Being Mute for 3 Years

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[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Everybody gangsta til the mute kid starts talking smack.

[@kokichiouma4607]

YOU?! HOW IN THE HOLY SHI-

[@suchpixels7234]

Everywhere i go... I see his face...

[@IndependentOreo]

I’m only subbed to ONE account that is just some guy without a mustache. But, this one, i am subbed to- I see this one everywhere

[@silent868]

Dude why are u everywhere????

[@unfiniche]

NOT AGAIN

[@gachaoreo1071]

In elementary school: You guys talk to much! In high school: You get a grade for talking

[@noxxoxox]

Gacha Oreo LMAO

[@goldenroses4738]

Its so true though!

[@emansayed8108]

Irk that's so weird

[@greenskullgamer883]

And that’s why I like high school

[@Bongastikboy_pr]

Elem is the worst

[@elliottkane1519]

What’s sucks with selective mutism is that it’s not like you can just “start talking”, in almost all cases nobody just decides to stop talking because it’s convenient. For a lot of people trying to talk will cause panic attacks (like it does for me when I go nonverbal) and I hate that people see those who don’t audibly communicate as being “difficult” and are “fixable”

[@apollitomc7960]

well selective mutism is fixable it just takes time and professional help. Real mutism is caused when the part of your brain that controls speaking (the broca area) is severely damaged - that cannot be easily fixed. Selective mutism is caused by social experiences, like a troubling home environment, and is fixable, but yeah its not gonna be a dramatic over night change and random people saying stuff probably won't help

[@RaineMcLean]

nonverbal? are you autistic? out of curiosity lol

[@pinkie723]

​@@apollitomc7960 Over night? People expect you to get over it INSTANTLY right then and there just because they're getting more and more aggravated with your silence!! Sure it's fixable long term, but people seriously expect instant results just from pressuring you, as if somehow adding more anxiety to the situation will make it better. No empathy or understanding about the pressure and anxiety you're going through, just "Oh come on! Just talk, it's not that hard!" meanwhile I'm sitting here like "fck fck fck, what do I say?? M-maybe this...? ...... AAAHHH I can't get it to come out!!! 😭" Seriously, it's PAINFUL. I even got selective mutism online with someone I used to be good friends with because of some drama going on, like literally even typing out a response online gave me the same kind of anxiety, and he just spung my silence into me being some manipulative monster or something when I just physically couldn't break through the psychological barrier stopping me from answering...

[@lemonlizard1]

what worked for me was gradual steps. Like, years level gradual. Eventually, I was able to talk. Still not perfect but much better

[@doggycatalan]

Not a selective mute, but I'm a "quiet kid" as my parents sometimes call me. I definitely sympathize with you. I hate it when my entire family, especially my distant relatives like my jerk cousins and aunts, try to pry and pry at me until I "open up" and "tell them what's wrong" when there's nothing wrong, I just enjoy peace and quiet and that's offensive to them. All they really do is make me feel uncomfortable and unsafe. It must be terrible for you to deal with that on the daily.

[@Salt_Mage]

I was “the quiet kid” for the longest time. It would genuinely shock people if I made a noise. Even after getting into high school I rarely talked, and that followed me to my first job as well. The first time I swore at work was talked about for actual weeks by my coworkers like it was the herald of the apocalypse or something. In truth, I just like to listen and drop some sarcastic comment in when people least expected it.

[@anatolyantonov9512]

You might be interested in the original 'Saints Row' game then.

[@echowhiskey]

@@anatolyantonov9512 "Hope you don't mind hepatitis."

[@SpaceAddress]

Castle Crashers oc based

[@PhoenixWrightAceAttorney]

Careful man, you might be a beloved character in a TV show. You might be killed off in the next season, so I'd watch my back.

[@lapinajustleft]

I remember visiting one of my mom's friends. And when I finally said something everyone gasped and said. “Oh my god! She speaks! I thought she was mute” because I am quiet, the teachers in elementary would have to lip my name in cause I knew the answer but was too anxious that they would be upset if I answered

[@Sushiloverr666]

I feel like these teachers handled it very wrong. Some mutes literally just cannot talk, and they handled it horribly.

[@anahiapcay9042]

but if she was literally mute the school would know and handle it in a different way. But the teachers knew she just didn't want to talk.

[@anahiapcay9042]

@@Ivy-ir7jw even if it were selective mutism, the school would know through the parents or the girl could have told them with other method of communication

[@anahiapcay9042]

@@Ivy-ir7jw that's a fair point

[@shadowclouds7408]

それらの教師は話したくない人を扱うことができません。私は選択的なミュートです。

[@SemiCollin]

A line of English replies, then 1 single Japanese one

[@MoonPatch]

"If you're going 80 mph, how long does it take to go 80 miles?" God that's me. EDIT: GUYS IT WAS A JOKE, PLEASE EDIT2: At this point I can't even tell who is joking and who is being genuine, so let me break it down for you guys, gals, and everyone else, in order to go 80 miles at a speed of 80 miles per hour, you need an hour. One Hour. 80 miles per hour also means an hour per 80 miles. There is no complicated math here, no unit conversion to bother with, no order of operations to consider, no fractions or decimals or hidden variables. It's very simple, please think for like 10 seconds before you post a reply in this 120+ comment long thread.

[@LovelyGhostz]

The awesome Bab ?

[@bobbyxu7704]

@xXskyler the wolfyXx i am trying to say one hour lol

[@cutiegaming2480]

8x8 add a zero to that and then boom answer

[@blumpet6250]

@@cutiegaming2480 64 + 0 is 64....the answer is 1

[@MoonPatch]

@@cutiegaming2480 Pretty sure the answer is not 640 hours, correct me if I'm wrong.

[@petrafabian9012]

I had a classmate who had a medical paper, that he can't talk, because mental issues, and my teacher still FORCED him to try speak out loud...

[@Olivertheolive]

I hope that kid is having a good life now!

[@firelasercat]

thats messed up.

[@jadalove6971]

How’d these teachers not think maybe something was going on if you went to such an extent-they’re terribly unprofessional

[@smartiesmcflurry6755]

right??

[@iamalien6215]

I had selective mutism for years and nothing was done about it until a teacher cared enough to inform my parents in 10th grade.

[@Gamerad360]

That's most teachers in public schools, they like to power trip on your kids and threaten/blackmail them. Don't send your kids to public school if you love them.

[@CreepersNeedHugs]

⁠@@Gamerad360it really depends on the district. My city's district has a fantastic special needs program

[@Gamerad360]

@@CreepersNeedHugs I've been in 4 districts and they all had power tripping teachers.

[@real4426]

Imagine she is quiet until the last day (at graduation) where she goes up to give a speech and she just says "bye" and everyone goes wild.

[@birdy4696]

Oh my god O h m y g o d Is this what inspiration feels like I can’t wait for the last day of school

[@real4426]

@@birdy4696 yes, accept it, let it engulf you.

