“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” ― George Carlin

She undersold herself so hard: $2000 + $2000 = $20,002,000

I love the ending: if you can't convince people to accept reality, use their insanity as a teaching tool.

To me, this is not a comedy film, it is a horror film because it is coming more and more true each SECOND.

This shortfilm is so brutally honest about two things 1. Present education system 2. The media.

2017: comedy 2021: Reality

New nightmare unlocked: No one around you uses consistent frameworks of logic anymore!

No, 2000 + 2000 is not 22000. Is 20.002.000. That's twenty million two thousand dollars. Pay her what she's owed.

Had she said 20,002,000, She won't need another job.

the scariest part is this: 20 years ago this would have been laughed at as farcical comedy, today it is a cautionary tale

Best part was she remained very calm, very polite and very nice to everyone, whole the time, even she was slapped and fired. 🙂

I'm pretty sure she needs to get $20002000, if 2+2 is 22, than 2000+2000 is 20002000...

In today’s America, opinions are bigger than facts.

This is how experts feel about certain ways things are portrayed through media, just dumbed down for us

Alternative math in action (from a programmer): If 2 + 2 = 22 (string concatenation), then 2000 + 2000 = 20002000

Depends if you're adding strings or integers

Her radical ideas still prevented her to see that the principal actually owed her 20002000$.

When this was made this was satire... It's now the real world.

2017: Satire 2023: A satire ahead of his time.

When you watch the short film One Minute Time Machine and UKposts decides to reccomend every short film on the planet.

What's really sad is that this video wasn't far off from reality. I've had students curse me out. The parents claimed that their child was exercising his right to free speech. I've seen students commit acts of vandalism only to be told that I must be mistaken because their child would never do anything like that. I was once physically assaulted by a student. The parents claimed that I must have provoked their child. In all of these cases, I received no support from my building administration.

Only 5 years later. I wish I could say this video hasn't aged well....

First of all, this is such a great short film. It depicts so extremely and yet accurately modern society. And second of all, if the logic of addition was to put the two number next to each other 2,000 + 2,000 would equal 20,002,000 , so she should have asked for that.

I am a math teacher in "high school" and I have observed this behavior from parents before, it couldn't be more accurate 😂

The math teacher blew it. $2,000 plus $2,000 equals $20,002,000, not $22,000. She forgot to carry the zeros, as they count the most in the equasion.

I never had Sympathy for Maths Teacher, but today i felt that................

this is the prequel to Idiocracy.

If I saw this video three years ago, it would be regarded as a comedy, but today is a horror film to me

2000 + 2000 = $20,002,000. Make that money, teach.

under the 2 + 2 = 22 standard, 2000 + 2000 would be be twenty million two thousand. If we need to endure insanity we can't leave money on the table. I identify this comment as profound and hilarious.

"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

As a teacher this is genuinely hard to watch, so many helicopter parents get defensive over their children and you become the bad guy for doing your job...

This happened to me. Standing in a 7th grade classroom cutting out construction paper letters for a bulletin board, I told student a student that I was ready to call his parents because he constantly interrupted me. I had scissors in my hand when I said this. The next morning, the principal came to my room and asked if I threatened a student with scissors. My shock was immense. I couldn't even remember cutting out the letters because I was so shocked. That afternoon the student's father and mother were ushered into my room by the assistant principal who sat there for a full 2 hours while the man threatened my job, called me vulgar names, I can't even remember. Over and over he screamed at me. I was visibly pregnant. Today, I would stand up, tell the principal to stop it, and if it didn't, I'd quit. It was horrible. I sobbed for hours. My husband made me go back to school the next day telling me if I didn't, he would win. I stayed for the insurance. After my child was born and maternity leave was up, I called them up and quit. Never went back into a classroom. And just so you know, on my evaluation for that year, the assistant principal said I was exemplary and hoped that I would never stop teaching.

