Teacher Resigns During Kansas School Board Meeting With Powerful Speech | NowThis

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  • @nowthisimpact
    @nowthisimpact  2 роки тому +350

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    • @teeheee2
      @teeheee2 2 роки тому +46

      My only complaint is the music over bearing her beautiful speech in certain areas. Otherwise great video.

    • @randygrant4829
      @randygrant4829 2 роки тому +145

      Will bidenbe speaking or mumbling

    • @fuddcar
      @fuddcar 2 роки тому +94

      Can we send in some softball questions or do you have enough of your own?

    • @uaplab
      @uaplab 2 роки тому +2

      More talking? More words? More promises and assurances I bet? Lmao. No thanks. Words and "talking" are tactics they use to run out the clock or kick the can down the road.
      PS: Biden is a senile old fool, Harris is totally incompetent and slept her way to the top, Pelosi is a drunk. God help us all.
      Thankfully we regain control of one branch (that'll make 2 out of 3 for those counting) in just a few days. Voters will hammer democrats on the most important issues: the economy and inflation.
      Nobody cares about your racism
      Nobody cares about your feminism
      Nobody cares about your socialism
      Nobody cares about your communism
      Nobody cares about shoveling your "student debt" onto taxpayers
      Nobody wants to flood the country with hostile illegal aliens
      Nobody cares about your uninformed mob-rule idiocracy..sorry, democracy
      Nobody cares about you
      We do care about our personal lives and finances.

    • @michaelforsythe4335
      @michaelforsythe4335 2 роки тому +143

      LOL - as if Joe is even capable of having conversations. But hey...... bring some children for him to sniff.

  • @grady.stu.8300
    @grady.stu.8300 4 роки тому +14307

    The sad part about this is after her speech was over the board members probably rolled their eyes and went to dinner on the city's credit card.

    • @carrieevert1518
      @carrieevert1518 4 роки тому +249

      yep.

    • @chandafiske5399
      @chandafiske5399 4 роки тому +418

      sadly those in the positions have no conscience... just rolling in what they feel is their power... grrrrr

    • @passapmachines4006
      @passapmachines4006 4 роки тому +181

      It is up to us to make sure we select the board members to represent the interest of the people!

    • @bobos245
      @bobos245 4 роки тому +102

      @@passapmachines4006 But there will always be more who do the same. Just like politicians.

    • @ninnikins4768
      @ninnikins4768 4 роки тому +16

      Sad it is

  • @gco1858
    @gco1858 4 роки тому +18632

    I attend this school district, and the students are 100% behind the teachers. The board has stagnated their pay while increasing their workload, and this speech is just one of hundreds teachers have given in the past months.

    • @JD-kp6pt
      @JD-kp6pt 4 роки тому +115

      @Grant Colvin
      You don't like the pay then find a different job. Neurosurgeons have a much higher workload and they have to work on call 24 hour shifts after studying for 15 hours a day for 15+ years.

    • @offplanet740
      @offplanet740 4 роки тому +1354

      J D okay boomer 👉🏼🗑

    • @demonwriterx9412
      @demonwriterx9412 4 роки тому +1481

      J D If YoU dOn’T liKe ThE JoB, ThEn GeT a DiFfErEnT JoB”
      Oh my gosh, I-its so simple, they should go back to school and paid more money to get another degree for a different job. They shouldn't be allow to ask for more pay from their district, they should just pack up and find a different job. It's so simple.

    • @offplanet740
      @offplanet740 4 роки тому +234

      Grant Colvin good to hear! also, well put, young man. make em proud!

    • @cesarebachelli
      @cesarebachelli 4 роки тому +644

      @@JD-kp6pt neurosurgeons also are lowly paid considering their workload. This wage issue is beyond the school compound. Our national wages are stagnant relative to inflations. But one person is given more and more workload.

  • @tommygirl123able
    @tommygirl123able 4 роки тому +13395

    “Teaching is like a bad marriage, you never get your needs met but you stay in it for the kids”. As a teacher myself, I felt that in my soul.

    • @el7dian
      @el7dian 4 роки тому +168

      Hope you are charismatic and passionate like her. Those kids you see everyday are tomorrow's citizens and I hope that they'll do better than us.

    • @lorig7077
      @lorig7077 4 роки тому +133

      Sooooo many teachers have said this forever. Staying there for the kids. Hope things change.

    • @ghostlight69420
      @ghostlight69420 4 роки тому +38

      tommygirl123able Don’t stay for the kids, they don’t belong their either. Quit and push for apprenticeship. To heck with schooling.

    • @donnawoodford6641
      @donnawoodford6641 4 роки тому +88

      I always wondered why sports players are seen as heroes and are paid high salaries when it is actually the teachers that helped them launch their lucrative careers. When do teachers get cheerleaders boosting their spirits and supporting them? Maybe some board members, legislatures, and secretary of education need a lesson or two or three...

    • @robinluich5576
      @robinluich5576 4 роки тому +82

      If only all teachers truly cared.
      I had two very good teachers who never gave up on me.
      I never got the education I wanted because my home life was so disruptive,but I had two of the greatest teacher's refusing to give up on me in first and second grade. I was never spoken to because I was an introvert,but that doesn't mean I wasn't observing.
      I always felt dumb.
      I would forget to do my homework and be so upset with myself.
      There was no routine in our home. My parent's would take us to my aunts house right after school and keep us out until 3:00am and expect us to go to school; we had no time to do homework once we did get home. I seriously feel 4th grade was the last grade I had completed; I'm lucky I can read for as much as we moved around. I did eventually study at home to get my G.E.D.; though I wish I had an actual diploma.
      I owe anything I do know as far as reading, to my 1st and 2nd grade teachers who both took the extra time, attention, and concern for my education.

  • @Dumbmoviereviews
    @Dumbmoviereviews 8 місяців тому +50

    I still go back and watch this, I’m a Middle School Teacher for the 7th grade. And she’s right. “You never get your needs done, but you stay in it for the kids”

  • @d_flooo
    @d_flooo 4 роки тому +5682

    “Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying.” Wow, that is powerful.

    • @lollic307
      @lollic307 4 роки тому +45

      That is life in my experience. When you are raised this way, it is expected

    • @Nick-eu5lb
      @Nick-eu5lb 4 роки тому +59

      It’s abuse

    • @kingmasterlord
      @kingmasterlord 4 роки тому +97

      @@lollic307 which is exactly why they're trying to instill it into the school system, so the government can keep getting away with it later.
      They want those kids to grow up thinking that abuse is normal.

    • @petarcosic2781
      @petarcosic2781 4 роки тому +14

      America is a nation wired Catholic, labeled Protestant, and functioning secular. People don’t believe this when they first hear it, but it’s demonstrably true. And the cryptic interaction between Catholicism and both the young nation’s native Protestantism and post-Enlightenment secularism has wrought a land of deep and possibly fatal contradiction.
      The impasse between the American republic’s wiring, labeling, and functioning has also turned it into a republic in name only that, without change, will soon perish.
      Our national infirmity is betrayed by six symptoms indicating that America misses muster as a true republic. The stubbornly incredulous American anti-Catholicism on the religious right (today’s grandkids of the Reformation) and on the secular left (today’s grandkids of the Enlightenment) must evaporate before the existential threat can be nullified.
      There is only one solution to American decadence in 2016-and, like it or lump it, that solution is Catholic.
      Here is the paradox: through shameless plagiarism of the Catholic natural law tradition, the Reformation-Enlightenment-inspired founders of this nation created a new regime centered upon the very thing that the Reformation and the Enlightenment had rejected throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: the Catholic natural law.
      Let that irony sink in. As Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote of the Protestant preacher Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter: “The pale clergyman piled up his library, rich with parchment-bound folios of the Fathers . . . and monkish erudition, of which the Protestant divines, even while they vilified and decried that class of writers, were yet constrained often to avail themselves.”
      History is stranger even than Hawthorne’s fiction. This secret plagiarism features in American history as a sort of intellectual schizophrenia by the religious right and the secular left. Each camp’s sixteenth-century “grandparent”-respectively, the Reformation and the Enlightenment-has for five centuries sermonized against the Catholic natural law. Stranger still is the irony that the two “rivals” have far more in common-a potent allergy to natural law-than either side wishes to recall. They are false rivals, fake opposites.
      Think of both “Protestant natural law” and “Enlightenment natural law” as contradictions in terms. One could argue that Catholic natural law (Thomas Aquinas’s brand of Aristotelianism) is the only genuine brand of it. But a luminary or two from either camp occasionally referred to something they called “natural law,” however misguided their criteria might have been. It proves to be a sufficiently argumentative task just showing Americans that the ideas they’ve long embraced about politics and culture are uniquely Catholic. So let’s just stick with that.REST ABOUT BOOK BY TIMOTHY GORDON" CATHOLIC REPUBLIC:WHY AMERICA WILL PERISH WITHOUT ROME" ON CATHOLIC ANSWERS PAGE

    • @pharma37
      @pharma37 4 роки тому +58

      I completely disagree with her point.
      Respect is always earned.
      There is baseline common decency, but respect is a different thing.

  • @AsIAm3991
    @AsIAm3991 4 роки тому +6230

    “There will be no clarifying questions, I don’t answer to you anymore”
    Yes ma’am!!!!

    • @Grassyknolldallas
      @Grassyknolldallas 4 роки тому +25

      AsIAm_ Lol that really hurt them too especially when she has no money coming in and they do. 🤷‍♂️

    • @maurolopez1242
      @maurolopez1242 4 роки тому +45

      SO POWERFUL. YAAAAS I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO TALK ABOUT YOU ON MY GRADUATION SPEECH AND WOULD STAND UP FOR YOU ALL THE WAY. THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP FOR EVERYONE. INSPIRING. Your voice is heard everywhere! Thank you

    • @garysimmons3166
      @garysimmons3166 4 роки тому +3

      @@maurolopez1242 50 bucks says you forgot about the speech by the following morning and were only reminded of it because of my response. Enjoy viewing all your pointless emails...social media accounts and all the other filler in your life that keeps you from achieving your full potential

    • @whimsysmith2835
      @whimsysmith2835 4 роки тому +75

      @@garysimmons3166 - Good lord! Are you just being randomly spiteful for a reason? I mean, are you bored? Exactly how busy can your own day be, when you spend your time trying to puncture random strangers good feelings? Exactly where do you get off telling complete strangers that they are pointless and useless?
      Your comment is legit pointless and useless.

    • @ChaotiX1
      @ChaotiX1 4 роки тому +5

      @@whimsysmith2835 As is your reply. Stop getting worked up over strangers opinions and move on. When you feed the fire, youre the only one that gets burned.

  • @WhatSoEverThingsAreLovely
    @WhatSoEverThingsAreLovely 4 роки тому +5843

    She was talking to ALL of us watching...not just her students!! 👂🏽

    • @CocoTaveras8975
      @CocoTaveras8975 4 роки тому +18

      Miss Amazon YEP! 👍

    • @ffssheeple
      @ffssheeple 4 роки тому +50

      And I definitely heard her to my core! What a strong and wise lady 💜💜

    • @jemeeladams1197
      @jemeeladams1197 4 роки тому +15

      Facts

    • @leesimone2
      @leesimone2 4 роки тому +21

      You can say that again!👏👏👏👏
      Many are over the nonsense, and don't care anymore to make uncouth people to comprehend where others are coming from. From a place of compassion, workable dreams, and the willingness to learn and grow from missteps and pain.
      Yes she is talking for many world wide!

