Dude. I get this and I'm only in year 10. D:


Why don't you consider writing a blog Dodie? It wouldn't need to be scheduled it could just be whenever you wanted but that might be cool so you can write whatever and whenever you want and enjoy it!


I hate school now but I know for a fact one day I'm going to want to go back to where I am right now and I won't be able to.


+solacedspacegemini I'm also an introvert. I was asking in terms of making friends. Not good with that one.

Then you get your energy from being alone. Crowds and being around multiple people can make you feel overwhelmed at times, but then you get home and recollect and spend time by yourself and you're fine again. At least that's how it feels as an introvert. I love being alone or with at least one friend.


I have just left school and I have no idea what to do with myself anymore.


the idea that you know a lot in school is nice but actually all your friends are learning the same things as you at the same time so you don't know anything more than the people surrounding you. and if you try and learn more and talk about it then you're showing off and nobody cares. so yeah, intelligence is cool and subjects are cool, but not when you ain't got anyone to impress except your cynical teachers and unknown examiner in a few months time.


This me at the end of EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. SUMMER.


fuck this is making so much sense to me right now

fuck


does anyone know where she got her dress?


i know it's late but why don't you go to college for a while? :)


why dont you go to university? ^^ youll learn alot


Youhaveprogressedsomuchasaperson i am proud of you somehow good job golly


theres nothing stopping you go back to school. doing a night course or a little six-week course in any subject!! or just learn a language!!


middle of my summer holiday before junior year (11th year? idk im not british) but i am watching videos about a girl missing school, when i too miss school but i do not want to go back. it stresses me out so much, i shut down. all the stresses collapses me to the point where i completely ignore it. oh well


I hate school right now but luckily I can join leadership or yearbook or drama 1  and sign  up to go to Italy in year  eight plus I've found someone to go hiking with I'm trying to savor my school years I may be in year 6 but I need to enjoy the 6 years I have left


I am just so afraid of being an adult, and not having any friends. I am absolutely TERRIFIED of being alone for the rest of my life. Not having anyone to rant to, or even to just be able to call a friend, or to go to the mall with, scares the crap out of me. It scares me that there is a chance that I could end up alone. I cannot handle these kinds of things. I am just SO SCARED that no one will like me or want to be around me. It is so scary for me. Just thinking about it sends me into a mental breakdown faze and it just worries me. I just don't know what my future will be like, which scares me as well. I don't know what I am doing with my life in my future. For all I know, I am walking down a road to failure and my family is going to be disappointed as to where I went. I feel like my goals are unachievable. These things scare me. I am scared. But I just have to move forth with my life and see where it ends up.


Im in my last year of school and im getting a little bit...i dont know. im not upset, but I'm a little sad its all ending :( oh well.


Hey feel EXACTLY how ur feelin, how old are you ?


Why don't you go to university? You've dismissed it before but maybe you shouldn't? University is school but is nothing like the school you know. It took me a while to decide and I only started my BA when I was 23. Got my degree a year ago, when I was 26 and it was the best. There are so many different programs, you should have a look around. It's not about a piece of paper or someone else telling you 'yup, now you're educated. bye'. You will be given materials and ideas and theories to play with and make your own. You will meet so many people that are skilled, passionate or jaded or talented and assholes. But that's the thing! And most of the uni students really want to be there, as opposed to high school. It really does make a difference. Teachers are mentors and friends. Especially in art/media related tracks (like mine) the tutors are so chilled. It's hard work but you're only doing it for yourself. Would you ever consider it? If it's about money then remember, there are other European countries that have English programs and are way cheaper than the UK ones!


I hate my school so much, today i saw this guy straight up insulted and made fun of my brother. My brother was so chill but I felt SO ANGRY, its not cool to make fun of others. :(


@Livelymalicious2 Indeed. I'm 20, studying in another Country and I can't even visit my family and my best friends. This is...terrible.

honestly. I'm in 5th grade and I'm going crazy being here. I want to see my friends at school. but I gotta wait another 3 weeks in this. and because its spread rapidly fast, ill probably be in for way longer. this sucks. I hate it hereee


Have you ever considered going to university? If you miss schooling, why not go back and study?  :)


I have to go back to school tomorrow and I am not looking forward to it... HOW DO YOU MISS SCHOOL?


im about to be a highschooler guys!  please pray for my best! i hope i have a new good life ❤and i hope who ever read this having a great day!

Alishia Mulhandy highschool is not as intimidating as it seems, for me at least, it was almost the same as middle school but a bit more complicated assignments & schedules. definitely dont stress about it though, youll be okay and pass your classes, always arrive with confidence.


I can't enjoy the present. I have course choices and folios and assignments all due, and then I have to revise for exams that will decide my future.


warning: BIG RANT ABOUT SCHOOL😂
I am moving school this month because of bullies, various mental health problems (depression, an eating disorder, suicidal thoughts and self harm) and feeling like i am being discriminated against in my school because of my religion😞 I am pretty miserable and i am hoping that i will be happy in my new school😁 But, i need some advice because I am moving from my only 3 friends and i am terrified because i am super introverted and i dont know if i can make friends. Help please?

*warning: BIG RANT ABOUT SCHOOL😂*
I am moving school this month because of bullies, various mental health problems (depression, an eating disorder, suicidal thoughts and self harm) and feeling like i am being discriminated against in my school because of my religion😞 I am pretty miserable and i am hoping that i will be happy in my new school😁 But, i need some advice because I am moving from my only 3 friends and i am terrified because i am super introverted and i dont know if i can make friends. Help please?


