One year inside a Portland elementary school | Inside Woodlawn Ep. 1

[@joeycottone7755]

This behavior is not because they don't know how to express themselves. They are doing it because it's allowed and excused

[@frankyflowers]

its genetic

[@WideAwake-bl7gw]

You nailed it.

[@tgarcia-rocha3629]

You are correct. It's tolerated. I work in a high school so I'm not talking out of my ass like some people

[@AethelredTheReady]

They definitely know how to express themselves, just they only desire to do so in a negative way.

[@megank4621]

Child psychology would disagree. There’s studies that show coping skills and thus expression is not fully developed in elementary kids. They of course need rules and consequences but it’s just not that simple. Ah if life was as convenient...

[@reginaromsey]

I notice the Principal comforted and Touched the crying child. Touch is incredibly important to human beings, baby’s die without touch despite being fed and cared for. A fireman is. A large man who loves Elementary school students. He can hold a child in melt down until they calm down.

[@BenjaminEsposti]

0:50 They ARE expressing themselves ... and that's the way they've been raised to express themselves, as parents (and teachers) give in to (thus reinforcing) tantrums. If you think this is crazy, check out middle school and high school...

[@psychicspy]

Remove children from the classroom if they are suffering with mental health issues so they can get the help they need while the other students can carry on with learning.

[@MonkeyBuRps]

I hope they don't edit out ANY of the meltdowns, so we can get an accurate count statistically.

[@cuckedbaseman327]

One they mentioned 41percent black and 21 percent Hispanic it all began to make sense.

[@frankyflowers]

the documentary could end right there.

[@frankyflowers]

@shirley tompkins england keeps such racial stats? please link the data. im surprised they do that there.

[@frankyflowers]

@shirley tompkins where do they have racial stastics i can read? can you link where you get that? we had a school like that called tm landry that sent kids to all the ivy League schools and when they got there they could barely read. its an interesting story.

[@frankyflowers]

@shirley tompkins link or gtfo.

[@frankyflowers]

@shirley tompkins what statistics are on that link? they are doing better than the national average of disadvantaged kids? are they smart compared to the national average? NO. Chinese kids and Indians of course are going to do good they have high iqs. i love how they compare some kids to the national average and some to the average of poor people. compare them to each other. what i need is the raw data that article cherry picked and distorted. would you admit that the chinese students there are smarter and do better than the blacks at that school. the article says that in a roundabout way.

[@TheRHeretic]

Wants to spend a year trying to figure out why the kids are so bad? How about just watch the 3:21 mark of your own documentary.

[@AethelredTheReady]

@A Person Lol the video will never say, but anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together knows the truth. When left to their own devices, whites form industrious, prosperous, and safe communities. Now take that same community and reduce the whites to 20% and make the remaining 80% African or Hispanic. Anyone who lives in a place that has or has gone through such a demographic shift knows that the whole place turns to shit fast. Everyone loves to talk shit about whites and say we have no culture, but those same people are tripping over each other to move into white countries neighborhoods.

[@AethelredTheReady]

Very big brained comment.

[@johnfox3708]

Leave the kids alone, Portland is hell on earth,

[@74milah]

It needs to STOP! Bring back on the century style of parenting! In this case it doesn't need more financial and more stuff support if the system never change! How this law thing happen that you can't touch the children literally no touching to avoid to hurt them yet (THEY) This spoiled brats can hurt not only themselves but also to fellow kids/students or their own teachers???!!! This world is nuts! I can't believe many of this teachers view/suggestions I can't agree with! Yes! I agree this is our kids, this is our community problem! I prefer a Marshall law parenting instead of continuing this madness. Stop the school and put this kids in some kind of basic training survival without electronics none! Find a hero individual you're looking for who can handle them without limitation of basic discipline that means includes basic punishment that won't kill them! Teach them how to self respect through respecting their parents and adults either they are respectable or not! Bring back the basic values! Stop that sweet talks sweet approach yet insincere. Teach the kids the real world! Not the virtual world. This current system wasn't making good first kids instead it created a monster! Parents!!! Our obligation as parents whether we want/love our kids or not our obligation is to discipline our kids properly. Good values and discipline start at home not in schools! Schools obligation is to train them academic lessons and continue the progress of good values, without this we are creating a useless humans. Marshall Law for parents! Train them how to handle their own children start from their home not making lots of children's and expect the other people to raise them! This law must include the foster parents in foster homes. They must care and discipline this kid's like their own and by what requirements by law what needs to be done to raise good and successful human being not a monster. Enough selfishness! Enough nonsense! Enough babying! Enough making monster! The law not to hurt them is B__l S__t! It wasn't working at all! Instead the law hurting them! Spoiled them, and made them time become brainless useless, dangerous human beings as if not one! Agree or not its my own view and my opinion of the result of this system. If this system won't change this new generation is hopeless. It will be one of the cause of human extinction as we raise useless/brainless generation

