A-Levels in Schools AXED 😮

A-Levels in schools, breaking news this is, A-Levels in schools are axed. A-Levels are no more. Now, um, when I heard the news that the education system was being shaken up, I actually thought this could be a really good thing. What a great opportunity for our Prime Minister and the leaders of our nation to do something good, to put Britain back on the map, to attract overseas talent, to modernize us. Well, I'm gonna tell you what the new plans for the A-levels and the curriculum is. Now, I would love your thoughts because, look, I know I'm often a critic of politicians and the government, um, but I like it when someone comes in and shakes things up and changes things and makes things happen. And to be fair to Rishi, he's changing things, so I've got to give him credit there. However, I think when I read you this shake-up to the A-levels that's been proposed, um, I wonder if you might be a little bit disappointed. Now, um, I've been saying for I don't know how long that the education system is so out of date. The current education system was basically built on the Industrial Revolution, and it hasn't really changed since. There's a brilliant TED Talk by Ken Robinson on that if you want to watch that. And I felt like it— I felt like it's needed a shake in forever. Now look, even if you don't have kids, Surely you would want the education system to be really good. You know, this is humanity. This is the next generation and the next generation. Um, I don't know if you have kids. Let me know in the comments if you do have kids. Um, there's some problems I've got fundamentally with the education system which I'll share, um, and I'll also share this change in a very outdated system. Before I do that, I would love your thoughts on how you would change the school system. So if you were the Prime Minister, how would you change and shake up the school system? Please let me know in the comments. This is something we should all be talking about. This is actually massive news. Um, I couldn't quite fit breaking news in the title. This is huge news. So I wonder if you wouldn't mind sharing this, or if you want to wait and watch and then when you see the news share it. And but what would you do? You should have your say. We're supposed to be a democracy. We aren't. We don't get a choice, but we should have a choice. And so I would love your thoughts on how you would change the education system. I have two children. They're in the education system. I mean, I even said to my wife, I think maybe we should pull our kids out of the school and maybe homeschool them, and she's, she's not keen on that at all, um, from probably more social than educational reasons, if we're being honest. I mean, my business partner and, and, and other entrepreneurs I know, when I talk to them, they say that the main benefit of the school system and paying for good education is the people that they're around and the network, and you're paying more for that than you are for the actual education. Gareth has said the education system is a farce at best, a blatant scam at worst. So I'd love your thoughts on, um, the education system. But you know, I've been very close to pulling my kids out because I think that, um, they're taught too generally. They're taught many of the wrong subjects, and our own individual skills and talents and uniqueness are not honored early enough. And also anything about finance and business and economy, um, you know, and interpersonal relationships and influence and public speaking really important modern skills, they're completely dismissed and they're not even taught in schools, and they should be. I probably shouldn't be worrying about this because if all this were taught in schools, then I maybe wouldn't necessarily be needed. Someone has just said the history lessons are lies. That's interesting. I mean, the history could really be kind of nationalist propaganda if you think about it. Anyway, I want to get in the comments and I want to see what your thoughts are, right? Okay, so two things I'm going to talk about. Number one is the A-levels have been axed and what, what is replacing it. And then number 2, what I think about it and what I would do differently, and I want your thoughts. So currently in the UK, you have up to 16, it's general, with, um, you know, maybe 10, 11 GCSEs. And then in A-levels, I guess you're supposed to specialize. I guess that's the purpose of going from 10 or 11 lessons to 3. But what Rishi has now done, the UK Prime Minister, has said, oh no, no, we're now going to have 5 A-levels, not 3, and you are going to be forced to take maths and English. Now, by the way, when I saw this, I thought I really need to talk about this, but I'm not just going to rant about it. I'm going to sit and think, and I'm going to even put myself in Rishi's position and in this, and maybe try and have some empathy and go, okay, so if I think about what we would want to learn generally English, I'd probably say, is a good general subject for all because to be literate in written and spoken form, bearing in mind we interact socially with others, I