I really hate school. I'm not being bullied or anything it's just not teaching me anything. It's useless to me.


How can I get Candy and Sav's books?! Urrrgggrhhh


I'm just about to leave year 13 and I'm sad and I don't know how I got here...


You will not miss school if you were me. Although if you enjoy teasing,  bullying, boy rumors then you will miss school! lol I have a sad school life


Maybe you should consider going to university?


Lucky ...you are going to McDonald's ☹.... Get me fries or a Big Mac


Why are you so cute, even you complaining about school is mesmerising to me


She made an mistake she meant to put it on April 16 (April fools)


There were over 300 people in my year at school !


school i hate school u know i wake up i cry go to school get sad get worried come home stress homework stress more homework cry more sleep and the cycle continues i have never once come home and thought ya know what today was a good day i cant wait for the day i think that


I am in 9th grade and the first time I tried home school. I know now I hate not having my social circle and REALLY want to join a LGBT( lesbian gay bisexual transgender ) club to learn more and have a space away from home. I also have this AMAZING friend that I really miss and we can't talk or see each other.  :(


I probably sound stupid but what is vedim😂 is it just where you just have a conversation?


You’re going to McDonald’s??? Lol I got a Burger King add


If you want to analyze & pick apart poems or songs with other people, try using genius (it's a website & an app for just that)!


I'd love school if the uniform wasn't so strict, there wasn't a rule that determined how long your skirt has to be or what colour you hair has to be. It has nothing with learning it's annOYING AF IT JUST HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH MY LEARNING


+Peanut Butter &amp; Jem Thumbs up on the name of your account...

+Peanut Butter & Jem Thumbs up on the name of your account...


everyones alone! but I still love youtube!lol :D x


OHHHHHHH BOY THE SPEELING THING: THAT'S ME. AND I JUST FUCKING TYPED "SPEELING"FUCK


I'm the kid that gets crazy off of doritos and when around people, yet isn't rude (hopefully!) to people, I am loud and happy and I always day dream.. which makes me incredibly unfocused and daydreamy


u get energy from people?<br>my energy is absorb by people next to me

u get energy from people?
my energy is absorb by people next to me


I haw about 60 days left of school. I haw so mene regrets..... And I'm going to miss it soo mutch


Surprised Gabby hasn't commented on his crying about how she got bullied and making this video about herself


uploading this from McDonalds! omg lol. I hate school :( only 2 months left till I leave! :D :D

uploading this from McDonalds! omg lol. *I* *hate* *school* :( only 2 months left till I leave! :D :D


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what school did you go to? 😩😱😲😨😦😥 I wish high school was a community >_<


I'm sobbing like an idiot
I'm scared of growing up
i want to die
fuck


You don't need to go to school to learn.  Just do it yourself!  Read, google, ask a friend to teach you something new.


“I miss school”

Me, a student: fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCKITY FUCK


my schools were deserts. i hated then. i hate life now. i wish i could stop it. every laugh is a trap. as if it's prof that i want it. but i don't. i don't know maybe is because of how much failing already happened. i'm just wining.. i wish i didn't care


I hated school and I still hate it and I don't miss ONE BIT. Like.. nothing. And I wasn't bullied or anything. I just hated it. I am now finally doing want I want to do with my life, I learn things that I feel are necessary for me.
I really liked your moral at the end though. SO MANY PEOPLE are like "ENJOY SCHOOL, YOU'R GOING TO MISS IT" bla bla blaaa and I HATE IT. But yours was just like.. so general and important and for many situations and I really liked that :)
I can also really understand that people miss school and why they do. I just personally don't feel anything like that.


Life sucks wtf. We hate school all through it and then when we finally graduate and get into the real world. Then we work for the rest of our lives which most people hate too. Life sucks.


It's been a really rough day… actually a week. But I've gotten really into your videos recently and the more I watch the more I laugh and smile and it's real. Thank you so so much for posting videos that make me and many others happy. :) LOVE YOU!


I love this, Dodie. Even though I'm still kind of in school (univerisity), I do miss high school sometimes, and I didn't think that anyone else felt the same way! As an English lit major, I also love your love of English lit and your need to analyze things. It makes me happy that people who aren't in school or academic professions still want to do the stuff that I like doing as well :)


I've been having exams for the past few weeks and your videos are really helping me to de - stress, thank you dodie :) <3


This is really true, thank you for reminding me to enjoy where I am now :) hope you're doing well Dodie!


Hey Dodie! I really enjoy your videos and I love your songs❤ I agree with most of your opinions and appreciate the effort you put in your videos. Keep being true to yourself and doing what you love! I absolutely adore you.


You have just made me feel very nostalgic! I used to be that know it all kid and I absolutely loved it! Now that I am in charge of my own life I feel like I'm not doing enough of what I love and that kind of makes me sad. Do you mind if I make a video touching on similar topics? Happy VEDIM!


I'm currently in year 12 and constantly aware of this, so it's nice to see u make a video about it, thank u dodie 💙


As a third year university student I keep having moments when I'm so excited to leave but I know the second I leave I'll feel sad, I relate to this SO much. My 3 year old sister can find fun with a cardboard box, imagine having that mind again?!


Oh man, I can relate to this so much! I'm in my first year at university now and my god I miss school and getting told what to do, and I definitely didn't appreciate it enough at the time!


