Matt Damon Rips Reporter while Defending Teachers
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She came to interview Matt Damon, Will Hunting showed up. 😂
Banner headline reads: "How do ya like them apples?"
Hundred!
Was looking for this comment 😂
Yeah, he went full on Will Hunting there for sure. The only thing missing was the book references and math equations.
My boy Will jumped right out, haha!
The face he makes when he realises what she’s getting at 😂
“Gotcha” question detected🤣🤣
Who is she. Sounds like a qanon question
@@MrBud85"Reason" is a libertarian publication/media outlet that wants to privatize everything.
Yeah, that "oh one of these people" gazes! You can see he even feels insulted at the stupidity of the question. "You think _job insecurity_ is what makes me work hard? Bish I'm on another level because I *love* this shit"
@@extantsanity Indeed! What an INSANE preface to her equally insane question. His restraint is only superseded by his acting talent.
Damn, it’s nice to hear someone famous say this. Thanks, dude.
I love how a lot of actors are standing up for the country and the people who don’t have a voice… every time I hear one of these actors tell off people like this, it gives me hope for the future. These actors are role models and I hope their actions and their words truly make a difference.
My brother is a teacher, and Matt Damon is right... my brother wouldn't trade his job for anything else. He loves those kids, and they respect him. He's smart, going for his Master's Degree even as we speak. He says it like it is..... "I didn't do it for the money. I'm a civil servant and I take that seriously."
I was in the Army. The pay outrageously sucked for the hours we worked, and again it wasn't about the money, although I will confess later in life money is nice. That's why I don't condone politicians. They aren't civil servants. They serve themselves, yet promote the idea of serving your country to everyone else. They're in it for the money and kick backs from lobbyist groups. They couldn't give a darn about us.
People like my brother actually care about their service to others. Politicians.... if they cared so much about other people they wouldn't have passed N.A.F.T.A. destroying our once self sufficient economy. They look at us from on high and see us as their servants. They see us and think we're beneath them, that we owe them our backs and our lives and just another means to make their bank accounts bigger through taxation without representation, and what's funny to me is that that's what our forefathers were against.
@@therant3837 sad but true… there are some good ones and some that at least do a bit for the people while getting rich but overall, most are pretty pish poor leadership…
@@ChaoticAngelKitten Yeah. You know in all of human history I will say living in America has it's opportunities, even nowadays.... somewhat. We have a history of cruelty, too. No doubt we have our infamy for the slave trade and with the Indians. And of course the Chinese building our railroads. There's no questioning that, however EVERY country has it's dark ages due to wicked leadership past and present.
It's not just that though. People in a thriving nation gain a sense of pride whether it's monetary with material wealth or military might through technology. I will say as a Christian "pride" has definitely taken over certain organizations within the populace, and it's written in the Bible "Before the fall comes pride", however when you have a mass melting pot like America the people will never unite as a whole. That pride extends to skin color (of all the retarded things), class, wealth, ands yes..... like with the LGBTQ who or what you choose to sleep with. You know it's ultimately insulting to even the average intelligence when people romp in pride over such trivial things like it really matters.
God created all of us. God has already written the story of our lives whether we believe in God or not. There's two ways to go.... God or the world, and honestly the world sucks. We see that all throughout human history. Those in power exploit it for their own selfish gains and yes even in the Bible in the Old Testament we see that pride with King Saul and many others. We see that in the New Testament when the pride of the Jews led them to murder our messiah. God created skin color. God allows for class structures where we may not have the same wealth distribution but we're all supposed to use those blessings to help others in need and not just ourselves. Again it's the pride factor that leads to greed and cruelty. I don't know if you're a Christian or not but do you know what the underlying cause of sin is? Pride.
It gives people the excuse to exploit and hurt one another because they don't like their station in life. Dude I'm 45 and I'm poor, man. Yet still I love everyone. Rich or poor it doesn't matter what other people have or don't have because "stuff" doesn't make us. I will admit at one point in time I was very envious of my own family members because they were born...... "smart". I didn't do well in primary school, and I even tried college and that was a failure if there ever was one. But you know what that's okay, man. Being content is still something I'm working on. There are things I want and whether I get to have that kind of a life is up to God at this point and that's okay, too.
I apologize up front bud. I tend to write a lot. Have a wonderful day, now.
@@ChaoticAngelKittenWhy is an actor a role model? He does his job just like anybody else. He becomes famous just because many people watch his moves. There are so many very good actors who are not famous. Are they role models as well?
Truth.💯 Math teacher here. Love to watch students think about math. Hard work. Hard work, people are not going into the profession.
In fact I’ve heard people are leaving teaching in droves. Have you seen this?
I love maths
Im a teacher and there are things money cant pay. When you see a child's face finally understanding something that was really hard for him/her.. It's priceless. And that's why I teach.
❤
Hmm Nice... Bet u won't say the same when your country shoves that ridiculous high bill sent to u bcuz u visited the doctor. I'm saying country bcuz the politicians aren't doing much about the health care system
@@emyf9197take your political religion and go preach somewhere else. To top it off you don't even make sense.
And teachers like you is why nobody does anything to raise your pay, I love your passion for it but also, think about yourself. The notion that Matt doesn’t work harder to not lose a role to RDJ for instance is incredibly hypocritical. I’m sure you love your job, but knowing that you’re well taken care of for doing an amazing job is well deserved and just!
Imo, good teachers are just as necessary as heart surgeons for the health of America.
Matt’s mother was a high school teacher, now retired. He’s always going to defend a teacher.
O!
That makes this reporter even dumber for asking this question.
You deserve more likes. Have another!
Yes my Mother taught for 31 years High school and she loved it, never said she regretted it at all and she’s always running into former students now even though she’s 80 years old 😄
Then she asked the right person to get the insight...and she got it good and proper.
