00:00:01.280,00:00:03.220 Since 1896 00:00:09.820,00:00:11.540 In the know with Clifford Banes 00:00:12.000,00:00:13.390 Hi, I'm Michael Koe, filling in for Clifford banes 00:00:13.550,00:00:15.760 who's fighting his nemesis at the top of an abandoned clock tower. 00:00:16.000,00:00:17.950 A new study by the department of education finds 00:00:18.410,00:00:20.450 that students who think school is a boring waste of time, 00:00:20.650,00:00:24.020 score significantly lower on their standardized tests than their peers. 00:00:24.220,00:00:27.510 Are these exams biased against students who don't give a shit? 00:00:27.840,00:00:30.060 Absolutely, these kids are placed at an unfair disadvantage, 00:00:30.440,00:00:33.270 you know students who don't care enough to read through to the end of a word problem, 00:00:33.650,00:00:36.520 have an 89% lower chance of answering it correctly. 00:00:36.850,00:00:39.070 There's something wrong with that question. 00:00:39.310,00:00:42.040 Yes, you're right, and the studies also show that students who randomly 00:00:42.380,00:00:44.830 fill in answer bubbles to make a UFC logo on their answer sheet, 00:00:45.040,00:00:46.510 score consistently worse than their peers. 00:00:46.970,00:00:49.350 How are kids who don't care going to get ahead? 00:00:49.850,00:00:53.650 That's right, you know the deck is stacked against the child whose pencil breaks, 00:00:53.820,00:00:55.840 and then he doesn't feel like getting up to go sharpen it, 00:00:56.120,00:00:58.340 and so he just chews his fingernails for the rest of the class. 00:00:58.630,00:01:01.130 We need to test these kids on what they know, not what we want them to know. 00:01:01.290,00:01:04.000 Clearly, this isn't just about the test, it's about the system as a whole. 00:01:04.300,00:01:07.500 Should schools be doing more to reach out to students who don't care about school. 00:01:08.170,00:01:10.670 Absolutely, there are no role models for these students in these textbooks. 00:01:11.100,00:01:14.480 They just read about motivated people like George Washington and Frederick Douglas. 00:01:14.770,00:01:17.460 What about all the historical figures who didn't give a fuck about anything. 00:01:17.930,00:01:19.550 -Yes, that's exactly right. -You never hear about them. 00:01:19.970,00:01:22.660 Calvin Coulidges's brother Thomas, he hung around the white house for years, 00:01:22.940,00:01:24.050 before he finally died of alcohol poisoning. 00:01:24.430,00:01:26.470 Well, I mean look, there's a larger issue at play here, 00:01:26.560,00:01:28.410 which is that there's a big social stigma in this country 00:01:28.650,00:01:30.270 against lazy, self centered assholes. 00:01:30.560,00:01:32.360 You know, these kids are suffering because of this. 00:01:32.830,00:01:35.470 You know, the purpose of school is to prepare our kids for the real world, 00:01:35.810,00:01:37.100 and in the real world, people don't give a shit. 00:01:37.430,00:01:38.030 People don't give a shit. 00:01:38.360,00:01:40.210 Several companies have started professional programs 00:01:40.640,00:01:41.930 specifically for students who don't care, 00:01:42.210,00:01:45.080 of course we know Kinkos has been doing it for years. They hire thousands of students. 00:01:45.270,00:01:47.080 I think it's so great that they're reaching out to these kids. 00:01:47.410,00:01:50.290 I mean, I didn't care about anything when I was in school. -Really? 00:01:50.620,00:01:53.750 Fortunately I was very blessed to have a teacher that reached out to me 00:01:54.150,00:01:56.190 and taught me the importance of pretending to give a shit about things. 00:01:56.520,00:01:57.070 Pretendig's key. 00:01:57.400,00:02:00.230 But without him I certainly wouldn't be the successful pundit that I am today. 00:02:00.770,00:02:05.410 Critics say the environment standardized tests are administered in... 00:02:05.690,00:02:08.100 Who threw that? Nancy, who threw that? 00:02:08.430,00:02:09.860 I ain't snitching. 00:02:10.330,00:02:11.990 Still ahead this hour 00:02:12.330,00:02:16.410 Stephanie killed in Afghanistan