    • @CyberClone138
      @CyberClone138 4 роки тому +22

      On this day I was her student

  • @susanloffhagen7788
    @susanloffhagen7788 6 місяців тому +430

    This woman is a leader. She walks and talks her values. Integrity galore.

  • @SirIkeMedia
    @SirIkeMedia 4 роки тому +14973

    As I say:
    "You're never too old to want better for yourself."
    This applies to everything.

    • @aida087
      @aida087 4 роки тому +76

      Exactly! It's like I always say *you're never to old to learn* and this was a great lesson for students all around! I admire her courage and stance and wish her the best! And I hope her students literally take her message to heart!💞😉👏👏👏

    • @larrymitchell9897
      @larrymitchell9897 4 роки тому +38

      Sir Isaac Exactly, if a job treat you harshly or got too comfortable with it, it not too late to look for another line of work.

    • @beckys9592
      @beckys9592 4 роки тому +17

      It’s ALWAYS about money

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 4 роки тому +10

      Amen to that, Sir Isaac!

    • @oneandonlyjark
      @oneandonlyjark 4 роки тому +12

      And it's never too late to start bettering oneself (unless it is actually too late and death is imminent).

  • @averyricco3980
    @averyricco3980 4 роки тому +4325

    This school board should be ashamed of themselves.

    • @canogaparque818
      @canogaparque818 4 роки тому +115

      They dont care they still get paid

    • @antoniusbritannia8217
      @antoniusbritannia8217 4 роки тому +88

      They should, but aren't. Shame means little these days

    • @BLUELEADER78
      @BLUELEADER78 4 роки тому +44

      You can't shame people for behavior despite it being behavior that they should obviously be ashamed of in the first place. One of the many reasons we have so many problems these days.

    • @toriladybird511
      @toriladybird511 4 роки тому +12

      Teachers Should be on it!!!

    • @todayiglowup4286
      @todayiglowup4286 4 роки тому +67

      i dont think its the school board’s problem entirely, the whole public school system is corrupt

  • @Mintziii13_
    @Mintziii13_ 4 роки тому +4267

    Then they say that "America is losing teachers."
    I wonder why.

    • @LordStanley94
      @LordStanley94 4 роки тому +25

      The Unions are greatly to blame.

    • @marty2970
      @marty2970 4 роки тому +179

      The unions got me a 16% raise over 5 years as a teachers aid where I made 30 an hour.
      They also got our backs when the district tried to fire staff becuase they would rather use the money to build a gym.
      Unions have there place in education

    • @madeline569
      @madeline569 4 роки тому +70

      The American (and most other countries) public education system wasn't designed to educate people, it's designed (in the west) in the 1800s as an ISA: Ideological State Apparatus
      That a fancy term Louis Althusser coined to mean that schools don't teach you useful information, they instill and perpetuate capitalist ideology like:
      1) blindly respecting authority
      2) sitting still
      3) following the rules
      4) getting to work on time
      As well as keeping working class (poor) people and minorities under educated so they are less likely to revolt against the rich.

    • @jameskim1505
      @jameskim1505 4 роки тому +37

      Republican party do not want general public to be able to form their own opinions or capable of critical thinking. Oh you don't think so? Look at folks who voted for Trump.

    • @CadetBoneSpurs
      @CadetBoneSpurs 4 роки тому +5

      It’s been this plan of the treasonous right wing and Koch bros for the past 20 years.....to force for profit schools....it’s the treasonous right wing game plan....”fix it” till it’s broke then complain about how it doesn’t work......there should have been gallows built a long time ago

  • @donaldrhine548
    @donaldrhine548 Рік тому +425

    Just because you're on the school board doesn't mean you're intelligent. Because this school board wasn't smart enough to keep this great teacher. We need more like her.

    • @petratical
      @petratical 7 місяців тому +13

      Right, more like her, less like them!

    • @JosieNobile-k7f
      @JosieNobile-k7f 4 місяці тому +2

      Just because your running for president doesnt mean he qualifies mentally and is capable and has the best interest of the people. Yes wrre talking about the old man with no brain. Vote blue and send him into permanent retirement..

    • @Scorpio-w7q
      @Scorpio-w7q 4 місяці тому

      My opinion school board members are made of a bunch of idiots who think they are smart but aren’t! They take stupidity to a whole new level!

    • @b0borden437
      @b0borden437 Місяць тому +9

      The school board should be made up of retired teachers that understand the problems teaches face.

    • @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401
      @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 Місяць тому +6

      School Boards should consist of ex-teachers and well educated members.

  • @bkdmode
    @bkdmode 4 роки тому +7360

    "There will be no clarifying questions; I don't answer to you anymore." - Best mic-drop moment of 2020 so far...

    • @nolawilson2008
      @nolawilson2008 4 роки тому +31

      100%

    • @The-ct1xq
      @The-ct1xq 4 роки тому +51

      and this is BEFORE Covid...........

    • @onlytruth1776
      @onlytruth1776 4 роки тому +3

      She'll answer to someone else....lmao

    • @AnimeDreamer141
      @AnimeDreamer141 4 роки тому +35

      @@onlytruth1776 private tutors make bank lmao shes good if she stays in teaching

    • @kumaahito3927
      @kumaahito3927 4 роки тому +26

      @@AnimeDreamer141 yeah. Not from US, but the really good teachers can easily get into private schools, private tutoring, etc. and earn way more than they did previously. So 'threatening' them is just foolish, and the public schools should appreciate that they didn't leave yet.

  • @arielle452
    @arielle452 4 роки тому +5936

    “I’m a highly educated very talented teacher”
    I’m glad she knows her worth ❤️

    • @doms.6701
      @doms.6701 4 роки тому +39

      Or she thinks too highly of herself.

    • @ienjoysandwiches
      @ienjoysandwiches 4 роки тому +28

      what a weird comment to get all the thumbs ups. like you picked her least valuable and most self congratulatory sentence.

    • @magnusamann6806
      @magnusamann6806 4 роки тому +118

      It's not a bad thing to believe in yourself.
      It is a bad thing to think little of others or express such to seem supreme.

    • @blueapple4044
      @blueapple4044 4 роки тому +9

      @@magnusamann6806 Illusory superiority.

    • @iamTheSnark
      @iamTheSnark 4 роки тому +41

      @@ienjoysandwiches You have a long way to go before you find out how wrong you are. Shame on you.

  • @busystudying6711
    @busystudying6711 4 роки тому +2174

    “Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying.” There is literally no better way she could have phrased that sentence.

    • @peace-now
      @peace-now 4 роки тому +8

      How would you have phrased it?
      Update: Sorry, I misread your comment. Somehow overlooked the "literally no" bit. :)

    • @WillSams
      @WillSams 4 роки тому +4

      Actually, it's because their parents are dumb. Alleged "bad" teachers have nothing to do with it.

    •  4 роки тому +19

      @Tyler Wilson It's a shame that the President of the United States doesn't understand this.

    •  4 роки тому +1

      @A. Wellknownmyth oink off.

    • @chrisstarritt6755
      @chrisstarritt6755 4 роки тому

      When she said that I thought of the relationship between officers and citizens.

  • @dalefincher9810
    @dalefincher9810 Місяць тому +30

    Good for this woman. She has true character, unlike the school board members.

  • @billmoss2877
    @billmoss2877 4 роки тому +5166

    "Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying."
    I love this enlightened woman. All good things to her.

    • @MrTheclevercat
      @MrTheclevercat 4 роки тому +14

      Trying to redefine bullying this way is hilarious. 'I don't feel my boss respects me, my ideas or contributions enough. That is bullying." LOLOLOL get real.

    • @aaroneeee
      @aaroneeee 4 роки тому +152

      @@MrTheclevercat thats exactly what someone who benefits from disrespecting people in an uneven power dynamic would say.

    • @JamesCAsphalt8
      @JamesCAsphalt8 4 роки тому +4

      So what we are hoping for is an even power dynamic in bullying? I do not agree that this statement is brilliant.

    • @aaroneeee
      @aaroneeee 4 роки тому +68

      @@JamesCAsphalt8 The issue is not the uneven power dynamic, its the disrespect in said power dynamic. An inability to see this is why this issue exists in the first place.

    • @etoatoummhmm6391
      @etoatoummhmm6391 4 роки тому +27

      MrTheclevercat because u can’t talk back and or say anything to stop the disrespect or else you face consequences. You’re forced to be a good little puppy in fear of being taken to the pound.

  • @joannalamb4542
    @joannalamb4542 4 роки тому +1926

    She is teaching more than just her students.

  • @hummingbirdcity
    @hummingbirdcity 4 роки тому +977

    "I don't answer to you anymore" is so liberating, even when I'm not the one saying it.

    • @keyboardfreedomfighter5734
      @keyboardfreedomfighter5734 4 роки тому +4

      hummingbirdcity i say that to everyone.....minus the “anymore” part.

    • @siwa7160
      @siwa7160 4 роки тому +1

      @tonmy cas i assume that your referring to the omighty one in the sky.

  • @cherylstone1750
    @cherylstone1750 10 місяців тому +77

    As a former teacher, I’m sooo glad, after 36 years, I’m retired. This government has destroyed the teaching profession and I’m so upset about what the children have suffered. This lady said it so well. Sad but so true.

    • @SailorGerry
      @SailorGerry Місяць тому

      But - has not the government destroyed everything? Labor unions are near-banned in the majority of states, as with the right to strike. Pension funds for state employees at risk of default - and much of this is due to incompetent financial management (think: the very wealthy keep on increasing their wealth near-exponentially, yet so many state employee pension funds that held billions of dollars failed - the 'managers' of these, protected by obscure laws, conjured-uo by Republican administrations at both the state and federal level). Very expensive medical care - unlike most 'western industrialized democracies'. The expected collapse of Social Security within ten years, if new funding and/or increase if premiums is not found or imposed.
      Continue voting-in GOP administrators and all the aforementioned and more, will continue.
      Heaven help the United States...

    • @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401
      @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 Місяць тому +1

      You are mistaken and misled. This great administration has provided funding, but State Legislatures must use the funds properly. The Federal government has nothing to do with that. You are blindly prejudiced, and that is also part of the problem.

    • @golden-kappa5921
      @golden-kappa5921 22 дні тому +1

      @@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 Federal and state governments share responsibility for education funding. Blaming one side oversimplifies systemic issues

  • @music2driveto948
    @music2driveto948 4 роки тому +3083

    Great lesson for everyone here..."Just because you can, it doesn't mean you should"!!! The world needs more teachers like that.

    • @TestaOnFire
      @TestaOnFire 4 роки тому +28

      @Big PP But i dont think anyone use this lesson in the real world.
      Over all, insulting someone is really disrespectfull, who teach to insult someone without know him?

    • @jamesmiller2521
      @jamesmiller2521 4 роки тому +7

      No, we need less boards like that

    • @DylanOB4
      @DylanOB4 4 роки тому +6

      Big PP your name is strange, you radiate hard smol pp energy.

    • @dudius3743
      @dudius3743 4 роки тому

      Big PP pewds says u have smol pp

    • @dudius3743
      @dudius3743 4 роки тому +5

      Big PP imagine being named big pp on UA-cam and getting mad when people call you smol pp

  • @kstoony4661
    @kstoony4661 4 роки тому +4190

    Mrs Coffmen was my teacher in Kansas City, she was amazing and I can't wait to see what she becomes.