Sadly this is somehow so realistic. Nowadays idiotic parents just defend their kids even when they are wrong, attacking and blaming teachers for everything and like that they just create generations of spoiled brats without rules, values and morals... And ofc it shows amazingly well how the general society and the media just catch any stupid chance to shout out unfounded and useless accusations that don't actually exist 😅 Amazing work! Loved the end 😂

“If you took all the kids in this classroom and divided them by zero, that is exactly the amount of respect you are giving them.” (INFINITE RESPECT).

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein

THAT ENDING IS SO SATISFYING

Well observed. However, the teacher should have asked for $ 20,002,000 !

I think the end especially is extremely interesting, bc it’s shows us that a) the system itself collapses because of its rules, but b) you can just then escape your situation when you play within the rules and accept them! And that second point is sad somehow.

I thought this was suppose to be a short film, not an american documentary

This film isn't a joke, dummies... It's a warning.

Too bad she didn't think to say that 2000 + 2000 = 20,002,000.

This is invaluable. They've hit the nail on the head. When one of two numbers is of string type, "2" + 2 turns into "22" due to string concatenation, which is quite amusing 😆. On the other hand, this illustrates the significant impact media can have, potentially wreaking havoc on our lives. It shows that the validity or rationality of the content doesn't always matter

Funny how on 2017 it was a comic exaggeration but now it is a pure realism.

Two years ago this was a comedy skit. Now it's a documentary.

missed opportunity to have her walk away with $20 M (and 2k)

Not to be picky - but her math, based on the student's answer, is also wrong, I think. If 2 + 2 = 22 then 2000 + 2000 = 20002000, which is more than $20M. She shortchanged herself.

That math teacher pulled a fat uno reverse card on the principal in the end.

the teacher is still wrong at last. It's $20002000

That 1st grade kid got the "wrong" answer because the kid learned how to write code before knowing how basic math works, and he thought he was being tested on JavaScript string concatenation!

her salary' should be 20002000 right ? according kid's logic

$2000+$2000 = $20002000 Not $22000 she still don't know.

They are both wrong. 2000$+2000$=20002000$. Damn. Actors and writers cannot even do basic math these days.

ngl, it should not have been 22,000 but instead 20,002,000

This would have been hilarious if it wasn't scary as hell.

Well, this is what happens when children learn Javascript before math

Even the teacher gets the alternative math wrong. If 2 + 2 = 22 by putting the numbers next to each other, than 2000 + 2000 = 20,002,000. She could have gotten a lot more money if she was any good at math!

Honestly, this is a work of art. Not just the actual piece, but also the meta-level that it essentially parodies the reactions people have to the video and showcases confirmation bias in it's most brutal form. That is, assuming you actually intended that effect when you made this six years ago XD

How did they know in 2017 the insanity that was coming? Mind blowing

to be fair 2,000+2,000 should have equaled 20,002,000

her mistake is that she did not point out that they made a mistake on her paycheck. she gets $150 and hour, so in two hours they owe her $150,150

He's Javascript Developer at heart from the very childhood! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You need to see the child's passion towards art and shape the diamond accordingly?

2000 + 2000 = 20 002 000 and not 22 000

I hate how this is becoming more and more like real life

Also, this tells the situation of how the teachers are treated in today’s world. No respect at all, and it’s not the kids, it s their parents

This was basically my teaching career. I guess (so far) there's 39,666 other teachers who've made this same comment. I think we're all used to adults, and even other teachers saying, "I don't like math." I once asked 8th graders to line up and answer a multiplication question to go to lunch. When I got to 9 x 6 they were completely flummoxed. An assistant principal demanded to know why I was 'trying,' to teach math in a science class. Of course I explained it using state standards. I also pointed out that single digit multiplication is a 3rd grade standard.