[@birdy4696]

Nott I will take this idea, I will keep it with me for my whole life, and I will be silent until the day I die, on which I will say “bye” and then die

[@real4426]

@@birdy4696 *y e s*

[@safespacegaming3844]

new goal

[@iforgorowl7590]

Adam: I got jaw surgery cannot speak for months Tabbes: *Not speak for 3 years*

[@wilbysot343]

it's FiReTea that was adam

[@iforgorowl7590]

@@wilbysot343 oh god right well, human makes mistakes

[@leja9380]

By choice 😂

[@rufousthefox9766]

3 years? Those are rookie numbers.

[@alper5966]

But he cant eat too

[@dusk4974]

My childhood best friend was kinda selectively mute. She was too shy to talk to my family, didn't like strangers, and was afraid of the rest of the kids because they were dickheads and tormented her. So she would whisper in my ear what she wanted and I'd relay that. I learned her hums and body movement. The tiniest of pitch changes in a quiet hum, or her doing a specific head movement meant something different. I was literally her translator, lol.

[@slightlydistressedslug6627]

🥰

[@hobahobaring]

you are a good friend, i was like a mute one too and my best friend was really okay with it.

[@Edwynncuh]

Props to your classmates for being chill and not making fun of you

[@calliethewolfcat2183]

My sister was a selective mute. My previous neighborhood thought she was mute, but then they noticed she'd only talk to me, and assumed she was deaf. She just tolerated me more than most people.

[@kamabokogonpachiro5038]

@@Visstnok ew why would you say that. They're siblings

[@user-vu4ow4nt1i]

@@Visstnok that is disgusting

[@dotbellamis]

@@Visstnok what the actual fuck

[@Hackiyori]

@@Visstnok ...Dude...no.

[@ITZ.URGIRLNIMA]

@@Visstnok do you... Do you even know what the comment is about!?

[@chickenblade8016]

Imagine being a boy just hitting puberty and being used to your kid voice, and not being able to talk for 3 or 4 years. Then when u finally speak u sound like a grown man like imagine how scary that would be

[@cheetamcu644]

It scared me once when I got mad and my voice hopped down a octave or two temporally. I could not imagine the fear from a complete permeant change.

[@grimlikesfire6113]

before being mute: hewo during being mute: … after being mute: *HÉŁŁŒ* oh-

[@zh9664]

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[@Justaguyiguess]

YEA

[@meowmeowdefnotafurry]

this is insanely accurate, grades 3-4 i was practically mute, im going into middle school this year with fucked up vocal cords that make me sound like corpse when i dont strain them, waiting for my old friends to hear that-

[@AaronNopesOut]

Damn that teacher is wack cuz what if you were ACTUALLY mute and she’s just like “you need to talk stop being stubborn and talk”

[@nightcoreyuno]

I used to be a mute too all the way till 3rd grade. No one except my parents and brother knew how i sound. They probably heard me sneeze if they're lucky enough. My classmates thought i had an issue where I physicially was not able to speak. I never used the school bathroom(never asked to go) and my teacher was so used to me being a mute that she would ask me if i would like to go to the bathroom 2 times a day. And yeah i had nicknames like tongueless/mute but other than that I was not bullied... I transferred to a new school later and made a friend for the first time in that new school just by writing to eachother on a notebook. I started talking to her in half a year and made a few more friends later on which lasted for a good 10 years. I no longer have friends, back to being a loner who doesn't speak. But i can still respond/talk a bit with people if i need to. Though i still have social anxiety and panic (even during phone calls) When I watched "komi-san can't communicate", I related to her so much that my life flashed before my eyes ngl. Loved the anime

[@honey_bearperls6927]

why don’t you have friends anymore

[@nightcoreyuno]

@@honey_bearperls6927 when we chased our own universities and goals we just drifted apart and didn't hangout or even talk as much anymore, maybe ask how eachother's day went once a month or so. Eventually I stopped talking to my 2 other best friends and we all went silent on eachother. While my bestest/first friend just told me one day that she was grateful for spending her childhood with me but she realized we can't be friends anymore and so, we also did not talk since then. It's been about 4 years since we stopped hanging out and 2 since I stopped considering them a friend.

[@germified9945]

People: why don’t you talk. My selective mutism ass brain: Cause I only talk to people who i think are 👌

[@gachabuds4359]

I have a super extroverted friend that just talks to new people for me so I don’t have to talk to people I don’t trust.

[@emmaakasavethechildren6006]

OCHACOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@enaonly3561]

same and I just moved school’s T^T

[@germified9945]

@@emmaakasavethechildren6006 Hi!

[@emmaakasavethechildren6006]

@@germified9945 glad to see a fellow weeb :)

[@spazman12342]

Imagine these teachers with an actual mute.

[@mydog4289]

Melody Styron she said that as a joke. Her personality is mostly sarcastic.

[@themagnificentelias]

@@melodystyron4514 u really didnt watch the video did u?

[@ninjaroc5570]

spazman12342 i am

[@justcallmebread_738]

spazman12342 XD

[@dr.clocks]

She probably could have just put I'm mute on a paper

[@xaweqxwasd]

It is pretty amazing how hostile humans can behave toward someone who merely chooses not to speak. I know from personal experience of being Selectively Mute (autism). My advice to anyone who has this issue (or who wants to be mute for mindfulness, etc) is this: DON'T let other people walk all over you just because you don't speak. It's sadly harder to do this as a child, especially if your parents don't support you. Most humans (especially those with weak egos) find it annoying and even threatening when someone refuses to speak to them. The sad truth is, most humans are complete dumpster-fires when it comes to fairness: they will not treat you well if you don't show them that you can and will defend yourself. Personally, I'd suggest ridding yourself of these types of people, but, for the times when you must deal with them, remember the following: 1. Don't let people walk all over you. There is a huge population of bullies in this world. It sounds like most of the teachers in this video were just bullies who "got older". 2. Most bullies are cowards with poor emotional control. A good tactic is to be more prepared than they are. Inform them that harassing a person with a disability is a crime, and start documenting how they treat you. 3. Find alternative ways to communicate (when necessary). Examples include...: a. Learn Sign Language. Yes, this is challenging, but completely possible. You can at least learn enough to make strangers not harass you. They will assume you are deaf, and treat you better. b. Use pen-and-paper (carry a notepad), text (phone), or some other written form of communication. 4. If you truly do not speak, then I suggest telling people: "I cannot speak," rather than "I don't want to speak." Just remember: almost no one on the Earth is "truly Mute"; most of the people who do not speak are actually Deaf, and while most of them technically 'can' speak, they don't want to (nor should they be pressured to). No fair-minded person would suggest a Deaf individual should be pressured to speak if they don't want to - so why should you be made to feel pressured? Your voice is part of your body, and you decide what to do with your body. Any human being who thinks you "owe them" or "owe society" is, by definition, a childish, closet Authoritarian - too-afraid to let other people live their own lives. 5. Research and Study the ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act. Businesses and Public Entities have a legal requirement to reasonably accommodate you if you have a Speech Issue/Disability. Do not blindly assume you do not have a disability: I spent over 30 years not realizing I am autistic because no one put 2+2 together. If you're not in America, hopefully your country has an equivalent. Find it, and memorize the key points. 6. If you want to do some further extra reading, look up the notions of "Positive" vs "Negative" "Liberty". These ideas deal with the concept of fairness in society. They may help you put feelings into words. For example: your Right to control your own voice is a "Negative Liberty" - which means it is a liberty that ought to be free from interference by other people. --- In regards to this KZbin video: it seems plausible that the Middle School teacher staged puking in the trash can in order to pressure you to talk. 1. She wouldn't let you leave. 2. She coughed in a trash can and told you to "Get the teacher down the hall." 3. From your description of the teacher down the hall, it seems like she was taking her sweet time trying to get you to speak, rather than rushing to help her friend. 4. Afterward, the puking teacher harassed you about "How far you would go with 'not speaking'". Seems to me like she was referring to the fact that you wouldn't crack - even during her possibly-fake "death" scene. Regardless of whether or not she was faking it, she was still completely out-of-line to harass you the way she did. If she did that to my child (autistic), I'd make sure the only job she could get at a school would be janitorial. I'm sorry your parents were not only unsupportive, but literally part of the problem.

