Name: Hate School? Watch This
Uploaded: 2020-04-28T02:10:04.000Z
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Some students love school, but the majority despise it.

If you could wave a magic wand, wouldn't you choose to enjoy school?

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In life, we usually have a binary system of describing activities: work or pleasure, study

or fun, as if they were mutually exclusive.

We implicitly describe studying or working as inherently not pleasurable and not fun.

Chances are, you're nodding your head in agreement right now.

Surely, there are some things that you find great pleasure in, that other people don't

Maybe you love running, which most people despise.

Or perhaps you actually enjoy math, even when others cry “blasphemy!”

This raises two questions: 1) why do some people enjoy activities that most deem unenjoyable,

and 2) how can we create a reproducible and repeatable system to get students to enjoy

I was inspired to create this video after watching “How to Enjoy School” by John

He suggests flow states as the path through which students should find enjoyment in school.

I think there's some truth there, and it's definitely a good video, but I think it's

You're completely absorbed in what you are doing, and you lose your sense of space and

It's a very positive experience, but I feel it's often overused in our vernacular.

People often describe being in flow when, in reality, they're just watering down the

With school work, I have felt it occasionally while doing chemistry or physics practice

problems, or while taking tests, but flow in schoolwork is not a common occurrence,

and I'd argue that striving to make it a common occurrence isn't a worthwhile pursuit.

Activities where I have experienced flow at much higher frequencies include racing my

car and doing plastic surgery in the operating room.

These two activities are much more readily applicable to the five elements that facilitate

One of the beautiful things in surgery is that you have a clearly defined goal before

As a surgeon, you know what the diagnosis is, what procedure you'll be doing, and

As a race car driver, you're either trying to shave seconds off your lap times during

practice, or beat other racers on the track.

Is your goal to learn the information, or to get a good grade in the class?

Measuring progress in the operating room occurs in a stepwise manner.

As your skills progress, error rate decreases, and consistency improves, you're allowed

First you retract during cases as a medical student, then you're allowed to tie knots,

then you suture and do closures, and then you're able to open, meaning do the first

On the race track, you can similarly measure your progress with segment times and see if

your skills are trending in the right direction.

In both instances, progress is easily measured and feedback is immediate.

With school, you may spend weeks studying for a large test or the MCAT, but the feedback,

meaning your score, is delayed by days to weeks at minimum.

Part of the excitement of both operating and racing a car is that both demand your full

Failure to do so would be disastrous for the patient or could result in a dangerous crash

With school, full concentration isn't as strongly incentivized.

How many times has your mind wandered while studying or taking a test?

When learning to operate, you're constantly being pushed slightly outside of your comfort

zone, in that sweet spot balancing challenge with skill.

With racing a car, there is similarly a stepwise progression.

In both instances, practicing your skills outside the operating room or off the race

track allow you to take on larger challenges the next time you're up to perform.

You're able to constantly and progressively increase the stakes to keep you fully engaged.

But with school, sometimes classes feel far too easy, and at other times, far too difficult.

When operating or racing, you're entirely in control.

Proper preparation is rewarded handsomely, but the flip side is that with this level

of control, a failure on your part can be disastrous to your patient or to other people

With school, you have control over objective tests, like math and science.

With others, such as history or English, a high level of subjective interpretation comes

into play, and you better hope you're on the teacher's good side.

Regardless, the stakes aren't nearly as elevated in school, which works against entering

If flow isn't the answer, are we doomed to be miserable in school?

If you currently don't enjoy school but want to, mash that like button.

Mashing the like button on this video helps to reduce your stress while simultaneously helping this channel

We manage what we measure, and as humans we enjoy seeing progress.

Have you ever tried losing fat or building muscle?

In both instances, regularly measuring your progress, whether with pictures, a scale,

or body fat calipers, is a key component of providing feedback and helping you stay motivated.

It's much more empowering to see the scale moving in the direction you want.

With school, you can measure your progress too.

Some jump to the score they received on a test.

However, no two tests are the same, and rather than measuring an absolute score, looking

at your percentile would be more worthwhile.

Let's say you're an average student, scoring around the 50th percentile.

After watching Med School Insiders videos and implementing the study strategies I teach,

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