you blind. On no other channel do I get attacked as viciously and irrationally for pointing out mistakes or inaccuracies as on SciShow. That community feels pretty poisonous to me to be honest. More like a cult :/

    • @raghada9123
      @raghada9123 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes of course no sense of superiority should stem from this pride at all, and accept my apologies on behalf of Nerdfighteria if ever you felt shunned or unfairly criticized; it definitely isn't right.

  • @SuperNerd707
    @SuperNerd707 8 ปีที่แล้ว +790

    The library and the internet, life would suck without them!

    • @Cra3ture
      @Cra3ture 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      true

    • @Keepedia99
      @Keepedia99 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      PhantomRanger it's what you make of it

    • @AyeshaKhan-uh2gz
      @AyeshaKhan-uh2gz 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      PhantomRanger true

    • @samiaahmad8705
      @samiaahmad8705 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      True, but where i live they don't have any public libraries. So i have to read on the internet.
      No wonder i got glasses. -_-

    • @ShubhamBa
      @ShubhamBa 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      true man

  • @jubsology
    @jubsology 8 ปีที่แล้ว +821

    I always watch "Crash Course"....Out of my wildest dreams, I never thought "this" John Green is the famous author of "The fault in our stars" ...I am astonished at my ignorance...
    Love you John Green ..:)

    • @LittleHippieBigCity
      @LittleHippieBigCity 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      +Jubayer Aahmed There you go! You learned something on TH-cam! Sweet!

    • @phoenixvaughn5995
      @phoenixvaughn5995 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Jubayer Aahmed don't judge a book by its cover :D

    • @bryanavila3082
      @bryanavila3082 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +Info Sushy I had no idea as well and now I'm just shocked

    • @kallmekrissarchivetiktoks8012
      @kallmekrissarchivetiktoks8012 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      +Bryan Avila When I found out the same thing I was also shocked AF

    • @EvieHeffner
      @EvieHeffner 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      +great one I found out in sixth grade and I'd been watching his videos for like three years and my friend had "The Fault in Our Stars" and I was flipping through it WHILE WE WERE WATCHING CRASH COURSE IN HISTORY and I remember jumping up and making my teacher pause the video so that I could tell everyone in my class. I am now known as the girls who loves John Green and I'm in ninth grade now. I guess it's fitting considering I do a victory dance every time we get to watch Crash Course.

  • @TheMajsinka
    @TheMajsinka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    I believe what John and Hank's biggest skill is, is not teaching you some new facts but a way with words that reminds you of what you already knew deep inside

    • @rawdaaljawhary4174
      @rawdaaljawhary4174 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      YES! ❤ 🙌🏽 ❤ I couldn't agree more.

  • @heyheychels
    @heyheychels 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1849

    This was great. It made me want to go learn something.

    • @terminallyg33k
      @terminallyg33k 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      heyheychels me too. I'm going to go learn new songs on my ukulele now.

    • @tanpadia1664
      @tanpadia1664 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      heyheychels Follow this step To Watch Paper Towns FULL MOVIE : *
      plus.google.com/114248654881070965661/posts/EQYegvcX4j9

    • @rehmsmeyer
      @rehmsmeyer 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      heyheychels DON'T! I'm serious! Do. Not. Do it.
      IGNORANCE IS BLISS

    • @hughbartlett9253
      @hughbartlett9253 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Chelsea Cassady I feel that! Such a great video!

    • @FingerThatO
      @FingerThatO 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Chelsea Cassady so what new did you learn in the last 8 months since you saw this video?

  • @mitchlloyd6456
    @mitchlloyd6456 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    This is why I love John Green. He's my inspiration for being part of this learning community.

  • @Nguyennertofudinner
    @Nguyennertofudinner 8 ปีที่แล้ว +410

    He talks a lot slower when he doesn't have a time limit

    • @osemudiame123
      @osemudiame123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ted talks do have time limits

    • @Nguyennertofudinner
      @Nguyennertofudinner 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      +osemudiame123 I was referring to the four minute time limit on vlogbrothers videos...