"I don't feel like an adult, but I have to act like one" - Dodie Clark<br>This quote just.... I feel you Dodie... this quote sums up my life right now... or my last 3 years haha... lots of love from Mexico Dodie ♡♡♡

"I don't feel like an adult, but I have to act like one" - Dodie Clark
This quote just.... I feel you Dodie... this quote sums up my life right now... or my last 3 years haha... lots of love from Mexico Dodie ♡♡♡


This made me realize so much about what I actually like about school. There's some sort of satisfaction from turning in an assignment and seeing your good grades and, if you try, seeing your bad grades go up percentage by percentage. I know that I go to a school where you're really free and can make a lot of your own decisions, like what you wear and where you eat lunch and what you eat for lunch. You have so many friends and just discussing things with them and working on projects and everything is actually so fun, now that I think about it.


it really does feel like im chatting to a friend when i watch your videos :) you say a lot of things that go on in my head but you put them into words which is really cool. i love your songs and i love let it be. so just keep doin what your doin cos you're very good at what you do á mon avié


I always find that the feeling of nostalgia comes from false memories. there will be some special moments where the nostalgia is real, but most of the time, you remember the past as better than it really was. I use that as an excuse to stop myself falling into a nostalgic mess :p


This video has made me realize to enjoy school. Before this video I hated school and just didn't feel comfortable being there and was considering homeschool. But now I know that school is actually a great place most of the time, and that I should enjoy it. Thanks Dodie and have a great day <3


I needed to hear this. "Don't let them rip you apart. Appreciate it. Put it aside" wow. I need to learn to do this. I played basketball my first two years of high school but was unable to continue after that for health reasons. And I've regretted it so much since then. I'm a senior in high school this year and I've constantly lamented all the time I missed out on and that am going to miss after I graduate. But instead I should appreciate the moments I did have and look forward to my future. Lovely nostalgic video dodie thank you


You are like that friend that somehow knows what you need to hear and makes your "hugeee" problems  seem as little as they are, and gives you the greatest advices; thank you very much for that!


I'm the same, I wish I could always have people around me. Being alone is pretty sucky, no energy can be absorbed like that no no no. I love ya Dodie!


i love your vlog channel because its everything I've ever wanted to do or say, I love this channel because as a teenager I can see myself doing these things that you talk about now and I can also see myself in the furture talking about the things you talk about. I can feel myself create a nostalgic feel for my furture self. I can feel the nostalgia being created for my later. these videos are what I live for and what I plan to be like in life. these videos make me want to video me now so I can watch them later and have these feelings. these videos make me want to write everything down and make things for my friends so I can look back and hold the things I've created when I was 15. these videos are my favorite because I see myself in them, and that is what i love about this


i feel the message of this video so much. i think this all the time, but i'm also always thinking about how good things are now, so i guess i've got the moral down too :)


I watched the film 'Let It Be' today, you were brilliant Dodie 😊 Of course everyone else was brilliant too but you were extra brilliant.


I feel this so much. Even though I'm in university and am an English major who's constantly breaking apart poetry and novels and it's amazing, I'm alone more often than not because everyone's on a different schedule. However, now is an amazing times, like you said.<br>This video just reminded me of the Taylor Swift song 22, because of the line " We're happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time. It's miserable and magical." I guess that's what I'm feeling. Best of times and worst of times.

I feel this so much. Even though I'm in university and am an English major who's constantly breaking apart poetry and novels and it's amazing, I'm alone more often than not because everyone's on a different schedule. However, now is an amazing times, like you said.
This video just reminded me of the Taylor Swift song 22, because of the line " We're happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time. It's miserable and magical." I guess that's what I'm feeling. Best of times and worst of times.


The only reason I enjoy going back to my old secondary school is to show the pastoral managers how much stronger and better I have become since I moved to the sixth form down the road. My teachers were all great and tried their absolute hardest to try and stop the (quite frankly)  horrific bullying I was experiencing, but they lacked the support of the 'higher ups' in school so resorted to placing me in a prep room away from my classmates to allow me to concentrate on revising for my exams. Five bloody years and the only instance that really makes them do something was when it was based on my hearing loss. Ridiculous.

If it's knowledge acquisition you miss, books are great! There's loads of really interesting non-fiction history books to help expand your knowledge base. Also, continue to read classics; I read them for fun and my vocabulary bank has increased tenfold since I started.

It's nice to see that you had such a positive experience of school, Dodie. Great video!


I've dropped out of my sixth form to do an apprenticeship and I'm honestly love it now. I was struggling at a formal and tbh smart ass six form becaue of mental health issues.
I really understand what you mean about the intelligence and academic side like  I very often sit now and thinm "omg I can quote Renee De Carte and exsplain and write essays on it" but now I'm working with mentally and physically disabled adults (which I do enjoy allot and it's very rewarding) but it's not like I can sit and discuss philosophy or litriture.

I've been wondering why I missed sixth form so muxh baring in mind the state it seeming to put me in but it's just clicked in my head. I miss the fact that I'm intelligent in ways I can't express anymore and I miss the community that let me express that.
Lovely video Dodie, have a nice evening xxx


You are not alone. You can always drop in and do live streams every so often. I am sure your fans would enjoy it. I mean, you should do live stream ;)


Cool video, Dodie. I was just thinking about it the other day how in a few years, all be out of school and never see the majority of my classmates ever again. I can't imagine it. I'll try to enjoy the good bits of school a little more now. :)


I graduated this past year, and looking back on it I DEFINITELY took everything for granted. I didn't appreciate what I was learning, I didn't appreciate the structure of things, I didn't appreciate the opportunities I was given, and I also didn't appreciate the people that surrounded me. Up until the final 3 weeks of my last year, I avoided so many people. I didn't go to any sports games or to any social gatherings or anything like that. I didn't even sit with people at lunch. I went home. I avoided so many people because I didn't like them and I thought they were shitty people. And some of them were, but most of them weren't that bad. Looking back on it, I miss parts of it too. I miss having a schedule every day that I followed. Now my day is all over the place. I sort of miss the feeling of having to be somewhere. This was really cool to watch and see that other people have those same feelings towards school.


