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'Teaching is like a bad marriage, you never get your needs met, but you stay in it for the kids.' - This teacher resigned on the spot during a school board meeting with this impassioned message.
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In US news and current events today, teacher Amanda Coffman resigned on the spot during a school board meeting and delivered a powerful message to her former students.
Coffman is a former teacher at Indian Woods Middle School in Kansas. She says she resigned because she felt ‘silenced’ when Shawnee Mission School District issued teachers new 3-year contracts.
Coffman says the contracts don’t address the concerns or needs that the teachers have fought for in the past.
Listen to Amannda Coffman's fiery resignation speech to the Kansas school board here. Here is how she plans to continue the fight for better education in America.
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[@teeheee2]

My only complaint is the music over bearing her beautiful speech in certain areas. Otherwise great video.

[@randygrant4829]

Will bidenbe speaking or mumbling

[@fuddcar]

Can we send in some softball questions or do you have enough of your own?

[@av883]

More talking? More words? More promises and assurances I bet? Lmao. No thanks. Words and "talking" are tactics they use to run out the clock or kick the can down the road. PS: Biden is a senile old fool, Harris is totally incompetent and slept her way to the top, Pelosi is a drunk. God help us all. Thankfully we regain control of one branch (that'll make 2 out of 3 for those counting) in just a few days. Voters will hammer democrats on the most important issues: the economy and inflation. Nobody cares about your racism Nobody cares about your feminism Nobody cares about your socialism Nobody cares about your communism Nobody cares about shoveling your "student debt" onto taxpayers Nobody wants to flood the country with hostile illegal aliens Nobody cares about your uninformed mob-rule idiocracy..sorry, democracy Nobody cares about you We do care about our personal lives and finances.

[@michaelforsythe4335]

LOL - as if Joe is even capable of having conversations. But hey...... bring some children for him to sniff.

[@grady.stu.8300]

The sad part about this is after her speech was over the board members probably rolled their eyes and went to dinner on the city's credit card.

[@carrieevert1518]

yep.

[@chandafiske5399]

sadly those in the positions have no conscience... just rolling in what they feel is their power... grrrrr

[@passapmachines4006]

It is up to us to make sure we select the board members to represent the interest of the people!

[@bobos245]

@@passapmachines4006 But there will always be more who do the same. Just like politicians.

[@ninnikins4768]

Sad it is

[@bkdmode]

"There will be no clarifying questions; I don't answer to you anymore." - Best mic-drop moment of 2020 so far...

[@nolawilson2008]

100%

[@The-ct1xq]

and this is BEFORE Covid...........

[@onlytruth1776]

She'll answer to someone else....lmao

[@AnimeDreamer141]

@@onlytruth1776 private tutors make bank lmao shes good if she stays in teaching

[@kumaahito3927]

@@AnimeDreamer141 yeah. Not from US, but the really good teachers can easily get into private schools, private tutoring, etc. and earn way more than they did previously. So 'threatening' them is just foolish, and the public schools should appreciate that they didn't leave yet.

[@Mintziii13_]

Then they say that "America is losing teachers." I wonder why.

[@LordStanley94]

The Unions are greatly to blame.

[@marty2970]

The unions got me a 16% raise over 5 years as a teachers aid where I made 30 an hour. They also got our backs when the district tried to fire staff becuase they would rather use the money to build a gym. Unions have there place in education

[@RagingKabuto]

@@LordStanley94 That is laughable.

[@madeline569]

The American (and most other countries) public education system wasn't designed to educate people, it's designed (in the west) in the 1800s as an ISA: Ideological State Apparatus That a fancy term Louis Althusser coined to mean that schools don't teach you useful information, they instill and perpetuate capitalist ideology like: 1) blindly respecting authority 2) sitting still 3) following the rules 4) getting to work on time As well as keeping working class (poor) people and minorities under educated so they are less likely to revolt against the rich.

[@jameskim1505]

Republican party do not want general public to be able to form their own opinions or capable of critical thinking. Oh you don't think so? Look at folks who voted for Trump.

[@synthiaamaartir9553]

When she said “I don’t know what I’ll be doing when the bell rings at 8:40” I got teary eyed. You can tell the love she has for her students.

[@silverwindspirit]

I know how that teacher feels when she said that. I'm a crossing guard and I've worked in heavy rain, painfully cold weather, thunderstorms, 113 degree summer heat and at one point, I had to position myself between a drug addict and a few kids to keep them safe. Now my department is being broken down and sent too a private company (we were city employees before). Now I probably won't get too serve my community due to the majority of us crossing guards not wanting to support the private company (there's a possibility of us crossing guards walking out and quitting the job)

[@STUPIDIDIOTS101]

@@silverwindspirit i used to live on a main road next to a pedestrian crossing, and when i walked home after school the crossing guard lady always greeted me and my lil sister with a smile :) and when my mom dropped me my sister and my lil brother she pressed the button so my mom can pull out safely :') I will always remember her :) and have the upmost respect for crossing guards. salute to you!!

[@genesjewel1315]

😭 me!!!

[@thebalderthor4884]

She actually said “remember me in your acceptance speeches.” What a narcissist.

[@vincentmancini6279]

@@thebalderthor4884 You are an AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@desflores5157]

“Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying.” Wow, that is powerful.