Wow, that's the most respectful way to tell someone they are disrespectful and rude
Definitely not disrespectful and rude for asking a perfectly reasonable question. If you can’t see that then you’re pretty brainwashed into knee jerk siding with the teachers and the unions.
... By being diarespectful and rude?... And actually agreeing with her?
@@muaddib930you're so biased to understand what you WANT to understand from things 😂 it's mind boggling. No he literally wasn't agreeing with her. Try again.
@@muaddib930He didn't agree with her at all? He also wasn't rude? She wants to take tenure away from teachers. He thinks that's stupid. It is. I'll be rude, you're an idiot that can't even comprehend a minute long video.
Gf is a pediatrician and get paid terrible money. She's lost so much and put her health on the line for a job she doesn't get any respect. She loves her job and I can't figure it out cause everyday it sounds awful
I love Matt Damon. He is never on the news for bad situations and keeps his life private. Loves his wife and kids. Don’t mess with my Matt Damon lady.
yeah, I just don't get her question; guess she thought she was so intelligent...not.
His mom's a teacher ❤ I love how much he supports teachers
Matt Damon's Mom was standing next to him - you can see part of "Mom" on screen. I'm glad that she got to see her son defend her profession so strongly.
The original video is "What We Saw At The Save Our Schools Rally in Washington D.C." by ReasonTV.
Teachers are failing... They all can't be "good" when their students aren't reflective of their work. Most teachers are failures at something else.
He's under a delusion people don't work harder when there is income incentive. A true socialist that only plays intelligent people in movies.
@@redlightmaxscrew bad teacher's they are indoctrination camps
Takes 1/3 of the year off and is over paid.
‘my boy’s wicked smart’
Smaaht*
There’s the one we came for 👌🏻
Your boy is a moron. There was so much stupidity demonstrated in this little clip, it's actually astounding. I mean, long hours? Teachers get 180 days off a year. 🥴
Your boy should stick to wearing clothes someone else selected, while standing where someone else tells him to, while reading lines someone else wrote, in a manner someone else tells him to.
I love this answer. Ha
When you are incentivized to perfom better for more rewards...you dont, according to this idiot.
Wow, way to go Matt Damon. You said it perfectly. That reporter just got educated!
I don't know how it is in America, but here they get a good salary and a full time teaching job is 22 hours a week. So he would be completely wrong in his logic.
@@glp.1337 And where is here?
@@larswiegand5217 Europe
@@glp.1337 Teaching in America was a decent job. They pay is ok and the hours are normal. They get the summer off too.
Any teachers I know, had some of the nicer houses in town, cool stuff, spoiled kids...
Teaching in America is a terrible job now, because of the danger of violence, and also you can't teach anymore, it is indoctrination now.
@@larswiegand5217 I notice that you got no response. And what does 22 hours/week mean? Time IN the classroom? Outside the classroom counts too: lesson plans, paper grading, test grading. @glp.1337 has no answer. I guarantee, those teachers are putting in more than 22 hours per week.
As a retired teacher here, getting tenure did not affect my dedication or drive. I wanted to educate my students! I loved it!
Ya but not all teachers are like that alot are burnt out assholes
Minority of teacher attitudes!
Yep guaranteed summers off, and guaranteed income from arbitrary school taxes on all property owners, especially those who do not have any children to put through school. Such self-estime you must have with tenure !
good for you. It's too bad that isn't true of all teachers, nor most teachers ftm.
@@Parker--what is not true?
This was amazing to watch because i could literally see the wheels turning in his head to respond but he STILL gave her the opportunity to ask the question before responding. His response was articulate and firm without being rude. Loved this.
Show me the "articulate part". Idiot Really long hours? GTFO
and clearly she didn't understand the motivation to act as well as why teachers want to teach! I'd say, additionally...they don't get the resources they need so most buy many things for the classroom themselves!I've only witnessed handful of teachers who were clearly ready to retire and should've retired already. All the rest love what they do.
@@dod2304 "buy many things" LOL, Yeah, no. You're in LaLa land. Wake up
@@dod2304 In the Boston area, those public school teachers are earning $90=123K/annum. Their pensions are golden. Meanwhile, you are clueless. LOL
@seanmurphy2302 I live in California, teach for less than 50K/year, can't afford the average rent nor to buy more than a trailer in a trailer park. My pension will NOT be great because I started at 40 yrs old. His words correctly describe many teachers (and we're quitting in droves).
He gets full marks for maintaining his cool while defending his mom & every other educator in this country.
Good job, Matt.
Ah, was wondering where his insight came from. Actors lead such insulated lifestyles it always seems to have to happen to them/near them/to their kid or family, for it to even register and be of importance to them. JS.
Well I’m glad you were isolated from sh*t teachers. My friends and I remember several teachers just giving us a task and then they disappeared for the rest of the hour. What I just said answered Matt’s ignorant statement.
@@sharpthingsinspace9721right, let’s just say f**k all teachers because you had some bad ones in school. Why don’t we just shut down the whole police force because of Rodney King? Or take an axe to the whole Catholic Church, or Southern Baptist Church, or Boy Scouts of America. Larry Nassar was a problem, why not just shut down the whole U.S. Olympic gymnastics program?
Give me a break man. I’ve never seen someone be so ignorant while simultaneously accusing someone else of ignorance.
@@sharpthingsinspace9721 Remember any good teachers?
@@sharpthingsinspace9721 He wasn't ignorant. Your anecdotal experience is NOT representative of teachers in general and is entirely reductive, absent of context. There are always going to be anomalies in any given situation, but he wasn't talking about anomalies, was he? Anomalies are not representative of reality at large. However, I do believe you've had shitty teachers because clearly, that experience has completely robbed you of critical thinking and common sense.
My best friend wanted to be a teacher all her life. She went to college for it. Then ot didnt work out and she ended up running a cafe in a hospital. She eventually got an opportunity to teach multiple classes to 4th graders after 10 years of looking for a position. She took an almost %50 pay cut to do it. Its been 2 years and ive never seen her happier. I literally cried once knowing how happy she was to live her dream.