I think it's indicative of having lived a good life to be nostalgic and sad about the past. Nostalgia seems to make the good in things more obvious though because for some reason happiness is more easily noticeable in hind sight (or so I've found.) It's nice to have a good past, it is all you'll have one day because you'll die and there'll be no present. : ) happy living


I used to study German, I actually lived in Germany for 8 years of my life, and the whole time I was taught the language but wasn't really paying much attention. Now (like 4 years after secondary school) I can barely remember any German, and I hate that. I would LOVE to go back and re-learn everything given the chance. How cool would it be to speak German fluently? I never thought about it at school, and I never realised how much I would miss it until it was gone. I was really good at German, and I loved it.


I'm currently in school, and I feel the same way about it. I love being there and being involved, and often I'm so busy that I'm just stressed out of my mind, but in a good way, you know? But it's just starting to hit me that I have less than a year of school left, and I don't know what I'm going to do with myself after that.... find my next adventure, I guess.


I have no idea what I would do without my marching band/concert band family, thanks to school. <3


I find this so interesting because I'm also super super nostalgic about secondary school even though year 10/11 were horrible (I'm in sixth form college now but I moved schools and it was all bleh). Thing is I've never thought about it in the way I might in the future because then I worry I'm not living enough in the moment and have some sort of existential crisis. But then I also don't want to think about it because nostalgia and feelings and stuff. Oh well :')

(Also I saw you at the school earlier but I didn't wanna like invade ur privacy or anything, so yeah.. Not sure where I was going with that but fun fact, I guess.)
Anyway, I'm really excited you're doing VEDIM :)


All of theses reasons are almost exactly why I am unhappy that I will have to go to school. Sometimes I worry about "adulthood" and am not thaaatt exited, but I will definitely try to stop worrying and just be happy with school and where I am now. thank you for this.


I love this because I miss school and learning. I'm at Uni but I feel like I'm still not learning as much as I did in school. I just miss being somewhere for a long time and just learning boatloads of information. I know so many people that don't even care to learn anything new and I just don't understand I feel like I'm wasting my life away if I'm not doing things productive or creative. I like talking with people who are intelligent that can bring something to the conversation and we can learn things from each other.


Yayyyyy I'm so happy I have a wonderful dodie to look forward to everyday ^_^


Loved this. I don't really like school that much at the moment, but I can't imagine my life without it. It kind of scares me, the prospect of becoming an adult. But for now I'm just an awkward 15 year old girl and I'm going to try and enjoy my childhood! (Even though it depresses me when people say that your teen years is the best time of your life, like, I really hope that's not true..)


This makes me feel super sad and nostalgic and scared.
I'm currently in my second last year of high-school. Today I am home sick, stressing about all the schoolwork I need to do, and I how I'm supposed to be resting but i didn't get up at 4:30 am to go on that excursion and I need to actually be preparing for a competition.
I love school, and it's on days like today that I just wish I had more time, but then - I LOVE SCHOOL
It's really scary. I don't know what I'm going to be doing in 3 years... I love this community, I love learning and growing and being a part of something like this, and I don't want to leave it, but I'm also expected to go off and get a job and have kids, and I've never really wanted to be a teacher before, but recently I so, super duper do that I think I might just. Or at least do something that might get me back into a community like this one, because school is amazing and wonderful, and I think being on the other side of it might be just as fabulous, especially because then I can give back to the thing I've loved so much.


I miss the togetherness of school as well <3 never again will we find that teamwork and people bonding together no matter how different we were :'(

+StupendousApricots I take that back I agree with ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING in this video :'(


I used to play clarinet too Dodie! it's been four years since I've played. it's been soooo long!!! and I just quit since I didn't enjoy it at the time, and now I just wish I could pick it up and play a song. I occasionally play the piano now but still haven't learned to play a song properly BUT IM GETTING THERE 😂 I miss being all about music somethings but hey that's life ya know? 🙂


I'm 100% agreed on the discussion and debate thing being fun and exciting! I'm still studying and am currently on an exchange year in Germany and I love encountering new ideas and perspectives and all that great stuff. (Kannst du noch ein bisschen Deutsch reden/lesen/schreiben?) :P


I'm trying really hard to enjoy high school, but sometimes I can't stand the thought of having to go. Especially when I realise how many more years I have to endure of the American school system. But in the end, I have great friends and am having great experiences so hey that's cool.


stopped revising biology to watch this, it really puts things into perspective


i really didn't like middle and high school at the time that i was there but i do honestly miss it sometimes because there were so many things that i did like choir and dance and it was all so much fun and i was always surrounded by my friends and now that we've all gone away for university at different schools, i never see them and i miss it!


I'm in the third year of uni at the minute and I never thought i'd say that I miss a-level chemistry but now i'm faced with a dissertation and the prospect of the real world and I AM NOT READY I miss school too!


If you miss writing and analyzing intellectually then... write and analyse intellectually! :) You're clearly very smart and insightful (that's why I watch your videos!) so let that intellect out. It doesn't matter who sees it or what it's for, keeping up that intellectual practice will stimulate your mind, and probably help to dissipate some of those feelings of listlessness you've been experiencing.