[@lollic307]

That is life in my experience. When you are raised this way, it is expected

[@Nick-eu5lb]

It’s abuse

[@kingmasterlord]

@@lollic307 which is exactly why they're trying to instill it into the school system, so the government can keep getting away with it later. They want those kids to grow up thinking that abuse is normal.

[@petarcosic2781]

America is a nation wired Catholic, labeled Protestant, and functioning secular. People don’t believe this when they first hear it, but it’s demonstrably true. And the cryptic interaction between Catholicism and both the young nation’s native Protestantism and post-Enlightenment secularism has wrought a land of deep and possibly fatal contradiction. The impasse between the American republic’s wiring, labeling, and functioning has also turned it into a republic in name only that, without change, will soon perish. Our national infirmity is betrayed by six symptoms indicating that America misses muster as a true republic. The stubbornly incredulous American anti-Catholicism on the religious right (today’s grandkids of the Reformation) and on the secular left (today’s grandkids of the Enlightenment) must evaporate before the existential threat can be nullified. There is only one solution to American decadence in 2016-and, like it or lump it, that solution is Catholic. Here is the paradox: through shameless plagiarism of the Catholic natural law tradition, the Reformation-Enlightenment-inspired founders of this nation created a new regime centered upon the very thing that the Reformation and the Enlightenment had rejected throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: the Catholic natural law. Let that irony sink in. As Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote of the Protestant preacher Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter: “The pale clergyman piled up his library, rich with parchment-bound folios of the Fathers . . . and monkish erudition, of which the Protestant divines, even while they vilified and decried that class of writers, were yet constrained often to avail themselves.” History is stranger even than Hawthorne’s fiction. This secret plagiarism features in American history as a sort of intellectual schizophrenia by the religious right and the secular left. Each camp’s sixteenth-century “grandparent”-respectively, the Reformation and the Enlightenment-has for five centuries sermonized against the Catholic natural law. Stranger still is the irony that the two “rivals” have far more in common-a potent allergy to natural law-than either side wishes to recall. They are false rivals, fake opposites. Think of both “Protestant natural law” and “Enlightenment natural law” as contradictions in terms. One could argue that Catholic natural law (Thomas Aquinas’s brand of Aristotelianism) is the only genuine brand of it. But a luminary or two from either camp occasionally referred to something they called “natural law,” however misguided their criteria might have been. It proves to be a sufficiently argumentative task just showing Americans that the ideas they’ve long embraced about politics and culture are uniquely Catholic. So let’s just stick with that.REST ABOUT BOOK BY TIMOTHY GORDON" CATHOLIC REPUBLIC:WHY AMERICA WILL PERISH WITHOUT ROME" ON CATHOLIC ANSWERS PAGE

[@pharma37]

I completely disagree with her point. Respect is always earned. There is baseline common decency, but respect is a different thing.

[@AsIAm3991]

“There will be no clarifying questions, I don’t answer to you anymore” Yes ma’am!!!!

[@Grassyknolldallas]

AsIAm_ Lol that really hurt them too especially when she has no money coming in and they do. 🤷‍♂️

[@maurolopez1242]

SO POWERFUL. YAAAAS I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO TALK ABOUT YOU ON MY GRADUATION SPEECH AND WOULD STAND UP FOR YOU ALL THE WAY. THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP FOR EVERYONE. INSPIRING. Your voice is heard everywhere! Thank you

[@garysimmons3166]

@@maurolopez1242 50 bucks says you forgot about the speech by the following morning and were only reminded of it because of my response. Enjoy viewing all your pointless emails...social media accounts and all the other filler in your life that keeps you from achieving your full potential

[@whimsysmith2835]

@@garysimmons3166 - Good lord! Are you just being randomly spiteful for a reason? I mean, are you bored? Exactly how busy can your own day be, when you spend your time trying to puncture random strangers good feelings? Exactly where do you get off telling complete strangers that they are pointless and useless? Your comment is legit pointless and useless.

[@ChaotiX1]

@@whimsysmith2835 As is your reply. Stop getting worked up over strangers opinions and move on. When you feed the fire, youre the only one that gets burned.

[@WhatSoEverThingsAreLovely]

She was talking to ALL of us watching...not just her students!! 👂🏽

[@cocotaveras8975]

Miss Amazon YEP! 👍

[@ffssheeple]

And I definitely heard her to my core! What a strong and wise lady 💜💜

[@jemeeladams1197]

Facts

[@leesimone2]

You can say that again!👏👏👏👏 Many are over the nonsense, and don't care anymore to make uncouth people to comprehend where others are coming from. From a place of compassion, workable dreams, and the willingness to learn and grow from missteps and pain. Yes she is talking for many world wide!

[@CyberClone138]

On this day I was her student

[@donaldrhine548]

Just because you're on the school board doesn't mean you're intelligent. Because this school board wasn't smart enough to keep this great teacher. We need more like her.

[@petratical]

Right, more like her, less like them!

[@user-wp7gt1vd5e]

Just because your running for president doesnt mean he qualifies mentally and is capable and has the best interest of the people. Yes wrre talking about the old man with no brain. Vote blue and send him into permanent retirement..

[@Scorpio-w7q]

My opinion school board members are made of a bunch of idiots who think they are smart but aren’t! They take stupidity to a whole new level!