There's nothing like making a student change their trajectory in life and knowing that you helped steer the ship. Teachers care a lot.
...and there's nothing more gratifying for when the student understands in the moment or reflects back a few years the impact that a teacher or professor had on that student's success in life. Ask me how I know.
She asked the son of a teacher and author for his opinion. ❤ She didn’t do her homework!
You have done your homework.
Anyone who became a fan of his after watching Good Will Hunting knows the screenplay was inspired by his own time at Harvard. This alone should have made her second guess this line of questioning.
yeah, she was never gonna get a good quote for her story, the question was pretty much "teachers don't want to teach, they are just lazy, unless they get 20 mill dollars like you Matt, then they might like it again", she wasn't even a bit concerned about the poor salary and long hours that teachers had, not to mention all of the shootings, she wasn't trying to present the situation from both perspectives, she was trying to write the article from the point of view that was trashing the teachers
So now she's being SCHOOLED !!!!!.‼️🤔🤨🫣😀👏👍🙏💯 🎀..
@@marilynwaaldijk_howell1320 i was waiting for this and you delivered
I taught for 27 years. I loved it and I was paid well. I took work home on weekends and stayed at school late during the week to finish my work. I retired in 2017 and I still dream that I'm in school teaching. I miss it.
I dated a teacher. From that experience I can confidently say it changes DRASTICALLY depending on where you teach.
The difference between where she was teaching when we met and where she ended up teaching when she moved to my area was about $30k.
She was a 12 year teacher making $60k a year in California only able to have her own apartment because the people she rented her condo from basically gave her way under market rent because she was a teacher.
The fact that teachers are required to spend so much money on their classroom that then can't be written off is ridiculous. And if you teach in the wrong area it's absolutely under paid you have to know that right?
No one can afford CA. My husband is an aerospace engineer and we barely survived living there.
Then go back and teach, even if it's part time or substitute. Do what you enjoy.
Yeah..my teacher..came from wealthty family..but she still teaching..
Respect for her and all of the teacher on the globe...
If they sincere
Teaching is the most noble job in human history, especially the older generation, I'm a 70s child, those teachers taught us more than just the materials they were supposed to teach, old school teachers were like another version of your parent at the time, God bless them.
I met Damon and his mother at the Save The Schools March years ago. He's down to earth and approachable. His mother is a teacher and he was at the march advocating for teachers. He gets that teachers teach for the love of the job and kids. They form minds but cannot control the variables that impact learning, like poverty. Love him. He gets it.
My Mom was a teacher for 29 years and she taught inner city children whose parents gave them nothing and influenced them to become wonderful people. She was paid decently back then but never did it for the money. She gave a lot of it back to the poor kids in school supplies and backpacks so they can become better.
A teacher’s passion makes a world of difference in the life of a young student.
here here well said
yes, and how bout a teacher's competence??? Because without that, we have the bullshit, corrupt school system we have today...not to mention a culture of retards like the thousands who support this shit and who quote sensationalistic lines that sound good but mean nothing, such as yourself
It has to be a passion, a calling, because they're sure not doing it for the money.
no it doesnt
It’s a highly favourable job for narcissists, having power over children and to be seen as the know it all in a subject…I have a friend who is a teacher and he said the whole staff are extremely toxic people
Thanks, Matt. You made my 30+ years feel better.
Ditto! Same here.
30+. You and others of your generation are in a completely different category. Teachers such as yourself were interested and took personal pride and satisfaction in seeing your pupils succeed and produce. I remember my teachers. Some of them would stay back at the end of the day in order to provide extra lessons to those who needed it. They were paid to do so, as was the correct thing to do; some even held the lessons at their homes. They were real teachers. They established, from the beginning of the first day of school, exactly who was in charge of the classroom. Our teachers corrected and disciplined us without ever raising their voices or passing our and insulting us. The respect was mutual. I never heard any of the students who were disciplined retaliating by violence or even talking back. When we grumbled, it was in our heads. We showed our teachers the same respect we showed our parents. Guess what? Those teachers never heard the word 'Tenure.' They earned their jobs and kept them by demonstrating they were good at what that did. If perchance, one of them underperformed, they were fired, and a more competent one was hired. Meritocracy works in every area. It forces everyone to do their very best every time if they'd like to remain employed.
@@Q-ed9dc When an uncouth GOON like Donald Trump has been elected president of the most powerful country in the world today, the United States of America, once, and is now planning to run for president again, with high chances of being elected in spite of all his moral and ethical shortcomings, then "meritocracy" proves to be just another BS word.
By rattling off a bunch of awful bullet points? How many films has he done for free?
@@GETX2why does he need to do them for free? You have completely missed the point
Thank you Matt. I am teacher and has been teaching the last thirty years. And i still love it. It is very hard but it is very rewarding job helping children and young people in their way trying to master their lives.😊❤
I have always liked him. He’s never struck me as out of touch, he always comes off intelligently and he lays low.
He’s great.
Matt demonstrating his intelligence. Just honesty, no fluff. Respect.
"Do you honestly think they would take a shitty salary and long hours if they didn't love teaching?"
Love it or not... teaching critical race theory, sexually explicit books, and gay pride flags and social sciences.. means that most teachers should be fired.
@@AdamWilliamsLiveTracknope
@AdamWilliamsLiveTrack You're an example of why these things need to be taught - so people can consider and be informed and form fully founded opinions based on facts as opposed to to 'dRaG QuEEnS aRe BrAInWaShINg our ChILdReN'
@@kathrynbrookes3834yeah.. maybe they should be taught this stuff 9th-12th grade but not in elementary when they know nothing about the world and are extremely malleable and able to be convinced to believe anything..
My mom is a teacher. She has LITERALLY put her blood sweat and tears into her job. She has dedicated herself so much that she ended up sick in the hospital because she was worried her kids needed her. We ALL need teachers.