    • @alexandercove1194
      @alexandercove1194 4 роки тому +95

      I watch this video often when I need to hear the strength of a sane person...I also revisit Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent of her first appearance when she sings
      There are a few beautiful moments in human history and these are some of them

    • @kstoony4661
      @kstoony4661 4 роки тому +12

      Yes

    • @bluelightstudios6191
      @bluelightstudios6191 4 роки тому +21

      she is a very smart and strong lady

    • @alexx_tv2362
      @alexx_tv2362 4 роки тому +5

      What does she teach

    • @erickvanpatten673
      @erickvanpatten673 4 роки тому +6

      I think the answer you are looking for is "homeless"

  • @briannaarmstrong5029
    @briannaarmstrong5029 4 роки тому +1643

    She literally said “you aren’t listening” and you can see the school board members talking amongst themselves.

    • @elainekilgore1352
      @elainekilgore1352 3 роки тому +7

      Old Crow , a perfect analogy. Kudos.

    • @TaxTheChurches.
      @TaxTheChurches. 3 роки тому +40

      Running for school board is an easy way for someone to politicize their way into the state legislature, with an fantastical eye on a seat in the US Congress. In my county a teacher could not be on a school board because the board votes on teacher salaries. You know how often they vote on teacher salaries? Once a year. Convenient rule, isn’t it? The US Congress votes themselves raises.

    • @ellendonahue556
      @ellendonahue556 3 роки тому +7

      They act exactly like Congress.

    • @centralscrutinizer7374
      @centralscrutinizer7374 3 роки тому +16

      Teacher: You don’t listen
      Board member other to board member: What’d she say? I wasn’t listening.
      Other board member: What’d you say?
      Member: About what?
      OM: Beats the heck outa me........are we done yet?

    • @desratlinda8639
      @desratlinda8639 3 роки тому +2

      REALLY? I gotta go back and look! lol

  • @Car.x.dk16
    @Car.x.dk16 7 місяців тому +45

    "The Kids and I deserve better" the fact that she thought about the kids before her, that shows how much she feels bad for the kids that have to go to that school.

  • @MegaJacko4
    @MegaJacko4 2 роки тому +1499

    She used most of her time to address her students. Not her bosses. What a brave and loyal women. Her students are going to grieve her loss.

    • @electrictroy2010
      @electrictroy2010 Рік тому +13

      HALF will miss her. The other half will be glad she no longer tells them “Republicans are evil. Only vote democrat” as most of my teachers used to do
      .

    • @jackstrubbe7608
      @jackstrubbe7608 Рік тому +41

      @@electrictroy2010 i doubt that she did that directly, as she clearly has a way with words. And intent. Her board showed their true colors and their dysfunction.

    • @xaviersandoval1765
      @xaviersandoval1765 Рік тому +14

      @@electrictroy2010 lmao okay, sure.

    • @sampreece
      @sampreece Рік тому +34

      ​@@electrictroy2010 If you think she's that type of 'teacher' then you weren't listening to what she said.

    • @MarkSmithhhh
      @MarkSmithhhh Рік тому

      ​@electrictroy2010 moron...how do you know she didn't resign BECAUSE of woke politics!

  • @mochithepooh5368
    @mochithepooh5368 4 роки тому +5936

    Literally none of us would be standing here without our teachers. Without them, those people sitting in front of her wouldn't be there.

    • @eliza1826
      @eliza1826 4 роки тому +43

      I thought everything myself, so nice try. Only a very rare small of public teachers are good! Speak for yourself.

    • @The_Crimson_Fucker
      @The_Crimson_Fucker 4 роки тому +51

      Being completely honest, in my life I've had maybe a three or four teachers that have ever taught me anything of value. The majority of the rest of my education was either because my parents put in the effort, I did or I got a private tutor. Teachers are one of those groups that like to cry crocodile tears while in the spotlight but the moment the light is off they exercise their insecurities over their students and take every opportunity to let their personal politics leak into their curriculum.
      There are plenty of teachers that are legitimate in their intentions and sincerely deserve better work conditions but even there a great many just dig their own grave either through the politics they push or the associations they chose to be a part of. It's why context maters, we don't know what the problem is here - for all we know she could be acting like a spoiled brat.

    • @jonsummers5087
      @jonsummers5087 4 роки тому +28

      Yet let's give tax cuts to the wealthy nd let's fund our "declining" military complex.

    • @khadijahmuhammad4771
      @khadijahmuhammad4771 4 роки тому +49

      @@eliza1826 So you're saying that education, specifically public education, is unnecessary. If you made it far without any sort of education whatsoever, than kudos to you. For the majority of Americans however that isn't the case

    • @eliza1826
      @eliza1826 4 роки тому +8

      @@khadijahmuhammad4771 hahaha😂

  • @kialuvsyoo
    @kialuvsyoo 3 роки тому +2029

    "I'm a highly educated, talented teacher" she knows her worth and is not afraid to say it or defend it. I commend this woman so much.

    • @PMAUSMedia
      @PMAUSMedia 3 роки тому +17

      Yes, yes, yes to infinity. I am so proud of her and I don’t even know her. I DO know, however, I am the same . We Freakin’ ROCK‼️‼️‼️

    • @zephead843
      @zephead843 3 роки тому +6

      Educated or not, she'd be remiss if she failed to take into account that American universities continue to award 500,000 Education degrees each and every year. She won't be the only teacher in America looking for work.

    • @nyandoesthings
      @nyandoesthings 3 роки тому +2

      @@zephead843 Have you not heard about the educator shortage? Lots of teachers are aging out and not every person with an education degree goes into teaching immediately or at all. I'm constantly getting ads, BEGGING me personally to become a teacher because there simply aren't enough teachers as is.

    • @zephead843
      @zephead843 3 роки тому

      @@nyandoesthings Now that most schools have reopened, (they'll be closing again in two weeks) I've noticed there's hardly a open parking space on the faculty parking lot. Teacher shortage? Where is there a teacher shortage? I far as I can tell they're practically falling over themselves. And what professions would they be going into if they had a hissy fit and went home? I mean, how many companies are offering a nine month work year with the option to go out on strike anytime for any reason as a perk?

    • @supereggtartersauce6464
      @supereggtartersauce6464 3 роки тому

      @Chris M you missed the point

  • @samarthraizada
    @samarthraizada 4 місяці тому +19

    Education should NEVER be treated as a commodity.

  • @brucelai460
    @brucelai460 4 роки тому +1390

    “Just because you could stay silent doesn’t mean you should.” Powerful

    • @TheMrSONIC4
      @TheMrSONIC4 4 роки тому +5

      Bruce Lai “With great power comes great responsibility.”

    • @JustAnotherNamelessGuy
      @JustAnotherNamelessGuy 4 роки тому +1

      and end up having to fight said bully on the weekend. lol no

    • @hardworker5588
      @hardworker5588 4 роки тому

      (When you're an adult who cries like a child to make your point) Self-pitying 101. I'm sure those kids in her class are better off for that lesson

    • @vanyh6533
      @vanyh6533 4 роки тому

      1k like yay

    • @doms.6701
      @doms.6701 4 роки тому

      She should have stayed silent

  • @ArmageddonIsHere
    @ArmageddonIsHere 2 роки тому +2284

    "Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying".
    Very illuminating and powerfully descriptive!

    • @helenamartinez3415
      @helenamartinez3415 2 роки тому +4

      OLD TIMES EXCELLENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS & TEACHERS GONEE ---NOW INDOCTRINATION

    • @sjv9147s
      @sjv9147s 2 роки тому +9

      This definition should be included in the Oxford Dictionary. It's the best I've ever come across on "bullying".

    • @ellenlevenson7831
      @ellenlevenson7831 2 роки тому +3

      Then you must also believe that parenting is bullying because there's an uneven power dynamic in which the child could accuse the parent of disrespect because they don't like being disciplined. Do you believe that offering a 3-year employment contract is bullying? Do you believe that offering your employees a 3-year contract is bullying them because you aren't giving them the increased pay they want now--regardless the circumstances that affect your ability to pay? I don't. If there are jobs in your field that pay better, then go get one and stop puling on video because you couldn't get the raise you want.

    • @jkthewonderguy
      @jkthewonderguy 2 роки тому +4

      Yeah. But not allowing the other party to respond is literally 'disrepect in an uneven power dynamic', and any kind of self righteous justification is still disrespect

    • @elyzsabethahne2116
      @elyzsabethahne2116 2 роки тому +2

      How I WISH that I had seen this video MANY years ago--in 1996, when I started working in the financial printing division of a large printing company (headquartered in Chicago, and with many locations around the US). I would have quit right away.

  • @robgindc1
    @robgindc1 4 роки тому +563

    She's an everyday hero in multiple ways. She politely, clearly and eloquently told them off, said goodbye to her students, dropped the mic & exited stage left. I applaud her!

    • @agisler87
      @agisler87 4 роки тому +5

      Then I'm a hero for leaving my job a few years ago..

    • @hungry4205
      @hungry4205 4 роки тому +2

      It's kinda sad she quit her job and the kids😟

    • @havingfun1968
      @havingfun1968 4 роки тому +8

      Bob Gatewood Me too. I'm stuck in that "Bad Marriage" cause I only have 6 years to go. What she did is beyond BRAVE. I APPLAUD HER AND WOULD LIKE TO BUY HER DINNER!

    • @daveenyart
      @daveenyart 4 роки тому +11

      @@hungry4205 Respectfully...she did NOT quit on thew kids. Did you listen to the entire presentation?

    • @BadcatV
      @BadcatV 4 роки тому +8

      Hungry 420 you weren't paying attention, were you?
      Must try harder.....

  • @GSXSF1k
    @GSXSF1k 8 місяців тому +3

    Bravo!!! Yes, RESPECT is given as a respect to a human being. Thank you!

  • @graham4615
    @graham4615 4 роки тому +2768

    Worst part about this video is the board of Education won’t even flinch over this, It’s sickening.

    • @lindamahrer1760
      @lindamahrer1760 4 роки тому +58

      NOR DOES DEVOSS AND THE FEDERAL DEPT OF EDUCATION.. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS COUNTRY TO UNDERMINE ..NEGLECT CHILDREN AN FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE SYSTEM IS A CESS POOL AT EVERY LEVEL..

    • @lindamahrer1760
      @lindamahrer1760 4 роки тому +10

      Yeshua Messiah: EXACTLY WHAT THE ILL INFORMED BACK SEAT DRIVERS NEED TO HEAR AND TOO, VOLUNTEER AS CLASS RM ..OR HOME RM HELPERS..IF CAPABLE BECOME SUBSTITUTES FOR A FEW MONTHS. THOSE WHO WANT TO LEARN ARE BEING ROBBED.

    • @pnwester2697
      @pnwester2697 4 роки тому +25

      Shaman96 You’re a nut job.

    • @harshmnr
      @harshmnr 4 роки тому +28

      @Shaman96 We can't tell anything about her political beliefs from this speech...
      Also, as to whether this specific school board will flinch at this, that's something we can't tell either. Yes it's true that many school boards are corrupt but it is possible for actual change to get done by standing up to them like this.
      ~:~

    • @F0jizzle
      @F0jizzle 4 роки тому +37

      @Shaman96 and yet countries like Finland, where education is free and teachers are well payed. Have one of the best educations in the world. "A badly adjusted man is just a sickness waiting to spread its taint on society".

  • @thegodgamer1650
    @thegodgamer1650 4 роки тому +1751

    I had her as a teacher. Honestly she was one of the best.

    • @bigtittymaria
      @bigtittymaria 4 роки тому +6

      What subject?

    • @MrZaborskii
      @MrZaborskii 4 роки тому +76

      @@bigtittymaria life. She taught life.

    • @MrZaborskii
      @MrZaborskii 4 роки тому +26

      maria abdullah btw my last comment was a joke. I did not take her classes and don't know what she taught.