[@tommygirl123able]

“Teaching is like a bad marriage, you never get your needs met but you stay in it for the kids”. As a teacher myself, I felt that in my soul.

[@el7dian]

Hope you are charismatic and passionate like her. Those kids you see everyday are tomorrow's citizens and I hope that they'll do better than us.

[@lorig7077]

Sooooo many teachers have said this forever. Staying there for the kids. Hope things change.

[@ghostlight69420]

tommygirl123able Don’t stay for the kids, they don’t belong their either. Quit and push for apprenticeship. To heck with schooling.

[@donnawoodford6641]

I always wondered why sports players are seen as heroes and are paid high salaries when it is actually the teachers that helped them launch their lucrative careers. When do teachers get cheerleaders boosting their spirits and supporting them? Maybe some board members, legislatures, and secretary of education need a lesson or two or three...

[@robinluich5576]

If only all teachers truly cared. I had two very good teachers who never gave up on me. I never got the education I wanted because my home life was so disruptive,but I had two of the greatest teacher's refusing to give up on me in first and second grade. I was never spoken to because I was an introvert,but that doesn't mean I wasn't observing. I always felt dumb. I would forget to do my homework and be so upset with myself. There was no routine in our home. My parent's would take us to my aunts house right after school and keep us out until 3:00am and expect us to go to school; we had no time to do homework once we did get home. I seriously feel 4th grade was the last grade I had completed; I'm lucky I can read for as much as we moved around. I did eventually study at home to get my G.E.D.; though I wish I had an actual diploma. I owe anything I do know as far as reading, to my 1st and 2nd grade teachers who both took the extra time, attention, and concern for my education.

[@arielle452]

“I’m a highly educated very talented teacher” I’m glad she knows her worth ❤️

[@doms.6701]

Or she thinks too highly of herself.

[@kemchobhenchod]

what a weird comment to get all the thumbs ups. like you picked her least valuable and most self congratulatory sentence.

[@magnusamann6806]

It's not a bad thing to believe in yourself. It is a bad thing to think little of others or express such to seem supreme.

[@blueapple4044]

@@magnusamann6806 Illusory superiority.

[@iamTheSnark]

@@kemchobhenchod You have a long way to go before you find out how wrong you are. Shame on you.

[@gco1858]

I attend this school district, and the students are 100% behind the teachers. The board has stagnated their pay while increasing their workload, and this speech is just one of hundreds teachers have given in the past months.

[@JD-kp6pt]

@Grant Colvin You don't like the pay then find a different job. Neurosurgeons have a much higher workload and they have to work on call 24 hour shifts after studying for 15 hours a day for 15+ years.

[@offplanet740]

J D okay boomer 👉🏼🗑

[@demonwriterx9412]

J D If YoU dOn’T liKe ThE JoB, ThEn GeT a DiFfErEnT JoB” Oh my gosh, I-its so simple, they should go back to school and paid more money to get another degree for a different job. They shouldn't be allow to ask for more pay from their district, they should just pack up and find a different job. It's so simple.

[@offplanet740]

Grant Colvin good to hear! also, well put, young man. make em proud!

[@cesarebachelli]

@@JD-kp6pt neurosurgeons also are lowly paid considering their workload. This wage issue is beyond the school compound. Our national wages are stagnant relative to inflations. But one person is given more and more workload.

[@laurieshannon-bailey4951]

Kudos to this amazing teacher!! She took her power back from an administration and school board who did not realize her value👏🏾

[@michaelbarahona7871]

What was her value? Please explain

[@thebalderthor4884]

@@michaelbarahona7871 They can’t. What I thought was wild was the “Remember me in your acceptance speeches” How’d she fit her ego through the door?

[@leafe-lu3jd]

​@@michaelbarahona7871 Her value was in teaching these kids to stand up to bullies anywhere.

[@user-th4ck7mj1m]

What power? they most likely had hundreds of resumes to fill that job slot.

[@zephead843]

@@user-th4ck7mj1m I know right? Teachers don't "take power" back from administrators. Ms. Coffman is just one of 3.2 million mid level government employees currently on America's payroll. She's a teacher. She's not "in charge" of anything. She's just doing the job they're paying her to do, just like anyone else.

[@averyricco3980]

This school board should be ashamed of themselves.

[@canogaparque818]

They dont care they still get paid

[@antoniusbritannia8217]

They should, but aren't. Shame means little these days

[@BLUELEADER78]

You can't shame people for behavior despite it being behavior that they should obviously be ashamed of in the first place. One of the many reasons we have so many problems these days.

[@toriladybird511]

Teachers Should be on it!!!

[@todayiglowup4286]

i dont think its the school board’s problem entirely, the whole public school system is corrupt

[@graham4615]

Worst part about this video is the board of Education won’t even flinch over this, It’s sickening.

[@lindamahrer1760]

NOR DOES DEVOSS AND THE FEDERAL DEPT OF EDUCATION.. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS COUNTRY TO UNDERMINE ..NEGLECT CHILDREN AN FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE SYSTEM IS A CESS POOL AT EVERY LEVEL..

[@lindamahrer1760]

Yeshua Messiah: EXACTLY WHAT THE ILL INFORMED BACK SEAT DRIVERS NEED TO HEAR AND TOO, VOLUNTEER AS CLASS RM ..OR HOME RM HELPERS..IF CAPABLE BECOME SUBSTITUTES FOR A FEW MONTHS. THOSE WHO WANT TO LEARN ARE BEING ROBBED.