@@chilipep4438 I'm sure teachers get hurt, cry, and physically exhaust themselves over their careers -- and do so willingly. I too know teachers (intimately) for which all those things are true. LITERALLY.
Do not pre-suppose you know the life experiences of strangers. Ask questions first before making assertions.
@@SeanLumly take your own advice. Acting like a teaching job is actually comparable to jobs that actually require sacrifices is straight up pathetic. Highly recommend you people work a hard laborious job if you complain this much about the easy ones.
SAME
@@chilipep4438 Nice strawman. I'm not comparing teaching to anything -- read my post again. I _AM_ saying that teaching can be demanding work.
@@SeanLumly Which part recess or field trips. Don’t forget 2 months of summer vacation, multiple weeks off for EVERY holiday. Must be so hard for teachers. How many of them end up with PTSD again?
It's great that this celebrity stands up for unappreciated professionals.
I'm from the UK & 53 now, but as a kid aged 13, I was heading off the rails, teachers disliked me and I had had a big run in with the law... The toughest/strictest teacher in the school "Mr Williamson" took to me to his office, and talked to me, like a father, and someone who could see my trajectory and cared.... That man changed my life,when no-one else gave a shit...I knuckled down and ended up at College, then University etc etc... One great teacher can mould a life, While I thanked him when I left school, he'll never know exactly what he did that day.. Thanks Sir ❤️
Love that… so true. It just takes one person to care & it will change your life.
@@janeskey5042 thank you, it really does... I own my own business and over the years, I've trained many lads to do my job, I've wished them well when they left to start their own companies, am godfather to a few of their kids and love watching them make successes of their lives (I look for kids that were like me).. Watching them buy their first home, get married etc.. Its so rewarding... But I think about Mr Williamson at some point every week, he was so influential, a perfect role model and a gentleman.. He taught me how to be a man. These people are so underrated..
As a 22 year teaching veteran, I thank Matt for so eloquently articulating the heart of a teacher. Teaching is a gift and a passion.
Too bad a lot don’t look at their job like that anymore.
Not to mention, his comments prove that he DID gain Admission to Harvard University on Merit, before he ever became a celebrity or movie star... He's clearly a very Bright man!!- :)
Teachers have been corrupted by the narrative of the extremist left.
Now teachers are activists and indoctrinate students.
Yes, it’s 100% a gift, and not everyone is capable. Thank you for teaching.
As a former educator of 26 years, thank you Matt Damon! I loved teaching kids. All 26 years were grades 6-8. It was awesome!
Thank you 🙏🏽
Most "journalists" come from privileged families these days, so they don't understand working out of love or duty.
These people ask such questions because they come from privilege so don't understand working for love or duty.
Dunno what he's talking about with shitty salaries though. All my teachers were on about 80,000 a year and that's public schools. I think the lowest pay for a qualified teacher is with the much younger children. But they are still on like 60k a year. It's not a shitty salarie, it's also not a difficult job. The most difficult part is dealing with shitty kids that are a result of bad parenting. The job itself is pretty easy. I taught my fair share of classes WHILE in highschool. At like 15 and 16, so for a grown adult to do it must be easier than ever was for me..
@@silenttitan416 80,000 dollars a year??? Are you talking about public schools or universities? If it is the latter, this value makes sense. Here in Brazil, a public school teacher earns no more than 60,000 Reais per year, which in dollars would be around 12,000 per year.
Coming from an entire family of teachers, I love Matt Damon.
Exactly. I don’t believe I’ve ever had a teacher who wasn’t passionate about teaching. Today, I respect my teachers more than CEOs that get paid 1.2Mil a year.
Man, I like this actor. He values education and honors those in that profession.
I'd like to know how many films he's done for free...
@@GETX2 So tell me, how many jobs do YOU work for FREE? 😂😂🤬
Matt's mom was an outstanding professor at Lesley University in the School of Education..I met her,super kind and intelligent.Hes defending his mom and all dedicated teachers.
That's nice to hear. Thanks for sharing!
But he’s wrong.
How do you know? You met her? Once? Twice? GTFO
He's a good son, a good advocate and a good human. Fame hasn't gone to his head.
@@elizabethwitt2621 Oh no!, THE PATRIARCHY!!! Moronic.
Matt Damon takes this woman apart.Why would anyone argue for job insecurity?.Respect to Mr Damon
Teaching isn't a glamorous job. It's the kind of job you enter into because you're passionate about it and those you will teach.
My high school biology teacher inspired me for life. The way she taught so enthusiastically and was so darn forgiving. I once got suspended for 2 weeks bc I made a bad decision, but I was a good kid, and she saw that in me. she worked so hard with me that I was ahead of the students that actually went to school for those 2 weeks. That woman will forever be honored and admired in my mind, and I’m sure a ton of other people.
That’s awesome!!!
I didn't come here to cry lol 🥲
I've had some really bad teachers and some really good ones. The good ones are the only reason this country hasn't fallen apart completely. They're the only good adult example some children get. God bless the majority of teachers that do care.
Does he age?
my HS human bio teacher also, shoutout to Mrs. Packington!!!
Love how he cut to the heart of what was wrong with her initial premise! And so eloquent off-the-cuff.
We can see him refocusing his thoughts when he saw the direction of the question.
He really zeroed in ♥️I think he’s married to a teacher too, right?
What was wrong with her premise? "This MBA style of thinking"? LOL. Who grants that MBA? Shitty teachers, that's who.
@@seanmurphy2302 Usually a "professor" or an "instructor" teaches courses for an MBA. Generally the term "teacher" is used for K-12 who don't give out MBAs. As for what is wrong with her premise? She implies teachers aren't working hard enough compared to actors. The actor is saying "what are you talking about? Teachers teach because they want to help kids. They wouldn't choose a much lower salary [compared to actors] unless they loved what they do".