    • @osemudiame123
      @osemudiame123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +sciencenerd1123 ah I see makes sense

  • @Cra3ture
    @Cra3ture 8 ปีที่แล้ว +279

    this man makes me take learning *seriously*

  • @smarties22222
    @smarties22222 9 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    That "world sandwich" sounds the most awesome thing ever.

    • @samtheflutegirl1373
      @samtheflutegirl1373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It bothers me that it was people holding bread instead of setting it on the ground.

    • @missseaweed2462
      @missseaweed2462 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@samtheflutegirl1373 Air is an essential part of the world so I'm glad they included it.

  • @gabriellesew
    @gabriellesew 9 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    John Green can do everything - TH-camr, author, producer and inspirational speaker. He's truly awesome.

  • @davea.9927
    @davea.9927 8 ปีที่แล้ว +587

    John Green for Pres

    • @itz_aidan-ru7xr
      @itz_aidan-ru7xr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      yesssssss

    • @Keepedia99
      @Keepedia99 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      too many meetings

    • @stevemsteven6103
      @stevemsteven6103 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      John Green actually sounds remotely like Donald Trump.

    • @bbens999
      @bbens999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      StevemStevenson: haha yeah not at all. In like, every way.

    • @user-lh2hx5xf4e
      @user-lh2hx5xf4e 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stevemsteven6103 pfft is this a joke?🤣🤣🤣

  • @Foxfool228
    @Foxfool228 8 ปีที่แล้ว +569

    This is one of the greatest TED talks I've ever watched. I feel so much more engaged in the TH-cam learning community than I ever have with high school or, presently, with college. I don't feel like I'm wasting my time when I watch TH-cam videos instead of working on a semester long research project that's due in less than two hours. I learn and appreciate life in a way that the current mainstream educational system just does not provide. On TH-cam, you can tailor your learning experience to the topics you're interested in. You can ask meaningful questions and be exposed to questions you didn't even realize existed. Most of all, the people who create this content care. They care in ways that a professor simply does not have to.
    I know that I often act as if school doesn't matter to me. But it doesn't really, you know, beyond job security. I appreciate John Green's cartography metaphor. Learning is about exploration and curiosity, not meaningless regurgitation or arbitrary examination. I wish universities truly were places of education rather than the expected stepping stone to a traditional career. I'm making do with what I have available to me, but I know that a college degree does not really prove anything beyond perseverance. It isn't a college degree I'm even seeking, only doorways. Doorways that will allow me to continue to learn and experience this world we live in. Anyway, I just wanted to ramble and procrastinate for a little bit. Maybe a little insight into my thought process will stimulate you to think about your own :)

    • @Arinaretina
      @Arinaretina 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Preaccchhhhh

    • @jamescarmody4713
      @jamescarmody4713 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Unless you pay entirely for your education, through savings or scholarships, you have an obligation to get a job with your degree. You rely on people working every day of your life; society depends on our contributions; there are people starving and thirsty who need development.
      Knowledge is great, but leave it unapplied and you've wasted your time. You were blessed to have 12 years of public schooling or loving parents who provided a tutor for you. It's time to make good on that investment and make a difference.

    • @xena8_8
      @xena8_8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      James Carmody The one obligation we have during life is to be true to yourselves. And there are only two things we really have to do in life, and that is being born and die. The first one is already down. Whatever we do before the other is up to yourselves only. We should not lose ourselves in the illusion that we should live life for someone else, may it be our family or the government, because they are living their lives for us. They are responsible for themselves and we are responsible for ourselves. Everything we do is our choice. Even choosing to live life according to someone else, which will only bring misery to ourselves. It may sound egoistical but we actually need to put ourselves first - it is good. Only so we can become free and then create real value for others. There is a reason why in planes they always tell you to put the oxygen mask on yourself first before you help others. Given the freedom and time to develop properly, every human will contribute something unique to this world

    • @Kas_Styles
      @Kas_Styles 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This!

