Teacher Caught on Video Mocking Native Americans Fired | NBCLA

A Native American student had recorded a math teacher in Riverside wearing a fake feather head dress and dancing in class, while possibly trying to articulate a mnemonic device for trigonometry called SOH CAH TOA. American Indian Movement SoCal has been pressuring the Riverside School District to fire her since the video got national attention in October.
Tony Shin reports Feb. 4, 2022. Read more here: 4.nbcla.com/888...
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[@4dojo]

She was trying to drill the mathematical mnemonic SOH CAH TOA into her kid's heads in a way that they wouldn't forget. Honestly, I doubt she's some horrible human being or that she intended to be offensive, but it is what it is. Part of being an adult is learning to be more careful about how your words or actions might be perceived. When I go to work and my coworkers are saying or doing anything that could possibly be taken in any offensive way, I immediately back out of that conversation.

[@kuddygone]

Probably the best way to word what im thinking

[@toby7886]

sohcahtoa isn’t so difficult to remember that she needs to make a mockery of others to teach it

[@4dojo]

@@toby7886 I don't think that was her intention. I doubt she harbors any hatred toward native Americans. When I was growing up in the 90s, no one would have perceived this as an attack on anyone. I remember teachers and their classes would dress up as indians for Thanksgiving and dance around at school. But now it's 2023. We live in an increasingly sensitive cancel culture. If you don't walk on egg shells someone will call you a racist for something and suddenly your career is over and you're out living on the streets.

[@dav1djac0b]

@@4dojo everyones a victim. everyones living in fear. is not the very essence of humanity the ability to laugh at oneself? God, we are Humans. Dumb, suggestible, imperfect, creative, unique humans. I was taught that what other people think of me is none of my business. My identity is not in my skin color or occupation or gender or anything exterior or superficial from myself. This just divides us... "oh, shes white.. im this... hes that" if were all the same, what does it matter? were we not taught that indians put feathers in their hair and chant similar sounds. looks like she had a way to explain each of those letters in that acronym too.... bet they wouldnt have forgotten. Lets see the test scores. As if California, or the US, of the dumbest students w the most ridicukous race-focused curriculum on earth has any say over an appropriate way to teach or learn. let the human being live outside of the boring box for a while. It is in our nature to be innovative. I hope this stupid kid gets handed a book and is expected to learn that way. It couldve been 6th period, after unch, and the teacher is doing what she can to keep these kids that do whatever they want from sleeping. If the superintendent walked in while that was happeneing they wouldve told her that she needed to think of ways to capture their attnetion or to research alternative learning methods. in nursing school, to learn the drugs, i had the most ridiculous images that represented different side-effects, actions, dosages, etc. for each drug. This teaches the kids to think of ways they can make this their own. and this coming from the ones who feel left out or overrun. As if turquoise jewlery and feathers in ones hair is enough to call it a culture anyway. Ive never been to any "American Indian" Restaurant. This aint no culture. They even teel us everythung was passed down orally from generation to generation... to account for no other historical documentation being anywhere

[@FrenchFlame-gl3gg]

Not mocking ❓❗her acting is ... F*CKING cringe worthy ❓

[@andrewbatts7678]

She clearly has some screws loose if she has such a lack of self awareness that it wouldnt occur to her what she was doing could cost her her career.

[@ThomasGMcElwain]

It is sad that what you say is true.

[@cookiecracker2]

How about we ask some native american indians and see what they think? My bet is they either won't care or find it amusing. LEARN TO LIVE AND BE PEACEFUL!

[@SWW978]

I don't think she was mocking them. That's totally how Elizabeth Warren would do the dance.

[@waynereyos1297]

😂

[@bakerguy3844]

😂

[@ThomasGMcElwain]

True, that is how Elizabeth Warren would do it. But Elizabeth Warren collected on Native American education funding and yet apparently does not even speak a word of Cherokee. This woman should be punished severely with a gift coupon to learn to dance at the nearest Native American center.

[@ericksonjustinAK]

Best comment.

[@exposeevil5492]

​@@Sarah-yj6lfno we are native Americans too

[@TAM2031006]

Lol, wtf! Crazy lady. Damn, I thought she was about to start twerking.

[@cookiecracker2]

you must be fun at parties. "HEY NO DANCING! IT'S DISRESPECTFUL TO ______ CULTURE THAT DANCES SIMILAR TO THAT!"

[@groovypacosta1212]

​@@cookiecracker2and you must be really smart since youre clearly able to tell the difference between a classroom and a freaking party

[@groovypacosta1212]

​@@cookiecracker2and it was nothing similar this lady looked like she was high on bathsalts

[@BumfightkrewAmerica]

When I was in 7th grade back in 2004 My social studies teacher would do the same . Put on costumes and act . She was funny though and made class more interesting. She did it with good intentions

[@MarcosElMalo2]

This was a math class. Her excuse is that she was teaching a trig mnemonic. It’s ridiculous to think this is OK.