Maybe they should try teaching how to interpret what people are saying in those MBA courses.
@@MagnumCartaQuit acting like every single teacher is capable of doing so much more and are highly qualified and ignore the case of them not being good at anything else and getting a job that doesn't require much.
I taught with the sister of a musician you would all recognize. Even after a heart attack, she came back to teach. Not for the "shitty" salary, but for the joy, the need to teach. We are a special breed. We were born to teach. It is what we do.
I love the fact that she understands neither actors nor teachers ... and he schooled her. And us.
I'm a teacher that works those long hours and his words were perfect and made me start to cry because I do work so hard because I love being a teacher.
Thank you for investing in our future!
Every teacher I've ever had that made an impact on me makes up a part of who I am to this day. What you do matters so much.
You get two months vacation and the fucking teachers Union wanted to be paid for doing absolutely nothing at home during covid. Sure there are excellent teachers who care, but most do not
My best friend and mentor was a teacher. Loved it. ALWAYS promised if he became the teacher who sits in the teachers lounge complaining about kids(he snapped once, one of his kids, a Wrestler...he was also a coach and a great one). Teachers were complaining he was a dirt bag, missing school. The kids Dad had killed himself and his Mom was getting black out drunk every night. Only Ted knew this, but he finally had enough and went off on the teachers bitching.
Anyway, he was at the highest paid district in the State, they had a 90M rainy day fund, 16 kids in each classroom...and they decided they'd start firing teachers. He had 20 years in and wasn't enjoying it anymore. So he retired. This is one of the smartest guys I've known and voted Teacher of the Year 2 of the 4 years I was in HS.
He was also a 2X National Champ College Wrestler, so kids respected him because of that and he was laid back. But he just got tired of it. The negative teachers, the school going to 30 kids for 1 teacher(they're back now) and watching them slowly fall from where they were.
He was making ~90 a year and he had 5 more years and he'd have retired at 75% of that. And teachers at that point start being assistant coaches, doing whatever to add 3-5K for this job, 3K for another to make their last 3 years salary average more. He retired for 50% that he'd get in 15 years.
There ARE a lot of teachers who do it for the job security and the pay check. He did it because...he didn't know what else to do after College and he found he loved it...and then left when he didn't. He's what people would call an "Alpha," Male, but he's also smart enough to hate that term. Sigma is the term I like to use. Happiest guy I know.
He got me interested in History and is the reason I wrestled at the same College, got a History degree...then talked me into law school.
On behalf of every kid who had a teacher that made them feel that they were worth the effort. Thank you.
As a teacher,with a shitty salary, I say Thank You Mr. Damon.
You get it.
What I really enjoy doing is watching young people realize that they are capable of accomplishing great things!
As a teacher, do you know any teachers that should have been fired a long time ago? I know one that makes 115,000 per year and only works 9 months. He is also a groomer…not fired though, thank goodness for the union right?
There are great teachers, then there are people who just wanted a job where they could have summers off. Don’t expect actors to understand or come to your rescue.
those that can, do. those that can't teach. I went to good quality public schools and found most of the teachers to be just plain weird.
Since when do teachers have a shitty salary? They have good benefits, every holiday off and a three month vacation in the summer! Try logging or fishing or farming and then explain to me how tuff teaching is!
@@donyandresen8063 yes totally agree and they do no work long hours. High school day is 9-3:20, lunch is from 12-1 and none of my teachers ever taught 4 periods in a day. Usually 3, one day 2 periods.
Not Gen Z's, they aren't capable of anything. All they do is virtue signal and support terrorist rights and when asked they dont even know what they're protesting for.
Best answer ever.
Just because you love something doesn’t mean you’re good at it. This definitely applies to teaching.
Being a teacher I appreciate him making a statement like that.
Canada appreciates its teachers a lot more than the USA. (I understand the pay and work conditions vary a great deal regionally.) The average _starting_ salary in my province is $75k and after 10 years is over $100k.
@@squamish4244 it's getting to be like the US.
@@squamish4244 Yeah but then you have to live in Canada.
His mom is a teacher so he has the inside scoop and not just a superficial view one would expect from a "Star".
Me too
The mark of someone who made it but didnt forget where he came from. Hes not detached from reality like so many in his field, respect.
Sam Briton
Oh contraire! He's economically ignorant; I'd say detached from reality. He can care about teachers all he wants, but he's ignorant of real economics. He wants "to be an actor." Would he do his acting for minimum wage?
@@JK-dn9bu Why don't you go ask him, you are aware im not him right?
The fuck out my face with that bot ass name
Matt is not ignorant.
@@JK-dn9bu That was the dumbest analogy I have ever heard. Actors worked for 0 dollars at the beginning of their careers. They did free Broadway plays all the time. Most of them were broke for years before they even saw a cent. They get paid for what money they bring in. School administrators are the ones who should be paid minimum wage. They never do their jobs and get paid 300k a year for destroying most schools.
This woman needs to be reminded that she has HER job because teachers took the time and effort to teach her, even tho she seems to think she knows everything.
Thank you Matt Damon you are so right many teachers work far past their age of retirement because they love to teach.
Even in a perfect world, where teachers are revered and paid in the highest regard, they should STILL be there because they want to teach, and should be incentivized by the act of teaching, not the money. That’s what a good teacher makes. Love the passion Matt.
Of course. But we need a good salary just like everyone else with our education. I knew a lot of really good teachers who left the profession because they had to feed their families.
@@katherineweber8955 teachers and education have long been underpaid and under-funded..my mom was a music teacher at 3 schools and was so happy but then the city cut her position and she became a first grade teacher.She was a beloved first grade teacher but never as happy as she was a music teacher..which had a domino effect on the family and all our futures.All because of greedy local politicians .
@@uncommonperspective5103
Expertise should be regarded highly.
Whatever your career choice is you can't do right by the people you serve if you're only in it for the money or even prestige.
Wrong.