think that you could— there could be an argument that English should be taught all the way through. But maths, no. And by the way, I'm a businessman, I'm an entrepreneur, I think maths is really important. But what if you're an artist? What if you are in the arts? What if you are creative? Maths is not you, it's not how you think. It's a subject you'd probably struggle with. Why should you be forced to take it at 16 plus? It's just completely fighting against who you are. So once again, the, the education system is failing in allowing us to be individual and focusing on our specialisms and allowing our talents to shine. Because in a society, for it to thrive, we need to embrace our individualities And yes, there are basic general things we need to learn, although I think we're learning the wrong things. But then once we've sort of found and discovered who we are, and maybe we do start to do that age 14, 15, 16, we should be allowed to learn what we want to learn, who we are. So he's now making maths and English mandatory from post-16 to 18 years old. Interesting that Rosita says she's a tax advisor but maths is a waste of time for that, especially A-level maths. So that's very interesting. Um, now studying 5 subjects at A-levels therefore means you are going to be in the classroom more. And the new propo— well, no, not a new proposal, actually the new system is that every pupil will now spend 195 extra hours with a teacher. Now, um, maybe he thinks that's good because they're getting taught by a teacher, but being told what to do is not the best way to learn. Surely most people know that the best way to learn is through osmosis, through observing, and through doing. Children, surely we know the way they learn best is through play. Um, and you know, look, I'm an entrepreneur, I teach other entrepreneurs. And I learned to be a millionaire age, what, 30, 31? Started at 27. And I can tell you, theory is one thing, but observing people actually doing it and then trying and doing it yourself is way better than theory. And yet the— there's more time in the classroom. Also, we apparently have an obesity, um, epidemic in the UK. Apparently 25% of people in the UK are clinically obese, and yet we're sitting them in the classroom for another 195 extra hours. Doesn't make sense to me. The teachers are going to be handed bonuses, well the schools are going to be handed bonuses to attract and retain teachers. I think that's a good thing because I think our education system needs more teachers. And he believes it's the best way to spread opportunity and create a more prosperous society. He believes it will lead to people earning £1,900 extra on their salary. or no, sorry, £1,600 extra. So let me know about that. What do you think about that? Do you think these are good changes to the education system? And Brian has said, how is teaching young kids that there are more than two genders good? Let me know what you would change. And also, like I said, I think this is huge news, so I think sharing this, you know, might be good and useful. Rosita has said Rishi wants more taxpayers. Of course he does, he needs more taxpayers. He wants— he clearly wants to put taxes up. He knows he's like— the UK Prime Minister is getting a rebellion, um, from his own party for putting taxes up. So the only way to generate more tax revenue is to have more people to tax. Um, so yeah, Martin thinks there should be more, um, sort of movement and PE-based and not just sat in a classroom. Okay, so my thoughts then are At 16, they should be more specialist, not more generalist. So his changes make them more generalist. I think that some lessons are really out of date. I think we need some practical lessons for people at the working-class level, labor, you know. So I think, you know, woodwork, making furniture, a skill with your hands, you know, plastering and bricklaying, all these things that used to be taught, they were good in the industrial age. They need to be brought back because there's bloomin' 6%, what is it, 6% of the population or more on welfare. So I think at the grassroots level we need more hands-on labor-based subjects. But then also we need more business, economics, personal finance, interpersonal relationship skills, knowing how to use your brain, you know, building confidence. All of these things need to be taught. I was taught géographie at school, which is geography in French, for fuck's sake! So yeah, look, they're my thoughts. Now look, this is why I've set up rob.team. I've essentially got my own online education system. If you'd like to start and scale a business, make, manage, and multiply money, then, um, I charge 22 pence a day, whereas colleges and universities charge tens of thousands, and you get in debt through student loans and everything else. So if you believe the education system is outdated and you and your child, you would like to learn better skills to make, manage, and multiply money, to build assets, to produce recurring income, etc., I recommend you join rob.team. And by the way, kids can join free. You can give them your login. Just type in r-o-b dot t-e-a-m, rob.team, for