[@pnwester2697]

Shaman96 You’re a nut job.

[@harshmnr]

@Shaman96 We can't tell anything about her political beliefs from this speech... Also, as to whether this specific school board will flinch at this, that's something we can't tell either. Yes it's true that many school boards are corrupt but it is possible for actual change to get done by standing up to them like this. ~:~

[@F0jizzle]

@Shaman96 and yet countries like Finland, where education is free and teachers are well payed. Have one of the best educations in the world. "A badly adjusted man is just a sickness waiting to spread its taint on society".

[@kstoony4661]

Mrs Coffmen was my teacher in Kansas City, she was amazing and I can't wait to see what she becomes.

[@alexandercove1194]

I watch this video often when I need to hear the strength of a sane person...I also revisit Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent of her first appearance when she sings There are a few beautiful moments in human history and these are some of them

[@kstoony4661]

Yes

[@bluelightstudios6191]

she is a very smart and strong lady

[@alexx_tv2362]

What does she teach

[@erickvanpatten673]

I think the answer you are looking for is "homeless"

[@susanloffhagen7788]

This woman is a leader. She walks and talks her values. Integrity galore.

[@SirIkeMedia]

As I say: "You're never too old to want better for yourself." This applies to everything.

[@aida087]

Exactly! It's like I always say *you're never to old to learn* and this was a great lesson for students all around! I admire her courage and stance and wish her the best! And I hope her students literally take her message to heart!💞😉👏👏👏

[@larrymitchell9897]

Sir Isaac Exactly, if a job treat you harshly or got too comfortable with it, it not too late to look for another line of work.

[@beckys9592]

It’s ALWAYS about money

[@VincentWilliams007]

Amen to that, Sir Isaac!

[@oneandonlyjark]

And it's never too late to start bettering oneself (unless it is actually too late and death is imminent).

[@busystudying6711]

“Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying.” There is literally no better way she could have phrased that sentence.

[@peace-now]

How would you have phrased it? Update: Sorry, I misread your comment. Somehow overlooked the "literally no" bit. :)

[@WillSams]

Actually, it's because their parents are dumb. Alleged "bad" teachers have nothing to do with it.

@Tyler Wilson It's a shame that the President of the United States doesn't understand this.

@A. Wellknownmyth oink off.

[@chrisstarritt6755]

When she said that I thought of the relationship between officers and citizens.

[@billmoss2877]

"Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying." I love this enlightened woman. All good things to her.

[@MrTheclevercat]

Trying to redefine bullying this way is hilarious. 'I don't feel my boss respects me, my ideas or contributions enough. That is bullying." LOLOLOL get real.

[@aaroneeee]

@@MrTheclevercat thats exactly what someone who benefits from disrespecting people in an uneven power dynamic would say.

[@JamesCAsphalt8]

So what we are hoping for is an even power dynamic in bullying? I do not agree that this statement is brilliant.

[@aaroneeee]

@@JamesCAsphalt8 The issue is not the uneven power dynamic, its the disrespect in said power dynamic. An inability to see this is why this issue exists in the first place.

[@etoatoummhmm6391]

MrTheclevercat because u can’t talk back and or say anything to stop the disrespect or else you face consequences. You’re forced to be a good little puppy in fear of being taken to the pound.

[@Car.x.dk16]

"The Kids and I deserve better" the fact that she thought about the kids before her, that shows how much she feels bad for the kids that have to go to that school.

[@mochithepooh5368]

Literally none of us would be standing here without our teachers. Without them, those people sitting in front of her wouldn't be there.

[@eliza1826]

I thought everything myself, so nice try. Only a very rare small of public teachers are good! Speak for yourself.

[@The_Crimson_Fucker]

Being completely honest, in my life I've had maybe a three or four teachers that have ever taught me anything of value. The majority of the rest of my education was either because my parents put in the effort, I did or I got a private tutor. Teachers are one of those groups that like to cry crocodile tears while in the spotlight but the moment the light is off they exercise their insecurities over their students and take every opportunity to let their personal politics leak into their curriculum. There are plenty of teachers that are legitimate in their intentions and sincerely deserve better work conditions but even there a great many just dig their own grave either through the politics they push or the associations they chose to be a part of. It's why context maters, we don't know what the problem is here - for all we know she could be acting like a spoiled brat.

[@jonsummers5087]

Yet let's give tax cuts to the wealthy nd let's fund our "declining" military complex.

[@khadijahmuhammad4771]

@@eliza1826 So you're saying that education, specifically public education, is unnecessary. If you made it far without any sort of education whatsoever, than kudos to you. For the majority of Americans however that isn't the case

[@eliza1826]

@@khadijahmuhammad4771 hahaha😂

[@music2driveto948]

Great lesson for everyone here..."Just because you can, it doesn't mean you should"!!! The world needs more teachers like that.

[@TestaOnFire]

@Big PP But i dont think anyone use this lesson in the real world. Over all, insulting someone is really disrespectfull, who teach to insult someone without know him?

[@jamesmiller2521]

No, we need less boards like that

[@dylanb0404]

Big PP your name is strange, you radiate hard smol pp energy.

[@dudius3743]

Big PP pewds says u have smol pp

[@dudius3743]

Big PP imagine being named big pp on KZbin and getting mad when people call you smol pp

[@joannalamb4542]

She is teaching more than just her students.