They cut the clip a bit too early. He goes on to ask if the guy is a shitty cameraman because he has job security 😂😂😂
sounds like he got triggered
Sounds like he got asked a stupid question @@alfredorodriguezdc
@@alfredorodriguezdche was asked a stupid question and one upped the reporter with facts
@@alfredorodriguezdc even if, whats the point? yeah nonsense triggers people sometimes and gets them emotional because it has negative influence on many things
Thats a dumb question. You ask "do you know any shitty cameramen who dont try because they have job security? I worked as a union cameraman, getting job security will 100% result in some of the people not trying. This is a probelm with teachers. My mom and my sister are both teachers, and my sister would constantly complain about some of the people in teachers college that were getting into teaching for the wrong reasons, like the pay, its actually a very good job in Canada, and getting summers off.
Matt Damien‘s mother is a teacher. Good for you, Matt you tell them.
I subbed for a few weeks. I couldn't cut it as a teacher, but I did for a moment feel the reason that teachers become teachers. When all the stuff around the edges falls away and for a few minutes you get to actually teach, it's a beautiful thing.
Thank you, Matt, for recognising that teachers work really long hours. It's not just the time spent in front of students. So many people don't see that.
People who think teachers only work 8a-3p are the same people who think teachers have it easy bc they have 'a whole summer off'! 🙄
@@blockhartinabox How many times have we heard "Short hours - long holidays"? 😱 My sister thought the same for years until her daughter took up teaching. 😄
Hey i want to tell and encourage everybody to find Jesus Christ and start living for Him. He has changed me a lot and i cant thank Him enough. I testify and pray that you repent and turn to God before it is too late. Always remember that God loves you unconditionally❤
Matt Damon is not only a pretty face or a good actor, he's also smart and it's awesome he gave his opinion instead of a bland answer...
"My boy's wicked smart"
@@Zeracan 'smaaaht'
Thank you for the response from the gay community...
@@uryer2359Lol, sexual orientation has nothing to do with it. I’m straight as an arrow and can recognize that Matt is hot asf. 🤣
Way to go Matt. A wonderful and articulate way to break it down to her.
Outstanding
I love his body language when he answers her. He turns and faces her head on and does not back down from his answer 🥰
My husband is a high-school educator and over the years has put up with a lot of crap from students, their parents, and the admins. But he still loves his job. He’s NOT in it for the money, obviously, but feels it’s his calling. He’s a *FANTASTIC* educator and I couldn’t be more proud of him. ❤️
Is he sole provider of household?
@@stefandwoodham No, I am a night shift ER nurse. I work three 12-hour shifts per week. Why do you ask?
@@TwoShedsJackson probably to reproach you
My maternal uncle who is in his late 60s is the same. I am so proud of him.
You can count your IQ on one hand @@stefandwoodham
You go, Matt Damon. Teachers are important to society and should be treated like professionals
as long as they are actually teaching academics and not allowing kids to shit in a litter box in the corner of the classroom... too many of these freaks in our schools today
These days, not so much. The number of actual good teachers vs leftists pretending to teach is shrinking. Sadly, there are very few real teachers left and I'm so glad my kids are grown and my grandchildren are home schooled.
Professionals is a weird word when supporting no requirements based on results, which is a part of being a professional 😂
@@Dirtbag-Hyena 🙄oh brother...there are just as many maga teachers as there are liberal teachers. Get over yourself.
Same with stay at home parents. It's a real job, not "doing nothing".
He’s absolutely right. People pursue these types of professions because it’s a passion and desire to impact and make change.
Some for good change, others for bad change 😂
Teachers deserve more pay and better working conditions. We need to support them.
I used to love Matt Damon before, but this gave me eternal respect for him. He shows great empathy and understanding.
Agree completely. 👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💕
He's a karen.
@@Gregorius72020 Ok mate, chill.🙄
@@CB-xr1eg You too ?
@@Gregorius72020 Always chill mate, no point being otherwise.👌
Matt is right on... I've taught 24 years and hear that line about tenure all the time. Believe me, teachers are up against it on a daily basis and almost all bring the right energy, passion, and professionalism. You know what affects my job the most as a middle school teacher? It's pervasive student apathy, thanks to smartphones, and increasingly poor student attendance.
And some parents who choose not to parent. No rules. No structure. No boundaries. No consequences. No incentives. Low expectations. Few family conversations. Allowing social media to raise their kids. 25-year elementary school teacher here. Bless your heart for working in middle school…even more challenging, IMO, than elementary.
maybe holding kids in a classroom against their will wasn't the best idea
@@Ludwig1625 yeah, we should let those uneducated, self centered and inexperienced little humans who are vulnerable to practically everything decide what should happen to them!! 😂😂 What a retard! 🤤
The tenure line is ultimately what swayed me against his argument. I have had to endure one too many tenured professor who were way too comfortable and gave not a single damn about their students. The worst professors I've ever had were tenured. In my experience, it's by and large the adjuncts who have the drive and passion to teach.
I understand the absence of students because that happened to my son. It as a struggle every day just to get him to go. Found out there were gang members waiting outside the school perimeter attempting to coerce him and a few other boys into a gang they had. This was a new and excellent school district too. So I had to take him and pick him up daily from school. I caused him to be late on some days because I didn’t get to leave work soon enough to beat traffic and it was very frustrating. The city started programs geared toward the gang activities so it did improve but there can be reasons nobody ever thinks of for students not wanting to go to school. Bullies, bad teachers, bad environment and multiple other factors. We need to investigate closely for what they may be.
As a teacher of 23 years, I applaud you sir! Thank you!
It’s not the same, but I was a TA for a calculus class in college. I had a student who really struggled with Math but he wanted to learn. He showed up every Tuesday and Thursday for my office hours and stayed the whole time to ask questions about the homework and quizzes for the week. He showed up to every test review. At the end of that semester he came up to me, shook my hand, and thanked me for everything I did for him that semester. It was my job so there was no need for him to do that, but it was the single most gratifying experience of that entire year for me. I’ll never forgot how much it meant.