[@danjohnston9037]

@@user-uq1yk1kp1u WHAT ? " New to Country" ? " 0 academic background" ? WHAT are you babbling about ?? It IS MATH CLASS, Not A Place To Be A Mocking Jerk

[@asafaust8869]

Some of the most atrociously ridiculous things have been done with the best of intentions.

[@danjohnston9037]

@Ibo Zambotnik She Is Not Teaching Culture. She Is Supposed To Be Teaching Bath. Instead She Is Mocking Culture. She Needs Education More That The Kids

[@gage51desoto]

As someone with native background I can tell you that we are tired of this stuff. People dressing up like Indians for thanksgiving or Halloween. It is offensive and wrong period. Imagine your heritage being mimicked and people saying they don’t mean to offend you.

[@brucefread3014]

I've been to pow-wows. She needs more practice.

[@danivasquez8098]

Pow wows aren't meant to be mocked by a white person in a school🙄 wtf are you saying

[@futiousstyles3315]

Pretty sure that dance is spot on and authentic

[@futiousstyles3315]

@@moreayf2319 😉

[@L1ghtzen1n]

Ong

[@allialias]

Every student that knows her will be telling this story for years. People will know her name in no time if she doesn't move away.

[@gueneverez]

No one cares about racist Karen

[@javiersilva1577]

What she did was wrong, but there’s a difference between bein ignorant. And intentionally mocking a culture with racism.

[@rpersleyrp]

@@javiersilva1577 she was a Math teacher, my opinion she was dead wrong.

[@javiersilva1577]

@@rpersleyrp Of course she was wrong. But what makes a difference is her intent. Did she do it out of ignorance. Or is she racist and mocking them. If it was out of ignorance, firing her is too harsh a punishment.

[@EyeLean5280]

She's going to have to change her name, I should think.

[@vernonsanders371]

I am offended that they made a big deal about this

[@danivasquez8098]

Because it is, people like you should be ashamed

[@fundifferent1]

good for you

[@Sarah-yj6lf]

Are you Native American?

[@blindthief]

Seriously! I'm a POC and I don't see it as making fun of a culture. I see it as silly behavior. It's just like when a child wears high heels and pretends to be an adult. There is a difference between a goofball and a racist. One can be both at the same time but in this case the teacher is nothing but a goof.

[@TravelerVolkriin]

@@blindthief Thank you for speaking on behalf of all nonwhite people. I come from the committee of Black people. We deemed her actions unnecessary.

[@johnfink9020]

Im not offended....im embarrassed to even watch her do it though. Like, how can you act like that in front of other people? Its like she finally snapped.

[@JonDGAF]

Grow some balls

[@ojo419]

I had a white middle school teacher and she would do stuff like this all the time. I used to wonder how she could be so shameless making a fool of herself in front of the class. But she did it so much it just became a normal thing. Her favorite saying was "fake it till you make it."🤦🏿‍♂️🤣

[@dav1djac0b]

@@ojo419 whats so shameless and foolish? did you not remember what she taught? If kids werent so stupid nowadays to need innovative and creative ways to remember these things, she could be boring teaching , but thats not reality

[@ojo419]

@@dav1djac0b she would often try to relate to minority students but did so inappropriately. She openly admitted her family's prejudices, and her attempts to connect with us seemed misguided. One time, she mentioned working at Watts and implied that none of the white students would survive there, which was uncomfortable. I was one of the few minority students, and she frequently apologized on behalf of others, assuming I faced racism. Actions like these didn't make class more enjoyable; actually made it awkward. It's like a history teacher constantly saying, "Hey, racism exists." It just felt foolish and unnecessary.

[@katherineraven6381]

​@dd.796 What ? .....this comment reflects quite alot about you ' Kids nowadays ' are clever and aware ... not sure where you get your idea from And her so called 'way ' of teaching was neither innovative or clever 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽

[@countryroadstakemehome]

The problem here is people recording everything. People will make mistakes, then some clown will record it for the world to see, which will be detrimental to that person's life. I see a woman trying her best to have some fun and tell the students about native Americans, not mocking native Americans.

[@hant679]

She isn't mocking Native Americans. She was teaching a concept. Personally, as a Native American myself, I think she could use some dance lessons but I didn't have a problem with her doing this. People need to chill.

[@wimsylogic65]

Thank you, For saying that. I think what was done to this teacher was absolutely cruel and horrible. Someone had a problem with her lesson they should have brought it up to the teacher personally, Not make a video and post it to the Internet. Now this poor woman is getting so much hate she lost her job she's being called racist. Nothing about that was racist. Like you said she could use some dance lessons. But aside from that I see nothing wrong with her lesson. It looks like something the kids would remember. She looks like she would have been a fun teacher that made boring subjects interesting, Especially nowadays when most students are zombies.

[@shadow_of_thoth]

Yes, thank you for realizing that the natives look and dance very silly

[@destina3898]

No she's mocking native Americans she doesn't need to do this to teach math it doesn't help anyone understand any math concept tf

[@gilian2587]

@@destina3898 What's the definition of tangent(x)?