[@apollitomc7960]

"most humans (especially those with weak egos)" ok Mr super villain 🤦

[@quanh9331]

->3. it incrediable that you cant point out that teacher and assume she taking her sweet time instead help . How can she know someone is dying if tabbes not give the information clearly ( dont say if you were that teacher you would start knowing and running right away) 🌚 . :)))) you dont even understant the other person view + conclusion though a simple video part give zezo evidence about that teacher 🌚

[@doggycatalan]

​@@quanh9331 Why not get literally any other student who talks then? The teacher couldn't call the office?

[@runefaustblack]

@@quanh9331 If you're a teacher, and you're not doing much of anything right now, and a student tells you "come with me" or makes gestures to communicate that and they look distressed, you fucking _go._ You don't waste time. (Unless they're a repeat liar or smth like that, which isn't the case here.

[@NikolitoDragon]

Why are you just making an entire speech

[@thewatcher2341]

Coming back to this video after I pass middle school and now in high school got me really nostalgic. like started to choke up and shit. But all things stayed, this still applies to me with the labels and whatnot. But we miss you tabbes and hope you come back ❤❤

[@flixical2624]

wish granted, me boy

[@zerou6634]

shes baaaack

[@snowbalL347]

"You won't be able to pass highschool!" *hardly has any communication skills and still manage to pass highschool*

[@thunder-yogan567]

its more harder if your a guy that looks alot like a girl you get bullied and if you get mad youd look like a short girl thats mean to guys

[@Cooltink101]

Same. I have no idea how I graduated and my grades were bad.

[@user-hp3dh5ph5p]

Speech class

[@marshmallow927]

@@thunder-yogan567 want me to eat them up for ya?

[@rebsb3568]

@@Cooltink101 same

[@kookyplatypus4571]

Teachers: jUsT sPeAk Or Im LoWeRiNg YoUr GrAdE Teachers when they meet a kid with mutism: *Impossible*

[@Random-yl2mq]

True so true

[@jaimedawg8]

Grade = A for talking.

[@sami_irl]

ah yes, ''MUTISM''

[@sami_irl]

mutism sounds like its for people who hate mutes racism, mutism, whats the difference

[@Random-yl2mq]

@@sami_irl Ikr but guess what's worse in the old days they called mute people "dumb." just ask the bible.

[@milikova3052]

Tabbes unknowingly described her KZbin presence in the title, love it lmfao.

[@magicdreemurr3771]

I'd like to see those teachers get an actually mute kid. Respect mute people, whether they are selectively or actually mute. There's always a reason they are mute, but they do have other ways to communicate. Just because they can't speak your native language, doesn't mean they can't communicate.

[@BumbleBee20274]

Mine is "I used to be a loud kid but now I am quiet to the point you don't know I'm here."

[@NA-pk7fe]

Same though

[@jellynebula4339]

Mine is "If I don't talk to pester me much Dad is dead and my brain makes me shut off my voice."😁😷😭✌🏻

[@yodel7781]

Mine is "I'm weird" 😸

[@lavinissensonthecommenter4197]

I’m Sean mcloutass

[@AncientDream30]

Lol, same

[@alexf225]

"High School are the golden years of your life!" Oh god I hope not.

[@stargirl3455]

If these are the golden years idk what are the others!!

[@ageha4654]

@@stargirl3455 elementary cuz it's ez

[@fastboiii5254]

Yes,bcz u dont care about DA RULEZ anymore.

[@wisedred]

Don't worry they're not. They are for popular kids who like drama, otherwise your time will be in college.

[@mintytoffee2847]

Hi fellow Hamiltrash!

[@livingthemcdream]

I went through a somewhat similar experience in my country's version of high school. I just didn't fit in at all and was relentlessly bullied for it. it got so bad in the second grade that I don't think I said more than 10 words in 2 sentences to my other classmates in total. idk why but it all stopped the moment 3rd grade begane, and im pretty sure that some of my classmates even tried to befriend me. I ended up befriending one classmate (who got bullied even harder than me) but i didn't really trust anyone after those first 2 years. the thing that really sucked for me was the aftermath. I couldn't care less about my time on high school, but my social skills were in absolute ruins after those 2 year. I went from the "excited adventures kid" to the "quite one" in approximately 2 months time, and 9 years later im still underdeveloped when It comes to socializing. its not as bad as it used to be tho. I don't think anyone would be able to tell that I used to be a quite kid whit how easy I tend to be in conversations, at this point I just have a harder time getting a conversation started and being able to read someones mood still tends to be a challenge for me.

[@goblinslayertf2]

I remember back in high school I use to be the mute kid in my algebra 2 class because I found the subject so hard that I refuse to talk to anyone or ask for help out of frustration and now that I look back on it I do not know why I did. It was to the point where I refused to stop paying attention in class and not do my homework

[@lynnhough9318]

“Why are you like this?” Well damn, that’s a pretty bold question there. *Ask my parents.*

[@sabihaali939]

yup

[@juanolivares9997]

True machó love

[@yoongs6236]

Mom:"Why do you care about what people think?" That's a pretty good question. *Ask my aunts.* I just rephrased yours into one for me XD

[@lynnhough9318]

Wolfichooo TheWolfie smart 😂

[@yoongs6236]

LoboDeSombra 861 tank u UwU

[@gamendamian4380]

"Nobody cares what you like, Johny." I've been Johny my entire life.