This is a well written, directed, and acted short satire on what is happening in the US today, and yet we can see here that much of the country has no understanding of satire, or comedic drama. They are calling the film "woke" when it is the opposite of woke, which BTW, doesn't even exist. Woke to many is just a reaction to anything they don't agree with, or even understand. It's a sad commentary on the fall of education regarding Humanities, Science, and yes, Mathematics - truth in society, imagination, and yes, numbers. To followers of anti-liberalism, advancement in technology is a creature of the left, and is therefore, Satanism, except, they don't realize that Satan is what these perpetual critics of liberalism are advocating, and worshipping.

2000+2000 should be 20,002,000 she missed a big opportunity

When the recap (Mystery Recaps) is longer than the actual film.

Efficiency III + Efficiency III = Efficiency IV Learn from Minecraft

the sad part is that this kind of crap is exactly what goes on in our sick society.

Some years ago I would find this movie funny - but now its rather terrifying, as the world is becoming to look exactly like that. The ending - awesome :D

I’m a first grade teacher just like this teacher and I can say without exaggeration that these parents DO exist. Principals DO talk to you like this. You do your job correctly fearing the fact that one offended kid or parent can send you packing is REAL.

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” -- Isaac Asimov

I would've gone above and beyond with that 2000 + 2000 segment; ITS 20,002,000!

As an educator I can say this is not as far off as you might think.

The main character's actress play very well, I felt empathy for the character all along the video

As a maths teacher, I enjoy watching this again and again. What rings true for me here, is the attitude of the parents. In the old days, parents respected the teachers. These days, they try to cause as much trouble for an 'errant'(?) teacher as they can... and they believe every little porkie pie their little 'Danny', 'Franny' , 'Bonnie' and 'Donny' make. Male or female, both parents are right bitches here.... and the princiapal is an eggwump!

Really it should be 20,002,000.

Well actually by this logic 2000+2000=20002000. She could've been rich!

"That'll be $4,000" Math teacher: Reverse uno card

it's so sad because teachers by themselves are usually very capable and kind-hearted people who are willing to teach children in need, but there are almost always people of higher authority and less intelligence limiting and pressuring them. i feel very sorry for people who go through things like this.

As a non-US-American reading through the comments, I am struck by the fact that only two (absolute) opposite poles of the political spectrum seem to be perceived. Everything that is not conservative is liberal? And vice versa? Doesn't anyone realise that this is nonsense?

2000+2000 = 20,002,000 C'mon script writer! How could you miss this?

It makes me mad because one of my favourite and knowledgeable teachers quit because one of the student's parents harassed him for the student failing, even though the student failed to attend to class, and therefore, it showed in his grades. There's definitely a line that needs to be drawn and I think this short film is excellent at showing that a student's grades shouldn't depend on how aggressive their parents are.

Unfortunately, this is a reality of the age we live in. Nobody cares about the facts, people just want to impose their unrealistic and highly subjective views on everyone else. ' The truth has a power that comes from being real. ' Schopenhauer

It's my biggest pet peeve to see people start talking about opinions on something that's an academic fact. I was very uncomfortable watching this.. until that ending.

I love the teacher in this film. She's old-school and just perfect. I miss having teachers like that.

The last payment clearance should be $2000+$2000 which equals $20,002,000.

This short film was more Black Mirror than any of the new BM episodes.

Actually, she's wrong with the calculation of her compensation, it's not 22,000, it's 20,002,000 (2,000 + 2,200).

"22" would be the correct answer if the question had used string types of "2" + "2".

if you add $2,000+$2,000 the way Danny was adding it, it equals $20,002,000 when you 'put the numbers next to each other', the teacher was missing out on some BIG MONEY!!!

“It's not our job to tell students when they're right and wrong.” The principal said. 🐒✍️

Actually, she should have had demanded 20002000 dollars.

Wouldn't the final pay cheque have been $20,002,000? She took a pay cut

$20,002,000 not $22,000.Duh...

IT'S EXCELLENT. Glazed from beginning to end. The teacher/actress is 5 stars. The script is so true. A clear depiction of the days of today and other past situations... (my heart went out to her: the only reasonable person in all that...). Highly recommended and deserves prizes!

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