    • @lillygirl8436
      @lillygirl8436 4 роки тому +2

      Thats awesome xx

    • @B3ngal
      @B3ngal 4 роки тому +32

      Huge loss for that school and future students to her classroom.

  • @Norman.Labelle
    @Norman.Labelle 3 роки тому +1819

    She is a class act. Never forget this moment. It’s called integrity in its highest form.

    • @StanvilleBrown
      @StanvilleBrown 3 роки тому +3

      Aman!

    • @barbaragood7844
      @barbaragood7844 3 роки тому +7

      Yes ☘️

    • @lindamaturesass
      @lindamaturesass 3 роки тому +8

      As a retired teacher I somewhat agree. I personally would have just not been okay without telling my kids good-bye & that I was leaving, loved them and wanted them to work hard and strive for greatness. 😪💕📚🍎

    • @johnmacaroni105
      @johnmacaroni105 3 роки тому +5

      Time to close schools down permanently...... Technology can achieve better results and be more cost efficient to public funds...... What will have now is sooo out dated....

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 2 роки тому +2

      You say that but prove right now real quick that your not just full of hot air but you actually want the real history being taught at schools: ‚Knowing Better’ is a History-Teacher, unbiased and unbribed, and he made videos about various stuff. Watch Neoslavery and then, cause he didnt dived into this and only mentioned, also ‚Sunset Towns’ by ‚Illuminaughtii’.
      And then, after all that, reutrn to me and tell me you want real, actual History how it really happened; and not some Make-Belief-Version; to be taught.

  • @claytonpascoe480
    @claytonpascoe480 2 місяці тому +3

    Stand your ground. You are amazing.. I am from across the Planet. Watching this is inspirational.

  • @TwoHawksHunting
    @TwoHawksHunting 4 роки тому +776

    She had to leave in order to maintain both her sanity and dignity.

    • @stevecooper7883
      @stevecooper7883 4 роки тому +3

      Imagine not having to work 3 months out of the year hahaha

    • @TheNesbittExperience
      @TheNesbittExperience 4 роки тому +3

      My therapist begged me not to go back... I wish I had listened.

    • @YDGFX
      @YDGFX 4 роки тому +1

      @@TheNesbittExperience What do you mean?

    • @andrew1717xx
      @andrew1717xx 4 роки тому +3

      @@stevecooper7883 Maybe you can teach 12 months a year.

    • @whimsysmith2835
      @whimsysmith2835 4 роки тому +15

      @@stevecooper7883 - Not having to work? ALL the teachers I know work all summer long doing summer school and odd part time jobs to make ends meet. And they save up all year to get through the yearly unemployment. It sucks.

  • @shmales7023
    @shmales7023 4 роки тому +1819

    “Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying.” Why is that not on a poster somewhere?!

    • @renees1021
      @renees1021 4 роки тому +7

      Excellent idea! Now take your young self and get them made and sell them affordable and I'll buy at least one, hopefully a dozen. Be sure to credit the quote. Teacher can probably even join you in a partnership. I'd be surprised if she isn't blacklisted which means Do not pass Go, do not collect $200." It's another way of jailing someone without the hassel and costs of putting someone in detention where they may find a support network or even media attention.

    • @shmales7023
      @shmales7023 4 роки тому +22

      @@renees1021 Right? It’s despicable. And yet another facet of our government that needs to change. Corporations have no business in politics and politicians have no business in education.

    • @PixelKnight93
      @PixelKnight93 3 роки тому +1

      Consider it done

    • @noelpatrick5074
      @noelpatrick5074 3 роки тому +3

      Posters are bought by the bullies and boards

    • @janhammekenbuch142
      @janhammekenbuch142 3 роки тому +4

      Because the bullies fear what that would bring, when people understand that the definition of mutual loyalty between employer and employee has shifted in a negative direction...

  • @bretgreen5314
    @bretgreen5314 2 роки тому +2314

    I literally felt the smugness coming from the board members as this wonderful educator spoke. It's no wonder she left.

    • @landiemarie4721
      @landiemarie4721 2 роки тому +147

      That board looks asleep. Good on her for walking away, they're not listening to her and they're not worth her time.

    • @pamtnman1515
      @pamtnman1515 2 роки тому +1

      Is she a commie whining about not being able to groom and indoctrinate the school kids?

    • @EphemeralProductions
      @EphemeralProductions 2 роки тому +40

      Sadly there’s a LOT of school boards that are like this these days

    • @gajahsimha2848
      @gajahsimha2848 2 роки тому +15

      What makes her a "wonderful educator"? Were you privy to the inside of what went on in her classroom?

    • @bretgreen5314
      @bretgreen5314 2 роки тому +23

      @@gajahsimha2848 That's none of your business

  • @robertjackson1536
    @robertjackson1536 Рік тому +25

    It's quite sad that she taught in a district that doesn't support their teachers. I teach in a school district that does support their teachers and I count my blessings everyday.

  • @cloudie8314
    @cloudie8314 4 роки тому +1178

    "Stand up for what is right...even if you stand alone!"

    • @zephyr3453
      @zephyr3453 4 роки тому +20

      She's not alone. Hear those cheers at the end? Her students are behind her and they will remember her. She did her job, a hundred fold, the board did not do theirs. The deficit between them is a chasm of compassion.

    • @guynorth3277
      @guynorth3277 4 роки тому +1

      'And you'll never stand alone'!

    • @ronbo30
      @ronbo30 4 роки тому

      Cloudie 831 but the question is who determines right or wrong?

    • @GiganFTW
      @GiganFTW 4 роки тому

      Shut up

  • @carolynthornton8017
    @carolynthornton8017 2 роки тому +925

    IN MY VIEW
    This teacher's tears came straight from her heart when she told her students she won't be in her class doorway in the morning. She truly loves the kids.

    • @electrictroy2010
      @electrictroy2010 Рік тому +4

      HALF will miss her. The other half will be glad she no longer tells them “Republicans are evil. Only vote democrat” as most of my teachers used to do
      .

    • @alleycat616
      @alleycat616 Рік тому

      @@electrictroy2010 way to make this about you and your weird chip on your shoulder about your specific teachers. You know nothing about THIS teacher and her specific ideological beliefs or if she even says anything about them in her classroom. Take your issues up with the actual teachers they are about and stop painting every teacher with the same broad brush. It just makes you look foolish.

    • @ohauss
      @ohauss Рік тому

      @@electrictroy2010 You'd prefer someone who tells you chemistry and physics are evil commie plots. That the laws of thermodynamics are chinese propaganda and that the absorption frequency of the C=O bond is a total sham.

    • @keshvieninba1862
      @keshvieninba1862 Рік тому +25

      @@electrictroy2010Really insensitive comment

    • @ronmorrison7211
      @ronmorrison7211 Рік тому +23

      She loves her kids, she loves teaching. She hates school politics and she refuses to play their game.

  • @Mr.Ramirez95
    @Mr.Ramirez95 4 роки тому +520

    "You don't earn respect, you deserve respect"
    That's deep..

    • @leesimone2
      @leesimone2 4 роки тому +22

      This a true statement!
      I was educated to believe you earn respect. But life taught me; no no, respect to given; when the trust is broken, then the person who broke the trust has to earn back your trust and respect. For me that very important distinction that I would great to have known beforehand.

    • @clapcast
      @clapcast 4 роки тому +11

      And you can lose respect but if it is not given to you in the first place they deserve no respect.

    • @missdaisy2853
      @missdaisy2853 4 роки тому +15

      @KAOS NATION Firm believer in my 0/100 rule: People start with 0% trust and 100% respect and only their actions change those numbers.

    • @missdaisy2853
      @missdaisy2853 4 роки тому +3

      Firm believer in my 0/100 rule: People start with 0% trust and 100% respect and only their actions change those numbers.

    • @bonnie.duncan
      @bonnie.duncan 4 роки тому +14

      KAOS NATION - you’re not getting it...you should START at a place of respect for everyone...their actions will determine if you should continue to give it...but when you 1st meet someone, they shouldn’t have to earn your respect...it should be given...

  • @johnconnor7210
    @johnconnor7210 Рік тому +10

    She's brave to say her peice against bigotry. Sometimes bullies are not singular, they club together in their weakness. Integrity is power.

    • @zephead843
      @zephead843 10 місяців тому

      I didn't know bigotry existed in America's public school system, a system dominated by women. How would that work?

  • @abbyhaines4725
    @abbyhaines4725 4 роки тому +688

    Good woman. Good teacher. What a champion

    • @Ariels888
      @Ariels888 4 роки тому +2

      She is. Many of us feel like this, but put on a brave face and go on teaching, because our children and communities across America need us. All children living in the richest country in the world should be given a high quality education and keep the politics out of the classroom! It's sad to lose such a great teacher. 😪

    • @abbyhaines4725
      @abbyhaines4725 4 роки тому +4

      My mother was a teacher. She went above and beyond for so many of her students. A lot of my clothes were hand me downs to students in need. She is an amazing woman

    • @Defender78
      @Defender78 4 роки тому +1

      She pretty too

  • @troto7735
    @troto7735 3 роки тому +1076

    “Just because you could stay silent, doesn’t mean you should.”
    - Amanda Coffman

    • @euphoria156
      @euphoria156 3 роки тому +3

      👏👏

    • @euphoria156
      @euphoria156 3 роки тому +4

      Bravo 👏👏

    • @rbt-0007
      @rbt-0007 3 роки тому

      Very typical quote, and it does not serve as a major influence. You will only by slightly motivated by the quote for a brief moment and return to your usual, ignorant self. Nothing worth commending.

    • @neosmil8981
      @neosmil8981 3 роки тому +1

      Danny Dorito actually said that

    • @erikduvald6703
      @erikduvald6703 3 роки тому +3

      True!
      I adapt that all the time, when it comes to my kids' teachers trying to tell them that a boy is a REAL girl, if he "feels" like one.
      And I am proud to say, that so does my children. :)

  • @Rose-ez9vf
    @Rose-ez9vf 4 роки тому +1236

    “There will be no clarifying questions, I don’t answer to you anymore”
    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YAS GIRL

    • @user-yb6tk1ru6x
      @user-yb6tk1ru6x 4 роки тому +2

      Cause it's our show. And not yours! Ugggghhhhhh...

    • @goldman1064
      @goldman1064 4 роки тому +7

      Should be the motto for American citizens moving forward in this country.

    • @deshaabernathy482
      @deshaabernathy482 4 роки тому +2

      She said before you allow your brain 🧠 to think....stop

    • @haroon23tt55
      @haroon23tt55 4 роки тому +1

      Preaach

    • @magsmcgarrigle981
      @magsmcgarrigle981 4 роки тому +1

      ALL teachers who feel the same way should follow her. Support her and get what you need finally!! The more who support her the quicker it will be resolved. Now is your chance to set the new normal. You can stay for the kids OR leave for the kids sake and yours. ✅

  • @pamelabanin5212
    @pamelabanin5212 4 місяці тому +10

    Wow! So perfectly stated. Personally, I use the saying, "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. " To hear someone else use this phrase so appropriately and intelligently is so perfect. My heart aches for this teacher, but she will not only land on her feet.....she will soar!!

  • @JustinKenward
    @JustinKenward 3 роки тому +1124

    Unfortunately. Teachers like this. The ones that get pushed out of the job are the ones that we need the most.

    • @billwatson8616
      @billwatson8616 3 роки тому +8

      That is what I see happening here in SW Oregon. Teachers with integrity are not valued.

    • @jevhenijhorvat8431
      @jevhenijhorvat8431 3 роки тому +4

      like Jordan B. Peterson

    • @benjaminhenderson7059
      @benjaminhenderson7059 3 роки тому +4

      @@jevhenijhorvat8431 teachers with integrity, not propaganda, big difference. The former is an educator, the latter a re-educator.