[@karinitavb]

I totally agree with Ms. Andrea, staff at woodlawn are amazing and they don’t get recognize. Woodlawn is not just another elementary school, woodlawn is a FAMILY!

[@mariekatherine5238]

Well, now they’re not in school thanks to COVID. They’re parents have to deal with them.

[@sixxygrrl]

My Wildcat adores her teacher and the entire staff at Woodlawn. They all know her by name. It's amazing.

[@Rsthelen]

Amazing, this will be a top notch look in.

[@rebeccaloudermilk1145]

You made all this kiddy's angels! Beware!!!

[@msdd8428]

Set boundaries.

[@jandre5925]

There doing this weird raffle where you donate money or items (I dont remember) but the prizes are like cheaper then what you're supposely suppose to donate.

[@TedSeeber]

That is not unique to Woodlawn. Every school in Oregon does this.

[@bravelizard494]

This happens when parents stop spanking the tantrum out of the child. My children know better than to react like this because I trained them right. Spare the rod and spoil the child. Loving the child is loving them enough to discipline them.

[@bryanbrett8943]

Agreed

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

You don’t HAVE to spank, but it does require more time and patience to teach the child to control their emotions.

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

@@sarcasticallyrearranged the problem is these days we have, yes we have abusive parents, a lot of broken homes, yes, we have , neglectful parents, but we also have a large population of students who back in our days in school were in special schools and institutions for severe emotional and mental health needs, now days they are ''mainstreamed'' and it does, not, work ! they dont need whuppins, they need to bring back pro active mental health screening, and mandatory special needs schooling and institutional programs with on going mental heath supports and therapeutic programs. they need to stop with this so called '' neurodiversity'', community inclusion crap and put these student in the supportive structured environments they need, oftentimes, the least restrictive environment, is the most restrictive, counterproductive, and destructive.

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

@@sarcasticallyrearranged yeah this is much more than just demanding complete compliance, doing that does not solve the real issues, all behavior is communication, its much more than just '' a kid being bad''

[@MsMeyerArt]

Watching that last minute teacher switch have me anxiety. It’s too bad the district doesn’t have money to be able to keep structures and teachers in place with such a tiny +/- 10 student shift. Smaller class sizes are so much better for students in all grades.

[@cherylpeters130]

Been there and I agree

[@frankyflowers]

the district is rich and has tons of money. they can afford to take in kids that don't even live there.

[@glennwatson3313]

"Pushed out" is a strange way of describing someone offering you a lot of money for your house.

[@cherp7522]

Exactly!!! I was just saying the same thing.

[@frankyflowers]

maybe they are talking about taxes because of the increased value and them not being able to stay even if they wanted to.

[@sweetlondon6659]

No it’s being pushed out happening to my neighborhood hood the more white people that move in the more expensive the cost of living gets. No more affordable grocery stores, more strict rental guidelines, one bedrooms are 1,200 or more. People are forced out!!! Do some research before you state an uneducated opinion please!!

[@frankyflowers]

@@sweetlondon6659 i had to move because my property became worth quadruple in a few years and the taxes were not affordable. it happens to everyone.

[@glennwatson3313]

@@sweetlondon6659 I was talking about people who owned their homes. If you rent it was never really your house. It belongs to the person you pay rent to. Why is this hard for you to understand?

[@WideAwake-bl7gw]

This is what you get when you vote blue.

[@jaydel3]

lol the top 10 worst states in the USA in terms of education, jobs, and economy are red states.