[@kadense99]

preach

[@redtornado6741]

Yup💯

[@NeonNights80]

She wasn't in school but class was in session.

[@indiamoore7205]

YES

[@minglee649]

Powerful message!

[@Dagrdottir]

We can all learn something from this impressive teacher...she stood up for what was right at great cost to herself.

[@scottcarr3264]

The problem being, that IF she is replaced it will be a Semi-literate Woke individual with Pink Hair, and a Nose ring.

[@sheliag3788]

I applied you for being strong enough to walk away, especially since you should have. As a child your teacher was one of the most important things in your world, always there caring encouraging, making your day brighter. Making you feel like you could do anything. And now they’re taking that away from all the kids who are growing up now, which is so unfair.

[@briannaarmstrong5029]

She literally said “you aren’t listening” and you can see the school board members talking amongst themselves.

[@elainekilgore1352]

Old Crow , a perfect analogy. Kudos.

[@TaxTheChurches.]

Running for school board is an easy way for someone to politicize their way into the state legislature, with an fantastical eye on a seat in the US Congress. In my county a teacher could not be on a school board because the board votes on teacher salaries. You know how often they vote on teacher salaries? Once a year. Convenient rule, isn’t it? The US Congress votes themselves raises.

[@ellendonahue556]

They act exactly like Congress.

[@centralscrutinizer7374]

Teacher: You don’t listen Board member other to board member: What’d she say? I wasn’t listening. Other board member: What’d you say? Member: About what? OM: Beats the heck outa me........are we done yet?

[@desratlinda8639]

REALLY? I gotta go back and look! lol

[@MegaJacko4]

She used most of her time to address her students. Not her bosses. What a brave and loyal women. Her students are going to grieve her loss.

[@electrictroy2010]

HALF will miss her. The other half will be glad she no longer tells them “Republicans are evil. Only vote democrat” as most of my teachers used to do .

[@jackstrubbe7608]

@@electrictroy2010 i doubt that she did that directly, as she clearly has a way with words. And intent. Her board showed their true colors and their dysfunction.

[@xaviersandoval1765]

@@electrictroy2010 lmao okay, sure.

[@sampreece]

​@@electrictroy2010 If you think she's that type of 'teacher' then you weren't listening to what she said.

[@MarkSmithhhh]

​@electrictroy2010 moron...how do you know she didn't resign BECAUSE of woke politics!

[@sumasuma5648]

Who cried with her when she thought about missing her students and her other home 😭.

[@JamieRobles1]

She didn't want to go, but you can only keep someone cornered and helpless for so long and then one day- they snap out of it and start swinging back.

[@SKA1M0]

Guilty

[@mind2ill48]

🥺 it made me miss every good teacher I've ever had...this woman is admirable.

[@MsThirdeyeopen]

I did

[@samwright285]

Me

[@cherylstone1750]

As a former teacher, I’m sooo glad, after 36 years, I’m retired. This government has destroyed the teaching profession and I’m so upset about what the children have suffered. This lady said it so well. Sad but so true.

[@hummingbirdcity]

"I don't answer to you anymore" is so liberating, even when I'm not the one saying it.

[@keyboardfreedomfighter5734]

hummingbirdcity i say that to everyone.....minus the “anymore” part.

[@siwa7160]

@tonmy cas i assume that your referring to the omighty one in the sky.

[@Mr.Ramirez95]

"You don't earn respect, you deserve respect" That's deep..

[@leesimone2]

This a true statement! I was educated to believe you earn respect. But life taught me; no no, respect to given; when the trust is broken, then the person who broke the trust has to earn back your trust and respect. For me that very important distinction that I would great to have known beforehand.

[@clapcast]

And you can lose respect but if it is not given to you in the first place they deserve no respect.

[@missdaisy2853]

@KAOS NATION Firm believer in my 0/100 rule: People start with 0% trust and 100% respect and only their actions change those numbers.

[@missdaisy2853]

Firm believer in my 0/100 rule: People start with 0% trust and 100% respect and only their actions change those numbers.

[@bonnie.duncan]

KAOS NATION - you’re not getting it...you should START at a place of respect for everyone...their actions will determine if you should continue to give it...but when you 1st meet someone, they shouldn’t have to earn your respect...it should be given...

[@bretgreen5314]

I literally felt the smugness coming from the board members as this wonderful educator spoke. It's no wonder she left.

[@landiemarie4721]

That board looks asleep. Good on her for walking away, they're not listening to her and they're not worth her time.

[@pamtnman1515]

Is she a commie whining about not being able to groom and indoctrinate the school kids?

[@EphemeralProductions]

Sadly there’s a LOT of school boards that are like this these days

[@gajahsimha2848]

What makes her a "wonderful educator"? Were you privy to the inside of what went on in her classroom?

[@bretgreen5314]

@@gajahsimha2848 That's none of your business

[@clarity613]

So proud of you as a teacher, a woman, and a leader! Thank you for showing the world what bravery looks like!

[@kurthanke5788]

She's a teacher, so what does her gender have to do with anything

[@bg-sk9su]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@xephronzz9585]

@@kurthanke5788 why did you get so triggered about this?

[@TwoHawksHunting]

She had to leave in order to maintain both her sanity and dignity.

