Jimmy Kimmel Gives High School Valedictorian the Chance to Finish Speech
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2017
- At a high school graduation in Exeter, Pennsylvania the senior class President gave a speech that did not go over well with the faculty. They cut him off right in the middle of his speech. We wanted to give him a chance to finish so we tracked him down.
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Jimmy Kimmel Gives High School Valedictorian the Chance to Finish Speech
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Doesn't let him finish in front of a school, finishes in front of the Nation.
I bet the principal and the school staff are furious he finished it.
😂😂
Looks like that school got what they deserved
I hate when they don't let me finish in front of a school.
gqn2 major flex
Looks like this backfired on the faculty..
Faculty
@@Kibbuster He uh, spelled it right
@@PsicosisYT I was just repeating wdym
@@Kibbuster Mb homie, wasnt sure of the intent
@@PsicosisYT You're Aren't *Pole Vaults*
Just imagine him instead of reading the end of his speech as he handed in, him reading another speech criticizeing the Jimmy Kimmel Show
Feynman.
@@gokurocks9 Correct!
Exactly!
1997CWR 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Lmao, that would have been amazing. The endgame. Haha
_"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say."_
~George RR Martin
copied from the original vid
divinrth it’s a quote.
@@youngroyals4350 yes i know. what i'm saying is, on the original video of the kid giving the speech, one of the top comments is this. it was just reposted here by this guy probably for likes
divinrth once again, a quote
ULO_Dezsmoove troll
To quote Philip DeFranco, "By silencing him; you made his voice even louder." Now he's on Jimmy Kimmel. Well put Mr. DeFranco, well put.
Exactly if they let him finish, they wouldnt look stupid right now!!!
Shillup DeFraudo
I became the 1000th like
link?
By building a dam, you will provide water and electricity. By blocking the river, the block will break.
the dislikes are from school admin
shut up, brony. If we you had more educated leaders your country wouldnt be the shithole it is
Andre Macleod
Our country isn't shithole. No country is.
And more
I Play tuba I got to be your 1000th like. it was very satisfying.
Imagine that maybe they should think about the negative at the school and FIX it
It’s funny cuz 1.5m people wouldn’t have seen this without them trying to silence him
@Nicholas Jevon how delusional and bigger than you actually are you think the US is?The world is laughing at you and nobody that lives outside ''the most blessed capitalistic country'' in the world gives a crap or knows much about you LMAO
@@jhinabloomingflower807 ...what?
@@jhinabloomingflower807 ... what?
@@jhinabloomingflower807 yeah I'm lost on this one too chief
... what?
@@jhinabloomingflower807ok what?
What nonsense are you speaking?
Does that even relate to his comment?
School: hey cut the mic it’s gonna harm our reputation
Jimmy Kimmel: allow me to introduce you to the whole nation
And the world since it’s on UA-cam
Way to silence the kid, school. Good job.
lmao
LMFAOOOO
bars
"We are not authoritarian!" **Silences student who speaks out**
they really proved his point 🤣
Hahahahaha
The valedictorian speech isn't the right time to criticise the school.
@@Dan-zt7uj it is
@@Dan-zt7uj If there is a problem then any time is a good time.
2:36 the school tried to hack and sabotage his speech again
Okik E. lmao
sponsored by Cisco.
I thought it was my internet connection lol
Gatsuuuuuuu!!!
Network connection falling faster than Cisco's stock value
The moment they cut his speech it made them look guilty.
I do salivate for the PR statement from the district itself.
Most likely an apology.
theyre already guilty when the kids start speaking facts
I agree, they should have let him say his piece.
@Nicholas Negosian ok boomer
@Nicholas Negosian It's not that hard to understand. And it's extremely stupid of you to criticize a single person for using the phrase when literally thousands of people elsewhere say the same thing. It's needless. You aren't going to stop him, nor are you going to stop the rest of them. But yes, continue to be rude and cynical
“In our school, the title of class president could more accurately be class party planner, and Student’s council main obligation is to paint signs every week. Despite some of the outsanding people in our school, the lack of a real student government, combined with the authoritative attitude that a few teachers, administrators and board members have, prevents students from trully developing as leaders. Hopefully, this will change. Hopefully, for the sake of future students, more people of power within our school, who do not do so already, will begin to prioritize education itself as well as the empowering of students, because at the end of the day, it is not what we have done as wyoming area students or atlethes that will define our lives, but what we will go on to do as wyoming area alumni. And i hope that every one of my classmates here today, as well as myself, will go on to do great things in this world, and achieve true happiness and success. Thank you all for coming to this great celebration today.”