[@venelonii]

@Owen Campbell OML HHAHAA

[@tylerzelanick9283]

F

[@sethray7072]

Cheers I’ll drink to that bro

[@malakaiborges8222]

Dad: Johnny johnny Johnny:yes papa Dad: killing people Johnny: no nigga Dad: telling lies Johnnys head: nigga im about to kill u Fyi im johnny with a devilish mind

[@creamimochi6326]

Same tho...

[@victoratovarpaez7796]

In 5th grade in my school in another class, There was a girl who was a selective mute. The only things she answered were yes or no questions, but some people heard that she talked at home it was cool to know someone like that

[@mannamansikka6966]

Honestly I think it’s so weird how fascinated people are when they find out selective mute people can talk… 2 of my sisters don’t talk at school and if they speak with me in front of their friends the friends are always super shocked. They are also kinda popular??

[@bluejayberry87]

I'm still in that quiet phase and I plan on it being permanent

[@kneecaps6202]

There was this girl in my second grade class that, looking back, probably had selective mutism. She never talked to anyone except for her best friend, however, she used that to her advantage. Those two were always seated together and our teacher never showed any concern towards the girl's lack of communication which makes me think that she had a disorder that the school knew about. However, she still had her way of participating in class, she would just whisper to her best friend when she knew an answer to a question or had an inquiry to make. Her best friend was a very out-going and bold girl which worked really well for the both of them, since she had to vocalize two people. Looking back, the situation was very sweet.

[@justkiira9984]

Wait why does that sound like me and my best friend doee lol

[@vminisfuckingreal998]

@@justkiira9984 i wish i had a friend who could do that for me 😔

[@kuick6814]

i have encountered a very similar situation before as well

[@Zzz-dt2dl]

Looking back looking back looking back

[@kneecaps6202]

@@Zzz-dt2dl listen here lmao

[@casbinwat]

The music teacher could have been fired for that, he’s not allowed to fail a student over a personal problem

[@summerbreeze5322]

Mine sure as hell did! Sorry Sir if my moms a drug attic and broke my clarinet!

[@chronicallyg0ne]

Summer Chandler drug... attic... i had to laff

[@aviesanchez]

@@chronicallyg0ne Laff..

[@viktorreznov6534]

@@detectiive r/stopusingr/

[@luigigaminglp]

And who exactly controls that? Like yeah sure you and your parents could sue him or shit like that, but then its statement vs statement and nothing happens.

[@ijustwannadaddd]

imagine being someone with a physical disability where you cant speak (autism can cause selective mutism for example) and your teacher says "if i died its ur fault!!!!!)

[@_melodyx]

came back after 3 years to rewatch because this video always resonated with me. younger me would be so proud of the progress ive made (though im still battling with social anxieties, i can still muster up a bit of courage to have conversations when needed)

[@wingdingz]

I have a student who never talks (her parents say she talks at home) and the other teachers are always trying to bully or trick her into talking and I just think that's so shit. Instead, I devised ways for her to participate in games and class without having to talk and guess what? She does just fine in all my classes. So many teachers take stuff personally or are driven by their own egos and I just wish they'd figure out that not everything is about them.

[@yakkusz2938]

thank you.

[@xxamightystormxx]

Idk man. If a kid is able to talk but doesn't then you need to do shit to make the kid talk if they don't learn how to they'll be a push over for the rest of their life

[@marinecracker126]

@@xxamightystormxx 100% agree with this, its surprising that this is the first comment ive seen like this everyone else is angry at the teachers but they never did anything wrong

[@thefryguy9202]

@@marinecracker126 I wouldn't say they didn't do anything wrong. She talked about the band teacher that just randomly pulled her out of class and tried talking to her. When she didn't respond he threatened to give her a zero. For what? I'm susprised none of these teachers ever thought that maybe she was just mute or being selectively mute.

[@SolarBlyze]

@@thefryguy9202 they probably did think she was being selectively mute but thought they could get her to "select" talking. Except it doesn't work that way.

[@Buttclinger]

I love how those year book pictures were other KZbinrs.

[@galaxynigga]

U dont say

[@wunderb4r557]

KZbinr school

[@karmen4265]

lol

[@todaytomorrow3303]

Most popular : jaiden and James

[@aditi8761]

@@todaytomorrow3303 yesterday

[@dumbusername8]

I was a really quite kid. My teacher had to make a goal for me to raise my hand at least once everyday. One time I was staying after school and she went up to another student and said, "I need you to raise your hand more than five times a day, okay?" Then she went up to me and said, "Nice job on raising your hand one time!"

[@BrianTheGoblin]

I know this came out a while ago but I had to make a comment. Teachers forcing kids to speak in class is incredibly ableist. The person could have any number of reasons for not speaking (social anxiety, ASD, etc) and forcing a child to speak is an abelist practice that continues to this day. It's so frustrating to see teachers treat children and youth this way.

[@sirnikkel6746]

Remember you all: If you become teachers, remember that there is always the chance that some of them become youtubers, and will talk about you.

[@afellowpotato]

I wish more people thought of this

[@Jen_TheSnail]

I plan on it. Gotta make it into that *best teachers* vid. 👈😎👈

[@deathsheir2035]

Something to think about now, sure. Back before youtube was a thing, those teachers are in a for a rude awakening... XD

[@sindri1447]

I mean, I think she handled this very gracefully. Not namedropping them and just giving them fun nicknames. That's how it should be done. I've heard awful stories of teachers since before my time but my experience with teachers is just this: love them or hate them, they're all just trying to do their jobs with varying degrees of success and enthusiasm. Some of them are outright bad at their jobs but they're still trying to do it right and at the end of the day they're dying to go home just as much as you are. Some of them aren't gonna bother with you more than absolutely necessary and some of them are gonna be busybodies but I think it usually comes from a good and earnest place where they want the best for you.

[@Carmn07]

Yes

[@strangerr13]

Your school would never be able to handle a mute kid that physically couldn’t talk like wow. The teachers would straight up bully the mute kid throughout all their years of school

[@kann604]

I feel like if she actually was me at the school would have known and they would have informed the teachers. But because They were aware that she could talk she chose not to because there was nothing to tell them otherwise They were probably like "okay we need to get this child to start speaking because it's not good if they don't. "

[@penelope563]

Nah the teachers would have that information. Hopefully if it was a physical disability their parents would have contacted the school.

[@jvv-r]

Moreover, what did she gain by doing this?, because watching the video I saw literally no benefits,

[@no-ku6jp]

@@jvv-r it wasn't anything to benefit from. if you've got issues at home, sometimes it translates into school.