    • @LanceWillMakeIt
      @LanceWillMakeIt ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jamescarmody4713 " you have an obligation to get a job with your degree." Hm, never heard of that law. I think you have an obligation to make your life a life worth living. Getting a job with your degree might not be in the trajectory of making your life worth it

  • @yellow5350
    @yellow5350 8 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    Self education is the best way to increase the quality of life, seeking to become more intellectual is a pleasure that can rarely be found in other things.
    I agree with John Green learning is so important and fulfilling throughout life.

    • @yellow5350
      @yellow5350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Dori Beverlee why would you copy my comment

    • @hemsharma1833
      @hemsharma1833 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Seeking to become more intellectual is a pleasure that can rarely be found in other things".
      It's a powerful statement only few people can understand.

  • @viktoriyakovalchuk6472
    @viktoriyakovalchuk6472 9 ปีที่แล้ว +431

    This is refreshing. I think a lot of kids are pressured by adults and society in general to go out and "find a stable job, earn some money, raise a family", a cookie-cutter path for life that will somehow lead to ultimate happiness. But I think life and people are more complicated than that, and I think everybody has his or her own place in the world, and whether that be a well-known and successful cardiac surgeon or a skillful tattoo artist, everybody must seek out his or her true passions in life and do what they love, if they want to achieve even the slightest bit of happiness.

    • @ChroniclesofAJ
      @ChroniclesofAJ 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Viktoriya Kovalchuk Well Said

    • @kristinabennett9017
      @kristinabennett9017 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I couldn't agree more. Studies have shown that the happiest people are those that feel like they are reaching their potential and finding fulfillment out of life. People often forget that different people find fulfillment from different things from life.

    • @AnimalAce
      @AnimalAce 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or you could go the Mike Rowe rought. Find something that no one else is doing. Find a way to do it then learn how to love it.

    • @ila_1910
      @ila_1910 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah in this world of so much diversity we all can be strong in basics and Masters in our chosen professions .... A faster progress and happiness

    • @MrJonnyPepper
      @MrJonnyPepper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Talk about a first world problem

  • @EdgyDumbass
    @EdgyDumbass 5 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    The audience was so unfair to John! He made so many great jokes and they only laughed at one of them!

  • @zlatanjakic7717
    @zlatanjakic7717 7 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    I acctualy got an A in biology by watching crash course today.

  • @hunterjohnson1022
    @hunterjohnson1022 9 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Now THIS is the intellectual stuff i enjoy seeing from TED

  • @tadshackles
    @tadshackles 9 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Not finding John and his brother until I was in my late twenties made me sad. Had I had them in my life when I was in junior high school I wouldn't have felt like an outcast for being smart and having straight A's (I once lied and told my friends I failed a couple classes so I had to go to summer school when I was just trying to get ahead for next year. I loved school but was ashamed of my love as I worried what others would think). I would have been proud of my nerdy friends and I wouldn't have tried so god. damned. hard to be a cool kid and hang out with the pot heads and jocks...
    John Green is a precious national resource and I am so thankful for him.

  • @sgracesful
    @sgracesful 7 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    I am sometimes mocked for my enthusiasm for TH-cam. I'm an internet nerd through and through, however. I didn't have the best education, so the Internet is the best resource available to me, and to anyone with a network connection. Love my community of fellow learners.

  • @rafaelpun
    @rafaelpun 8 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    It would have been awesome to all my profesor and teacher to teach like John Green. He makes you learn without you knowing.

  • @ashleyok4230
    @ashleyok4230 9 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    At the end of his talk, when John started saying thank you, I thought he was going to say "Thanks for watching. I'll see you next week."

  • @Innowah
    @Innowah 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I wish my school would let us learn like John Green.