I'm still having heart palpitations because you noticed my drawing of you so thank 💙


One day you will look back on this awesome time you were a class youtuber :)


I think I'm one of those people that will always be in school. love learning and I keep going back. This month I'll be 26 and I'm still going back to school and taking classes.  Took a break but hopefully going for my masters very soon. But when I'm at school I do sometimes hate it. not going to lie. lol


Hi Dodie! Love your videos :) What kind of camera do you use?


I'm so glad you're doing vedim this year!


I miss the social aspect of school. I don't miss being told what to do and how to learn. I was pretty badly bullied as well so part of the social aspect was tainted but I miss being around my friends or just people who have the same interests as me. Ive been off school for almost a year and, you're right, it's really lonely. I'm going to university two falls from now and I can already feel the stuck feeling I've felt since I ended school because all my friends are off to Uni and I'm stuck in my town. Idk it's a learning experience for sure: I really liked how you put the whole 'appreciate the moments you have now' because I know that I won't have this year back and I don't want it to be a waste.


"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift that's why it's called the present" :)


I have GCSEs and I'm going to miss my school so much! I hate it now, but I've been there for 12 years and I hate it!!! I know I'm going to completely miss it for all of the reasons you listed... Also, nice notebook... I have the same one!! xxx


I'm in school now (well, university) and I'm almost done and this is all stuff that I have been thinking about. I understand what you mean about not appreciating it, because I just don't know how to appreciate it. There are more negative things happening in my life right now than positive (I think that's been true a lot for me in the past few years) so I wonder if that's why I don't appreciate it? I don't know! I wish I could find a way to appreciate now but now just isn't that great so I'm just trying to wait for it to stop sucking so much. idk this is a mess<br>See ya tomorrow!

I'm in school now (well, university) and I'm almost done and this is all stuff that I have been thinking about. I understand what you mean about not appreciating it, because I just don't know how to appreciate it. There are more negative things happening in my life right now than positive (I think that's been true a lot for me in the past few years) so I wonder if that's why I don't appreciate it? I don't know! I wish I could find a way to appreciate now but now just isn't that great so I'm just trying to wait for it to stop sucking so much. idk this is a mess
See ya tomorrow!


I'm 3 months from finishing sixth form at the school I've been at for 7 years, i look at picures even from last year and think how different everyone looks. Then there's the ones from even further back. on top of that Facebook is crammed full of all the nostalgic stuff. I've become extremely nostalgic recently, in terms of music (I even have a nostalgia playlist om spotify) and looking at pictures and just remembering stuff. God knows what I'll be like in 50 years time


That totally changed my perspective. Thank you 😘


Today a girl down my street saw me leaving for work and told me "I can't wait to be done with school" and my whole drive home I was like "but I miss school. I miss being able to do art and drama" and i felt the same way. I used to be so creative in school but now I'm lazy :(


I like doddlevloggle because sometimes you get videos like this where you get really deep and then sometimes we get videos doing Evan's makeup and making puns or making a parody of your old get ready with me videos I think that's fantastic


i kinda miss school i left school in the summer of 2014 but one thing that i wont miss is my head of year constantly shouting at me for my poor uniform and my inability to follow a dress code or any other rules for that fact...
i miss learning a language (i gave up on Spanish after year 9 even though i was really good at it)
also just out of curiosity did you ever have a teacher that taught your favorite subject that was a complete arse wipe? i did he taught me music and he hated me and told me i wasn't good enough


found out I got into my fav uni today but now I've realised that's another 3 years of school that I've chosen to do myself!! maybe ill miss it too one day but right now 3 more years seems like a long time!! wish me luck 😅


When you're in school, all the knowledge is just given to you and you don't have to bend a finger for it! As an adult it takes days of club/class researching and then saving up for those classes and then you have to take days off to take classes and learn stuff!!! Soak up that knowledge kids!!!


i do really miss school, or my life when i liked school. ive been off for a few months and just start coming back but in no lessons just working one to one. 7 weeks of school left im dying for it to be over but at the same time im kinda shitting myself about that kind of freedom ?? i just don't know what comes after this, school is all ive known for 13 years of my life.


I'm sure I'll miss school when I leave. It's weird to know that because I don't like school right now. I'm taking subjects I don't like, with people who simply ignore me (I only have one friend, who is now missing classes because she needs to rest). Despite that, I know I'll miss it because I like routine and knowing exactly what I have to do next and how; and, much like you, I'm naturally lazy wich makes it a little hard for me to follow my own plans.
But that's the only reason I'd miss it, I think, and with that in hand, I'll wait for the time when I don't have an standard routine put up by someone else, and stablish my own routine of work and learning and stick to it 🙌.
I loved the video, and it made me think and realise what I just said above so thank you, Dodie 💜😊.


Oh man... I have 3 months of school left and the exam stress is killing me and basically everyone I know right now... I'm pretty sure I won't miss school at all :D


OMG you were so good in Let It Be!!! I know that this video isnt about that but i needed to bring it up because you were amazing!!!! also i like how bertie got the girl who is terrified of death to yanoe.