[@stevecooper7883]

Imagine not having to work 3 months out of the year hahaha

[@TheNesbittExperience]

My therapist begged me not to go back... I wish I had listened.

[@YDGFX]

@@TheNesbittExperience What do you mean?

[@andrew1717xx]

@@stevecooper7883 Maybe you can teach 12 months a year.

[@whimsysmith2835]

@@stevecooper7883 - Not having to work? ALL the teachers I know work all summer long doing summer school and odd part time jobs to make ends meet. And they save up all year to get through the yearly unemployment. It sucks.

[@robgindc1]

She's an everyday hero in multiple ways. She politely, clearly and eloquently told them off, said goodbye to her students, dropped the mic & exited stage left. I applaud her!

[@agisler87]

Then I'm a hero for leaving my job a few years ago..

[@hungry4205]

It's kinda sad she quit her job and the kids😟

[@havingfun1968]

Bob Gatewood Me too. I'm stuck in that "Bad Marriage" cause I only have 6 years to go. What she did is beyond BRAVE. I APPLAUD HER AND WOULD LIKE TO BUY HER DINNER!

[@daveenyart]

@@hungry4205 Respectfully...she did NOT quit on thew kids. Did you listen to the entire presentation?

[@BadcatV]

Hungry 420 you weren't paying attention, were you? Must try harder.....

[@anthonydavis9662]

She's not only speaking for teachers in America. She's REALLY speaking for just about the entire Working Class!

[@bastrixer]

True. Its for everyone, to not just stand there and take it just because it is Very comfy to stay on the same spott in life because you know what you have and get.

[@heatherw.6834]

So very true!

[@selfishcapitalist3523]

Then quit your job too.

[@royriley6282]

@@selfishcapitalist3523 Not everyone can afford to do this, but of course you already know that. Hence the username.

[@crystalt9196]

I completely agree. Thank u for what u said.

[@bhairavikarve5611]

Thank you for this message. My friend sent this to me today, when I was contemplating resigning as a literature teacher. I will miss my kids but I deserve better. Thank you so much. I'm all the way here in India but you helped me.

[@1984isnotamanual]

May I ask why you want to resign?

[@shmales7023]

“Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying.” Why is that not on a poster somewhere?!

[@renees1021]

Excellent idea! Now take your young self and get them made and sell them affordable and I'll buy at least one, hopefully a dozen. Be sure to credit the quote. Teacher can probably even join you in a partnership. I'd be surprised if she isn't blacklisted which means Do not pass Go, do not collect $200." It's another way of jailing someone without the hassel and costs of putting someone in detention where they may find a support network or even media attention.

[@shmales7023]

@@renees1021 Right? It’s despicable. And yet another facet of our government that needs to change. Corporations have no business in politics and politicians have no business in education.

[@PixelKnight93]

Consider it done

[@noelpatrick5074]

Posters are bought by the bullies and boards

[@janhammekenbuch142]

Because the bullies fear what that would bring, when people understand that the definition of mutual loyalty between employer and employee has shifted in a negative direction...

[@brucelai460]

“Just because you could stay silent doesn’t mean you should.” Powerful

[@TheMrSONIC4]

Bruce Lai “With great power comes great responsibility.”

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

and end up having to fight said bully on the weekend. lol no

[@hardworker5588]

(When you're an adult who cries like a child to make your point) Self-pitying 101. I'm sure those kids in her class are better off for that lesson

[@vanyh6533]

1k like yay

[@doms.6701]

She should have stayed silent

[@thegodgamer1650]

I had her as a teacher. Honestly she was one of the best.

[@bigtittymaria]

What subject?

[@MrZaborskii]

@@bigtittymaria life. She taught life.

[@MrZaborskii]

maria abdullah btw my last comment was a joke. I did not take her classes and don't know what she taught.

[@lillygirl8436]

Thats awesome xx

[@B3ngal]

Huge loss for that school and future students to her classroom.

[@robertjackson1536]

It's quite sad that she taught in a district that doesn't support their teachers. I teach in a school district that does support their teachers and I count my blessings everyday.

[@JustinKenward]

Unfortunately. Teachers like this. The ones that get pushed out of the job are the ones that we need the most.

[@billwatson8616]

That is what I see happening here in SW Oregon. Teachers with integrity are not valued.

[@jevhenijhorvat8431]

like Jordan B. Peterson

[@benjaminhenderson7059]

@@jevhenijhorvat8431 teachers with integrity, not propaganda, big difference. The former is an educator, the latter a re-educator.

[@Agonal]

@@benjaminhenderson7059 Are you insinuating that Jordan Peterson is perpetuating propaganda?

[@benjaminhenderson7059]

@@Agonal im not insinuating it im outright saying it.

[@cloudie8314]

"Stand up for what is right...even if you stand alone!"

[@zephyr3453]

She's not alone. Hear those cheers at the end? Her students are behind her and they will remember her. She did her job, a hundred fold, the board did not do theirs. The deficit between them is a chasm of compassion.

[@guynorth3277]

'And you'll never stand alone'!

[@ronbo30]

Cloudie 831 but the question is who determines right or wrong?

[@GiganFTW]

Shut up

[@kialuvsyoo]

"I'm a highly educated, talented teacher" she knows her worth and is not afraid to say it or defend it. I commend this woman so much.