  • @angiewagner9232
    @angiewagner9232 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Sometimes I just come back to this video when I’m feeling less than motivated to do my homework.

    • @sibgharehman6291
      @sibgharehman6291 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am still feeling unmotivated......😒

  • @confusedpotato6566
    @confusedpotato6566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    John Green has the ability to move something inside me every time he talks. You can tell he finds importance in the subjects he analyses and oh my god he transmits his enthusiasm so well! John Green is one of those people that give me hope that words can in fact move people. That words can in fact change the world.

    • @Laura-kl7vi
      @Laura-kl7vi ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He's profound in how he expresses what he perceives in the world,and how he expresses his feelings-he moves me too. I've not encountered that before in such a concentrated way.

  • @dedcalmxo
    @dedcalmxo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I like learning when the speaker is entertaining and a little funny. John Green is definitely a good speaker.

  • @Lady_Jay
    @Lady_Jay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    i'm I the only one that could listen to John all day and learn from what he saying with ease?

  • @sarahgr17
    @sarahgr17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I was in 5th grade I had already become disappointed and disheartened by the education system and how it taught so I started watching Be Smart, Crash Course, and many others. It taught me how to love learning and knowledge. Thank u education TH-cam!

  • @animefan4058
    @animefan4058 7 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    I am a simple potato, I see John Green, I scream, I fangirl, then I click.

    • @classicdope2952
      @classicdope2952 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Anime Fan Anime and John Green! We have some common things!!

    • @ronnie3235
      @ronnie3235 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Anime Fan this is the most cringey thing I’ve seen today

    • @tariqkhanPathanKabuliwala
      @tariqkhanPathanKabuliwala 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Except mongols 🤣🤣

  • @nervykane
    @nervykane 9 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Learning is very fun for me and I dont get how people grow old being content with willful ignorance. Knowledge is the ultimate power. Money is power if your narrow minded and believe that being able to harness a lot of objects and influence people through manipulation rather than education is the way to live, which I believe its actually a path towards a dystopia in the long run to try to manipulate people to gain self interests or even for a broader interests than your self. People cant be manipulated because it sets their brain to function backwards, they believe that what they are doing is set in stone in the history books as correct, when in reality they are just acting on the short term to serve the greater purpose of the powerful. Where as education tends to be quite the opposite and it enlightens the individual and the masses.

    • @Candyliz2003
      @Candyliz2003 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ***** I agree somewhat - it's the current method of "schooling" that needs a make-over. Personally, I think the old style of apprenticeship --> artisan would be better. Whether you're talking about a craft, trade, or field of study. Today's education system may give people a more well-rounded experience but should be an enhancement, or extra-curricular, NOT the primary focus. What a waste of youth to force history, algebra, and sentence diagramming onto those who don't make a living in the fields they are necessary to! (Now don't get all excited - I'm not saying they aren't important or that they are unnecessary - just that they should be cursory rather than a major part of one's daily endeavors. Yes, algebra CAN be important - but what I wouldn't give to have back all those hours of frustration!)

    • @dreamingrightnow1174
      @dreamingrightnow1174 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** Did you notice how Candy ended her post? I think you're saying the same thing.

    • @dreamingrightnow1174
      @dreamingrightnow1174 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** I agree, but oftentimes wonder: Is testing important? It may be one of the biggest problems. Learning, in it's natural habitat, isn't linear and is almost impossible to quantify, but good teachers, when they aren't flooded with ridiculous class loads, know when their student(s) are learning. Teaching is an art; everyone can't do it. The travisty of No Child Left Behind is a good example.

    • @ktjrktjtjrjej4581
      @ktjrktjtjrjej4581 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude you're actually illiterate lmao

    • @dreamingrightnow1174
      @dreamingrightnow1174 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr aaaaaaa

  • @RiniKiwi
    @RiniKiwi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I don't think John will ever read this but I just wanted to say I first watched this when I was really struggling with finishing high school because I had just lost all the motivation to "learn" (memorize things). But after high school, I'm so glad I found myself inspired again. My uni classes were so engaging and the professors were amazing. It was like I could feel my brain grow everyday! I'm happy to say I was able to turn things around for myself and get excited about learning again. Also, having a degree is a nice bonus. Watching this video now, I'm very grateful to you, John. Learning is awesome!