Thewindgamer wow
I saw the rest of his speech on the Jimmy Kimmel show. Hopefully this young lad will return to the area as a teacher/admin/school board member and fix these problems. We need these types of people in our education system!
His speech was really well said! The fact that he added the “authoritative attitude” “prevents students from truly developing as leaders” felt critical. The adults at school really do make students feel that way, although it’s effective, it’s not helping my fellow classmates develop leadership skills either. Let alone leadership, but the feeling we’re put in a box. I started seeing this attitude when I got into middle school. I don’t really think about it that much but his speech made me remember that side of what’s going on in the classroom. About feeling like we’re put in a box, it honestly feels as if me and my classmates are factory workers where all we do is so work and follow directions.
I typed a really long comment and deleted most of it, so sorry if it sounds weird 😅
An excellent speech, proven true by the school's action of cutting his mic.
@@boppop8703 It doesn't sound weird. I think this is a problem whenever systems become large and centrally organized; a lot of the homeschooled kids I've met have felt confused when they leave homeschool and are exposed to those attitudes and social norms. I hope you find your path and speak your mind without having to lose material success
He went from a platform of hundreds to a platform of hundreds of thousands. Lol good job.
RaYmOnDrOiD more like millions if the story blows up more.
RaYmOnDrOiD it's millions because his show is famous and it's on UA-cam trending
Precisely 1.5m as at 2020
@@IsraelAgyemanPrempeh More than that because his show is also on TV
@@IsraelAgyemanPrempeh 8 Million lol
Everybody expects the truth, but nobody likes the truth.
+
Joe B The truth hurts. Awesome work!!
The truth is often unpleasant. Being Pleasant will get you many friends, being truthful...
but could it be that truths vary??? as in person to person abide or lives according to his truth justified by what he or she has experienced.
Just like God is Fake?
He was more nervous here than there.
well hes on tv
Dan H I mean compare a few hundred at school to millions at home and it makes sense
He's on TV infront of possible millions of people what do you expect
@@azurasweetroll321 loll
obviously. he's on national tv
2:36 plot twist: His teachers now work for Cisco. They again tried to disrupt his speech.
aight nigga
I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case
nah those teachers still work there, i go to that highschool
Saw this earlier tonight, happy to see that this student actually got a chance to voice what he wanted to say.
i really agree with you
Ffcç
nice profile pic.
Probably should have voiced his concerns BEFORE the graduation. Kid was a valedictorian and it still didn't give him a shred of decency or gratitude.
Wisp nasty ass furry
nothing wrong with that speech.
Jason Bean authority gets scared when the truth comes out
Jason Bean That’s right, all he was doing was telling the truth
Well they didn't hear the speech like he said they cut him off because he handed in another speech.
Brian Orozco sure I can come to the movies and say to everyone how a lot of people dieing of a starvation but
I don’t want to be kicked out because I was telling the truth theirs time and place
Nothing right about it either. Pretty boring if you ask me. Says there is a problem but doesn’t touch on a solution.
2:36 that's really just bad advertising for CISCO. Lol
😭
I mean, with that we can assume that they used WebEx instead of something like Skype or Zoom.
He try to say that school not matters for your life and that your choice will matters.
“The school pulled a kanye on that kid” lol 😝 😆 😂
I saw this comment as soon as he said it in the video😂
@@axrxm Sameee
What is a kanye?
@@pbgf0411, it's when Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift in her Best MV awards speech at MTV.
Both the school and Kanye are losers now.
We need more people like him. Defy the authority for the better of everyone rather than be a sheep and follow whatever they are being told.
At the very least challenge authority if you feel they are overstepping boundaries.
Opera Falcon - You said it better than me. "Challenge" is more appropriate than "defy" in my statement.
💯💯💯👏🏽👏🏽
Don't defy for the sake of defying though
Kira, as I have said previously, "challenge" is a better word that I should have used. Challenge the status quo. Challenge authority if they think they are above the law or are trying to circumvent the law for their own gains, especially at the cost of the weak and the poor. Everyone deserves to live with dignity and not to be preyed upon just because many were born into less fortunate circumstances. The problem is that everyone is selfish, it's human nature, and always seems to worry about their own well-being, whether they are rich, poor, powerful, young, old, etc. No one wants to work together for the better of humanity. Only when the earth is closed to being destroyed, then we might see some cooperation because it's a common threat to everyone.