This is going to make me appreciate school more


did you go to university? would you consider doing some kind of degree now? if youre in the financial position to do so, it'd be a pretty gd option if you have that kinda yearning to learn some stuff and get intellectually engaged etc! its also kinda like a continuation of school, you have routine and sort of still get told what to do to an extent


I miss school too :( I go back whenever I get the chance, and all the teacher are so nice now


YAYYY! March is my birthday's month so I'm very very happy that we'll be having vids everyday! It's like an all month bday gift


dodie: uploads a video about how she misses school
me: has been studying for the past 5 hours because my teachers suck and I have exams tomorrow :))))))

dodie: *uploads a video about how she misses school*
me: *has been studying for the past 5 hours because my teachers suck and I have exams tomorrow* :))))))


God I wish I'd listened to videos like this when I was 16


I hated school, I also was bullied. I quit(?) school two years early and then I had two years, where I enjoyed freedom. Now I'm at a new school. I have learned so much in these two years and after a few months I began to miss the other people and I missed school. I still don't enjoy going to school, but it's so much better than it was at my first attempt, haha.


my school is doing exams right now and honestly they make me want to curl up in a ball and sob. I'm supposed to be studying for German right now but I can't take it. I normally love school and I too get my energy from people, but lately it's been more draining than uplifting. I'm one of those people who doesn't practice what I preach. I talk all about how school is great and that exams shouldn't be big stressors, yet here I am crying bc I can't think of a way to remember German possessive adjectives. I really like your message though, that in a few years I'll miss being fluent in another language and that I should live for now, and not dwell on the past or fret about the future but how? I have to start planning college tours and career paths, and I have no clue what to do. if I dwell on the past I just think of how much happier I was and get sad, and if I live for the future I have extreme anxiety of failing and not being able to live how I want, but I can't focus on now w/o the past


thanks you for being the highlight of my day


Finishing sixth form in 3 months and I'm absolutely terrified!


Are you going to write a book? I know you were saying something about it before and I think it might be a good little solution to some of these things and also ID FREAKING LOVE IT IF YOU WROTE A BOOK that's all xD ❤


Watching this while trying to learn 250 words for my stupid French exam :'(

I don't want to make a channel but it's saying I have to


I honestly can't wait to leave but in some ways I'm scared to leave school


ik you said this doesn't apply to everyone so don't think i'm telling you you're wrong or whatever lmao

but school does not work for me, like, at all. i went to a state secondary school to begin with and that was fine for year 7 but then in year 8 i was just like... NOPE. so i kinda developed a weird school phobia thing that wasn't really triggered by anything tbh. i wasn't bullied, i was achieving high grades, and i'm an extrovert so large amounts of people shouldn't affect me. but for whatever reason, i couldn't deal with it and just ended up not going all together. so eventually in year 9 i moved to a LOVELY LOVELY little school - and by little, i mean it literally has 12 pupils. and that was great for a while, because it was an independent school so it didn't have to follow the mainstream school system so much. this year, though, it's got more serious, because ofsted have put a lottt more regulations in place, and it's lost the freedom i felt it had in year 9. it's not a reflection on the school itself - the teachers, pupils and place are all LOVELY. but alas, the education system is not. and eventually, i developed the school phobia type thing again. so last monday, i was officially taken out of school to be home educated!! it's only been three days so i can't really tell what it's like all in all, but at the moment, i'm super happy with how it is. i feel motivated to do stuff again, because i have way more control over what i learn. for example, today i did three hours of french, because i actually WANT to learn french. it feels like i'm learning for myself and not for someone else.

i'm super sorry for the mega long comment lol

if anyone reading is or has been home educated i'd love to hear your thoughts :)


Dodie have you heard Adam Young's (Owl City) new compositions, if not you really should :D


ALSO YES i totally understand the missing being told what to do because i get terrified about being in charge of my own life all the time ahhhhhh


Ive had a really bad time recently at school because everything is getting serious and my eXAMS ARE IN 2 MONTHS. But anyway what i am trying to say is that this video really helped me out. I never really thought someone would miss learning but i guess i should really appreciate it more. My whole year is knackered and stressed at the moment and my maths teacher was saying how she sympathised with us and really didn't miss this stage of education and life in general (with the raging hormones and exams and interviews and entrance exams.) Both opinions are polar opposites but still equally helped me (my maths teacher was saying that it does get better and we wont feel like this forever and itll all be worth it.)


I was wondering how you were going to upload. Good old mcd's. Dodie do you practice mindfulness?


I am totally not gonna miss school, I was crying earlier over literally nothing because of school 😂 Only a few months to go thank god


I'm considerably older than you Dodie, but the bit you were saying about enjoying the present is so relatable. Practising mindfulness is something I need to get back to doing and it's important not to wish your life away, as I frequently do, unfortunately.


I'm still at school right now, and im like oh god help drowning in work and it feels hard to appreciate it when you are thinking so much about the things ya gotta do, it feels like everyone's just waiting to escape and then afterwards we'll all look back and miss it.. argh!


im in school now and even though i hate it, im scared im going to loose all my knowledge once i graduate


Watching this while procrastinating my English creative writing homework . Which I KNOWWW should be grateful for but I'm so tired and uninspired (wow rhyme) and I just can't motivate myself to wake up in the morning let alone go to this prison like building for 7 hours a day where they only go and give me another 3 hours of homework a day. I just don't think school understands mental health yannoe!


I hated secondary school when I was there, but kinda miss it now I think it's the less responsibilities and more freedom I miss


if you like poetry you should have a look at Shane koyczan's channel he's an amazing poet.


I'm doing chemistry homework while I watch this...


At the moment I cannot imagine life without school but I will be happy when I'm free thank god


It's 13 years of compulsory education now! Bleeeeughhhh. I'm actually glad to have been done with it for a while now.