  • @colonelmustard9405
    @colonelmustard9405 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    You don't understand how much I admire this guy.

  • @marshwitched
    @marshwitched 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I come back and watch this every time I get especially disillusioned with learning. I did it in high school, and all these years later I’m watching it as I’m about to finish graduate school. It reminds me that learning and knowledge are valuable in themselves - even if I never “use it” for anything. In a very real way, John has helped me all the way from my high school diploma to my master’s degree. Feeling really grateful for that today.

  • @quiqueg13
    @quiqueg13 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Learning without judgement to keep yourself visible in the narrative is so mid level menager. Love it, Hank.

  • @SuicideBunny6
    @SuicideBunny6 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    And here I am in a learning community learning about learning about a learning community ...

  • @stephenmealing6366
    @stephenmealing6366 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    "Choking you self with ties is stupid"
    ...
    "Honey where is my tie"

  • @lorenaenciso5518
    @lorenaenciso5518 8 ปีที่แล้ว +528

    I've never heard him, talking so slow.

  • @GhostInTheShell29
    @GhostInTheShell29 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    One thing I found amazing at work the other day, was a group of people getting into a debate about Multiverse Theory.. I mean our job is to unload a truck, no one went to college, many didn't graduate highschool, but because of youtube, and Dragon Ball Z abridged in particular, even though I had a much better grasp then anyone else, at least people could be part of the conversation because they at least understood some basic properties.
    Where as if I just tried to teach Multiverse theory to a group of people working on a truck, why would they care? why would they be interested if they couldn't participate? Having a basic understanding allowed for a natural conversation that was very informative as those who knew less learned from those who knew more just talking about it.

  • @Monoctis
    @Monoctis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    At the end of the day, learning makes you a better person.

    • @mariannebaez8662
      @mariannebaez8662 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Learning makes life so much more interesting and makes junk fall away.

  • @Vibranium603
    @Vibranium603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I want to meet John and Hank Green some day!

  • @fernandomelgar892
    @fernandomelgar892 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My learning community came after I had to go to a continuation school instead of a regular high school. At the new school I found that people who were "at risk" tended to have hyper inactive attention to singular learning tasks. At this school the structure of how the school was run, had less restrictions, kids were free to have more breaks, to go to the gym, talk with friends, stroll around campus. Much like a college campus. The thing is that when It came time to go in classroom, students were much more attentive. The point is that there was a certain balance I saw lacking in other schools. There is a hand-holding and rigid method of schooling that does not behoove children, but only makes them want to break free.

  • @SMFortissimo
    @SMFortissimo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The older I get, the more I realize that I don't know anything. I am very grateful for the communities of learners online who've helped me realize this and have given me a thirst for exploring more. I don't think you're ever too old to start learning something new even just for the sake of it.
    I help teach English in Japan, and consistently one of the hardest questions for me to answer is "What is important to you?" I could write, and indeed have written, volumes of diaries and blog posts exploring that very question, but when you talk to ESL students you are forced to condense your answers into one or two easy sentences. So I told them "Learning is important to me. I want to learn something new every day." And I have TH-cam to thank for making that possible.

  • @adrianzermeno7858
    @adrianzermeno7858 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    All these educational channels shine a bright light for the future generations to come.

  • @kathrynhemmings6378
    @kathrynhemmings6378 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    He's so intelligent & i love the way he explains things

  • @Ultrevolous
    @Ultrevolous 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I admire John so much for his ability to find his community online. That's just never worked for me, but I love the idea of finding a community.

