Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston

I created this video for my students because I required them to read this short story for class. I normally read it aloud in class because they struggle with the dialect, but I ended up with the flu. Since my usual plans were foiled, I recorded this video for them. Due to the fact that I recorded it while I was sick, you will hear the occasional cough and throat clearing. No, I have no plans to redo it because I still prefer to read it aloud with my students so we can discuss it as we go. I hope this video helps you enjoy this wonderful story!

[@D22queen]

Great job and I appreciate you making your changes when reading.

[@D22queen]

@@caaarbz Now that I’m older I completely agree.

[@applesocks89]

Thank you for saving me in AP Lang!!

[@rogerm.1707]

this is me rn!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@maryamspalace8558]

AP??? I'm taking this in an Honors Class... WWWOOOOWWWW

[@meganstockwell7760]

Aaaayyyy. 😂😂

[@blankkzy502]

@@maryamspalace8558 same lol English 9 honors

[@diamondd7306]

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[@Cupcakekiller91]

Your reading is fine! Thank you for reading so i didnt have to do it myself.

[@LetsTalkPopCulture]

thank you so much! this helped me actually understand the story rather get confused trying to read what the characters are saying lmao.

[@DanyPolloo]

same, i tried looking for translations becuase english isn't my first language, but i couldn't find any proper translation into spanish nor english lol

[@blummel97]

So much coughing, hope you're well now! Thanks for the reading. :)

[@tajayatomlinson5298]

The best part was the baby at the end 😊😊 thank you so much

[@SimplyVideos101]

Wow you handled the diction incredibly.

[@Fandoms_Rose]

Thank you Ms. Jacobs. My class spent almost an entire class trudging through the first four pages, reading out loud while following the PDF. While that was a worthwhile experiment, finding your piece here provided a perfect antidote to the "Sweat" blues the next day! Your performance and the PDF form a lovely pas de deux!

[@elizabethf396]

the way my heart clenched as you approached the n word.... thank you for not saying it!

[@beepiebeeper3099]

Lol

[@michealboyd161]

Thank you: sophmore level english in college

[@BINFP]

Thank you. I needed to read this for class but my eyes were tired. This helped a lot

[@rmccauley78]

Many Thanks! I got through the first few paragraphs but without your reading it I would have taken hours to work through that dialect. So many thanks!

[@sexybunnyxox]

I had to write about this for class. Thank you!

[@fervent2043]

Thank you very much! I wish I can express my gratitude enough through this! Reading the culture language was so hard to follow through! And my family is from down south! You did a wonderful job!! My level of comprehension sky rocketed!

[@sadiat3655]

Thank you for sharing this, saved me a lot of time !

[@ArischaTones]

Not in your class....but really enjoyed your read. Thanks for doing this!

[@marvelousmimi9165]

Thank you for saving my life

[@gabevelasques8116]

Great job reading to story and thank you for your upload

[@arielepps2716]

I couldn't understand the language in class but you helped me and understand deeper into the text

[@jayysocool9137]

God bless this channel

[@jesslabarbera52]

Thank you so much for posting this! You did a fantastic job reading it! All of these people complaining about your coughing or clearing of your throat are obviously spoiled and need to read the story on their own.

[@1travischase]

Blessed to have you read this because there was no way i was going to read this as fluent as you did lmaoooo

[@justvibe5696]

This is Great thank you 🙏🏾

[@connor174174]

thank you for reading every enjoyable

[@gaelatriano5996]

Zora neale hurston, what a legend

[@sashamutesi8498]

Thank you so much!!

[@marquisdaniel3947]

Good one that!!!!!!! was !!!!!!!!.great we get there just

[@bosheihab6463]

a wonderful reading!

[@Brichanise.Nicole]

ur a great reader. Jesus bless ya

[@sheisarliyah]

Thankyou so much.

[@cheesyfoot02]

Thank you for this

[@nohelial.6457]

hey! thank you

[@bellaking140]

Thanks for saving me in AP Lit 🖤

[@vaugecom7748]

thank you.. Ms jacobs.

[@rhodekill4241]

Thanks for the help in English

[@kevinrodriguez2100]

Ty

[@cooperross5038]

thanks. Ms. Jacobs

[@Cb-yx3pd]

God bless you for not using this moment to say the n word. 💙

[@bobbob-nj3ck]

your studdering took all of the dramatic feel out of the end, good job for the most part

[@zianatahbub1482]

The baby at the end was funny

[@WinterSun01]

Thank you sooo much💚💚💚

[@calebcrowther8889]

the fart was crazy

[@enterchannelname7568]

I didn't hear it

[@ivanleon4193]

hey mason

[@mikecano3200]

9:46

[@bobbob-nj3ck]

26:54 aaawwwwwwww

[@mikecano3200]

11:04

[@wesleymattinson6227]

baby jumpscare

[@JstoreyProductions]

She didn’t say niggga

[@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy]

I hope you're over your cold by now. 😂

[@LilDemonkulous]

A H E M

[@DakotaFord592]

Did you smoke cigarettes at the time of the recording?

[@kierap]

i’m having a hard time paying attention 😣

[@ethanulloa6359]

Jesus Christ Loves You

[@christopher-jc5mf]

AP Language sucks

[@tommydenison936]

Too much coughing... Could've edited coughing out maybe??

[@lagrange3859]

or you could've read it yourself lmao

[@zirrkurd]

So you mean to tell me that these people clearly are very grammatically inarticulate, and yet he uses the word “asterperious” .... seems likely

[@TheTreed09]

oohKurdi Asterperious is an African American vernacular English slang word...so yes they would most definitely use that word in everyday speech.

[@zirrkurd]

@Mahder Aklilu Calm yourself dude lol. I'm from Atlanta I know all about it. That's just a self-aggrandizing way of saying Ebonics. which is a stupid concept because it's just a way that overly proud black people try to argue that all forms of english are equal, which is clearly not true, i'm a lot less articulate than some people, alot less articulate than others. These characters are inarticulate because they were written on purpose to seem that way. I just pointed out the "asterperious" outlier to show how out of character that was.

[@zirrkurd]

@Mahder Aklilu i didnt say anyone is beneath me, you assumed that, and that's why you're offended, or at least acting as though you are. lol

[@theoverconfident9368]

Not bad for a white women,, thank you!

[@ville-veikkomakela6506]

Great read but there is absolutely no need to censor yourself.

[@fogpivvl8341]

ikr

[@Cb-yx3pd]

You must be white.

[@fogpivvl8341]

@@Cb-yx3pd um......?

[@jeremyfuller7730]

@@Cb-yx3pd Why would she need to censor herself? It's a book.

[@user-cp6oi4jr8p]

@@jeremyfuller7730 pls read the description and see this is for her students...also, its just not cool to say those words.

[@JoseRivera-tz9sh]

Good job except for the coughing!

[@ok-xu5gt]

holy fuck stop making those sounds

[@andrewkosa3717]

Lmao can u stop clearing ur throat, holy shit bro

[@apryllumpkins4085]

This may have been helpful if you didn't sound like you had Covid the entire time. Coughing and clearing your throat during the recording was distracting

[@RosaRamos-hu2xj]

Horrible! I am sorry it was so painful to listen to the story with all that coughing

[@ryanpickney5416]

she made it for her students- not you

[@josewemersondasilva9040]

What a terrible reading, if you are sore throat you should be recording an audiobook