    • @Agonal
      @Agonal 3 роки тому +2

      @@benjaminhenderson7059 Are you insinuating that Jordan Peterson is perpetuating propaganda?

    • @benjaminhenderson7059
      @benjaminhenderson7059 3 роки тому +4

      @@Agonal im not insinuating it im outright saying it.

  • @TheDailyEgg
    @TheDailyEgg 3 роки тому +2899

    She is probably one of those good teachers. Maybe this is why we end up with crappy teachers

    • @audrey2658
      @audrey2658 3 роки тому +138

      the crappy ones stay in it for the control.

    • @courtneyburten6638
      @courtneyburten6638 3 роки тому +73

      You are right. I teach, and I love my babies with all of me. This happens all too often with educators. I’ve had to leave districts for this very reason in a non-COVID year.

    • @euphoria156
      @euphoria156 3 роки тому +21

      USA is THE Biggest Capitalist County in the World. So, yes, no wonder. 😐OUR GOVT. IS PUPPET OF CORPORATES, WHO WANTS TO DISMANTLE OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM SO THAT WE BECOME POOR AND STUPID. THAT WAY ITS EASIER TO HANDLE US. STUPID AND POOR SLAVES CANT DEFEND THEMSELVES. We ALL NEED TO UNITE AGAINST THE CORPORATES, THE 2% RICH PPL OF THE WORLD.

    • @MiaogisTeas
      @MiaogisTeas 3 роки тому +8

      @@euphoria156 Go back to school, you pseudo-intellectual.

    • @zephead843
      @zephead843 3 роки тому +5

      @@euphoria156 While your comment is sprinkled with truth, it's worth noting that without large multi national corporations paying untold billions in income, sales, and property taxes, teachers would be making $10./hr. with no benefits. That would include their cop pensions, which are derived from stock values that exist solely through increases in productivity. And now you know why the caged bird sings.

  • @sumasuma5648
    @sumasuma5648 4 роки тому +1921

    Who cried with her when she thought about missing her students and her other home 😭.

    • @JamieRobles1
      @JamieRobles1 4 роки тому +38

      She didn't want to go, but you can only keep someone cornered and helpless for so long and then one day- they snap out of it and start swinging back.

    • @SKA1M0
      @SKA1M0 4 роки тому +12

      Guilty

    • @mind2ill48
      @mind2ill48 4 роки тому +39

      🥺 it made me miss every good teacher I've ever had...this woman is admirable.

    • @MsThirdeyeopen
      @MsThirdeyeopen 4 роки тому +9

      I did

    • @samwright285
      @samwright285 4 роки тому +6

      Me

  • @susanwerner2453
    @susanwerner2453 Рік тому +13

    She's speaking for MILLIONS of teachers. What does this mean for the children of our country? It's not good.

  • @LEON-Cyborg
    @LEON-Cyborg 4 роки тому +741

    "Just because you can doesn't mean you should." Powerful.

    • @doms.6701
      @doms.6701 4 роки тому +1

      Like her speak. Just because Karen can, doesn't mean Karen should have

    • @LEON-Cyborg
      @LEON-Cyborg 4 роки тому +13

      @@doms.6701 dude, wtf🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @jornnielsen694
      @jornnielsen694 4 роки тому +5

      @@LEON-Cyborg some pos just can't help themselves right Dom Sow?

    • @msscamp100
      @msscamp100 4 роки тому

      It's something that all American's should keep uppermost in their thoughts, not only now, but everyday of our lives.

  • @propheticvoice77
    @propheticvoice77 4 роки тому +592

    “Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying” ... so true

    • @deborahkelly1948
      @deborahkelly1948 4 роки тому +5

      I agree and can testify to that fact, as I imagine can a lot of people.

    • @meltingeinstein3012
      @meltingeinstein3012 4 роки тому +3

      Disrespect can be legitimately earned actually.
      Do you think a business owner should automatically respect a lazy, lying, inconsistent, sick note employee? Or else be labelled as a bully?
      C'mon now, be reasonable.

    • @zardozmania
      @zardozmania 4 роки тому +13

      @@meltingeinstein3012 I think she was referring to teachers, and others like herself who have already proved they are great at their job, and need to be listened to and included in negotiations.

    • @gx7857
      @gx7857 4 роки тому +2

      Tim Anderson im guessing you did respect him cause hes already your employee in your statement, until he lied , was lazy and inconsistent so your statement is false .

    • @squimbwarftestiballs
      @squimbwarftestiballs 4 роки тому +4

      That’s exactly what’s happening with the police force right now

  • @lukas-ux9zp
    @lukas-ux9zp 4 роки тому +574

    She just spoke to me and I'm not even a teacher or American.

    • @Thobela-h3x
      @Thobela-h3x 4 роки тому +5

      Zimbo like me maybe😊? This message is for our teachers as well

    • @kennyb6541
      @kennyb6541 4 роки тому +8

      This message is for all mankind. This is the corruption WE THE PEOPLE have allowed. If you see the signs in your home countries attack it now. Attack is a strong word but hindsight is 20/20. Demand transparency.

    • @lukas-ux9zp
      @lukas-ux9zp 4 роки тому +4

      @@Thobela-h3x lol obvious Zimbo 🇿🇼 flying the flag my sister.

    • @madrish7226
      @madrish7226 4 роки тому +1

      Or human

    • @TheRelentlessMoM
      @TheRelentlessMoM 4 роки тому +3

      The 🌎 is filled with too much evil

  • @deirdrebosworth8684
    @deirdrebosworth8684 4 місяці тому +1

    I have seen this many times and am moved by it each time. This woman is amazing and, I am sure, an amazing teacher. What a loss for that school district.

  • @wrestlingfan2024
    @wrestlingfan2024 3 роки тому +1420

    When this professional says she’s a highly educated and talented teacher, she does not come off as egotistical in any way. She knows her true worth.

    • @SergioGarcia-tx2ln
      @SergioGarcia-tx2ln 3 роки тому +8

      I wonder if there is at least one NOT highly talented but fairly educated teacher in california....... 😶

    • @uglyredheadstepchild7121
      @uglyredheadstepchild7121 3 роки тому +4

      @@SergioGarcia-tx2ln - Yea there was that one... but I think they hung him. 😂

    • @uglyredheadstepchild7121
      @uglyredheadstepchild7121 3 роки тому +5

      @@SergioGarcia-tx2ln - I don't understand that place... Why would you want to go to a place where literally everything has cancer warnings ⚠️?!?

    • @Globovoyeur
      @Globovoyeur 3 роки тому +5

      @@uglyredheadstepchild7121 Those come from Proposition 65, officially known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. It was designed to keep toxic substances out of drinking water, but it was massively overused. For example, it appeared in every room I entered when I worked at a northern California company. I finally asked what substances the warning applied to in this particular building. The reply was, "We think it may be the chromium in the chairs."
      Now chromium is a heavy metal, and can be toxic in certain compounds -- as hexavalent chromium was found to be in southern California by the work of Erin Brockovich. But chromium metal plated onto the handles of office chairs is not going to leach into groundwater. I voted against Prop 65, by the way.

    • @keetopuffs
      @keetopuffs 3 роки тому

      Agreed. Would have pressed the like but didn't wanna change the number pi. 314

  • @Ritercrazy
    @Ritercrazy 4 роки тому +318

    Well, someone actually being an adult around youth and children. How rare, how refreshing. How vitally needed.

    • @Ritercrazy
      @Ritercrazy 4 роки тому +4

      @@willoughby1888 Real men are vitally needed and so impressive

    • @LHLK-f9t
      @LHLK-f9t Місяць тому

      an adult doesn't need to grandstand about a personal decision they make, they just do it

  • @Beachandpool
    @Beachandpool Рік тому +1228

    'Disrespect, in an uneven power dynamic, is bullying'. I'm taking this quote with me. Thank you, TEACHER. ❤️

    • @ohjacque
      @ohjacque Рік тому +16

      So true! Never thought about this in this way

    • @Beachandpool
      @Beachandpool Рік тому +3

      @@ohjacque I thought about my mom, when I heard this. This phrase explained a lot about my relationship with mom.

    • @hoosierpointblank2607
      @hoosierpointblank2607 Рік тому +2

      yes, that was the best line here and I'm gonna use it too

    • @kai6424
      @kai6424 Рік тому +6

      No I can’t agree that respect shouldn’t have to be earned. It absolutely needs to be earned . Talk about entitlement. And silenced about what? There is no context here all emotions no argument or debate.

    • @jenn976
      @jenn976 Рік тому +11

      Everyone is due respect, at the basic level. You don’t get to dismiss people because you think they’re mot “good enough” or haven’t pleased you enough. Whoever says people Must earn respect is a bully and probably worse.

  • @Definitely_chronicallytired
    @Definitely_chronicallytired 4 місяці тому +4

    I am so proud of her. I am so so proud. I hope she knows what she did was life changing for so many people.

  • @ferdgreenblatt6011
    @ferdgreenblatt6011 3 роки тому +2010

    If that stupid school board thinks the students don't know what's going on, they're badly mistaken: the kids are all over the web. There's very little they don't know about.

    • @Orphicguy
      @Orphicguy 3 роки тому +58

      Her students are right behind her.

    • @thechosenone1533
      @thechosenone1533 3 роки тому +69

      They know that the students know about this. They just don't care.

    • @euphoria156
      @euphoria156 3 роки тому +13

      USA is THE Biggest Capitalist County in the World. So, yes, no wonder. 😐OUR GOVT. IS PUPPET OF CORPORATES, WHO WANTS TO DISMANTLE OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM SO THAT WE BECOME POOR AND STUPID. THAT WAY ITS EASIER TO HANDLE US. STUPID AND POOR SLAVES CANT DEFEND THEMSELVES. We ALL NEED TO UNITE AGAINST THE CORPORATES, THE 2% RICH PPL OF THE WORLD.

    • @francescoceresani3343
      @francescoceresani3343 3 роки тому +4

      Hey, I'm from Italy here.
      I was wondering if I could know what is happening in this school district? I'm very hooked by her speech and want to know more

    • @maxwellsterling
      @maxwellsterling 3 роки тому +2

      I don't know about other countries, but teachers in mine communicate little about the inner workings of their job, leaving the students to deal with the student-teacher relationship instead of the teacher-school one. In the years I've been in school, students knew basically nothing of nothing.

  • @laurajones9660
    @laurajones9660 2 роки тому +960

    I'm so proud of her, it took a lot of strength to speak her mind.

    • @latintrotter
      @latintrotter Рік тому +1

      No , she didn't speak , she read statement.

    • @yknot000
      @yknot000 Рік тому +18

      @@latintrotter picky picky, I bet she as a well educated talented teacher wrote that statement herself to codify her remarks. She "read" it eloquently and with familiarity.

    • @vickiehat1074
      @vickiehat1074 Рік тому

      Me to.

    • @davenoejoe
      @davenoejoe Рік тому +1

      Yes but what was on her mind???

    • @maverick33guy95
      @maverick33guy95 Рік тому +1

      ​@Franka *66 she did speak her mind.. were you even watching?

  • @sammenegat
    @sammenegat Рік тому +906

    You can tell how painful it is for her to leave behind her students but she knows what’s right, and is teaching these students an invaluable life lesson.

    • @kai6424
      @kai6424 Рік тому +9

      No I can’t agree that respect shouldn’t have to be earned. It absolutely needs to be earned . Talk about entitlement. And silenced about what? There is no context here all emotions no argument or debate.