Respect to this man
boy*
Rick Sanchez really dude?
Rick Sanchez age doesn't define manlyness. He is way more manly than most men.
Rick Sanchez This man is clearly an intelligent and idependant human. Age doesn't define maturity. So many 21 y/o are doing nothing with their life. In my book this man is a man. Decides and thinks for himself.
Rick Sanchez he's more a man than you are. Your ignorance to the point is proof enough.
School: *teaches about human rights*
School: *talks about freedom of speech that every human has*
Peter: *uses his right to speak the truth*
School:wait, that’s illegal *cuts him off*
Didn’t take away his right, they took away the platform they provided to him. Think about it, he was still speaking, people could still hear him, just not through the microphone and stage with the gown on (that the school most likely provided) on the schools field/court, his freedom of speech was never taken from him
@@willbrown6161 r/woosh
@@willbrown6161 yeah but it’s a public platform you can’t take it away just like that. Imagine unis you go out to get permission to protest in a park against something but they don’t allow u and day instead you can do this in your bedroom. I mean he still has the right to talk but just not in public. Something doesn’t add up does it. So essentially in a way they did take away his freedom of speech
@@zaidnissar356 they cut him off because he didn’t use the speech which he submitted. Do proper research before trying to spread a narrative
@@zaidnissar356 Yes i do understand where you are coming from But you also have to realize That Somebody has to say something! If women Shut up And did not fight or speaked up for there self's Women in 2021 Would be in the same place like The women or anybody thats female wouldnt have the rights they have today, so again I understand where you coming from, But somebody has to Say something and stand up for basic human rights.
I felt respect towards this boy, how he conducts himself.
He's a teenager just out of school but that boy seemed so collected and no nonsensical.
This was my high school... Peter's completely right about it.
My sisters come home on a daily basis and complain about the school.
My saint of a grandfather used to be the athletic director back when my mother attended the school and they treated him terribly.
Honestly, I'm going to college right now in the area and it's just as bad as the high schools.
I was at the graduation for my sister and I have to say, I think it's so cool to see this getting attention. In my opinion, it's about damn time something like this happened. The school made it worse for themselves.
What's the schools name?
Katie Rose Wyoming Area. It was the Secondary Center's Senior Graduation Ceremony.
what highschool?
@@cullenmcnamara5518
WyomingArea School
@@Th_Uslss_Indvdl Big part of the kids for cash scandal too. Ruined a lot of innocent kid's lives.
honestly i have such a good feeling about this new gen of kids
Rita Kristina Good
Rita Kristina lmao really?
They haven't been to college yet.
Really? And the school authorities once was the teens enjoying end of segregation, hippie movement, LSD, Woodstock, marches, crack cocaine, all white Spider Man cartoon, etc. No hope.
Cool
Imagine if ellen tracked him down. That kid would have a full scholarship to college. 😂
2nd Edit: I got a noti from this post just to see 5.3k likes. What's going on 😂
David Cohen he already does he’s a valedictorian
I’m pretty sure being the top of your class in a large high school gets you a full ride to most colleges.
im sure he already did but i understand waht you mean lol
He probably already does,,, good for him!
@josh p
Are you human?
2:59 y'all hear that oof sound effect or am I tripping
Agon Jonuzi hahaha I’m dead
Lmao I heard it too
You're tripping
I hear it lol
Oh god why 😂
The faculty showed the world why that speech was necessary. Sadly, they still don't get it. Kids who use critical thinking skills should be celebrated - not censored. "Yay", to Jimmy Kimmel and to that charming young man. "Booooo", to those horrible school administrators.
G M you sir, are a smart intellectual.
If you try an censor people, their voices sound louder
Mike Tidbits tell that to North Korea.
@@voidinteractive9308 tell that to israel.
G M most liberals are not like that, it’s just the vocal radicals, but I do agree for the most part
Yuuup lol
I'm 16 and this is deep.
Even if you think he's not funny, you have to hand it to Kimmel or whomever did this for doing the right thing here.
School :- *cuts a student's mic*
Kimmel:- I'll end this school's whole career
When there was interference at 2:36 my heart legit dropped
Little Miss Sunshine omfg me too
Lol I was like, jeez the powers that be really don’t want him to give that speech 😂
love that profile pic
Love that channel name
They censored the high school he went to
Thank you Mr. Kimmel for giving this person the platform he was denied. This young man will be a future leader.