[@hant679]

@Haseeb 2 while I agree with teaching kids the old fashioned way (it is one of the reasons why I homeschool), most kids these days need to be entertained. Teachers are being taught to entertain the kids with concepts, not actually teach concepts well. This happens in colleges, too, these days so she probably is prepping them for higher education.

[@jko1854]

For god sake? Why does everyone gets offended to everything these days?

[@coffey1834]

It has always been offensive, people are and can do something about it now.

[@katelangworthy8698]

Perhaps it's because people who have been on the receiving end of put-downs, harassment, and exclusion for years are done with the "I was just joking", "toughen up", or "woops" comments that come after multiple experiences of putting down a minority status, alternative faith, invisible disability, false assumptions of someone's worth based on their zip code (or how they dress), and a myriad other issues. This teacher was acting in an unintelligent manner which mocked a racial group, and probably made the Native American who filled the complaint highly uncomfortable in the presence of his or her white peers. It might be helpful to read up on Cultural Competency, a subject that helps people understand how to be aware of, and mindful of how our behaviors can make a more welcoming environment for all.

[@HenryColeHawkins]

This is basically blackface, dude

[@hogant.551]

@@HenryColeHawkins I saw the Popeyes chicken biscuit sale fiasco and almost everybody there had a black face.

[@pimpinace_175]

Lol​@@HenryColeHawkins

[@MariaMaria-uj2cl]

It’s cringy not offensive. Her intention was to do something so dramatic that they would never forget even embarrassing herself. My daughters learning this rn if we could use her as a tutor that would be great lol

[@vanessaquihuis1658]

I'm native american, i'm from arizona I'm not offended by this She was trying to make teaching fun for the students.. Honestly people are too damn sensitive now these days..

[@elizabethlavender1142]

you are also lying about being native American

[@vanessaquihuis1658]

How would you know if i'm lying I am native american Why would I lie about that

[@bulletprooftiger1879]

You are lying bro. I understand you believing what you said... but then the teacher started chirping like a pigeon and "dancing" like a psycho. It's clearly a mockery.

[@lastwrdsofastar]

as an indigenous person of color, i found it kinda offensive idk about you. my opinion i know yours is different (because we all are) but personally i dont think its appropriate

[@tilasole3252]

I am Blackfoot and do not find this offensive either. She probably is an idiot. Possibly something mentally wrong with her. But I do not think she should be fired for it. Has anyone been to a powwow? The saddest part is the teacher, as ignorant as she is, probably knows more about Native Americans than the Native American student filming her.

[@janblackman6204]

I really don’t know what to think about this. The teacher looks pretty stupid doing that crazy dance but I can’t tell if she is mocking Indians or really trying to impart a message. Also some people just like to make up things and really just live to have upset feelings about most everything

[@MarcosElMalo2]

She’s a math teacher. Her excuse is that she was trying to “teach” a trig mnemonic. There are ways to do this without demeaning minorities. Rather than victim blame by accusing others of making up things to have upset feelings, maybe have some empathy for the minorities that have to put up with this sh¡t or worse every single day. I know it might be difficult for you to put yourself in someone else’s shoes for five minutes, but give it a try before you go off on a self-serving “down with political correctness” rant.

[@semitope]

she's way too into it to be mocking. people are dumb.

[@animetrash9110]

Yeah, these people are a bunch of softies.

[@thegrandmaster9423]

Well if you’re gonna state an opinion the least you can do is use the right name, they’re native Americans, not “Indians” smh 🤦‍♂️

[@brucefread3014]

@@thegrandmaster9423 We still have Indian reservations up here. Indians can hunt even at night. Automobiles delivered to Indian reservations come free of tax.

[@hello.Hello.HELLO_U.]

I don't see anything wrong. She was just being creative with teaching math. The student who recorded her was probably failing anyway.

[@estherdistefano6997]

She's mocking indigenous culture

[@TheRedeemed1990]

So you find it ok to mock another race?

[@TheRedeemed1990]

Instead of mocking she coulda just invited a real Native American person as a guest to help teach the class without the stereotyping. I would be uncomfortable trying to pretend to be another race, for that I rather invite someone of that race to teach with me and show the class an accurate portrayal than to accidentally mock a race that isn't mine. Would be cool to learn a more accurate portrayal of Native American from an actual Native American. I don't blame the Native Americans after all. Who were the ones who took their lands and made stereotypical movies on them for years? The white Americans. Now we live in a world where no one even bothers to defend the Native Americans. They're people too

[@Diya-lz2dy]

@@TheRedeemed1990I am not defending the teacher, but I don’t think teachers get paid enough to bring someone whose from a foreign country to class to teach them their math culture and techniques.

[@j_u_ss_y]

It is unbelievable how people get offended by anything nowadays.

[@jrsx5826]

Ignorant. This offended. Stop with the BS excuses

[@ChicanoPhD]

You are obviously an uneducated bigot.

