'The Smartest Kids in the World' sneak peek: 'Sadie's view on public school'

An exclusive clip from the new documentary, 'The Smartest Kids in the World'

Video Transcript

[MUSIC PLAYING]

- I love academics. I really like to learn, but I've never loved school. Home schooling was great. I remember so many times we would, like, fill a trash bag with food and books. We'd put the bunny on the leash, and we went for walks in the woods. And mom would just read to us and we would color. I mean, that was awesome.

But high school is like a box with no air holes.

[BELL RINGING]

- (OVER PA) Can you excuse the interruption? I just wanted to let the high school basketball girls know that practice will start at about 4:20 this afternoon and go to 6:15.

(SINGING) [INAUDIBLE]

- My parents have always said it is what you make of it, and I've tried to make the best. But when you have to ask a teacher, like, over and over again, what is this for? The teachers are like, what you do here isn't part of the real world. Why aren't you teaching us what it's like in the real world if that's what we're going to do afterwards?

[BELL RINGING]

I know it doesn't have to be like this.