Bro I wanna like but it’s 420 likes. I’ll wait for some jackoff to ruin it*
Minute 2:37 The faculty tried to cut him off again
they tried to hack into Kimmel's studio room :D
Reality of schools, they only want that $$
😭
Cutting off his mic... Made it bigger than if they had let him finish. Now millions of people heard his speech. Instead of a few hundred...
wish i had a school captain like him
Jarin Hossain I LOVE YOU PROFILE PIC
Only in America do schools claim they are now against censorship and for freedom of speech but then get all childish when a student rightfully criticizes them without using insults .
Qwerty I'm American..... I'm so American, I live on land that was visited by George Washington 4 times. Don't "generalize" me as an outsider.
Qwerty In most places that is classified as Censorship. i.e. the act of deliberately suppressing someone's ability to exercise their freedom of speech. Sure the school can cut the mic, it doesn't mean they should though.
How dare those teachers keep revoking our freedom! They keep preventing me from bringing my collection of nice guns to school like wtf
@@lostinYourReality hell yea
A salotatorian was cut off by teacher on her speech against school hypocrisy too.
Very noble person, he did not even want to show off his marks. Humble and wise, I truly hope he has a wonderful life
In my high school graduation, our valedictorian's speech was edited and tweaked before hand. So he had to say things like "My experience at this school was 'awesome' " while you could just feel the fakeness from a 50 mile radius.
Michael Cera keeps looking younger and younger!!
He just slapped the school with facts, mad respect
This kid is going to do well. A true leader knows that sometimes you have to stick your own neck out on the line to truly advocate for those that you lead. He showed that in spades!
Also, I'd link to sincerely thank the faculty of that school for so aptly proving this young man's point! It's always nice to use true to life, real world examples of something you're trying to get across, and your timing couldn't have been more perfect! 👍
I love it! I'm seeing this for the first time in 2022, and I wanted to hear the rest of his speech!
His speech was actually quite positive and respectful - a hope for a better student government and better education and happiness for all of his classmates.
When American schools don't have free speech, also jokes on him I paused the video at 2:34
nbkcq28 what? They wrote the speeches for the students? That makes me mad.
It's hilarious how idiots always bring up "freedom of speech" when they don't even know how it is applied or what it means....."hurrr durrr I'm is in America and I has freedum of spech so that meeens I should be able two say wutever I want whenever or else any who stops me is braking duh constitushun durrrrrrr"
Ninja Ozai I know, I feel like they should be allowed to make their own speeches. In my High School Graduation which was on May 30th of this year, 2019, there was a student that was allowed to make her own speech the way she wanted it
@@tommysinclair4570 - It's not that they write speeches for them. Students at most schools write their own speech which has to be submitted by a certain date to school officials who will approve or decline it. Then that version has to be read verbatim or staff may stop the speech.
This student knew that, which is why he knew he would have to risk it and go off script to get his point across.
School: “We also want our students to feel free to give us honest feedback!”
Stundents: *gives horrible, honest feedback*
School: *SEIZE HIM!!*
I really got pissed off with this whole situation. They should’ve let him finish and then taken the criticisms.
Apparently they said that they would talk to Peter later to properly address his concerns but I'm betting that that never happened.
@@richhobo1216 It’s typical PR from a corporation or school district.
Most of the time, nothing changes. Just look at other companies horror stories.
Well,
On the bright side,
Lets be thankful they cut him off during his speech.
If they didn't, this would have never been featured in Jimmy's Show, for sure.
And his graduation speech video would not have probably gone viral.
"Are you grounded forever?"
Isn't he 18? Lmao
Most people live with their parents a little longer than 18.
@@solts9576 Still, most 18 year olds don’t get grounded, right?
RIGHT???
@@irecordwithaphone1856
Oh, sweet summer child
@@irecordwithaphone1856 Uhhh, well it depends where you're from, your culture and everything.
@@Maya_hee Yeah that's fair
"IF YOU STRIKES ME DOWN I WILL BECOME MORE STRONGER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE" - perfectly fits here
lol 😂
awesome for speaking his mind... Thanks for being a blessing and sharing...
Heartfelt real speech!!! Great job ✊
*His speech was great, the school made a mistake of a lifetime by cutting him off, proving his point.*
School: Cuts off his mic so no one hears speech
*SPEECH ENDS UP ON TELEVISION*
copied
Karen ain’t sending her kids there
Keep it up! This proves that as long as you keep going, you will win in the end...........and you will win BIG.