[@j_u_ss_y]

@@ChicanoPhD stop it, little girl. Not everything is meant to be twisted.

[@deborahminter6231]

😂A teacher losing it in class, and mocking shouldn't be offensive. Will wonders ever cease!

[@susannebuott2528]

Even if I wasn't Indigenous I would be offended by this. That lady has no class and no dance moves :(

[@jaysingh05]

‘SOHCAHTOA’ is not that hard to memorize for her to be expending RIDICULOUS amounts of energy trying to “teach” it to them. A cheat sheet or simply writing it on the board before an exam could also suffice. Something’s just WAY off in her methodology.

[@Itsjcold0]

Probably just drugs people Just are to soft these. Days

[@jaysingh05]

@@Itsjcold0 LOL. Yah. Great sentence. Makes so much sense.

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

I only did Applied Grade 10 Math.

[@deborahminter6231]

Not to mention that she is a MATH teacher!

[@deborahminter6231]

@@Itsjcold0 they are so soft...they actaully want teachers to be giving an education instead of dancing around the classroom absurdly😁

[@q8tenchi]

It's more like she is imitating a turkey

[@MilesBellas]

Soh... Sine = Opposite / Hypotenuse ...cah... Cosine = Adjacent / Hypotenuse ...toa Tangent = Opposite / Adjacent

[@SokkasCactusjuice]

It’s not offensive it’s embarrassing

[@18sixty46]

Took them long enough to fire her. If it was any other race they would have been fired that day.

[@Deeznutter493]

This is what happens when teachers don't get paid enough😂😂

[@SimpleLifeAlways81]

No wonder why we have teacher shortage. We’re criminalizing teachers!

[@seankeikbusch9404]

If she ain't smart enough to realize she was gonna have problems, she ain't got no business teaching kids anyhow.

[@ashleymarie6682]

Lost her job? Are you kidding?? Its hard to find teachers that want to teach as it is. Ridiculous.

[@autumnasters]

Shut up

[@francojustthat156]

Karen has finally lost it😂😂

[@oOBubbleStreamOo]

I'd rather think that the student was an oversensitive Karen

[@JacquelynRivera930]

Are you kidding me? This was in the 2012 yearbook regarding this teacher: Dancing from one end of the room to the other, math teacher, Candice Reed wears an Indian headdress to emphasize geometry basics. "I find that if I tell them a story using math along the way, it's like a memory device. It just may stick with them forever."

[@CheyneParsons-f7j]

She was just trying to make her lesson memorable. Shame such enthusiastic and passionate teachers are at risk of offending people all the time.

[@semitope]

people always calling for blood for silly things.

[@bartman1238]

This is racist

[@99EKjohn]

​@@bartman1238no it's not.

[@BFH94556]

@@bartman1238 You are out of your mind

[@bartman1238]

@99EKjohn yes it is she got be racist.

[@bartman1238]

@@BFH94556 you must have voted trump

[@miscsloan8834]

inappropriate and lol at the people who getting upset because they think no one should get upset!

[@annablack3587]

No one told her face to face that she went too far. But in filming and spreading behind her back these little brats are A+. We are doomed

[@tomsnowden6201]

It’s 1984, where’s all the pretend compassion in talking to this woman instead of joining in a picket line to have her fired..mostly by unemployed ppl I would bet anything.

[@NobodyAsked-xh8cs]

You had me until "we are doomed", not gonna lie.

[@NobodyAsked-xh8cs]

>Something bad happens "we are doomed, litetally 1984, please like me for crying"

[@tomsnowden6201]

@@NobodyAsked-xh8cs Pretty bored today huh?

[@NobodyAsked-xh8cs]

@@tomsnowden6201 Look who's talking.

[@bearingcee]

Lmao. I love it! I'm ashamed of her moves. She needs to shape up her dance, but her effort gets an A+. She wasn't making fun of Native Americans. If anything she needs a raise. As a Native American (Plains Apache) I 100% stand behind this woman's method of teaching.

[@teledan105]

I from Leni Lenape tribe. How. This woman dance many moons, help kids learn.

[@danivasquez8098]

Yeah funny isn't

[@heistbros8575]

I love it when the white folks get offend for other people

[@nativemaori]

Full of it

[@Ulexcool]

how tf was that funny? you must be either 10 or 80yo

[@argotigonzalez1585]

people get so offended nowadays

[@oOBubbleStreamOo]

Absolutely

[@robertlouisburns]

She wasn’t mocking. She was showing a dance, accurate or not.

[@schmiwtzanmoonsuite]

The student who was filming said felt violence was made towards the cameraman, which i say is very ridiculous. I'm not native American, but it's not offensive... it was very wrong and ignorant that she was fired, i just thought she was curious about it.