[@PMAUSMedia]

Yes, yes, yes to infinity. I am so proud of her and I don’t even know her. I DO know, however, I am the same . We Freakin’ ROCK‼️‼️‼️

[@zephead843]

Educated or not, she'd be remiss if she failed to take into account that American universities continue to award 500,000 Education degrees each and every year. She won't be the only teacher in America looking for work.

[@nyandoesthings]

@@zephead843 Have you not heard about the educator shortage? Lots of teachers are aging out and not every person with an education degree goes into teaching immediately or at all. I'm constantly getting ads, BEGGING me personally to become a teacher because there simply aren't enough teachers as is.

[@zephead843]

@@nyandoesthings Now that most schools have reopened, (they'll be closing again in two weeks) I've noticed there's hardly a open parking space on the faculty parking lot. Teacher shortage? Where is there a teacher shortage? I far as I can tell they're practically falling over themselves. And what professions would they be going into if they had a hissy fit and went home? I mean, how many companies are offering a nine month work year with the option to go out on strike anytime for any reason as a perk?

[@supereggtartersauce6464]

@Chris M you missed the point

[@samarthraizada]

Education should NEVER be treated as a commodity.

[@ArmageddonIsHere]

"Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying". Very illuminating and powerfully descriptive!

[@dmxdmx9564]

Wow that one statement spoke volumes

[@helenamartinez3415]

OLD TIMES EXCELLENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS & TEACHERS GONEE ---NOW INDOCTRINATION

[@sjv9147s]

This definition should be included in the Oxford Dictionary. It's the best I've ever come across on "bullying".

[@ellenlevenson7831]

Then you must also believe that parenting is bullying because there's an uneven power dynamic in which the child could accuse the parent of disrespect because they don't like being disciplined. Do you believe that offering a 3-year employment contract is bullying? Do you believe that offering your employees a 3-year contract is bullying them because you aren't giving them the increased pay they want now--regardless the circumstances that affect your ability to pay? I don't. If there are jobs in your field that pay better, then go get one and stop puling on video because you couldn't get the raise you want.

[@jkthewonderguy]

Yeah. But not allowing the other party to respond is literally 'disrepect in an uneven power dynamic', and any kind of self righteous justification is still disrespect

[@Rose-ez9vf]

“There will be no clarifying questions, I don’t answer to you anymore” OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YAS GIRL

[@user-yb6tk1ru6x]

Cause it's our show. And not yours! Ugggghhhhhh...

[@goldman1064]

Should be the motto for American citizens moving forward in this country.

[@deshaabernathy482]

She said before you allow your brain 🧠 to think....stop

[@haroon23tt55]

Preaach

[@magsmcgarrigle981]

ALL teachers who feel the same way should follow her. Support her and get what you need finally!! The more who support her the quicker it will be resolved. Now is your chance to set the new normal. You can stay for the kids OR leave for the kids sake and yours. ✅

[@Norman.Labelle]

She is a class act. Never forget this moment. It’s called integrity in its highest form.

[@StanvilleBrown]

Aman!

[@barbaragood7844]

Yes ☘️

[@lindamaturesass]

As a retired teacher I somewhat agree. I personally would have just not been okay without telling my kids good-bye & that I was leaving, loved them and wanted them to work hard and strive for greatness. 😪💕📚🍎

[@johnmacaroni105]

Time to close schools down permanently...... Technology can achieve better results and be more cost efficient to public funds...... What will have now is sooo out dated....

[@slevinchannel7589]

You say that but prove right now real quick that your not just full of hot air but you actually want the real history being taught at schools: ‚Knowing Better’ is a History-Teacher, unbiased and unbribed, and he made videos about various stuff. Watch Neoslavery and then, cause he didnt dived into this and only mentioned, also ‚Sunset Towns’ by ‚Illuminaughtii’. And then, after all that, reutrn to me and tell me you want real, actual History how it really happened; and not some Make-Belief-Version; to be taught.

[@pamelabanin5212]

Wow! So perfectly stated. Personally, I use the saying, "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. " To hear someone else use this phrase so appropriately and intelligently is so perfect. My heart aches for this teacher, but she will not only land on her feet.....she will soar!!

[@ferdgreenblatt6011]

If that stupid school board thinks the students don't know what's going on, they're badly mistaken: the kids are all over the web. There's very little they don't know about.

[@Orphicguy]

Her students are right behind her.

[@thechosenone1533]

They know that the students know about this. They just don't care.

[@euphoria156]

USA is THE Biggest Capitalist County in the World. So, yes, no wonder. 😐OUR GOVT. IS PUPPET OF CORPORATES, WHO WANTS TO DISMANTLE OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM SO THAT WE BECOME POOR AND STUPID. THAT WAY ITS EASIER TO HANDLE US. STUPID AND POOR SLAVES CANT DEFEND THEMSELVES. We ALL NEED TO UNITE AGAINST THE CORPORATES, THE 2% RICH PPL OF THE WORLD.

[@francescoceresani3343]

Hey, I'm from Italy here. I was wondering if I could know what is happening in this school district? I'm very hooked by her speech and want to know more

[@maxwellsterling]

I don't know about other countries, but teachers in mine communicate little about the inner workings of their job, leaving the students to deal with the student-teacher relationship instead of the teacher-school one. In the years I've been in school, students knew basically nothing of nothing.