more modern education, for education on, um, you're building your own personal wealth. The problem with economics taught in school is its theory of economics, not practical economics, and its theory about other generalist things like the economy rather than your own economy. So imagine if you could learn in school your economics, where you learn to build your own economy and your own personal wealth. Surely that would become a lot more interesting to people. Well, anyway, that's what you can learn in rob.team. Just type in r-o-b dot t-e-a-m. Costs less than 22 pence a day. You can cancel anytime. There's no ongoing contract. And there's hundreds of hours of courses, resources, and masterclasses in there on all the things I think they should be teaching in school. So let me, I think this is huge news. I think you can see in recent times that my reach seems to be getting suppressed. So if you wouldn't mind sharing, this may help. I think it's huge news, but I don't think these changes are good. I think the one thing I could argue— well, the two things I could argue are good is, um, more money handed to schools to retain teachers, and English maybe as something that might be mandatory up until age 18 based on being literate, written and spoken, is probably a skill we all need. They're the two things I would say are good. Everything else I'd say is it's a change, but it's certainly not forwards, it's sideways at best. Anyway, let me know what you think. Let me know in the comments. Also, um, I wonder if you wouldn't mind sharing this, and, you know, do yourself a favor and join rob.team, because I believe the education there is much better than the school system. I mean, I suppose I should be thankful because then, you know, I have a voice because things are so poor. Um, for example, I got my accountant to do a session on getting your tax bill down, how to start a business, how to scale a business. How to increase your sales, how to generate leads, how to build a personal brand, how to monetize social media, how to be a content creator. All of these things which are real practical skills to build your own personal wealth. Because think about this, the economy would be better if your economy is better. So if you learn how to build your own personal wealth, the whole economy is going to be huge. But of course The system doesn't understand this because the system is robbing our wealth in the form of taxes and debt. So the system robs us, um, and yet expects there to be economic growth. It taxes us more and expects there to be economic growth. Gets us in debt and whacks up the interest more and expects there to be economic growth. Far too many politicians in far too many jobs pushing paper, working from home, expects there to be economic growth. No, that's not creating economic growth, that's just creating friction. Economic growth starts with every individual. So instead of learning about the economy, which I actually think is useful, learn about your economy, how to manage your own economy. But of course, how can the system teach you that when they don't know how to manage their economy? I know how to manage my economy because I'm a multi-millionaire. None of them know how to manage their economy, they fucked it all up. They shut it down. They locked it down. So they don't know what they're doing, in my humble opinion. But it's up to us to keep them accountable. We put them there. We have to remove them if we think what they're doing is wrong. But doesn't— they get away with it anyway. Rant over. Um, I wonder if you wouldn't mind sharing this, and I'll see you in rob.team, and I'd love your thoughts. I do get back into the comments once the content is finished. Let me know what you think about the changes to the education system. Um, A-levels scrapped up to 18, 5 lessons now, not 3, more generalist, not more specialist, maths and English compulsory, £30,000, um, bonuses to retain and attract teachers, 195 extra lessons in the classroom. What do you think about that? I mean, sitting on your ass listening to people who are just over broke telling you how the world works, that's not my idea of learning and education. Number one, I want the people teaching me have actually done it. If you're teaching me business, I want you to have a business. If you're teaching me economics, I want you to know how to run an economy. And I want you to make it interesting to me, and I want to be able to apply it to my own life. And certainly the school system is nothing like that. Too general, not specific, not personal, not interesting. Doesn't allow us to be an individual, doesn't embrace individuality and creativity of self. Anyway, let me know what you think in the comments. Hit the share button. And if you, if you think that the education system is wrong, come and join Rob.team for less than 22 pence a day. Cancel anytime, no ongoing contract, and see my online school. Thanks for tuning in, and remember, if you don't risk anything, you risk everything. Janus said, I totally agree. And she teaches, so that's interesting. If any of you are teachers, I'd love your thoughts on this.