[@TheClassicChuck1]

As a ingenious person I don't feel offended or any like that but I hope she's doing well out there!☀ ⭐

[@fundifferent1]

good for you

[@Ulexcool]

please leave the internet

[@tomsnowden6201]

@@Ulexcoolah someone not being perpetually offended offended you? Lmfao

[@captaincactus5247]

look! it's someone getting offended for a completely other group of people, let them get offended if they want@@Ulexcool

[@DSTmune]

I feel like people will find anything offensive. My teacher did something exactly like this to teach us Soh Cah Toa, it's not to be offensive it's just a way to make what people call "the most boring subject in school" a little more interesting.

[@autumnasters]

You're clearly White. Stop speaking out of turn

[@buppie2000]

Uh....WRONG! It was insanely offensive. Your teacher was racist.

[@TryingtoTellYou]

It's the self eating nature of radical progressives. Legally compel teachers to racially indoctrinate their students and then fire them when they do too good of a job. I am embarrassed for the school. That woman is a lovely teacher without a doubt.

[@99EKjohn]

​@@buppie2000no it's not, and it's irrelevant if it is. Deal with it Ricky Retardo.

[@-CloClo-]

Whenever I think my math teacher is a total nutcase, I watch this video.

[@nelsoncheng4638]

I highly doubt she was mocking Native Americans in class. And regarding mocking Native Americans, surely American governments are themselves not innocent.

[@ThomasGMcElwain]

Yeah, American governments are not innocent. It is called Manifest Destiny as a euphemism, but the right term is genocide. Beside that, what this teacher did looks like childˀs play. Yep, thatˀs what I said. Childˀs play.

[@takaogibson845]

Karen dancing machine.

[@zacharypelphrey6166]

Native Americans used to be the symbol of tough. Now not so much. Crybabies

[@user-zj8cf3fq8e]

Bad decision on her part..,,,, but, I have a feeling she put a lot of effort to get her point across not to mock their culture. She probably was a very good teacher, just used wrong message to get her point across. She seemed more passionate to me about her teaching than to make fun of anyone person or culture.

[@gage51desoto]

The headdress alone is a slap to native people. Why is it when natives are mocked people say things like this? Any other race the teacher would have been fired the same day.

[@Chiller-pc1dv]

Yeah, it may not have been her intention, but it's still mocking, even if unintentional

[@Chiller-pc1dv]

@@gage51desoto You've kinda got a point, though there are also non Native American people canceling those who even talk or use the wendigo in any art form that isn't 100% accurate, getting the video taken down while like 90% of Native Americans are happy to see the representation. So it's either that, or basically nothing at all, and it's annoying. I'm Native American myself and it's frustrating to see. I don't think this woman is a monster, but what she's doing is inappropriate and uncomfortable to watch. Because the wendigo has been told in stories as a sort of cautionary tale, and also drawn, there's a difference between being like "oh I like this folklore, let me use it to make an artistic interpretation, despite it not being fully accurate, because I enjoy it" and being like "let me wear a fake ceremonial headdress and do what I think a Native American dance to be like without actually bothering to do it accurately, in a MATH CLASS" Like..there's a difference between genuinely being interested in a culture, and just...doing whatever this is. If that makes sense. It seems she's more using Native American culture than just being inspired by it and genuinely interested in it. Again I'm not sure if this is intentional or not.

[@jerryparisi2885]

Keep It Up Folks And All The Good Teachers Will QUIT!! But It's What Makes You Feel Good That Matters, Right!?

[@jordanapolis]

Here because my math teacher did something like this and now I’m a math teacher planning a lesson for trig identities. This video is making me think my plan to paint my face and beat a drum while chanting “SohCahToa” may need some revisions.

[@viviansanchez7379]

Calm down everybody's acting crazy including the teacher over reacting to every thing My mom was half yaqui so what.

[@jacehendrix3194]

I see no mocking. Native Americans could dance like some Irish settlers and it would be no big deal. Double standard woke nonsense

[@mexdrgagon]

What a circus 🎪

[@julie1630]

My question is: is that a real Indian dance back in the day? Were they studying about Native American culture? There has to be more reason why she got fired. But I'll tell you this any school teachers staff board who keep anything about that CRT wine stuff needs to also be fired. So which is it!? I find the latter much worse.

[@glennjthompson332]

I don't like it!😠 It's beyond stupidity!😒

[@noorarjmand9493]

I don’t blame her for trying to make the class more interesting, but she could have taken a much diffeeent approach. This is obnoxious

[@Chiller-pc1dv]

Agreed, this 100% was not necessary.

[@brandonwilliams6221]

Everyone’s a critic.

[@truther001]

She looks like she is not quite right in the head.

[@hendricksonrunner5015]

Christ, everyone is a victim these days, I had a teacher do similar, things we'd dress in countrys uniforms and dress, nothing wrong no appropriation at all.

[@Issaaay260]

She meant no harm.

[@buppie2000]

Wait... It took MONTHS to fire her?!?!?!

[@jmorrisey79]

Shouldn't have been fired at all.

[@buppie2000]

@@jmorrisey79 Whatever, Jethro.

[@jmorrisey79]

@@buppie2000 that lady wasn't trying to mock or hurt anyone. Ok, Buppie?