"They pulled up a kanye on him"lmaoooo
He is a very handsome young man and well-spoken. Bro keep on what you are doing and never get into the wrong crowds. Always have that positive vibe about yourself, and you would for sure finish college and have a job waiting for you!
AWESOME! ty for letting him finish here. such a great thing to give him this platform. kudos
Lucky they even have graduation
- regards 2020 graduate
damn lol
i love online school tho
He is cute asf.
Jeremy Rayne he is. I want to squish him. So precious
Jeremy Rayne he has a girlfriend
Maddenlyus what in the hell does that have to do with complimenting dude on his looks? His relationship status has nothing to do with it. Calm down trying to be that girl about it.
Really?? I mean he's not ugly but
Michael Cera
"we tracked the kid down through social media"
Love this young man's honesty and bravery
This is Great Jimmy,THANK YOU
Kimmel is an American treasure. We must protect him at all cost!
Saint G so is phil defranco.
No it must be Guilermo
Peter is pretty cool too
I'm just imagining Guillermo being this badass, John Wick-like bodyguard for Jimmy now.
YES!
Doesn't let him Finish his sentence during his graduation day....now he's finishing it infront of millions of people or The world😂
Wow..ty Jimmy!!!!
Well done to him, amazing person! Stand up for what you believe in ⚡️💖
imagine his computer died in the middle of the speech lol
That's hilarious how Jimmy let him finish the speech in from of the whole country! Aahh, I love it! Thank you for that! Pay back to all evil schools! Booya!🤣😂🤣😂
His speech is actually good idk why they cut him off. This kids awesome
It paints the school in bad light I guess was their reasoning
at the school: *cuts the mic
on the national tv: *cuts the internet
This was so cool of you! Let the kids speak. They are our future.
I served as the Student Government President of my school this year, and I completely agree.
I love this youngster.....Great person for the future ⭐🖤 love from🇯🇲
Such a well spoken young lad!
I am not even an American, never been to that side of the planet and yet I would say that USA is great by the way they fight for their freedom. sure you have problems in society and with government policies. who doesn't. and yet your are always striving to move forward and be better. and despite the world is attacking you and your values. you still try to do your best to prove to the world that you can be better. something we need to learn ...all the respect
Brave young man....
HOW BEAUTIFUL and HOW LOVELY that he was given an opportunity to a greater arena. I too an proud of him! RIGHT ON!!!
I love this guy. I am proud of him.
Now imagine if John Oliver had tracked this kid down... he would have destroyed that school's leadership
"Authoritarian high school gets humiliated by petty British owl in suit" I would have actually paid to see that
Imagine Him Saying “Naw, Im Not Going To College, Im Going To Be A Big Video Game Streamer Like Ninja.” 😂😂
you gave this student a bigger platform than he could ever imagine. thank you. i hope many more will follow to speak against the system if need be
Good speech! Thanks Jimmy for giving this kid a chance!
When they cut his mic at school hes like
"This isn't even my final form."
Well I guess cutting off his mic backfired
Honestly. If the school had allowed him to finish his speech, there would be a few hundred people at the ceremony, and about a thousand or so more online who heard what he had to say. Because they cut him off, the original video of his speech went viral, he got to finish his speech on national television with an audience of millions of people, and the school became a national embarrassment. I certainly hope the faculty and school board think it was worth it, that is if any of them still have jobs.
Thanks Jimmy Kimmel. That's a great thing you have done
Great job Jimmy
Thank you Jimmy !
They tried to stop a room of maybe a thousand people for hearing his words. Now millions have heard them
My full respect!
Thank you jimmy! You are a true American
not important or anything but he hits different when he's closer to the camera i-
I wonder how the faculty is reacting now that JIMMMY FREAKING KIMMEL is helping this kid spread his message
man .. that does it .... now im official in love with jimmy kimmel and his team ... what a wonderful great lovely ... THAT WAS AWESOME !
Awesome!
The school doing that causes more publicity. Now everyone can hear it rather than that crowd that was just there 👀
Jimmy is the best
Clorox Bleach you're right, Clorox bleach.
Clorox Bleach, you always have the answer.
Clorox Bleach Dang, a talking bleach
1990s were amazing! I'm special.
Clorox Bleach Hey tell Tide to piss off
I am a proud mother and a teacher right now. This kid is awesome!🥰💪🏾
Thank you!!!
This was great!!