I'm in school right now and really would rather be aNYWHERE else but I feel u fam school is routine and stuff


I'm still in school but I'm terrified of leaving and having to make proper decisions 😭


I miss school so much. Like, it was bad a lot of the time but I was ill from year 9 till the end of GCSEs and I feel like I missed out a bit ;-;


I miss school as well, bahhh nostalgia :(


First comment whoop X love you so much Dodie, been waiting for this video all day 💗


i truly don't mean this creepily at all, but you're so unintentionally cute


hope you enjoy your chicken wrap dodz :)


jesus on a boat, i can relate to this so much.


im doing the last year of hs and i know im gonna miss it althought i feel so tired of it now, it just scares me that ill be on universety next year (i hope) and ill have to be responsible and all that sht


I love my old school, still do, but not my current school. my old school was like a home. I loved it


shall we start up a club where we discuss different academic topics? ye ok cool good I'm glad bc that'd be great


I MISS SCHOOL TOOOOOOOOOO (even though im in college still but its not the same u know im not surrounded by as many familiar faces etc) :(( i relate to so many of these reasons omg especially the wanting to be told what to do thing bc i am the LEAST independent person ever


I also miss school because I have no idea what to do now :( totally get your nostalgia


DODDIE YOU ARE MY QUEEN. ME AND MY GIRLFRIEND LAY IN BED EVERY NIGHT AND CHECK BOTH DODDLEODDLE AND VLOGGLEODDLE TO SEE IF YOU'VE UPLOADED A NEW VIDEO AND IF NOT WE WATCH YOUR OLD ONES AND LISTEN TO YOUR SONGS. MY FAVOURITE IS SHE BUT MY GIRLFRIEND LOVES MY FACE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ESSENTIALLY BEING THE ONE THING I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY DAY! YOUR DOWN TO EARTH REALISM IS WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE WORLD A HAPPIER PLACE! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!


I could not agree with all of this more... people at school have no idea. I understand why they don't but, really, school can be super great. The only thing that's different for me is that being at university I am getting the intellectual input, but during my gap year it was awful, I felt the same way you do now. I could just feel my brain going to mush. I would try to have intelligent conversations and back up my points and I suddenly be like, damn, where'd all the knowledge and understanding go? lord knows what'll happen after I graduate :S


I'm in Mcdonald's watching this so its ok dodge haha


Does anybody get that thing where when you're in school you wanna leave, but once you leave you wanna go back? No? okie I'm all alone... <b>cries in corner</b>

Does anybody get that thing where when you're in school you wanna leave, but once you leave you wanna go back? No? okie I'm all alone... *cries in corner*


Are you considering going back to college/going to university? :)

I hate replying to my own comment, but I graduated last year and I miss being in education and being told assignments to do etc, so can we be friends and be sad together? I miss learning 😭


I don't actually miss school, bc today I was there, but maybe in the future who knows...Do you wanna change? you come to school and I go to make your work ahah,<br>lysm doddie

I don't actually miss school, bc today I was there, but maybe in the future who knows...Do you wanna change? you come to school and I go to make your work ahah,
lysm doddie


They're knocking my old school down this summer. It's an 8 storey monstrosity.


I don't get why so many people absolutely HATE school. Like, I always see, for example on tumblr, posts of people complaining about having classes and tests and stuff.. but honestly, I need school. Yes it's stressful af, I have written or oral tests almost everyday, but I need to go to school because it makes me leave my house, it makes me interact with people and things like that. Without school I'd probably be alone with my thoughts all day and I think I'd go insane.<br>I don't know, maybe the scholastic system is different here in my country, but if you're from America or Britain or anywhere else in the world, could you please tell me why do you dislike school so much? What's wrong with the system in general? I'm just curious! (I apologise for any mistake I may have made, English is not my native language (: )

I don't get why so many people absolutely HATE school. Like, I always see, for example on tumblr, posts of people complaining about having classes and tests and stuff.. but honestly, I need school. Yes it's stressful af, I have written or oral tests almost everyday, but I need to go to school because it makes me leave my house, it makes me interact with people and things like that. Without school I'd probably be alone with my thoughts all day and I think I'd go insane.
I don't know, maybe the scholastic system is different here in my country, but if you're from America or Britain or anywhere else in the world, could you please tell me why do you dislike school so much? What's wrong with the system in general? I'm just curious! (I apologise for any mistake I may have made, English is not my native language (: )


I'm in Mcdonald's watching this so its ok dodge


There was a king searching for new servants. he was not only kind, but the most wealthy (albeit sometimes eccentric) in all the lands. there were many people vying for his employment, so the king sent them on an impossible task to test the entrants creativity. "Find me something that when I'm sad, will make me happy; and when I'm happy, will make me sad". After a week of silence, a single servant came back with a ring, and on the inside was inscribed; "This too shall pass"

Basically always appreciate where you are! Things that are going on will always be in flux and always change, and while theres sad things that suck that you can't wait to go away (Don't worry they will!) There is great stuff and moments that will pass that you might not even notice you were experiencing! school is like that I think ok kids have fun byeeee


You're an extrovert? I never would have guessed, but it does make sense now that you say that.


So a few years ago I moved schools because of sleep problems I have (still have it really badly...) and now I miss going a to a big school with lots of kids (I went from like 1000+ to about 200) and I have no friends which isn't good because I'm a serious extrovert... I get so lonely if someone doesn't even talk to me for 10 minutes... The only friends I have are internet friends and I love them so much but sometimes I just need someone to hangout with and sadly I have no way to make any friends, because at my school it's very hard (it's not as simple as just saying hi and stuff, also my school is an "alternative" school and 95% of the kids smoke and party and all that stuff, and I ain't about that life) so what I miss is just being surrounded by people that are easy to make friends with 😔


God, I'm a student, and I miss school oh no


I'm currently in school and I'm in grade seven, but ever since school i had to go to school I didn't enjoy it. The only thing enjoy is the people around me and my friends.


yay vedim, ew school, but nostalgia is a very powerful thing so i forgive you for missing it

Im just gonna miss how close friends are to see but wow school sucks especially year 12 oh my god im a terrible student i procrastinate forever


Yo... You like learning and you have a fairly steady income? Ever thought of going to Uni for something you enjoy like English lit or music??¿


Does anyone else hear the tapping in the background?