[@greenapple5255]

Felt the same way with social anxiety and some other thing that may have been slight paranoia. I dont know why but growing up I was in this mindset of if I didn't get the smallest things like a paper do on time , or lost homework that I would just fail and have no future. I had breakdowns were I cried and people thought I was just very sensitive, I mean probably but they made fun of me because it wasn't " average behavior " .Some teachers told me I was to old to cry , and even I couldn't explain why I did, recently I thought about this during quarantine and realize its probably from pressure in general were I would here things like grades matter so much for your future and other random stuff , I mean it does but my mind pushes that to astronomically high levels of stress. Apparently schools cant realize pressuring students so much isn't healthy for mental stability, and when teachers tell you to suck it up that doesn't help In any way and probably hurts that mindset more. I'm just glad I had good friends who could make me laught because it brought me down from my problems that weren't problems and impossibly high standards and made me realize I'm fine , I'm a A student and I should try to focus on these friendships instead of small things that won't really matter in 20 years. I think I'm way luckier than most being able to realize this , and maybe now I can try to calm myself down better in these random situations that my mind pushes into bigger problems even though it isn't that bad and it will get better.

[@sweetcherry7759]

I feel this video is very relevant and explains alot recently... (rly glad ur bk btw!)

[@Kitty_Kat101]

Thats called selective mutism. My older brother went through that phase and it lasted for about 4 months. It wasnt because of some traumatic event, he just broke up with his then girlfriend and he took it a bit rough.. but nonetheless, its more common than you think.

[@eggles7985]

Shouldn’t the teachers have just assumed that she was just mute

[@jeank2323]

Lil’Blu what i was thinking too

[@lancerwawszczak1548]

I guess because she didn't have a diagnoses for being selective mute or something i dont think any of the teachers knew how to properly support her

[@chickenanimations8722]

The school would have to know and they would have to tell the teachers

[@melodystyron4514]

@@chickenanimations8722 yea ur right they get 504 plans and IEPs whichever one they want which is what separates my buddy tabbes here from an actual disability aw sucks she cant brag about it in her next vid :/

[@easyrain9453]

@@melodystyron4514 You do know the "stuff happening at home" that she glossed over at the start of the video is *bad* stuff, right? Notice there's no mention of parental involvement in the entire rest of the video? Kids don't do this kind of thing for no reason.

[@zarakhan3746]

I love how you put Jaiden and James as the “popular” kids 😂

[@Oofio-rq4jd]

They are the popular kids

[@Pro_Retard]

G

[@atubofmayo3918]

XD

[@DTermination71]

@@theA4iQ jaiden is jaiden animations has 8 million subs and james is theodds1out which has more than 10 million

[@thatoneindiekid9838]

Yeah but they r introverts

[@amelieheng1667]

I LOVE how you constantly hint at your inner rage/violence throughout the video TABBES! I'm a quiet kid because I don't want people knowing that I like annoying...CERTAIN people (I DEFINITELY don't have ANY younger brothers WHATSOEVER...) Also, keep up the good work!

[@felixmcjuandice]

The fact that you weren't been bullied for being mute is surprising yet wholesome, meaning that your classmates had dignity and weren't acting to you like dipshits for whatever gain.

[@zazygaming6970]

This was back in 11th grade. I had a friends who despite the fact I was friends with him for 5+ years at the time, never once herd him say a word. Till one day in clothing and textiles (like sewing and making Pillows) we had a substitute who didn’t understand that he just didn’t talk and was getting agitated with him. She said “I’ll count to five and if you don’t speak I’ll tell your teacher to fail you for the year” my friend didn’t budge. Teacher: “ok then. 1, 2, 3, 4” my friend: f**k off. Haven’t herd an explosion of laughter since then.

[@Akashathesilentassassin]

Lol he did NOT put up with her crap

[@potate7598]

Oh I wish I was in your class when that happened XD

[@pink9112]

HAHA

[@tigerplays-roblox4405]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@spacetofu5306]

Damn, that teacher asked for it, what else would she expected?

[@peytonwest7876]

I used to be ugly Not much has changed

[@kehrbotrsupporter5097]

14 year old girls 😥

[@ivyystardust]

Lol

[@michaeljans5572]

same

[@Sheluv_Official_Dreadhead775]

Ditto

[@michaeljans5572]

how do u know, are u stalking?

[@aidaninsask2.0]

This Is HILARIOUS!! Tabbes, Your Videos Are HILARIOUS!! They Legit KILL Me From How Funny They Are!🤣🤣

[@camiliaishere1266]

This is my comfort video :) knowing someone went through the same experience as me

[@hattyewest7668]

I remember when i was mute for 4 years... My mom told me if I had nothing nice to say don’t say then don’t say anything at all...

[@uramiurami7026]

Ouch, edgy

[@minilamma4879]

my mom told me that too, that's why I didn't talk to any of my classmates in 2 years. and I just started talking a little tiny bit to my classmate like 2 weeks ago ;w;

[@monsoonsilk]

be careful, don't cut yourself on that edge.

[@danieljardim]

LMAO

[@masterpoogway]

Yes not because ur a nervous wreck in any social situation

[@k0ri_196]

It sounds like selective mutism, it’s a real thing.

[@christopherjohnston6343]

And also weirdly not selective. Like generally people with it cant just "choose" to suddenly start talking

[@itstocgh3286]

N0VA_ _D0S yep most likely

[@williambeldamlkke8054]

@@christopherjohnston6343 Except, that they can, unlike actual mutes. It might be really hard, and needs a lot of work to become a reality, but still generally people can "choose" to start talking, if not humans would be no better than a pre-programmed robot.

[@christopherjohnston6343]

@@williambeldamlkke8054 yeah for sure. Point is the name "Selective Mutism" might give a wrong perception - like that someone isn't talking out of stubbornness. The selective means that the mutism is tied to certain circumstances. Ie) like being fine and talkative with family and close friends but not being able to talk to strangers. I knew a girl with selective mutism who was actual really friendly and social - it's just that she couldn't talk in those group settings she enjoyed just being a part of.

[@williambeldamlkke8054]

@@christopherjohnston6343 I can see how it could give off the wrong idea about people.

[@Exploding_box]

I hate my history teacher because he thinks that I have a problem because I’m the " quiet kid at the back of the class " and yeah that statement is true, I’m just waiting for the time to pass, the only time I speak is to say " present ". One time he asked the kids that represent the class if I ever smiled in my life. One of them is my friend so she just laughed and said yes, the other just asked who tf was I 🥹 That made me laugh so much, one time I was missing and none of my teachers realised it

[@starstruck_krys]

I remember in elementary there was a selective mute girl, she had an older sister and I think two younger siblings or something and I remember at the end of the day, I’d see them walk after school and talk but you still couldn’t hear her. I remember a few girls in my class and I asked her to whisper one word into our ears because we really wanted to hear her voice, and she agreed. She whispered into my ear “Hello” and I was really happy that she was comfortable enough to let us have a chance to hear her voice. I remember seeing her around middle school but I’m not sure if she started talking then. I think I remember seeing her once in freshman year of high school but I don’t really know if it was her. I hope she’s doing good now because she was really sweet and I hope she’s decided to start speaking up as well

[@chukeulgadrt5377]

Bully: *bullies me* Teachers: *does nothing* Me: *defends myself* Teachers: oy detention for you

[@tappajaav]

Some rules and general behaviour in educational system are really confusing.