[@buppie2000]

@@jmorrisey79 THAT wasn't mocking? No, not okay. Totally racist and fucked up, kind of like the way you are attempting (poorly) to normalize that behavior. Blackface is "an homage", right? Seriously...who raised you?

[@Jesse_Jessie_James]

She was tested for drug's and they found drug's in her belonging's when she was removed form the school. Her husband quickly fired for divorce and won sole custody of the kid's.

[@bobfaam5215]

Seriously ?

[@brandonwilliams6221]

Damn. That’s a lot of information with not one reference to a source of any kind. Sounds like a load of bogus.

[@hamradiotimes5586]

With teacher shortage in Riverside School District now they can hire a real Indian from the nearby casino's in the area.....

[@marthaindiana]

Ah so shut up and take it is your advice huh

[@deborahminter6231]

They definitely would do better than who they did hire!

[@spidersNsquirrels]

There ya go

[@osees5197]

this is actually pretty funny, I bet hanging out with that teacher is a blast, she's probably hilarious

[@sanada-vkk3315]

More like cringe rather than hilarious. Ngl.. She's behavior, need some treatment.

[@robyndismon394]

You should hire tobwstch your children. Immediately.

[@smartestdummy.2130]

It racist af ...

[@danivasquez8098]

Only the racist would find this funny

[@jko1854]

Get over yourself. She's doing a fantastic job.

[@Bigbodyhellcat]

❄️❄️

[@HenryColeHawkins]

This is basically blackface, dude

[@jmorrisey79]

​@@Bigbodyhellcat you're the snowflake. Crying over nonsense. Grow a pair of nuts

[@rachelc586]

She was definitely doing too much

[@jacehendrix3194]

Says who? The PC police?

[@CaidenTube]

@@jacehendrix3194 if that is what you want to call it than sure she deserved to get fired

[@jacehendrix3194]

@@CaidenTube only because it's the pc police, not because wokeness is valid

[@CaidenTube]

@@jacehendrix3194 she is making fun of a whole race also the race she is making fun of is the one who literally founded this country they lived here before the pilgrims killed them this is not kay this is their rightful land

[@jacehendrix3194]

@@CaidenTube There is no rightful anything unless you are able to defend it. Oh, and BTW, this wasn't even a country until whites made it one. Natives weren't sophisticated enough to come together as an entire country and name it anything. They founded nothing but the name of the dirt area they slept at.

[@createone100]

Oh. my. God. Who trains these teachers??

[@drijam2106]

Racist?! I can't even understand what she's ranting about. It's simply bizarre & cringey. She has a mental issue for sure. As a veteran teacher of 25 years, I met a lot of insane people that work in schools, smh. I learned that this 'head case' has been fired, Thank God!

[@JWick-tm6eh]

seems like there a hell of a lot of context missing in this allegation but hey we don't do research anymore we just believe what the title tells us and what media reports right? I think making a fool of one's self is not the best way to teach something but to say she was mocking native Americans or stereo typing without more context is rubbish considering there are tribal dances that are still practiced to this day.

[@mopes2713]

Yes it definitely looks to me like she’s clowning around and making a mockery. But to fire her for it?? I don’t know.

[@jrsx5826]

Fired

[@HenryColeHawkins]

This is basically blackface, dude

[@gage51desoto]

Sorry but it is about time native Americans get the respect they deserve. Tired of people screaming about racism in other areas but when it comes to natives we are told to sit down and chill out.

[@anonymousinformant2247]

@@HenryColeHawkins - yet Jimmy Kimmel still has a job. It's only 'offensive' when it doesn't fit the narrative 🤡

[@anonymousinformant2247]

@@gage51desoto - and what makes Natives freaking special? Give me a break. The filthy buggers were savages in their own right and got dealt with accordingly...

[@bulletprooftiger1879]

Up until :27: "Okay, that's not too bad. Unusual teaching method, but okay, sure, it's whatever." :28 onwards: "OH MY GOD MAKE IT STOP. She's chirping like a pigeon and prancing like a psycho!"

[@lowellirish]

She sounds like a sane woman...🤔🤪🤪🤪🤪 UnfuckingREAL!

[@ramayaruk]

I thought the song was actually pretty catchy

[@manuelperez6241]

That's messed up.

[@BastardBrad]

Fired for hurting people's feelings...? Smh....this country is doomed.

[@maryschneider2759]

I hope her math skills are better than her dance moves.

[@diffened]

I don't know Mary, she dances way better than I do. This is exactly the reason I don't dance because I'm afraid I'll be accused of mocking some groups culture.

[@poetry.in.motion...]

What was a MATH Teacher doing in Costume?.. History? Perhaps- if she was the Creative Learning Type... But, MATH?..🤔

[@gage51desoto]

There is no reason for anyone to put on the dress of another culture. Native regalia is very sacred so no, not even acceptable in social studies.

[@gilian2587]

@@gage51desoto So... trade between different cultures should stop for fear of 'cultural appropriation'? Methinks thou dost protest too much. Perhaps the real racist is hiding herself in sheep's clothing?

