Dan Martell - The truth about school grades

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My kids are so great at things that aren t even being measured, that I m supposed to use some other person s test to evaluate the cognitive evolution of my kid? I just asked the schools two things: Can you teach them to read and write? Can they teach them basic math? I will do the rest. Intelligence is about information, intelligence is about creativity, and emotional intelligence. AI is gonna take care of the first one better than any fucking human has ever done on the history of planet earth today. You re not gonna beat AI at it.

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00:00:00.000 What test are we using to identify if my kid is good or bad?

00:00:04.720 My kids are so great at things that aren't even being measured

00:00:08.640 that I'm supposed to use some other person's test

00:00:11.560 to evaluate the cognitive evolution of my kid.

00:00:15.500 I just asked the schools two things.

00:00:16.780 Can you teach them to read and write?

00:00:17.980 Can you teach them basic math?

00:00:19.320 I will do the rest.

00:00:20.620 Intelligence is about information.

00:00:22.560 Intelligence is about creativity.

00:00:24.040 Intelligence is about emotional intelligence.

00:00:26.200 AI is gonna take care of the first one 0.99

00:00:27.860 Better than any fucking human has ever done 0.99

00:00:30.000 on the history of planet Earth today. 0.99

00:00:31.860 You're not gonna beat AI at it.

00:00:33.580 Creativity, that's where I spend time with my kids.

00:00:35.640 Watching them create.

00:00:36.700 We are creators, the people side of it.

00:00:38.960 Teaching them how to introduce themselves,

00:00:40.740 how to have a conversation, how to ask questions,

00:00:42.560 how to be self-reflective.

00:00:43.820 I don't need my kids to memorize the Egyptian gods.

Dan Martell - October 29, 2025

The truth about school grades

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