Will Smith Thinks Teachers are Useless

I agree with Mr. Smith. Who excatly is going to get a absolutly great job and become CEO of a company by knowing when a certin thing happened. I think that parents are the best teachers a child can ever have. People get ahead in this world by the installments a parent puts in their childs mind. My oldest son is home-schooled also and you could never meet a more polite well-mannered child. Schools now a days are having to many problems with bombing and drugs. There was a middle school near my hometown that put 2 13 year old boys in juvilnille PRISON fo sexual assult. And all they did was hold a girls hand!! The school systems in this country need to be overhauled.

And for those who posted below me about the Smiths having the money and resources to home school their kids. So do you its called a libary card, you can get one at your local libary for free. And they have alot of great books that can help children learn.

Will smith is just one of the few men who made it without having to go to school..but it doesn't mean that this can be applied to everybody..There is no better teachings than going to school..Will Smith, you're still my fave!!!

teaching at home is fine,but some of us have to work everyday,will smith,can do that,he have it like that.god bless him,

i agree with what hes saying and i do understand that school creates settings that wont happen at home but they have experienced alot and i would rather learn at home than have some stupid teacher talk and talk blah blah, but yea thats just me

i some what agree with what Will Smith has to say but there are some things that happen in a school setting that would never happen at home. and yes what happened over 100's of years ago do matter they show us how much we have improved since then. how our country came to be and who made it this way. i believe a school setting is more appropriate but will and jada know what is best for their children but there is always room for improvement
i still adore will smith as an actor.
-Shay-

I have much respect for Will Smith and the choices they've made for thier children. However, there should never be a blanket statement made about all of anything. I'm sure Will and Jada have the money and resources to ensure that their hometeaching is more than just them. Do all parents have the same resources to teach Calculus or Advanced Placement courses? There are many social skills that are also taught in the school setting that can't be learned at home. It was their past and their education that made them who they are so it couldn't have been that bad could it.

I am Stella from Ghana.I can say black are the best Actors i have seem.So Will smith keep on making blacks proud.Smith is the best Teacher.

Blessed Love to all !!!
I agree with Will Smith, at shool they teach children only the white history and hardly any truth about our Black history. And to protect your children it is great if you can teach them at home. Specialy when they have a talent (skill) that way they can survive !!!
Big up to Will Smith and his beautifull wife !!!
They are one of the best actors on this earth!!!
Jah Bless,
Empress Messenjah Sound , Sista Donnalee

I believe home school is becoming more popular to parents predominantly because of the way school has become. It is no longer a safe place. School has become overshadowed by violence from our children's peers, drugs, and perversion from some of the teachers that we trust to keep our children safe. We send our children to be educated, true, but at what cost. If I could afford to home school my children, I would do the same thing.

Although I like Will and I love his work, I'm not in total agreement with Will. Look, maybe home schooling is good for a few, it's not the answer. There are may things missing from the experience of going to school, like interacting with different children at age of the ages one goes through in school. Today, schools are however, making this technique more attractive. Many school now are trying to shove education down kids throats in order to compete with the rest of the world, because we have been surpassed in education standards. Removing interactive activities like sports and recess for various idiotic reasons is hurting more than helping. We won't know the outcome until these kids are adults, and by that time it would be too late, until cooler heads take over and fix the trend that is running rampant. This was not meant to be a sounding board for eduaction, but see how that guy and the movie can affect people?

Well, I have to say; some of what Will is saying could be true and I feel he had the guts to say what everyone else wanted to...but, i'm sure one of his kids go to some school..

I guess lots of it is true - The bit about whan Boston Tea Party was, I dont care! I mean its not like i'll be going back there is it. Maths is Ok, but History and Geography I dont need or want a teacher!!!

Will you do have a point about some of the teachers, they should care about all of the children but they don't, only about some of the students. I think homeschooling your children is better because the parent should be able to judge what their child is taught and not have to worry about equal treatment of our child and the attitude of children whom don't want to learn or that their parents just don't care about teaching them how to behave in school.

I AM AN ESL TEACHER IN PUERTO RICO. I AM NOT 100% WITH YOU WILL SMITH. NOT ALL TEACHERS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO TEACH. THERE ARE STILL TEACHERS THAT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY DEDIUCATE THIER LIVES TEACHING AND HELPING OTHERS.
WILL I WAS BORN IN BRONX, NEW YORK. LIVED THERE 15 YEARS. WHEN I MOVED TO PUERTO RICO, I FOUND TEACHERS AS YOU SAY"USELESS", BUT I MET TEACHERS THAT HELPED ME GET THROUGH AND NOW I AM A GREAT TEACHER AND I LOVE MY WORK!!!!!!!!!!!
TAKE CARE AND REMEMBER THESE SPANISH PHRASE "NO TODO QUE ES NEGRO ES MORCILLA"
MARIA ADORNO
PUERTO RICO

Hello, I think that Will is kind of right. But I'm Pakistani so I would have a completely different view than an American like Will. But you have to go to school to get studied with other children of your age. I mean, I go to a Private with the presidents' children so it's a bit different for me.

this is so true

He does make some sence but you also have to look at yeah you may learn more home schooled but you don't get the interaction with other kids your own age. I went ot public school and I wouldn't change that for anything

yea i understand what hes sayin..i love being homeschooled im sure his kids will love it..

I am not so sure if he is completely right but he does make sense.

will raises some very good points i completely agree with him, i'm home-shooled and i dont meen any offence but i have friends in school and home educated and to be honest my home ed friends have matured a lot faster and also people who are taught at home are more likely to live a healthier life when there older and young, they have more time to get out and exercise also there more likely to learn to cook propperly i know theres home economics in schools but from what i have heard the teachers dont let the kids learn to do it them selves that much also statistics show that home educaters do in fact do better in life. i have a hell of a lot more reasons why home eds better belive me but then i realy would be going on

If this is true, it's disappointing. Can't believe Smith would actually say this.

I think an education gets you by in life and without one many people will be stuck at dead end jobs with little to shit pay....but hey if I was Will Smith's child I wouldn't go to school either :P

i went to school and i have no idea when the boston tea party was when it was and why admitdeley im an aussie so i dont really need to know or care. i also no a girl whos home schooled shes very nice and friendly and normal she proabably knows more about the world that way trust me school doesnt help that much my sister goes to 2 schools at her ordinary school all they do is shitty work sheets and speling and watch disney movies every week at her smarty pants school they study the enviorment have lectures disscuss books do hard maths lijke arthermatic not like time tables if you go to good school for smart kids it helps but if u go to shit kickers public school like her ordinary 1 then forget it your pretty much destined to be a sales assistant in a shop like me unless your smart u go places when your smart

Yeah, school is ONLY about learning facts isn't it...idiot!

If you are the child of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett then why would you need to go to school? Why would you need to get a job?

he is so cool. he's right but what about team work what about school trips,what about the fact they wont have many friends. most of my friends are from school. i agree with him in one way and the other i don't. i agree with him in the way that i learnt most stuff at home BUT at school we learn team work!! and how to behave. i not saying that they will be badly behaved but that is a point.

I feel so much better that someone else shares my view points on schooling. This is very progressive thinking... I think Will Smith is right on with this one.

I dunno, his statement seems a little ignorant to me. I don't doubt that Will Smith is doing a fine job as a parent, and I don't disagree that the date of the boston tea party means little to most common folks, but to discount the value of school and teachers is just ignorant. what do you guys think?