This man is so smart and his heart is in the right place. We need more A listers who are smart enough and willing to unapologetically stand up for morals, ethics, and what is good for all people.
I don't know. He's still the same person who said diversity only matters in front of the camera, not behind it
When they do that they get called 'woke'.
@@yippee8570Yeah cause u can't have morals and ethics unless u base everything u say or do around race right 🤨🙄 Can't walk around being colorblind in today's society cause that's racist now. Used to be the opposite until ppl actually stopped being racist and the powers that be decided they needed to use racism to attack their opponents. Now they use things like DEI to get away with outright racism. Nobody is safe talking about race in 2024 unless your black, brown, or a white virtue signaling democrat who's so deeply rooted in racism that they can't help but to consistently resurrect their racist ways.
@yippee8570 He's right. We only have to force inclusivity on camera when we know the people who are hypersensitive will scream about a lack of representation. In real life people flow in and out of storylines in ways that are natural and make sense. Not every hospital, apartment complex, or police squad is going to always have a person from every ethnicity, creed, color, and gender.
@@yippee8570 I think you need to dig way deeper into that statement.
The guy is my hero. How can anyone be so honest and mindful in everything he does.
As a retired teacher, I want to say thank you for your understanding.
Thanks for the support Matt! You nailed it!!
I am totally impressed with Matt not being afraid to speak his mind intellectually and respectfully. As if we needed more reasons to love him!❤❤❤
Intellectually dishonest.
Absolutely adore this man❤
Intellectually? He's an actor. Have you ever worked on a movie set? I have. These people do nothing. The movies are made by the PAs and the set crew, actors are just wrapping paper and just as shallow.
@@anneearley6328 What are your chances of winning an Oscar??
He’s a real man, doesn’t insult nor lose his cool.
Some journalists are sometimes clueless and even sometimes ignorants when asking nonsense questions with the only ending of provoking
Well done Matt, your knowledge is greater than hers
To you having full control over your emotions and actions is a "REAL MAN"
I get that having low expectations will never get you disappointed, But, dang. Lift those expectations off the floor.
@@margolockwood5390 He's impulsive when provoked which is why 99.99% percent of actors should just stick with their fictitious scripts.
Matt Damon sounds like Good Will Hunting in real life!!!
I was a teacher for 35 years. I’ve seen it all! Finding cuts, no child left behind, whole language, and a dozen new age theorems…he is correct on everything.
He was just way too smart for that reporter.
He is way too dumb.
ofc she's a libertarian
No, he's not. He's completely wrong. He is honestly claiming that all teachers do it for the love of the game. Every single person in school knows multiple tenured teachers that are absolute garbage. There is indeed no incentive for teachers to do well, and as a result, there are countless terrible teachers that have no incentive to perform, and administrations that have no way to get rid of bad teachers.
Yes, the stupid reporter.
@@BigMikeTheGuyWe don't have tenure in the UK, and the sh1tty pay, long hours, over-accountability, disinterested/overly entitled students whose every poor behaviour choice was excused by Mummy etc still exist here. We do, however, have a huge problem with recruitment and retention as the reality of the job sees most leave within 3 years. The government (in power for 14 years, whose only contribution to education was to cut wages by 20% in real terms through pay freezes etc and cut funding to the bone) do not avail themselves of the state funded schools, and are absolutely not expected to meet the consequences of their actions. Their little Jimmy won't be affected by the 2 highly unstable children shoved into a classroom of 30 because all the behaviour units/special educational provision were shut. They termed this move, 'Inclusion.' There's nothing inclusive when 28 out of 30 pupils are struggling to engage in a chaotic environment with zero support staff. Oh, and you can't exclude pupils. LOL. You have to literally adore teaching to be a teacher and I would absolutely step in if a loved one of mine was thinking of undertaking such a life/soul destroying career. No chance.
By disrespecting educators, you do your own children and their peers a great disservice. But then you'll blame the teacher when the seeds of your vitriol come to fruition. Good luck!
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We need more people like Matt Damon vocally defending us teachers.
Teachers are so under appreciated
@@ytuser_3122 Thank you for saying that. ❤️
Yes, you guys have done such a wonderful job. Just look at this wonderful, upstanding, and moral society we now have. Give yourself another pat on the back lady.
@@richh3814brutal
I had no idea Matt Damon was such a smart dude!
Thank you Matt Damon, First Grade teacher here.
As a teacher, I applaud Matt Damon’s message. Yes, we love to teach - that’s why we do it.
No one ever becomes a teacher for the money.
Then why did the vast majority of teachers FIGHT to not go to work for over 2 years 2000-2023? And make kids stay at home?
Sadly..majority asean..doing it for money or..not get any job after graduate.
Poo student...what will happen to them.idk
That is very interesting, in some countries in Europe teachers are extremely well paid, so here it's actually true that a lot of them teach for the money. Crazy how different things can be around the world!
@@rompowertubenot in every European countey dude. Yoir local point of view is biased
Don’t take this the wrong way but the problem with teachers is they’ve never done anything but school… they’ve only ever been in the education machine so have never experienced the real world. They go from being students to being college students to teaching students how to do the shit they just did… they have no wisdom to impart
I always love to see how educated actors can be. Not a lot of them just casually use complex words and phrases. Matt Damon spoke with wisdom and sincerity.
😂
He's the son of a high school teacher. He knows almost first hand what teachers go through.
@@ScionStorm1 I'm not talking about his empathy, I'm talking about his choice of words.
He is Harvard graduate
@@ScionStorm1 And what do they go through?
Love you for saying this, Matt. Teaching is a vocation. So is acting.
Thank you, Matt. 23 year veteran teacher here and you are absolutely right. You’ve got to love the children, you’ve got to love your subject, and I never had a day that I did not want to get up and go to work. ❤🇺🇸
It would be foolish to say all teachers are crappy. But it would be accurate to say there are some crappy teachers. The same can be said for any industry or any job.