    • @timmayeaux2743
      @timmayeaux2743 Рік тому

      socialism is domestic violence? Don't be a coward? Demand your employees (pubic serpents) do not rip you off concerning your property taxes?

    • @thebalderthor4884
      @thebalderthor4884 Рік тому +5

      “Remember me in your acceptance speeches”
      Wow lady. How’d she fit her ego through the door?

    • @leafe-lu3jd
      @leafe-lu3jd Рік тому +6

      ​@@kai6424 Why are you repeating yourself in another person's text? I read this same text in another person's message. Are all you going to do is attack people here? Where's the honor and respect in that?

    • @leafe-lu3jd
      @leafe-lu3jd Рік тому +11

      ​@@thebalderthor4884 I don't think she was acting entitled at all by saying she hopes they basically remember her that's what I got out of that especially her leaving the school after this speech shows she really does care about the kids in my opinion. There's nothing wrong with wanting to be just as missed as someone would for you. It's a completely normal reaction to me to hope you will be thought about in the best ways and what they brought to these kids, basically saying she wants them to remember her for the good she did for them and not because she was abandoning them. That's what I see here not entitlement.

  • @Jeanholmes-b1e
    @Jeanholmes-b1e 4 місяці тому +5

    As a former teacher who retired early I know exactly how this woman felt! I got tired of fighting for my students and not being heard! It sucked the life out of me and continuually left me in despair! I felt my students were more important than policies, rules etc. It was a losing battle!😢

  • @StickA-yd4fp
    @StickA-yd4fp 4 роки тому +1013

    I have a cousin with a master's degree. 20 years teaching. She applied at a school district back in her home town. She was not hired. The reason she was not selected. Over qualified. How I's a teacher over qualified? Simple, they do not want to pay you for you're worth.

    • @evelyn_minou
      @evelyn_minou 4 роки тому +62

      Exactly. They want to get someone they find expendable and pay the least. And somehow this is thought of as just okay and normal, but it’s not right. I hope your cousin found the job that was deserving of her.

    • @desertdog5397
      @desertdog5397 4 роки тому +14

      yep...thats pretty much a term implying...we will not pay you a decent wage,..I have heard this said many times

    • @simmogj
      @simmogj 4 роки тому +52

      Over qualified can also mean you're better qualified than me and I feel threatened. A's hire A's and B's hire C's.

    • @peace-now
      @peace-now 4 роки тому +7

      Too old, you mean. The young ones are popular with the scholars, and can be pushed around more. The big money goes to the corrupt brass.

    • @deniseg-hill1730
      @deniseg-hill1730 4 роки тому

      She should come to the UK they have a shortage of teachers especially in maths/technology

  • @galaxyrinula5841
    @galaxyrinula5841 2 роки тому +2100

    The school system is horribly broken. No wonder kids hate school, can’t learn and teachers are discouraged and overworked

    • @johnnysoccer1983
      @johnnysoccer1983 2 роки тому +1

      Not to mention the threat of being shot in yet another school shooting.

    • @Heirloop
      @Heirloop 2 роки тому +5

      ^^

    • @johnnysoccer1983
      @johnnysoccer1983 2 роки тому

      @@LazloNQ Actually it's when Republicans try super hard to block any liberal policies that they destroy everything they touch. But their followers are so dumb they cheer for it, and they don't even have to try hard to make them cheer for everything they destroy.....

    • @Ileechhisytred
      @Ileechhisytred 2 роки тому +76

      @@LazloNQ 1.) good job being one of those people who bring politics into everything
      2.) you say that as if OP’s point doesn’t happen in conservative states when it’s a nation-wide issue
      3.) Kansas is right-leaning (based on what google told me)
      Btw, since I know you’ll do this please don’t assume I’m a democrat because I’m neither democrat or conservative ^^

    • @Dhalin
      @Dhalin 2 роки тому +7

      Class of '98 here. It wasn't much better back then, either. If only we had cyberschooling back then, I could have probably gotten myself a college degree and had a job that would have paid more than 5x what I'm making now. But, my school environment was very subpar, lots of bullies, lots of time wasted in stuff I already knew, and lack of options as to what to do for secondary education. I'm a retail manager now, but when I was a kid, I always aspired to be a computer programmer. Who knows where I could have wound up, had cyberschooling existed back then, if I could have been taught at *my* pace, rather than the pace of the slowest kids in the school, if the school system actually cared about bullies and other stupid junk going on. I can only imagine it's only gotten worse since, which is why cyberschooling is looking far more attractive. A coworker of mine described the cyberschooling atmosphere to me, and ... I could only *wish* I had access to that when I was in school.

  • @marilynnjacobsen1077
    @marilynnjacobsen1077 2 роки тому +692

    She should not have to answer to a lawyer. Why is there a school board for if they cannot communicate with a teacher and do whats best for the students and the teachers!

    • @jamest3552
      @jamest3552 2 роки тому

      The Board is there to ensure indoctrination.

    • @agirldownunder9299
      @agirldownunder9299 2 роки тому +7

      Tokenism is the reason

    • @Briael
      @Briael 2 роки тому +8

      Power tripping. The art of the small mind.

    • @louisiananlord17
      @louisiananlord17 2 роки тому

      Money and tokenism. All about glory and dough.

    • @ॐIo
      @ॐIo 2 роки тому

      Indeed, the Council themselves should've provided strict bounds in what can and can't be done in class and upheld it,taking it to the point where they had to bring in lawyers is only a testament to their failure to manage.

  • @edgriffin7374
    @edgriffin7374 4 місяці тому +2

    Wonderful! Truth to power. Its a shame that the teachers and students and parents aren't the ones with the power.

  • @fredhanosky6176
    @fredhanosky6176 2 роки тому +1134

    As a retired high school guidance counselor, I consider you a hero being a teacher. Those board members sitting in those chairs like a bump on a log have no idea how precious you and you fellow teachers are.

    • @jesswinter
      @jesswinter 2 роки тому +12

      And I commend you for being a student counselor. I am working on my masters currently to be a mental health counselor (an LPC in Georgia) and all of my program friends working towards school counseling are amazing to me. That is not an easy field and it is not rewarded and paid the way it should be.

    • @personalgrowth9440
      @personalgrowth9440 2 роки тому +16

      They are a corporation. Business don't care about people.

    • @matthewscott4629
      @matthewscott4629 2 роки тому

      Actually, they probably do o

    • @cbailey2376
      @cbailey2376 2 роки тому

      Board members=incompetent dim wits $$$.

    • @sisypheantask9242
      @sisypheantask9242 2 роки тому +2

      It is heroic. Teachers are some of the most important figures in our lives. I am a PhD but am scared to pursue education rather than research, because of the hostility to educator these days. It makes me sad because I come from a line of teachers but...I couldn't do it today. What's asked of you versus so little salary...it sickening.

  • @benjamingamache6441
    @benjamingamache6441 4 роки тому +457

    Being employed at a school, I truly feel for this woman.

    • @rebeccasaenz3418
      @rebeccasaenz3418 4 роки тому +6

      @Janie Barrera You have to be a teacher to understand this...

    • @lindamahrer1760
      @lindamahrer1760 4 роки тому

      FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL BE ROBOTS ...

    • @Celisar1
      @Celisar1 4 роки тому

      Commentor1
      🤦‍♂️

    • @benjamingamache6441
      @benjamingamache6441 4 роки тому +3

      Why, why what. Why do I feel for her or why do I work at a school? I feel for her because I see it every day teachers fighting uphill battles on 2 different fronts the kids and the administration. I know what it's like to be diehard loyal to the job, but how the job isn't always loyal to you. And why do I work in a school? Well I often ask myself that same question.

    • @PinkSparklerToontown
      @PinkSparklerToontown 4 роки тому +1

      Me too. Teachers deserve better. The students deserve better. The US school system is failing future generations.

  • @stephenhogg6154
    @stephenhogg6154 3 роки тому +910

    “Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying”. Food for thought.

    • @mattpoules9467
      @mattpoules9467 3 роки тому +10

      disrespect is a huge part of bullying

    • @TheBestLife2184
      @TheBestLife2184 3 роки тому +5

      Good teachers shouldn't quit, letting the evil school board sell-outs win.

    • @ashtonhashbrown6155
      @ashtonhashbrown6155 3 роки тому +4

      @@TheBestLife2184 If she didn't sign the contract, they probably would've fired her anyway, she probably got a job at a different school.

    • @markgeering5943
      @markgeering5943 3 роки тому +4

      Yes disrespect is part of bullying as you don’t bully someone you respect (note you shouldn’t bully anyone at all) but it isn’t bullying if you just being disrespectful and if you think it is then you haven’t experienced true bullying!

    • @billk9628
      @billk9628 3 роки тому +8

      "Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying”. Food for thought." The most; single' intelligent' thing I have heard in years!" I'm going to use this against my union stuart/lead/project manager/conflict of interest officer!

  • @martintalbot875
    @martintalbot875 4 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful human being..touching subjest

  • @anthonydavis9662
    @anthonydavis9662 4 роки тому +2086

    She's not only speaking for teachers in America. She's REALLY speaking for just about the entire Working Class!

    • @bastrixer
      @bastrixer 4 роки тому +21

      True.
      Its for everyone, to not just stand there and take it just because it is Very comfy to stay on the same spott in life because you know what you have and get.

    • @heatherw.6834
      @heatherw.6834 4 роки тому

      So very true!

    • @selfishcapitalist3523
      @selfishcapitalist3523 4 роки тому +4

      Then quit your job too.

    • @royriley6282
      @royriley6282 4 роки тому +19

      @@selfishcapitalist3523 Not everyone can afford to do this, but of course you already know that. Hence the username.

    • @crystalt9196
      @crystalt9196 4 роки тому +3

      I completely agree. Thank u for what u said.

  • @mariewatson953
    @mariewatson953 4 роки тому +396

    This break my heart, teachers are the most unappreciated people in this country. THEY DESERVE BETTER!!!!!!!!

    • @tompattinson528
      @tompattinson528 4 роки тому +6

      🙂 sing it sister

    • @guibox3
      @guibox3 4 роки тому +6

      Agreed. We'd like to say that this 'unappreciated' means we 'don't get paid enough' but this stems from the grass roots. I have been on so many FB pages from people and parents who like to think they are 'armchair teachers' who pass blame for our kids' success or failure based on one math video they don't agree with. I have had to bite my tongue so many times but other times I have no choice but to challenge them on their misinformation and ignorance and tell them that they have no clue what they are talking about. Until society stops being so cynical and passing the buck onto teachers and calling them 'incompetent' and other such things, teachers will never get that respect or appreciation.

    • @nooriman5944
      @nooriman5944 4 роки тому +4

      I agree

    • @MrThestevster
      @MrThestevster 4 роки тому +1

      THIS is what is wrong with EVERYTHING the government runs. They just don't care. A district's money doesn't come from their actual CUSTOMERS the students and teachers, it comes from the government instead. The system is set up BACKWARDS, that is why it doesn't cater to students and teachers. The customer is NEVER right in a government facility.

    • @randallbong8297
      @randallbong8297 4 роки тому +1

      greedy useless paper pushers take way too much right off the top and give the "you got in the wrong profession" bs. No wonder our country is turning third world

  • @jerrlow
    @jerrlow 4 роки тому +283

    My utter respect for this teacher. She stood up for what she believed

  • @jerryc5449
    @jerryc5449 Рік тому +3

    This is so beautiful. I’m a teacher, and the biggest problem of my job is administration. I always feel bullied, my feedback and perspective have been silenced many times. It’s shocking bc not too long ago they were teachers. It’s a profession that I’m planning on leaving and would never recommend. Thank you for your bravery, I pray God blesses you and your family.