[@WideAwake-bl7gw]

@@jaydel3 And you have filth, rampant homelessness, an illegal infestation, gangs and rampant addicts roaming the streets, violent crime every single day, human waste in the streets, gangs, etc, etc. And considering what's coming out of the colleges these days I wouldn't brag too much about 'education'. We do just fine job and economy wise in our red states. And really, if blue states are such wonderful utopias, why are people fleeing them in droves?

[@psychicspy]

Gentrification improves neighborhoods through revitalization.

[@nidavis6709]

This is my old school im in sixth grade. Now

[@Neo-Najarin]

Wow. This definitely makes me feel better about my school days. All I did was tell people what I honestly thought even if it wasn't nice.

[@frankyflowers]

is there an elementary school with that many blacks that is well behaved anywhere? seriously

[@frankyflowers]

@A Person i saw that video. they needed to import teachers because the kids were so bad. they edited the video to make them look civilized. most of these types of feel good stories about inner city schools doing good end up being hoaxes and they cooked the books.

[@frankyflowers]

@A Person they said behave for a few minutes and we will give you a soda.

[@juliafox52]

@A Person OP has a point. The point should be seriously addressed instead of shooting the messenger. It is NOT that kids who have black skin are worse than kids who do not. It is entirely about the 71% single mother in the black community (number may have changed since I last checked). It is well established that kids without fathers have more problems with self-regulation. There is a correlation to both issues in literacy and crime with a father being absent from the home. Why does this affect the black family more? In a nutshell, due to Democrat policies which encouraged mothers financially to kick out fathers and marry the state. The repercussions have been disastrous. If you care, you will not attack the Messenger and listen to the message.

[@juliafox52]

@A Person The person who posted the original comment.

[@frankyflowers]

@A Person what school has more than 44% and isn't in chaos? you never mentioned one. i can provide proof you can't

[@raydow3439]

Kick them out.

[@raymondh5456]

9:19 haha “maintain traditions” all of a sudden they’re conservatives

[@ellenkh4422]

black girls matter??? wth

[@johndaly4306]

This was a waste of time

[@cowafungus8104]

"Black girls matter"???? Wtgdf?????

[@mikesodders3670]

love kids that much that arnt my personal kids then kick in there own natural parents don't give a shit?. I feel like they need to play that song WE ARE THE WORLD...Michael Jackson.. to make a better place and all that stupid shit...good luckish

[@VideosBB24]

The teachers allow it. The hiring practice is horrible. They don’t know how to deal with children.

[@humanpowertool4467]

I lived in Woodlawn from 98 to 2018 One of original gentrifiers I sent two kids to Woodlawn Misses porter Lopez is a good principle but I remember things different about the gentrification. The main problem is the PPS transfer system. The old nieghborhood is gone. Time to move on.

[@shanehester5317]

parents if u cant raise your kids any better than that ,,home school them.if a kid commits certian offenses after so many time the law should be the parents are forced to home school them.what does diversity have to do with kids not obeying.if there isnt enough white kids there ,black kids cant behave?what are they talking about.

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

Teachers have been stripped of their power to control their classrooms. It’s all about parent satisfaction and the teacher can’t even correct, much less discipline bad behavior.

[@cryingtree974]

Dear god no wonder why they are protesting

[@donricerice1645]

Read Jesuit Vatican Tyranny, read Deliberate Dumbing Down of America by Charlotte iserbyt.

[@isaacsandifer997]

****PLEA**** BEFORE SCROLLING DOWN. Get a drink. A nice cool drink. And if you comment try to stay civilized. Calling people names ain’t gonna ger us nowhere. Now scroll down and have a nice day.

[@GoodVibesNewlevel2023]

I really dislike docs like this that always try to tell a story with an unbalanced slant. That is not good journalism. Try getting to know the real stories. This documentary is not even close to the level of Love Them First: Lessons From Lucy Laney because there was heart there. There was compassion and optimism. This looks like you are trying to compete but you couldn’t tell the story right. You didn’t approach it right. I only watched 5 minutes and I could tell where you were going. Principal Mauri Friestlben at Lucy Laney was authentic. You could tell she really loved her school and they loved her. It was captured because the directors of that doc told the story well. This is a half hearted attempt. I would consider pulling and trying again. It looks like you just jumped in because it’s a hot topic 😞

[@CarriedDiamond]

So you watched 5 minutes and came up with this? Masterful critiquing.

[@nonyabusi1132]

Whatever.......