[@slejszer5100]

that's so true

[@kerbalairforce8802]

I was a blat belt by 7th grade, but learned karate at one of those "violence is the lastest of last resort" kind of places, so when I'd get bullied, I'd literally just roll with the punches and let them get tired/bored of it. Looking back, I should have kicked them in the temple.

[@achimhanischdorfer3403]

Dear Chukeul Gadrt I know. Threw my bully into (and nearly through) a closed window. Though I was regarded as the "nice kid". So in my case the teachers actually looked into why the "nice kid" throws 'some dude' into glass window. Got detention. Bully got disiplinary penalty. AAAND crap from my parents. Was the right thing to do though. You are GOING to get a stiff breeze in your face if you stand up to being bullied. From the bullies. AND the system. I can attest to that sadly. BUT: You HAVE to stand up to being bullied. Otherwise it ruins you emotionally. You HAVE to show in your behaviour that you are the good guy to all the other people that are NOT your bullies. It is *your* propaganda to proove, that you are in fact the being the victim. Because the bullies usually play the 'victim'-card when you go to the teachers/authority and report them.

[@ikkelolnl]

Chukeul Gadrt i yeeted a bar stool at my bully once and he got suspended in school for a week, 9 to 5 alone in a sideroom, i got to stay home for a week. ay lmao

[@TheTimbs_]

“I hated high school. I don’t trust anybody who looks back on the years from 14-18 with any enjoyment. If you liked being a teenager there’s something wrong with you.” -Stephen king

[@NatetheNintendofan]

I kinda hate it I almost got fuking grounded today and thetend to be sent to CHS OF SOUIX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA and I areadey was there for 2 years

[@KlavierMenn]

I liked High School actually. Context: Brazilian HS seems to be wildly different from USA's For a instance: _they are nocturnal_ (So, if you want to play hookie, there's more fun in it! also NO TRUANT OFFICERS) While I was the smart kid, I was enough of a social butterfly to not get bullied (Or in the seldom case that I was, riposting trice as hard) People were fun, teachers were cool and I could acess the Library whenever I wanted (Again, being a smart social butterfly made me likeable to teachers and principals alike and they loved me) Even in the first year of HS I skipped many classes to go and flirt, run wild or go to a cybercafé when I had cash, that they raked up as an equivalent of 2 months of classes (Yet, I still was in the top percentile of students )

[@chugachugchugland2384]

Idk man I’m also from Brazil and I absolutely hated HS

[@chugachugchugland2384]

(Ur school seems cool tho, mine like many others was garbage)

[@haechannie8891]

I hated that age I hated my life so much then

[@iloilee]

I had a similar situation in preschool. I wouldn’t say a word, even if my teacher asked me a question. I could talk perfectly fine at home though. One time my teacher overheard me talking to my mom in the hallway and she was shocked. She didn’t know I was able to talk!

[@zhenzhen2924]

“You need to *talk* in the real world” Mute people: ... Am I a joke to you?

[@nameynamd9212]

By the literal definition, sure, but there are other ways to communicate besides talking

[@zh9664]

.

[@headstart-parents-communit4109]

Damn I mean like no mute person is gonna watch this sooo I mean we’re in the clear

[@zhenzhen2924]

@@headstart-parents-communit4109 Lmao why is that, they are mute not death, they still go on KZbin

[@alt281]

💣💣

[@tocamelody9815]

*Her: being mute for 3 years* *Me: can’t keep my big mouth shut for a few seconds*

[@yeah2853]

I relate to this on a spiritual level

[@iammatt3174]

Me too, but with me it's a sign of adhd. Plus my poor social skills xD

[@citizenandkazuinshusband1526]

OMG meh too😂

[@gracesadventures4775]

You cracked me up!!!

[@wollythewolf3995]

Just shup up

[@noellove0]

I had a kid that never talked. It was just frustrating for me to watch him because he constantly got picked on and people tried to make him so uncomfortable that he would talk, but nothing ever worked. The reasons I felt so bad for him were: he never did anything wrong and apparently he was just really self conscious and hated his face and voice.

[@Akaria.Luvs1]

There’s this girl in my friends school is super short even though is in HIGHSCHOOL, And she whispers. Like I’m not kidding. SHE WHISPERS TO THE TEACHERS BECAUSE SHE HATES HER VOICE 😭😭😭

[@stephaniemerino416]

everybody: i used to be quiet but now i'm not me: i used to be friendly but now i'm not

[@Supershadowman2001]

Stephanie Merino everybody: i used to be a quiet kid but now I’m not Me: I used to be fuelled by a demonic blood rage and unending hatred for everything happy, but now I’m not

[@lucasarmas9198]

I used to play minecraft and be quiet.... Now im depressed

[@sociolynn7129]

I used to think Earth was flat but now I don't

[@minilamma4879]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH, be quiet and be friendly ;w;

[@nico-ke1nn]

I used to be smart but know I’m not

[@jadaking9133]

Parents : ~teach you to talk~ You : ~becomes mute~ Parents : Are we a joke to you?

[@prud5930]

@@AirrackFanReuploads Except, you know, do the baby talk. "Can you say 'Mama?'" "'Say cheese!" That kinda stuff. In a way, a parent does teach a child to speak, it's just that it's not like high school teaching, and babies learn shit at a miraculous rate.

[@johnchupin]

O! Yea! My dads dad always yelled a bad word, so his first word was a bad word XD

[@minilamma4879]

yesh you are ;>

[@halfdemented]

@@AirrackFanReuploads Language is taught emotionally through a child, which is how it becomes a first language. Hard work and studying can also equally pay off, but having an emotional connection to a language is what sets you on the path to knowing words without having to translate it through your head.

[@GamesCooky]

You: ........

[@Frogable]

"You probably thought i was wearing a diaper on my face... robbing a bank.." thats changed now

[@nightowl_]

Not really related to being mute but when I was in 2nd grade everyone had to do the whole choose what career you want when you grow up deal. I refused to do it bc I was a child and thought that was a permanent decision (but also I was kinda stubborn then too). They called my parents and it made me cry. In the end I chose to be a veterinarian (almost every girl chose this) bc I was practically forced to choose something. Yay for childhood trauma.

[@halloweenqueen8286]

I remember knowing a mute girl in kindergarten and the whole class did't care that she didn't talk. We would talk to her and play with her and she was actually one of my best friends. Also I would like to make it clear that she was not complexly mute, If you said a word and asked her to repeat it she would, she just did not know English. We tried to teach her this way, but I don't think she ever learned anything from us.

[@somegal134]

That’s actually really sweet

[@promiseworshiplive6765]

aww cute i think that boost her english

[@Random-yl2mq]

Hi, I was selectively mute for 5 years and I wanna say thank you for being her friend its not easy to make friends with selective mutism or mute fully, I had friends but some people aren't as lucky.