  • @glennclarke4239
    @glennclarke4239 4 роки тому +897

    Napolean was once asked '' How do you conquer a people " his answer " Keep them hungry and ignorant " .

    • @moremoneyfordreadnoughts1100
      @moremoneyfordreadnoughts1100 4 роки тому +19

      And we see that in our country way too much. I say this as we reap the rewards of that philosophy.

    • @migdaliadelatorre9685
      @migdaliadelatorre9685 4 роки тому +14

      And angry... just like trump is doing.

    • @nani4usa
      @nani4usa 4 роки тому +2

      @@llltrac9143 here we go, your kind loves to infest the comments to spew divide and hatred huh.

    • @ivanlagayacrus1891
      @ivanlagayacrus1891 4 роки тому +7

      @@llltrac9143 both sides are at fault, we wouldnt be at this divide if there wasnt such an anger amongst these opposing sides, but you cannot blame democrats more than republicans right now when republicans hold full control of the government

    • @nani4usa
      @nani4usa 4 роки тому +5

      @Luís Filipe Andrade yeah, it all started politicising and spewing hatred and divide with that alaska i dont remember her name, then steve banon took the wheel and expanded on that, blew smoke and all the pepe memes started then ofcourse trump seeing his base eating every single word of hatred and divide and trump took it to a whole new level, he didnt even call the immigrants people, but illegal aliens, and again he expanded his rhetoric with anyone who isnt a god fearing christian, when again he went on with shithole countries, then wanted people of sweden and all other white dominated nations to come to him, then he declared himself as a gods chosen messiah, then AGAIN he declared journalist as enemies of the people and so on, until you people got to this point, Greatest Nation in the WORLD, Land of the free home of the brave became one of the most divided countries and a laughing stock of the world. and now we have this, this moment when everything imploded from the inside just becouse of him. amazing just amazing, in a sad way im glad that im not black in this day of age to suffer this much. its sad.

  • @alexramirez9589
    @alexramirez9589 4 роки тому +393

    And THAT is a lesson that a lot of school districts are trying to silence. She is spot on, and an inspiration. She took a stand, and we can all learn a lot from her ❤️

    • @alexramirez9589
      @alexramirez9589 4 роки тому +3

      @Elizabeth Cambridge well here in Texas the education system is all about standardized testing. So they do not approve of teachers going off the strict curriculum, and it hinders what/how these teachers teach not just about the subject they are teaching but also how life actually works. Certain things that they will actually need in life. I remember being a kid, and learning so much more from my teachers, and as I got closer to high school that started changing, and it really effected a lot of students

    • @lindamahrer1760
      @lindamahrer1760 4 роки тому +1

      Alex Ramirez: SPOT ON! WHAT IN GODS NAME IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO WAKE UP THE STATES.. THE LEGISLATURES..THE LOCAL TOWNSHIPS..CITIES..COUNTIES...THE CITIZENS MUST WAKEUP TOWHO THEY ARE PUTTING IN OFFICE..FROM MAYORS TO COUNCILMEN..COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS..EVERY AGENCY HOSPITAL..FIRE DEPT..POLICE DEPT..HIGHTECH EQUIPMENT TO CONTROL.. AND PERSONEL IS PAID OFF..WITH GOODIES ..THESE ARE QUID QUO PRO...YOU SCRATCH OUR BACK WE WILL SCRATCH YOURS. IF CITIZENS DO NOT TAKE THEIR COMMUNITIES ..CITIES..TOWNS..COUNTIES STATES BACK AND VOTE THE DEMON RATS..& RINOS OUT ..DEMAND TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY AND CITIZENS...AMERICA..HER CHILDREN AND PEOPLE ARE GONE.

  • @supralogic2755
    @supralogic2755 4 роки тому +330

    That line she said about bad marriage and teaching is very true. I want to thank this teacher because she defined exactly what it feels like; I am in a similar situation. She is strong and resilient, I hope she finds her peace.

    • @userhbiron1806
      @userhbiron1806 4 роки тому +1

      I doubt that you are also a teacher in a similar situation, you have comments about fortnite on other videos
      Smh

    • @katiekane5247
      @katiekane5247 4 роки тому +1

      She should run for office! Our country needs more hero's in sensible shoes.

    • @EmeraldMara85
      @EmeraldMara85 4 роки тому +6

      @@userhbiron1806 Teachers can also be gamers. Gaming is a widespread hobby that can defy age, gender, and nationality. You know...just like movies, books, and every other hobby. You make it seem like teachers are soulless.

    • @userhbiron1806
      @userhbiron1806 4 роки тому

      @@EmeraldMara85 teachers dont usually make fun of people in their free time, atl east good teachers dont

    • @EmeraldMara85
      @EmeraldMara85 4 роки тому +1

      @@userhbiron1806 You still have no idea what teachers are. They will state the stupidity of other people, they just make sure you don't hear it. But the real good teachers, just say it to your face because they rather not hide anything and force you to learn(yes, force because too many kids would rather not do their lessons if they could).

  • @RobertRobinson-t2x
    @RobertRobinson-t2x Рік тому +1

    One of the good ones. May you be Blessed in whatever you do.

  • @montanaman3911
    @montanaman3911 4 роки тому +491

    Amanda Coffman's final lesson to her students: Embrace courage, integrity and self-respect.

    • @bobolinkr
      @bobolinkr 4 роки тому +4

      Man, you weren't listening!

    • @AZ-kr6ff
      @AZ-kr6ff 4 роки тому +3

      And quit.

    • @tvvelvegauge12
      @tvvelvegauge12 4 роки тому +1

      Actually, she's a coward...the complete opposite of how you described her...

    • @bambi1971
      @bambi1971 4 роки тому

      Montana Man hold out for more money

    • @cloudie8314
      @cloudie8314 4 роки тому

      🥺

  • @marcusdub07
    @marcusdub07 4 роки тому +173

    Her speech got me, especially when her voice began to break, she deserves the very best future, and so do the children.

    • @markhudson738
      @markhudson738 4 роки тому +1

      Bruh😭😭🤧🤧

    • @baronperez8200
      @baronperez8200 4 роки тому

      Be careful of being convinced by your emotions, she didn’t say a single fact, it was very vague. If you are” on her side” at this point then you definitely shouldn’t be a judge, you wouldn’t send anyone to jail lol especially not women.

    • @petarcosic2781
      @petarcosic2781 4 роки тому

      America is a nation wired Catholic, labeled Protestant, and functioning secular. People don’t believe this when they first hear it, but it’s demonstrably true. And the cryptic interaction between Catholicism and both the young nation’s native Protestantism and post-Enlightenment secularism has wrought a land of deep and possibly fatal contradiction.
      The impasse between the American republic’s wiring, labeling, and functioning has also turned it into a republic in name only that, without change, will soon perish.
      Our national infirmity is betrayed by six symptoms indicating that America misses muster as a true republic. The stubbornly incredulous American anti-Catholicism on the religious right (today’s grandkids of the Reformation) and on the secular left (today’s grandkids of the Enlightenment) must evaporate before the existential threat can be nullified.
      There is only one solution to American decadence in 2016-and, like it or lump it, that solution is Catholic.
      Here is the paradox: through shameless plagiarism of the Catholic natural law tradition, the Reformation-Enlightenment-inspired founders of this nation created a new regime centered upon the very thing that the Reformation and the Enlightenment had rejected throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: the Catholic natural law.
      Let that irony sink in. As Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote of the Protestant preacher Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter: “The pale clergyman piled up his library, rich with parchment-bound folios of the Fathers . . . and monkish erudition, of which the Protestant divines, even while they vilified and decried that class of writers, were yet constrained often to avail themselves.”
      History is stranger even than Hawthorne’s fiction. This secret plagiarism features in American history as a sort of intellectual schizophrenia by the religious right and the secular left. Each camp’s sixteenth-century “grandparent”-respectively, the Reformation and the Enlightenment-has for five centuries sermonized against the Catholic natural law. Stranger still is the irony that the two “rivals” have far more in common-a potent allergy to natural law-than either side wishes to recall. They are false rivals, fake opposites.
      Think of both “Protestant natural law” and “Enlightenment natural law” as contradictions in terms. One could argue that Catholic natural law (Thomas Aquinas’s brand of Aristotelianism) is the only genuine brand of it. But a luminary or two from either camp occasionally referred to something they called “natural law,” however misguided their criteria might have been. It proves to be a sufficiently argumentative task just showing Americans that the ideas they’ve long embraced about politics and culture are uniquely Catholic. So let’s just stick with that.REST ABOUT BOOK BY TIMOTHY GORDON" CATHOLIC REPUBLIC:WHY AMERICA WILL PERISH WITHOUT ROME" ON CATHOLIC ANSWERS PAGE

  • @KylerChin
    @KylerChin 4 роки тому +411

    Props to this teacher; she has such a calm reading voice

    • @denimlether5812
      @denimlether5812 4 роки тому

      Obviously not with all that crying.

    • @we.allwin
      @we.allwin 4 роки тому +9

      @@denimlether5812 She didnt stutter or pause but kept reading and had enough control to not break down in the middle of this.

    • @justinmitchell8343
      @justinmitchell8343 4 роки тому

      She looks and sounds like she could be an English teacher.

  • @TungB
    @TungB 15 днів тому

    She is truly one of the great ones. Actual integrity and a true and deep understanding of why that matters. Wow.

  • @unpluggedgaming8341
    @unpluggedgaming8341 3 роки тому +496

    I went to school with this woman and she did her best to keep us kids in line. It's been nearly 2 decades since I saw her last and to know she was pushed out by the same greed that has ruined this state really does upset me...

    • @liverpool5261
      @liverpool5261 3 роки тому +1

      damm man , i hope that your doing good

    • @Kiirxas
      @Kiirxas 3 роки тому +1

      @UA-cam Deleted my Other Account for Mean Comments that would only make the problem a million times worse

    • @cchavezjr7
      @cchavezjr7 3 роки тому +5

      @@Kiirxas Charter schools represent the top schools at a much better rate than traditional schools

    • @Kiirxas
      @Kiirxas 3 роки тому

      @@cchavezjr7 but it’s also hit or miss if you’ll end up in an ultra religious hellhole that still teaches creationism in 2021

    • @tlwilliams6004
      @tlwilliams6004 3 роки тому

      @@cchavezjr7 Charter school are very selective and kick kids out at an alarming rate. Some kids got kicked out 2 months before graduation. Some won't take kids that don't have both parents in the home

  • @dfjsdz
    @dfjsdz 3 роки тому +907

    The amount of pain and sadness in her voice is heartbreaking

    • @zephead843
      @zephead843 3 роки тому +7

      Let's make "Ms. Coffman's farewell to the troops speech" a national holiday AND put her face on the new $20 bill. (but would it be enough?)

    • @rachelkotkin5971
      @rachelkotkin5971 3 роки тому

      l

    • @heydeanie
      @heydeanie 3 роки тому +5

      She broke my heart

    • @jodeedugger7570
      @jodeedugger7570 3 роки тому +12

      She doesn’t want to leave her kids but she had to what’s best for her and them and she chose not be a pawn in that districts game of chess. Good for her! 👍

    • @Kingdompurpose73
      @Kingdompurpose73 3 роки тому +8

      But we can't get rid of the bad teachers no matter what they do

  • @sueelliott3206
    @sueelliott3206 3 роки тому +656

    As difficult as this was for this teacher she said it beautifully. I pray she finds a school district that will appreciate and respect her skills.