You get what you pay for. There's shit wages for teachers, so you're going to get shit teachers vying for that position. Not always, but people who might otherwise be good teachers but not willing to deal with the low pay will find something else. We are missing out on those people.
@@OccamKantas a husband of a teacher in Denmark, I can assure you the pay isn't what drives them away here at least.
Crazy garbage parents are overly spoiled kids does the trick just fine 👌
And obviously some truly crappy "journalists"
@@christianjensen952it can be both 😉
@@christianjensen952 I'm sure garbage people (parents and kids) are a big turn-off for the profession. And it seems that people are getting worse. It's getting really ugly and stupid here in North America. Is it also degrading over there in Europe?
He just said a whole lot without saying a damn thing.
Not to mention dealing with children, bless teachers.
This is good guy with a really great mind. I appreciate the respect he has for teachers & as acting was his calling, so it is with those that teach. Tbh, it’s an incredibly important job educating & influencing young minds of the future. I respect both teachers & Matt!
As a teacher I saw thank you to Matt. He’s very correct. Teaching is not a job. It’s a calling.
Teacher here… thanks Matt! You are spot on!
Great job Matt Damon! Way to promote education and educators!!
Need more of this in The USA!
I don’t think teachers get lazy. They get burnt out by the system. Some do get lazy but not most.
I would imagine it's beyond frustrating ~even infuriating dealing with all the bureaucracy. It's especially bad here in FL. The past few years I've watched several teachers either leave the state, switch to out of state on-line, or just flat out leave the state. 😢
@@SunriseSurprise
Oh no! All the groomers are leaving the state?
100% this. There is no funding for say, kids who are violent and disruptive (destroy the classroom on a weekly basis). They are just in the class and nothing is done and teachers must teach with kids like this in their class.
@ScenOne parents rights groups and the unions pushed for this "mainstream" all kids as much as possible. It has been an unmitigated disaster for the special needs kids as it has for the non-special needs. When the primary objective is mainstream above all else the SPED kids get put in classes that make them feel like failures, teachers struggle to keep up pace for the non SPED students. It is a lose, lose, lose proposition.
The lazy ones are subs that go full-time.
His mom is an educator.❤ He knows the passion behind the job.
I love people like him!
Thanks to all the good teachers out there for doing what they do!!!
"A teacher just wants to teach"
Well, not every teacher is as passionate as that
Not every worker in any vocation is like that. Doesn't make his statement any less true.
Matt explained this so beautifully. If you love your job, you'll do the hell out it because you do love it. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't.
There are a LOT of bad teachers out there. Tenure keeps them in place. No thx
Then, that job becomes a career.
I've met him. He's genuinely a good guy who really cares about others.
You picked up on that in a 60 second meeting huh? Know him like his mother now do you?
except to kimmel ofcourse
You just can't help yourself to be an asshvt @@pdsmith11803Matt doesn't pay my bills but his track record so far seems cleaner than most people in Hollywood certainly actors can do shady things but dude works hard. Always show the best personality he can and not even dui mug for him. Fvck else you want?
Matt damon told me that fortune favors the brave and now I've lost all my money.
@@pdsmith11803Are you usually third miserable or just today? Curious.
Oh my goodness, I so love Matt Damon. He seems such a good man.
He is very good at acting, like he gives a shit or knows what he's talking about!
This is why actors dislike these so called reporters. Teachers are one of the most important pillars of society. Good on you Matt!!! my sister-in-law is a teacher and if she was paid for all the work she put in, she would have retired years ago.
Most actors don't have any moral grounds to stand on such as the ones Matt Damon displayed. Most are vain turns who think that they are some brilliant artistic turd that deserves all the accolades and wealth that the world has to offer and most people would never be able to do what they do because they are brilliant and artists
@@barreldreamz7852 You knowing some bad people who act is no reason not to invest in teachers.
I respect Damon. He is smart and loyal to his wife instead of changing girlfriend every time the one he's dating turns 25 like Leo Decaprio.
@@JosannaMonikwhats funny is that damon and caprio both look so similar to me lmao
I was a teacher and I can say that not all teachers should be teaching. The stories I could tell.
I respect journalists but that was one of the worst questions I've ever heard. I appreciate Matt for shutting that one down immediately
The world is on fire precisely because of the (mainstream) press-titutes. What is there to respect?
That was not a journalist. That was a political, “conservative” troll trying to outsmart someone who’s clearly much smarter than she will ever be.
She isn't a journalist. She's a right wing hack.
@@jonboz7585 Badly posed question, no doubt, and not sure why it's something you would ask Matt Damon (even though he rose to the occasion), but that being said the point stands. Since most teachers are not given performance-based rewards or compensation, it is indeed inevitable that many that put in the least effort will "dis-inspire" those that go above and beyond. Just like many nurses start out passionate, many end up leaving the profession years after they rightly should have. That's just human nature.
@@jonboz7585as an independent I can assure you that reporter was not conservative in any way😂
I just LOVE the way he looks up and away as she says “incentive”
Girl got absolutely owned by Matt Damon, he’s on a whole nother level
I volunteer at a bicycle cooperative. Last night a patron came in to get his very basic bike running again. It needed tuning, adjustment, rear brake and tire w/inner tube.
I gave him instruction while he did the work. Took just over an hour and cost him $20 (used parts). At the end, he looked at me and said "Thanks, I wish more things in life were like this place."
I made his night, he made my night. You can't monetize the joy we both received.
I got a little taste of joy that teachers receive. I'm thankful for the teachers that gave so much to me. It inspires me to keep giving back.
TL;DR COOL STORY BRO.
Excellent insight. Thank you.
That's a great story! I agree we need more places like yours...places that teach people how to do what they LOVE...can you tell me the bike shop you're at?