  • @missmolly7112
    @missmolly7112 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    He reminds me of a friend that I no longer have, which makes me sad. But at the same time, I love the way he talks, which makes me happy. Just a couple of conflicting feelings to share.

    • @parmeetsingh1655
      @parmeetsingh1655 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's good to share your thoughts and feelings, hope you're doing well

  • @ExtraordinaryDreamer
    @ExtraordinaryDreamer 9 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Beautifully said as always, John.

  • @cynnimini2650
    @cynnimini2650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've learned so much from the internet and its communities. From braiding my hair and embroidering to biotechnology and Spanish, honestly i think that I've acquired about 20% of my skills online.

  • @yang9935
    @yang9935 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have learned so much from this guy, he is a gift to this world.

  • @MikleyL
    @MikleyL 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    OMG this man's mind is AMAZING , love symbolism

  • @amandashirley358
    @amandashirley358 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I love this! it's all so true. John Green has a certain eloquence with words that expresses things I'd like to express but can never seem to find the words.

  • @rachaelmann3724
    @rachaelmann3724 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is one of my favorite TED Talks. I love how he uses maps as a through line for learning- brilliant

  • @samanthaswift9668
    @samanthaswift9668 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    John Green is one of my favorite people to listen to.

  • @ricardoestrada5837
    @ricardoestrada5837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I really enjoy reading and listening to John Green's ideas.

  • @irisobrien3618
    @irisobrien3618 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Watched this during my homework break and now I actually want to do it. Bless you, John.

  • @daniellgrace8670
    @daniellgrace8670 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really wanna meet such awesome people....he literally touched peoples life and emotion to the place no one been before ....his books take you to a completely new sort of world and are difficult to forget

  • @maevemylene4910
    @maevemylene4910 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for crash course. The presence of this learning communities helped me get through a very toxic community called high school in Amsterdam...

  • @bryangodinho1369
    @bryangodinho1369 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This message really struck home! This may be the best Ted Talk I have seen so far. Thanks John!

  • @joshd029
    @joshd029 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    John thank you for that brilliant light bulb. You have made me remember why I cherish some of my classes more than others. The communities in and outside a classroom environment greatly affect one's outlook on the class. I hope those watching this video that are still in school find the same types of communities that I enjoy, both on the internet and in person.

  • @genkim3355
    @genkim3355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Learning as cartography is a metaphor that makes so damn happy

  • @martawatermanfitnesscoach
    @martawatermanfitnesscoach 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow, he is so on point!!! I learn so much on TH-cam - French, Mandarin, anatomy, physics, and many more subjects. Whatever interests you, there's a wealth of info and things to learn here. I found John because I am reading Book 2 of the Carl books by his brother Hank (both those books are amazing), and then I found that John has written books too, and that they have a channel together. Then this Ted talk. Wonderful!

    • @YashMenghani
      @YashMenghani 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree, youtube is an amazing place to learn new things.

  • @Par_and_syv_lovers56
    @Par_and_syv_lovers56 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Inspires me to ask more questions. Own and love all his books.

  • @cloudsandmoon7975
    @cloudsandmoon7975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This talk really inspired me to start learning again! I have always loved to learn and I remember that I was always curious and wonderstruck to know about things I never knew of before. But somewhere along the line it just faded away to fit into classroom settings where grades matter more than understanding and the joy of discovering new things and wanting to fit into the peer group where learning was not really "cool". I am really thankful to John and also I am loving crash course a lot! It's wonderfully engaging and interesting! I'm so very grateful for this talk.. thank you so much!!!

  • @luckykoneko6981
    @luckykoneko6981 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Humans enjoy the process of comprehending what was once unknown. They do not enjoy sitting in suffocating rooms being lectured by condescending instructors who are only present for the paycheck.
    Of course not all teachers are apathetic, but finding a truly caring and inspiring teacher seems to be so difficult in high school. I'm really grateful for TH-cam for being the platform that users like John Green and PatrickJMT can utilize to promote education in an enlightening and riveting way.