+doddlevloggle I'm one of the weird ones that kinda likes the lens tappy noises :)

SORRY that was my camera auto focus thing


I was worried that I wouldn't like this video. I don't like it when "older" people tell you that you need to enjoy what you have now and not take it for granted, because one day it will all be gone and you'll wish you were back there again. It makes me feel very sad because, it puts pressure on you to be happy and enjoy everything now because...life only gets worse I guess. I don't know. I'm scared to grow up. gtg before I cry :) xx

Please don't be scared to grow up chuck! Take away from this video that there are things to appreciate at every stage of life. Independence feels great, and I think when people get nostalgic about school it's easy to forget how restrictive it could feel sometimes. Enjoy it when you want to but don't feel bad for cursing it after a crappy day. X


I never thought id hear anyone ever say that


I haven't watched the video yet but EXCUSE ME!??!


Well at least you get to go to McDonalds whenever you want. Even late at night.


DODIE I LOVE YOU
PLEASE NOTICE ME
YOU ARE SO AMAZING.
OK WOW OK 💖💖💖


I feel ya about needing the peoples - me no like being alone...miss the friendos! lets decide to not adult..yeah...? Also...who knew there were things called bills and having to do the weekly shop :'0


Sheeeiit there's actually a video today.


I am not going to miss school. nuh uh. nope


helo if u r alone I can hang out with u Lol !! SOZ

yes this is what I'm trying to tell myself like "it's ok there's freedom in having ur decisions made for u u have structure ur learning things" etc etc but it's next to impossible to enjoy it while ur there sigh sigh sigh

This video reminds me of that line from the office when Andy's like "I wish there was a way of knowing you're in the good old days"


sounds like you would love university :/


Why don't you go to university part time??

Like do literary studies or film or philosophy


I need to go to school today I wish I was off but next time I'm off is Wednesday and that's because I'm getting braces and I have anxiety and its going to be worse with braces I'm 13 please reply dodie


Whats your zodiac? I guess taurus or maybe pisces but i am probably wrong

+Tegan Lawrence oh the exact oppostite... :( but thank you tho


currently I'm about to die. my 4th period teacher doesn't give a fuck about people who miss school. so I have missed 2 days and tomorrow, I have a quiz with an essay attached. mind you, I missed half of the lesson, so I barely know anything about this quiz. I would've looked over the homework sheet, but I left it in school. and said teacher doesn't care if you missed a day. he'll give you a test, and if you fail, he just takes the grade and blames you. I love 7th grade😑


+doddlevloggle maybe you should go back to school/univeristy?? hahah


You cute girl. Don't threat. Google puppies.


I have eleven days of school left. Fuck this shit. I'm so scared..

@Johana La<br>that's good to hear :) thank you

@Johana La
that's good to hear :) thank you

@Feuerfliege P I think that's how everyone feels tbh We're all on the same boat, you ain't alone:-)

@Johana La<br>I hope so :3 It's just that I don't know what to do with my life so I feel kinda lost

@Johana La
I hope so :3 It's just that I don't know what to do with my life so I feel kinda lost


Although i agree with the content this was painful to watch. It's so heavily edited that you are going to a new frame every 2-5 seconds. I don't get this on youTube. Is this to look cool and edgy or is it that people these days are unable to talk on a subject semi coherently for a few minutes?

you know I nearly edited my comment when I read it back. But then I thought if that person is going to be so pathetic to point out a spelling error then let them. You didn't disappoint me.

Ava Thyen I know it's called editing. I stated that in my comment. I never stated it made it boring either? I said it was too painful to watch. Which it is. Based on what you'er saying this person wasn't trying to be edgy or cool. They simply cannot talk on a subject without a script semi coherently.


I hate school. It's terrible, I go to a terrible school filled with chavs and bullies, and the teachers are terrible we literally learn nothing also I basically hate everyone at school except for my friends. I'm 14 but I feel like dropping out of school and doing online school because public school gives me depression and anxiety.

If you get the chance, definitely go to an online school. And maybe join small clubs that focus on things you like. You can even create your own little club, like a book club or baking club or music group. If you don't get this chance, I know it sucks, but try to make the best out of it. Write and talk about your feelings. If you want, go to therapy, because it may help. Instead of doing only what the teacher says and not learning much, try to be an active learner. Write down questions and take simplified notes and research your questions and add to your notes. Find second resources and really explore what you're learning about. A good book about learning is What Smart Students Know. <br>Good luck :)

If you get the chance, definitely go to an online school. And maybe join small clubs that focus on things you like. You can even create your own little club, like a book club or baking club or music group. If you don't get this chance, I know it sucks, but try to make the best out of it. Write and talk about your feelings. If you want, go to therapy, because it may help. Instead of doing only what the teacher says and not learning much, try to be an active learner. Write down questions and take simplified notes and research your questions and add to your notes. Find second resources and really explore what you're learning about. A good book about learning is What Smart Students Know.
Good luck :)


I hare people who beg for likes

Like if you agree 😂
Ps dodie I love you! you're awesome!!


School life is easy - biggest worry is looking stupid. Real life costs money.


it is for me now they've changed the grades system

Also the stigma around mental illness is ridiculous.