[@Targivod]

Why didn’t your school teach her English? And how did she even understand the classes?

[@tubalv2415]

Thats so sweet from you guys,i have an american friend (english is not my native language) I’ve met him on a game,I only teached one word from my language and seeing he trying to spell it is so fun,he also helps me to talk in english.👍

[@briannaminton7997]

My sister used to be mute bc ✨anxiety✨and her vocal chords literally were like not today bitch. So whenever she tried to talk it’d just be” “ Yea teachers did not handle it well

[@aidangaming6745]

oof f in comment section for Brianna,s sister

[@mg-oy6cl]

F

[@oib9879]

F

[@Marwa-ok6xq]

f

[@ZYZZ_WHEY]

selective mutisim by any chance?

[@FittestTrack]

i really miss the 2018-2019 youtube animation channels, the ones that stuck around have mostly gone downhill or (*cough* dissapeared *cough*)

[@punkyskunky3131]

Personally my biggest struggle growing up was my disability and how I overcame it was I stopped pretending it didn't exist and that I was fine and I got help by getting accommodations and shit so I could function better (of course everyone doesn't have the privilege of accommodations and to get them for myself I hat to go to hell and back but at least now things are a bit better)

[@ynntari2775]

"ok, this student seems to have problems. what do we do?" "force them to pretend the problem don't exist?" "excellent. but how do we do that?" "with intimidations, threats and chantage?" "wonderful, you're the best one. That has to make them feel better and snap out of any problem!"

[@mushk-e-zehra110]

...yes

[@tangytim6699]

In what way did that happen

[@0rangeeige199]

But it worked didn't it?

[@ynntari2775]

@@0rangeeige199 I hope that's a joke

[@Starman062]

@@0rangeeige199 it worked… in doing the exact opposite thing. Remember that it wasn’t until high school that she started talking. And that was due to her own choice. If anything the school made it worse

[@jestersareawesome4332]

Teacher: If you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything Kid: OK! -Doesn’t speak for 3 years-

[@Thatguy-md5ve]

Brandon Munter hehe

[@themaninyourcabinet8438]

nice

[@jestersareawesome4332]

Completely forgot I made this comment and had no clue it had 100s of likes

[@TheStainsOfTime]

My label in school was "Jesus" because I've got long hair and I liked it, it's much better than being called "emo"

[@VAHDHMCRRGA]

I love how she managed to talk about a serious thing but keeping comedy throught the whole video

[@elvvs8154]

everyone: “everyone:I used to be a quiet kid but now I’m not” me:I used to be *normal* but now I’m not.

[@smore2810]

Its scary how much i can relate. Very *scary*

[@rabbit.5533]

Love your profile :>

[@josiahplayzyt801]

Same

[@hashbrownyt8190]

I used to be alive now I’m dead

[@jaydelris3028]

me: i used to be abnormal then i pretended was normal then i just stop giving a fuck still abnormal boom, college essay done

[@legallybrunette4]

That kid: “Uhh..Tables right?” *yup it tables.*

[@lolkillme8942]

I had to take my like away from you because I didn't wanna get rid of the perfect "69" Ya got going on there. 😂

[@demented3276]

Comment 101

[@demented3276]

Pls do subscribe to tables

[@keithflippers4429]

The funny thing is my auto correct read tabbes as table

[@amoni1959]

Rly happy I found ur channel. Ur hilarious. 🤣🤣

[@ddable.]

5:11 wondered what she wouldve done if there was an actual mute kid.

[@phineasandbirb5511]

Everyone is now gonna put "surviving 2020" on their college application

[@dsteezo]

Phineas and birb YEP

[@shadow_is_weird8991]

Yo is that Perry the Platypus?

[@missygold1000]

lier! no one will survive 2020!

[@shadow_is_weird8991]

@@missygold1000 liar*

[@jeremiahjeno]

Pffffft I'm not.

[@lizziekim2643]

2:09 now that I’ve watched “insane childhood punishments” I see what you mean

[@jdatboi724]

Bro I thought about commenting this but you beat me to it.

[@dummy_bee9412]

Yeet

[@anar8343]

HOLY SHIT! SO DID I!

[@satisfyingvideos9206]

Haha yeah same

[@user-bv4hn6hp6k]

Yeah lol

[@sarrthestar.]

My friend has been volenaty mute for 5 years, still have no idea what her voice sounds like lmaoo

[@kbarts316]

I went through the same thing in middle and high school. I wouldn't talk at all unless I was spoken to. It would take me an absurd amount of time to muster up the courage to ask a single question. Puberty was not kind to me lol I've gotten better since college but I still have moments where I revert to being mute when i'm stressed.

[@meghanmullen8466]

I think Tabbes was a selictive mute. A selictive mute is a person who doesn't talk to people except maybe family or close friends. Its not that the person can't talk because they can but they just get can’t talk at all if that makes sense. Overall though people who are selective mutes are usually very talkative with people like family.

[@ihopeicanchangethisnamelat7108]

I don’t think so, because that’s usually something that’s present from when they’re a small child. This was just for 3 years.

[@meghanmullen8466]

@@ihopeicanchangethisnamelat7108 that is actually untrue. It can affect anyone at any age!

[@ihopeicanchangethisnamelat7108]

@@meghanmullen8466 really? I never knew that. I just thought it was something you had all your life and it was possible to overcome. I didn’t know it could develop at any time

[@meghanmullen8466]

@@ihopeicanchangethisnamelat7108 Well now you know. Glad to help. :)

[@ihopeicanchangethisnamelat7108]

@@meghanmullen8466 thanks!!

[@Heblo]

0:20 Crip crip crip.. *CRIPPLING DEPRESSION..*

[@adeknomo1827]

Ahem *crips vs bloods*

[@twitkh6924]

AGAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH THATS SOOOOOOOOOOO FUCKINNGG FUNNNNNNMYY OH MYY FUCCKING GOD HOLY SHITT HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@mrfunny3142]

*marathon gun sounds*

[@deedee-dk2uz]

Chlymidia b U R N-

[@kanati1133]

My life

[@katiethewise]

Back near the beginning of Elementary School, I had a really bad speech impediment + auditory processing disorder. Anytime someone would speak to me, it's be like I needed to do an entire maze just to say a single word, so I solved this by just not talking. I would get really stressed when I wanted to talk because it felt like a foreign language, yet I was absolutely fluent, which just made me feel dumb. 5+ years of speech therapy and other stuff later, I was fine

[@Schwa_]

I don’t think I have a disorder, but I relate heavily to this :( I came back to this video because I was debating on quitting speech 🤣 I have a weird stutter that sometimes isn’t even present. I can’t explain it, other than sometimes words people say and words I say myself just aren’t processing. Or rather, they aren’t processing fast enough. I feel like a loading screen but because I don’t wanna make it awkward, I quickly say something semi relevant. People think I suck at listening but I’m trying RLLY hard. 😢 😞 Like literally, everything I say, I say in my head at least TEN TIMES before I verbalize it. And then it STILL comes out wrong. Fuck I’m tearing up out of frustration writing this. Because people genuinely think I’m stupid. I feel like I am. I’m thinking maybe it’s better to be misinterpreted as rude than misinterpreted as stupid.