  • @sofiapandolfo4131
    @sofiapandolfo4131 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel this so much... I'm still in high school therefore i should have a learning community but people connect learning to high school so much that they don't like learning anymore. I'd just love so find some people that share my passion for knowledge so we can talk about it and share it and whatever

  • @rishikachutani2508
    @rishikachutani2508 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You make me believe in life. Thank you so much John! I love you and your videos and yours books!

  • @tanvi4305
    @tanvi4305 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love John, I'm so happy and proud that he got this opportunity!

  • @denisecee5413
    @denisecee5413 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s so cool to hear the artist and seeing how they use their art as mirrors

  • @louise-yo7kz
    @louise-yo7kz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love his enthusiasm for learning. He is a great teacher. Crash course history is a fave.

  • @_juicebandit
    @_juicebandit 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As a teacher, it is of utmost importance to inspire a love for learning. Usually this is most successful through adaptation: what does this particular person need in order to find meaning in learning? I also very much appreciate and support a learning community; for me, learning is great when coupled with creativity, and a community can offer support and challenge. Great video, John. Thanks.

  • @Carrie4y
    @Carrie4y 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The struggle you talk about- about being miserable because you weren't in a community of learning anymore... that's how I felt (and still kind of feel) after becoming a stay at home mom. And this really inspired me to figure out a way to make a community of learning with other stay at home moms. I don't know how yet, but I want to.

  • @hejma_kato
    @hejma_kato 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These channels inspired me to keep learning since my high school days. Kudos to all of them for their hard work

  • @maziekate
    @maziekate 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is now one of my favorite TED talks. Extremely well done, presents excellent ideas, and John Green is fantastic at engaging an audience.

  • @89MSS
    @89MSS 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    John! So proud to see him up there! I've been watching him for so many years, I knew he would become something really big :) Congratulations!

  • @megtell
    @megtell 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I sure wish that I could have attended a private boarding school. I would have gotten a whole different education, pursued my true interests. Glad to find some out at 47. You're a lucky man John!!

    • @juliahenriques210
      @juliahenriques210 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Megan Smetzer I'm really grateful for having attended a humanist public school. An excellence institution that was a microcosmos of the larger world, but with its own set of rules that allowed for the pursuit of individual academic interests. A big library, nice places to hang out with friends inside the school, free courses, student empowerment in pedagogical decisions. A school so good most students never realize how great it is until they finally leave and experience other institutions.
      I got lucky, though. I'm also grateful for having had a great research group in college, in a public university. Professors, undergraduates, and post-graduates, all attended the same weekly discussions, everybody had their own research project(s). Everybody got 2 hours to lecture the others about their projects once in a while, even the undergraduates. People threw their ideas into that weekly maelstrom of ruthless criticism knowing that if anything survived it would come out better in the end. References were exchanged freely and nobody ever stole someone else's credit for anything. Scholarships were plenty, and I got 2 years to develop my own research before graduation. When requested to provide advice about subjects I was specialised in, the group sent me, even being an undergraduate student.
      I would have never had these oportunities in private institutions. A lot of the vitality and breadth of life experiences brought by people of all kinds of backgrounds would have just been ruled out by the paywall. I myself would have never been able to pay for the kind of education I got for free, since most affordable private schools and colleges are actually subpar when it comes to academic research.

    • @NihongoWakannai
      @NihongoWakannai 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nowadays the internet helps immensely, my schools havent been great, but i can go onto the internet and just learn what i want how i want

  • @celestemariewilsonmusic
    @celestemariewilsonmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s amazing to think about how the communication and community around knowledge develops and changes to cater to the new generations. Every time a new form of storing knowledge appears there are those who are outspoken about the dangers. I wonder if there a a term for that psychological phenomenon. To me, it’s just some food for thought.

  • @KaiCalimatinus
    @KaiCalimatinus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel proud to. Be in all four of these communities.
    We're almost one big one at this point pretty much :)

  • @Platinum38C
    @Platinum38C 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am a great fan of John Green. He just made sens to my leisure time activity of watching knowledgeable youtube videos.