[@99EKjohn]

​@@gage51desotohope you don't where shirts or pants, they're not part of your culture.

[@josherickson9677]

I'm not native myself, but that teacher made me feels all kinds of uncomfortable

[@karderanderson]

Yeah but at least the teacher was putting some effort forth

[@birblife6611]

It’s cringey, but I have no idea why you were uncomfortable. She has a hell of a body.

[@ashleymarie6682]

Natives make me feel uncomfortable that they took it so far and spent their valuable time on something so frivolous when we have more important things to deal with in life.

[@birblife6611]

@@ashleymarie6682 No, we don't and that's the problem. All of this multiple gender, everyone offended by everything nonsense -- just to give two examples -- comes from having too easy a life. America is clearly in deep decline.

[@aleeftulawie3503]

America is a white , black and legal immigrant country nor country of native Americans

[@divyangvaidya1999]

She's saying "Soh Cah TOA" which is a way to remember Sine: opposite, hypotenuse Cosine: adjacent, hypotenuse Tangent: opposite, adjacent That acronym is used to remember this for calculating angles. I don't agree with the video, but those kids will never forget Soh Cah Toa again.

[@roxannerussell7256]

I'm of Cajun descent and have never been offended by jokes about Cajuns. Geez people, pull up the adult underwear and move on.

[@lgbfjb1183]

I think the firing should be for batshit crazy moreover then offensive behavior

[@bogman4629]

it was both

[@santiagodelatorre401]

I want to know what the students got on the math exam. In particular the concept she was trying to teach.

[@jaysingh05]

‘SOHCAHTOA’ is not that hard to memorize for her to be expending RIDICULOUS amounts of energy trying to “teach” it to them. A cheat sheet or simply writing it on the board could also suffice. Something’s just WAY off in her methodology. - a chem teacher

[@gilian2587]

@@jaysingh05 What can you tell me about the half reaction equation at the cathode for water as it is undergoing electrolysis?

[@jaysingh05]

@@gilian2587 reduction occurs at the cathode. Hydrogen ions gain electrons But that’s not how I would teach that. Redox was taught last in my advanced sections. Why do you wanna know?

[@gilian2587]

@@jaysingh05 I accept your thesis regarding your chemistry background. I also suggest that you should leave teaching for industry; you are likely not being paid what you're worth.

[@jaysingh05]

@@gilian2587 uhhh sure ok thanks for the advice Gilian.

[@pictlandpickers1171]

Why is trying to be more like someone from another culture offensive. Seems like the offended culture is designed to keep us seperate.

[@thoneybadger95]

She seems like a great teacher. What’s the issue?

[@ShaulLeket-Mor]

You should see the whole video, she spends pretty much the whole lesson screaming sohcahtoa and marching around the whole classroom while the students are cringing. Any great teacher would notice that their particular plan isn't effective and adjust accordingly. This teacher clearly doesn't have effective communication with her students.

[@thoneybadger95]

@@ShaulLeket-Mor you drew her entire history from just watching a short clip? I think your coming to this assumption entirely out of context

[@ShaulLeket-Mor]

@@thoneybadger95 I’m not referring to her teachings before this, since obviously I don’t know it. And perhaps it would be unfair to boil down an entire teaching career of someone to one point. But from this clip, it is very clear that the teacher is unaware and uninterested in the reception that she’s getting from her students. The mnemonic aside, what I’m concerned about is that she continues for a large portion of the lesson to prance around the classroom. Maybe in another situation, her teaching would be effective, but the students aren’t responding well, and it’s the responsibility of an instructor to recognize that and adapt their instruction. The fact that she isn’t is at the very least indicating that in this lesson, she’s not very effective.

[@animetrash9110]

Crybabies

[@cluelessandcurious5277]

@@ShaulLeket-Mor I can accuse you of doing the same, not being able to read the classroom. Just because they are quiet, doesn’t mean they aren’t enjoying it. They could be smiling. Also, there is a point when they laugh.

[@nitinbhakta4787]

She wasn't teaching math. She was goofing off and mocking another culture at the same time. A grown woman for God's sake. I'm glad she was fired.

[@MrFeast-l1d]

She should be given a compensation if she went to jail.

[@garyedward1925]

Horrible how easily people can lose their careers these days. She should have received a warning not to do it again and that's it.

[@mackdeen7021]

She’s an idiot. She’s literally acting like a mental patient in a psych ward. Throw in the cringe racist mocking of Native Americans and you someone who should not be in the teaching profession.

[@garyedward1925]

@@mackdeen7021 yikes. A bit harsh. You act like she hit a kid or something.

[@Chiller-pc1dv]

I wouldn't say she deserved to lose her career...but at least get a talking to.

[@pyrettablaze4325]

My math teachers basically did the same. Our mascot was literally Indians though.

[@obey2dmax]

If not fired Pechanga may "forget" to donate to Riverside School District. Nonetheless what the teacher did was uncalled for.

[@keithanderson4433]

Context is everything.