[@katiethewise]

@@Schwa_ I'm so sorry you feel that way, and I was in the same boat for a long time. Although I still stutter a lot, one thing that helped me was whispering to myself quietly and having like a conversation. Although I don't usually do this out in public, if I'm just sitting in my room, I'll be whispering to myself, whether it be repeating what other people have said to me, or just my thoughts! I hope things get better for you, you're not stupid, and I hope you know that

[@Sam_Burger]

I knew this one kid in school. I swear after middle school started he just stopped talking. I thought that maybe he was self conscious because whenever I would hear him talk his voice was like incredibly deep. He would always shrug at every question, just like completely avoiding talking at all. When I saw this video, my point of view has changed. I'm happy about that. Good video!!

[@sul7720]

“The quiet one” is probably the best nickname I’ve ever heard

[@arrowskywalkertheweirdo]

Ninjago flashbacks

[@xfrisk3516]

The choosen one

[@olivero5182]

And The most common

[@lavenderdewdrop5800]

@@arrowskywalkertheweirdo AYYY IKR!?

[@maggotfeast]

No, it's overused

[@w.ag27]

nothing more than a dose of 'EMOTIONAL' stuff in my head after school

[@Zozo_Eclipse]

"YOU SHALL NOT PASS" said dumbledore calmly

[@AndrewSwanson]

It frustrates me that your teachers treated you that way. Your band teacher especially, that was messed up. I used to teach third grade, and one year I had a kid who was selective mute. I had been encouraged to try to communicate with her in other ways but also to try to get her to talk, and I really didn't know any better. Years later I learned from a friend, who was still selective mute as an adult, that it's not always controllable and trying to force someone to speak can exacerbate the problem. Fast forward another few years when I was a swim teacher, I had a kid I swam regularly who didn't speak to me once, and I just adapted to it rather than trying to force him to talk, and it really wasn't difficult. It would be nice if educators were taught more about these sorts of things in our thousands of hours of required meetings and professional development.

[@0rangeeige199]

Miss Real was only trying to help and it worked in the end but I think the band teacher handled it all wrong

[@novusregnum]

I sort of disagree. Helping someone will sometimes require uncomfortable situations. The band teacher was ineffective, but you need to be real with people to try and help them

[@blancaah6]

@@novusregnum To solve a problem you need to know what is causing it first, though. There is no point in taking random medication when you are sick, that could actually have the reverse effect. None of her teachers knew why she didn't talk, and they still tried to solve it by threatening her.

[@0rangeeige199]

@@blancaah6 Miss Real did but I think she might have went about it a bit wrong, she knew it was because of tab's anxiety

[@worldsrealisthater3961]

Exactly 😬 the way these teachers treated her makes me think that's probably how they treat autistic children, or children with some other type of difficulties in communication. Its traumatising being on the other end of that. If someone is actually refusing to speak even when prompted by adults then maybe... News flash.. something is actually wrong, and they're not just "shy" or "defiant"? :/

[@HexIsme]

I talk to myself more than I talk to anybody else, and I'm comfortable with that.

[@anns.323]

oh my god same, i thought i am the only one...

[@jasminjasmin5042]

I sleep more than everyone

[@izukumidoriya6665]

Same

[@respectthefish4992]

Same

[@mayravixx25]

I generally do both, tbh.

[@rattzzzz]

I honestly could say the same. I guess was the mute kid, I mean it was the beginning of middle school when I did start being quiet. I was kinda though low key depressed. But I made some friends, and that’s when I shocked everyone from talking and being myself. I’m quite happy to see how far I have gone. I also wore the same clothes everyday for the whole year, I think some people thought I was like homeless. But I have 3 brothers, and 2 in the same grade, so no one thought anything of it? I don’t know.

[@Astrorion0927]

I’m concidering not talking next year and it really gave me insight into the pros and cons. Thanks, I know this is an old video.

[@danraskin9943]

Everyone: I used to be a quite kid, but now I'm not Me: I used to rule the Soviet Union, but now I'm dead

[@aperson4075]

Dan Raskin nice

[@s.m.a111]

Who are you Joseph Stalin

[@AS-bu9rw]

@@s.m.a111 Iosif Djugashvili

[@s.m.a111]

@@AS-bu9rw what

[@AS-bu9rw]

@@s.m.a111Stalin's real name.

[@Arctic_and_The_F0X]

"Nobody cares what you like Jonny." *HEY THAT'S MEE!*

[@okay480]

No your arctic the arctic fox

[@neighbourino2376]

Eek we’ve got ourselves a gacha-whatever-it’s-called-anime-loving-edgy-9-year-old here

[@user-gm6re8vh4m]

Arctric The Arctric Fox what if she didn’t go to jail and don’t do weed

[@Arctic_and_The_F0X]

@Tacocat 3000 editing, and time

[@Arctic_and_The_F0X]

@@neighbourino2376 first of all, don't guess my age. It's rude. And I'm not a gachatuber, sence I don't go gacha vids full time. And the edgy vids are rather just backstory videos. You gonna call SleepyKinq out for being edgy because you don't like edgy things? *_That's what trigger warnings are for._*

[@apieceoftoast768]

"It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt" Puberty: Yes

[@NotRick6630]

Thank God I was suggested this video 4yrs after it was released. Great video

[@foolyghouly8687]

The only people who call High School the golden years are the people who peaked in High School.

[@datalysjr3339]

Zac Martin big oooooooffff

[@aidsdoh8286]

It's true. I've accepted I peaked in high school but it was still sweet.

[@Skorpi00007]

U kinda sound salty. I had an amazing high school life. Was popular and didn’t get bullied. University life was even more amazing.

[@aidsdoh8286]

Skorpi00007 me?

[@TheVirtualObserver]

High school's weird. It's both wonderful (at times) and a complete shit-show. (Speaking as someone who avoided the drama as much as possible and would literally sleep some days during lunch because I was only close friends with a few people.) I was fortunate enough to not really be bullied, just ignored and a bit of a recluse.

[@cuzbakugougaynow7499]

Everyone: I used to be the quiet kid but now I'm not Me: I used to have the ability to be a normal human being but now I don't

[@razzdraw6586]

Ikr😐

[@ballsrballing]

why can I so relate

[@slipway7770]

the pfp explains it all-

[@mitsuri9922]

You’re profile explains why

[@thebaldhokage7993]

Ahri Kitsune don't say "ouo". It's fucking weird just like saying "owo"