    • @JudyJudyJudy44
      @JudyJudyJudy44 3 роки тому +5

      Probably have to go private ...

    • @patminard2015
      @patminard2015 3 роки тому +3

      And far ......?

    • @SoullessAIMusic
      @SoullessAIMusic 3 роки тому +3

      why did she quit?

    • @janephillips3627
      @janephillips3627 2 роки тому +4

      @@SoullessAIMusic Did you WATCH the Video? It says Why.

    • @jacquelineking5783
      @jacquelineking5783 2 роки тому

      @@janephillips3627 without knowing the contract details you can't know if she was wrong or right. A nice speech but rather lacking for trying to deduce if she had a point or not.

  • @rodandjudibowen5665
    @rodandjudibowen5665 8 місяців тому +15

    In the right. Or in the wrong. I am proud of this woman for standing up to "authority"! 😊

  • @elaineweinberg7094
    @elaineweinberg7094 2 роки тому +652

    The way the board members sat there smug. That's ok, the whole world just witnessed this. Hats off to this teacher, she will be ok.

    • @EphemeralProductions
      @EphemeralProductions 2 роки тому +27

      People like that are always smug. It doesn’t affect them directly And they probably couldn’t care less that she’s leaving

    • @carlogustavovalenzuelazepe5774
      @carlogustavovalenzuelazepe5774 2 роки тому +4

      Or maybe she was a horrible teacher but she talks to look good only

    • @shellshockedbros4458
      @shellshockedbros4458 2 роки тому +28

      @@carlogustavovalenzuelazepe5774 No? Some of her students spoke out on social media about this, in tears. She got an applause at the end of her speech by children as well it sounded.

    • @rezsurfer2808
      @rezsurfer2808 2 роки тому +5

      @@shellshockedbros4458 Students like their teacher and stand by when a teacher only tells the kids one side of a story. The Board is not "smug" they can NOT talk and have discussions with people when they get up to talk . It is in the boards rules of conduct. Unless they have amended a rule to allow conversation but for the most part that's not allowed.
      if a teacher says, they dont listen to me and etc etc but that same teacher has zero idea what a board has to deal with and work on for teachers, athletics, bussing, supplies and huge budgets with regulations. It is not so black ad white. Should not be seen as that also. This teacher acting as if she standing up no she quitting and not willing to understand to ME IMO

    • @Cramer123
      @Cramer123 2 роки тому +12

      @@rezsurfer2808 how do you know she doesn’t know what a board does and doesn’t do? Many teachers are well aware and well versed as to what their board of directors oversee and do. This teacher may very well be in the right here. Also, are you a teacher? Because if you are, I find 8 hard to believe you don’t know how most boards of school districts are. They are often extremely self-serving and out for their own interests. Heck, many do not even have an educational background.

  • @kylaletlough1451
    @kylaletlough1451 4 роки тому +318

    Shame on them for letting these students lose what appears to be a very caring, smart individual that could help further mold them into great people. Teachers have difficult jobs, they deserve credit, respect and our gratitude

    • @steveandrews7434
      @steveandrews7434 4 роки тому +5

      Lose one good teacher and get a couple dozen more future Trump supporters instead. Win-win for the GOP.

    • @blanca2000ify
      @blanca2000ify 4 роки тому +3

      @@steveandrews7434 lets start by you saying idiocy over the internet

    • @deevnn
      @deevnn 4 роки тому +3

      @@blanca2000ify you are wrong...Logic B4Religion is right. Wake up to the REAL world, fool.

    • @neildavies2276
      @neildavies2276 4 роки тому +2

      @@blanca2000ify even if its not about politics, I've seen it so many times where an experienced teacher is "moved on" and two newly qualified teachers are brought in to replace them. The older teacher had their way of doing things, but was expensive. The new ones are cheaper, can be moulded and are less likely to complain at the ever increasing workload. Happy teachers = happy students, but stressed teachers = stressed students. And those at the top of the education business often just don't care...

    • @ripscuds4467
      @ripscuds4467 4 роки тому

      And money.

  • @AndySaenz
    @AndySaenz 4 роки тому +245

    When her voice broke and she said "I won't be meeting you in the hallways", I felt it. 😭💔

    • @caroleelijio1962
      @caroleelijio1962 4 роки тому +9

      I cried with her too bro 😓

    • @bobcharlie2337
      @bobcharlie2337 4 роки тому +13

      Yeah, right in the feels. Teachers like her are gems.

    • @Beckala67
      @Beckala67 4 роки тому +5

      That's how much teachers like her actually love on their students. They know they're the last defense between the School Board agenda and the students' best interests.

    • @Malissa7
      @Malissa7 4 роки тому

      I'm proud of her for standing up to them as she did. My heart broke as she was reading.I felt every word...

    • @lindamahrer1760
      @lindamahrer1760 4 роки тому +2

      Families need to wake up...rfid chips ..control with medical..etc..

  • @ChrisJohnston-j3e
    @ChrisJohnston-j3e 2 місяці тому +1

    Tell them like it is teacher. I hope you find what your looking for. God bless you and take care.

  • @jezebel324
    @jezebel324 4 роки тому +108

    Just because you can accept less, doesn’t mean you should. The motto of the country. I’m saddened and proud for her. I hope she thrives.

  • @CharlotteStockton
    @CharlotteStockton 2 роки тому +1102

    I applaud this woman's bravery. She is setting strong and meaningful example to her students and her district should take note. This is why we have a nation-wide shortage of teachers and why retired teachers refused to return, even in the COVID crisis. We LOVE our students, but we can no longer accept the disrespect and abuse.

    • @waynewilliams8554
      @waynewilliams8554 2 роки тому +1

      @ Susan Christie, Where can this wonderful teacher take her knowledge and caring for her students, and not step into the same BS. Board members go?

    • @CharlotteStockton
      @CharlotteStockton 2 роки тому +9

      @@waynewilliams8554 I do not have the answer to that, but I know that I fought for the respect of teachers for over 40 years, and looking back, I know I made little progress. I guess the current shortage of teachers will have to speak for itself. What I did notice, when I was teaching that the teacher's unions in my area often put their student's needs before their own and would bargain for lower class sizes first, before benefits and raises. As a teacher, I took my knowledge and caring and went to law school and became a lawyer.

    • @caroljohnsonvaughn6793
      @caroljohnsonvaughn6793 2 роки тому +6

      I taught 18 years k-12
      And
      Adjunct at a local college for 8 years.
      It’s not the kids who drive instructional staff out.
      I am currently retired and have been approached to teach again.
      I will not go back. What the school and Ed system are doing is a disservice to our students and their families.

    • @Irishlen64
      @Irishlen64 2 роки тому +1

      @Hehafqu Ahhwish That is a nice ignorant statement. Where did you get educated tRUMP university.

    • @jharback
      @jharback 2 роки тому

      We have a nation-wide shortage of teachers because the "administrators" put more emphasis on what the Unions want than they do on what the children and teachers want and need.

  • @doraldeddy1836
    @doraldeddy1836 3 роки тому +323

    I love the parting shot. “There will be no responses as I don’t answer to you anymore!” Well said lady, from the .UK.

    • @heydeanie
      @heydeanie 3 роки тому +8

      Reminds me of the old country song. "take this job & shove it, I ain't working here no more" lol

  • @melodieshimon
    @melodieshimon 7 місяців тому

    Watching from Canada millions stand with you love being sent .

  • @SpoonLady
    @SpoonLady 4 роки тому +655

    You go girl!

    • @dannybee6473
      @dannybee6473 4 роки тому +4

      I mean what? She quit her job but we don't get the actual reason. Lmao this video is dumb af. She felt silenced? Why didn't she speak up there. Why didn't she give us the real reason? This is video is dumb af.

    • @RedCell1948
      @RedCell1948 4 роки тому +19

      @@dannybee6473 You sound like the kinda guy who keeps a diary about his ex.

    • @tomcoryell
      @tomcoryell 4 роки тому +2

      Ummm, there’s a spoon on your nose.....JK, I agree completely with your response.

    • @ayeg4174
      @ayeg4174 4 роки тому +1

      @@RedCell1948 LMAOOOOO

  • @DS-xp4ml
    @DS-xp4ml 4 роки тому +581

    Overpaid school administrators are a problem in my district also. They have no problem voting themselves a raise, their only job is to spend money so they can get more money for the next school year.Teachers and students are the least of their concerns.

    • @debbiefox6846
      @debbiefox6846 4 роки тому +11

      Sadly I think that is the same in many school districts. Sure is the case here in California.

    • @Sequoyas
      @Sequoyas 4 роки тому +14

      @@debbiefox6846 Not just in america. Happens all the time here in canada too. My universities faculty has gone on strike twice in the last 5 years. It is a huge problem that almost never gets addressed.

    • @terramarini6880
      @terramarini6880 4 роки тому +14

      @holiday671 Teachers educate the future adults that will be deciding the futures of our wrinkly old butts...They should absolutely be considered as important as doctors and paid respectively. Parents all over trying to home school just their own (not a class of 30) and failing miserably...get bent.

    • @cheath8705
      @cheath8705 4 роки тому +9

      In my district, there's a woman who was a superintendent and goes by the name 'Pat'. She gave herself $30,000 annual raise on top of $220,000 years ago while none others got any raise. It was approved in an "approved or fire the one who disapproved". Yes, it's in CA as well.

    • @philipwebb1104
      @philipwebb1104 4 роки тому +8

      @holiday671 You do realize that a lot of teachers don't just work from school bell to school bell, right.
      They start anywhere from an hour earlier to an hour or more later as well, along with having meetings with parents and students after school and also helping students with problems after the school day has ended. They also take work home with them to grade assignments, grade tests, create lesson plans, gets grades ready for report cards etc. They are also required to work a week past the schools closing for the summers and they also have to get lesson plans and activities ready for the beginning of the next school year during their so called summer vacation and the same goes for any of their vacations throughout the year. The amount of work that goes into being a teacher isn't just what you want to see but a whole lot more. And yes there are some teachers that do the bare minimum and ride it but they are very few and far between but the most of them go that extra mile to do their work and make sure their students are taught and ready for the next stage whether it be grade 2 or college/university. The $60,000 for the amount of work that is required and the extra they put into their job probably works out to be like $4-$6 an hour which isn't a lot compared to the lack of work from the school administrators that make $160,00+ per year and vote their own raises in when they feel they need more money and do less than half the work of any teacher

  • @pikapikapikachu6679
    @pikapikapikachu6679 4 роки тому +647

    Teachers used to be students and they too got bullied when they were young. Now they're teachers but still ended up getting bullied by the school board. Poor teachers! They don't get the respect they deserve nowadays!

    • @neigh102
      @neigh102 4 роки тому +18

      I think the main reason that teachers don't get much respect is that the lazy teachers and the teachers who bully their students ruin things for the good teachers.

    • @JamesTheFoxeArt
      @JamesTheFoxeArt 4 роки тому +9

      neigh102 I agree, I feel like the good teacher are just being treated poorly in my school for no reason

    • @loveme77527
      @loveme77527 4 роки тому +7

      ALL JOBS BULLY THESE DAYS...
      IT'S FREAKIN DISGUSTING!😕

    • @mikechilton911
      @mikechilton911 4 роки тому

      You know what you talk about a segment or a population that's taking advantage of or bullied or whatever best teachers I mean I've known some of the best people in the world are teachers and they're so dedicated to their work and so concerned about the kids and what they do I mean a lot of times money comes out of their pocket for supplies because the school system will not supply and they go to school for years to get a degree in teaching and a lot of people make a lot more than they do they are really a much undervalued professional and my heart goes out to them God bless them