[@Greg_call]

Teacher seems crazy. Never experienced this in my school years. Sad.

[@UserBeenBanned]

Its called meth.

[@nannettmatthews5540]

She should have never been fired..

[@westcoastbred7745]

You cannot mock Native Americans unless you're Native especially if your the white man. Extremely offensive. You've got no place doing that #nativepride👊🏼

[@owusudaniel8181]

But native Americans have white skin too

[@anonymousinformant2247]

LoL "native pride" 🤡😆

[@hogant.551]

Being of a certain race/s doesn't keep me from mocking them. I mock some people of each race.

[@Chiller-pc1dv]

@@owusudaniel8181 Some do, yes.

[@oOBubbleStreamOo]

I'm german, my family never did anything bad towards any jew and still they got bombed and destroyed by Americans in the 40s. Noone ever cares about this kind of german victims. So now I'm supposed to feel offended if any American teacher is childishly and badly dancing and singing a bavarian dance? My god, Snowflakes, they're everywhere... I call them Narcissists, nothing else.

[@foodiegal9923]

She had too much to drink, looks like.

[@highjinxwillie62]

This is a fine example of who is teaching in this country

[@THEENERGYINHALER]

This world needs to grow a pair...who cares if someone makes fun of anyone

[@katelangworthy8698]

It's not "making fun of" it is racist when someone puts on fake feathers, struts around as a charactutre (poorly imitating) a different culture. It seems that she was intending to demean and promote further incorrect perceptions with her actions. The people who are upset about this do not have "thin skin". They are responding to something so common that people tend to just laugh out off, rather than spending time trying to understand why it could be upsetting to others. Imagine how a Christian would feel if someone pee'd on a Bible, or continuously mocked someone who had a prominent birthmark. She was way out of line, period.

[@HenryColeHawkins]

This is basically blackface, dude

[@CaidenTube]

its RACISM

[@brandonwilliams6221]

@@katelangworthy8698All a bunch of lies.

[@rhondamcknight2596]

That was a math teacher? How tacky. I heard teachers dress worse than students. Her behavior is despicable she needs to never teach young children.

[@esmetheexpressohyena9337]

Or any children for that matter

[@ThomasGMcElwain]

Actually, that is the way teachers have to act to keep the attention of young children. For that age group though, definitely shows how desperate she was to get their attention.

[@chetyoubetya8565]

This is what natives are offended by??Not the out of control drug use on the rez or the unemployment or the total family breakdown.

[@deborahminter6231]

What a tacky lesson! Unfortunately I don't think it was a lesson at all, but a breakdown. The responsible thing to do, was to remove her from the classroom!

[@dav1djac0b]

lets say those kids aced that test. now what is your opinion?

[@deborahminter6231]

@@dav1djac0b 😂 Most likely failed do to being distracted by her display.

[@brandonwilliams6221]

@@deborahminter6231Didn’t answer the question because you can’t dare to actually acknowledge dissenting opinion.

[@deborahminter6231]

@brandonwilliams6221 what question are you talking about? Lol 😆

[@germanshepherd6638]

My 9th grade math teacher did this and was fired . My 10th grade math teacher taught it as “what do you do when you stub your toe? You got to soh cah toa “

[@horse-4598]

If your offended by this you’re soft like charmin

[@jf8050]

A teacher puts together an interesting lesson that got the students' attention and taught them something in math that they will not forget. Two seconds after she starts her class, a Native American thinks this might be racist and decides to record her to try to get her fired. Then dozens of American Indians start protesting for months in front of the school (do these people jave jobs?). The student could have talked to the teacher after class and expressed his feelings without trying to ruin her livelihood.

[@markcooper3276]

it's dumb and embarassing, but offisive...come on!!! she's not making fun of indians. She's trying to teach a way that kids can remember the name of the math problem.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Yes, and she did so by mocking Native Americans. Surely there are other means to her intended goal without demeaning a minority group?

[@CaidenTube]

the correct term is native americans not indians

[@eliazruis4761]

If she was fired for this, then she should get her job back. She was not mocking Native Americans. She was simply trying to get the kids to remember something by making a dramatic presentation. The mnemonic SOHCAHTOA can be used to aid in remembering which function to use in what circumstance - SOH stands for Sine is opposite over hypotenuse; CAH stands for Cosine is adjacent over hypotenuse; and TOA stands for Tangent is opposite over adjacent. This will save confusion when working with these functions.

[@arathperez7528]

Show her face. She must be revealed.

[@lethalwolf7455]

It’s revealed on many vids on this platform

[@tedmansfield912]

As soon as the video started I thought I was watching Seinfeld.

[@joelowery3878]

Just because it'stheir opinion doesn't make it the truth she was using it for a educational tool to demonstrate something I mean see all the correlations

[@HenryColeHawkins]

This is basically blackface, dude

[@wimsylogic65]

@@HenryColeHawkins No it's not

[@brandonwilliams6221]

@@HenryColeHawkins No it isn’t you waste of sentient life.