  • @wintaweldemariam8325
    @wintaweldemariam8325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i usually just read the comments and like the ones that i can relate to, but i want to be apart of the community. so I'm commenting.

  • @vicwillis4295
    @vicwillis4295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this video is one of the main reasons I went to college. I just graduated a month ago and had to come back. time flies. it's the ultimate expense. opportunity cost. time.

  • @getabiggerboat
    @getabiggerboat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you. Proud to be Springs '87 alum and to have grown up on the campus. Discere Vivendo . You're right that it's not just about learning, but about being a part of a community of learners.

  • @MarkJohnson-jx3zr
    @MarkJohnson-jx3zr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    John Green is so inspiring, keep doing what you're doing.

  • @ingridlou5041
    @ingridlou5041 8 ปีที่แล้ว +871

    I love John Green but/& if you close your eyes he sounds like Homer Simpson's smarter self

    • @smavuria9054
      @smavuria9054 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yes!!!

    • @hogmaster3000
      @hogmaster3000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      mmmm i don't hear that at all

    • @Satopi3104
      @Satopi3104 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      i noticed he was slurring a bit here and he wasn't moving his mouth very much. he's talked about his long running dental problems so he might have been having a bad day.
      (not trying to lecture you at all - i don't think you meant it unkindly. Just wondering if others noticed the same thing)

    • @ScottKorin
      @ScottKorin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      He doesn't normally sound like that. I'm not sure if it's the microphone or a recurring dental issue he had a few years ago.

    • @KabooM1067
      @KabooM1067 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I swear the first second before his face showed up I thought I'd see Homer xD.

  • @darrellcole6311
    @darrellcole6311 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have watched John and his brother on Crash Course for several years and have always learned something I never knew before. I watched a course form Yale University by Dr Dale Martin called , A Historical Criticism of the New Testament. Even though I went to bible school, I learned more watching Dr Martin that I did in bible school. All because of You Tube. So a big thank you to John, his brother, and the TH-cam community for educating this 80 year old man.

  • @hannages7719
    @hannages7719 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is sad how little fun learning can be when everybody around you is just waiting for the class to end. CrashCourse especially but the TH-cam learning community in general have made it fun for me again and continue to do so every day... thanks John!!!

  • @momergil
    @momergil 9 ปีที่แล้ว +335

    Where are the mongols? :)

    • @TheJuliodarian
      @TheJuliodarian 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LMFAO

    • @Garrytherocketboi
      @Garrytherocketboi 9 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Martin Bittencourt They're the exception to this. :3

    • @bitmln003_
      @bitmln003_ 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Martin Bittencourt Hahaha Is this a joke? Mongols had one of the largest empire in the world.

    • @Zhranzagul
      @Zhranzagul 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      jbentio Yes it is a joke. John Green frequently refers to "the Mongols" as the "Exception" of everything, as they always avoid his distinctions of ordinary stuff. Search for "Unless you are the Mongols" and you will find a lot of videos of the same mongol montage that runs everytime this is mentioned in his videos.
      TL;DR: It's a nerdfighter meme of sorts.
      PS: I believe his question is aimed towards the surprising absense of a Mongol montage in regards to something with John Green.
      Cpt. Obvious awaaaay~!

    • @NothingTooSpiffy
      @NothingTooSpiffy 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Martin Bittencourt just wait for it!

  • @whatdani
    @whatdani 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Always love listening to John

  • @sydneygowen6117
    @sydneygowen6117 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is amazing, I loved how he talked about his ideas of learning as a child. In the 9th grade, I was in the same state of mind until 10th grade when I discovered learning truly is awesome.

  • @enigmatic474
    @enigmatic474 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This guy is fantastic. Heard about him because of the amazing Wimbledon AFC story, now can't get enough of his incalculable talents!