[@glennclarke4239]

Napolean was once asked '' How do you conquer a people " his answer " Keep them hungry and ignorant " .

[@moremoneyfordreadnoughts1100]

And we see that in our country way too much. I say this as we reap the rewards of that philosophy.

[@migdaliadelatorre9685]

And angry... just like trump is doing.

[@nani4usa]

@@llltrac9143 here we go, your kind loves to infest the comments to spew divide and hatred huh.

[@ivanlagayacrus1891]

@@llltrac9143 both sides are at fault, we wouldnt be at this divide if there wasnt such an anger amongst these opposing sides, but you cannot blame democrats more than republicans right now when republicans hold full control of the government

[@nani4usa]

@Luís Filipe Andrade yeah, it all started politicising and spewing hatred and divide with that alaska i dont remember her name, then steve banon took the wheel and expanded on that, blew smoke and all the pepe memes started then ofcourse trump seeing his base eating every single word of hatred and divide and trump took it to a whole new level, he didnt even call the immigrants people, but illegal aliens, and again he expanded his rhetoric with anyone who isnt a god fearing christian, when again he went on with shithole countries, then wanted people of sweden and all other white dominated nations to come to him, then he declared himself as a gods chosen messiah, then AGAIN he declared journalist as enemies of the people and so on, until you people got to this point, Greatest Nation in the WORLD, Land of the free home of the brave became one of the most divided countries and a laughing stock of the world. and now we have this, this moment when everything imploded from the inside just becouse of him. amazing just amazing, in a sad way im glad that im not black in this day of age to suffer this much. its sad.

[@neily25]

I left teaching because of the administration, not the kids. American educational system is a disaster. 😥

[@lunacraftcrochet]

It's the same in my country.

[@dangeroreilly2028]

Our system came into effect in 1979 when Pres. J. Carter created Fed Board of Ed. So now the Fed gov't defines education for NYC, Terre Haute In., Tuscaloosa Ala., Sacramento Ca., and all points in between. Before then is was up to each state to determine its own curriculum.

[@NJGuy1973]

You didn't leave the educational system. It left you.

[@pricklypear7516]

@@dangeroreilly2028 . . . But when education is left up to individual districts, states with typically underachieving students (and staff) tend to sacrifice quality to enhance their numbers. There was no way students graduating from, say, Alabama public schools could compete in the real world with those from, for instance, Massachusetts. Read on before you crucify me. The Common Core initiative was a bi-partisan effort to set reasonable standards across the nation. ALL Common Core dictated was the standards. HOW they were achieved was up to the state or district or individual teacher. Unfortunately, textbook and testing companies saw an opportunity to make a killing selling "new" curricula and tests. These rushed, poorly vetted materials were what people actually saw--and attributed to Common Core standards. Also, masses of uninspired teachers recognized that Common Core would create a means of holding them accountable for lack of student success. Because of their elders' greed, apathy, and ignorance, many of our kids are being done a terrible disservice.

[@neily25]

I don’t believe “America sucks”. It’s become a game where the system has many bad players and we keep electing them to our own detriment.

[@dishhatter]

I'm no teacher but the passion and heart of teaching is evident. I teared up listening to her. Such a loving and caring human being. It's true sometimes you must stand up for what is right-even at the highest cost-her job and evident love of teaching.

[@TheDailyEgg]

She is probably one of those good teachers. Maybe this is why we end up with crappy teachers

[@audrey2658]

the crappy ones stay in it for the control.

[@courtneyburten6638]

You are right. I teach, and I love my babies with all of me. This happens all too often with educators. I’ve had to leave districts for this very reason in a non-COVID year.

[@euphoria156]

USA is THE Biggest Capitalist County in the World. So, yes, no wonder. 😐OUR GOVT. IS PUPPET OF CORPORATES, WHO WANTS TO DISMANTLE OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM SO THAT WE BECOME POOR AND STUPID. THAT WAY ITS EASIER TO HANDLE US. STUPID AND POOR SLAVES CANT DEFEND THEMSELVES. We ALL NEED TO UNITE AGAINST THE CORPORATES, THE 2% RICH PPL OF THE WORLD.

[@MiaogisTeas]

@@euphoria156 Go back to school, you pseudo-intellectual.

[@zephead843]

@@euphoria156 While your comment is sprinkled with truth, it's worth noting that without large multi national corporations paying untold billions in income, sales, and property taxes, teachers would be making $10./hr. with no benefits. That would include their cop pensions, which are derived from stock values that exist solely through increases in productivity. And now you know why the caged bird sings.

[@wrestlingfan2024]

When this professional says she’s a highly educated and talented teacher, she does not come off as egotistical in any way. She knows her true worth.

[@SergioGarcia-tx2ln]

I wonder if there is at least one NOT highly talented but fairly educated teacher in california....... 😶

[@uglyredheadstepchild7121]

@@SergioGarcia-tx2ln - Yea there was that one... but I think they hung him. 😂

[@uglyredheadstepchild7121]

@@SergioGarcia-tx2ln - I don't understand that place... Why would you want to go to a place where literally everything has cancer warnings ⚠️?!?

[@Globovoyeur]

@@uglyredheadstepchild7121 Those come from Proposition 65, officially known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. It was designed to keep toxic substances out of drinking water, but it was massively overused. For example, it appeared in every room I entered when I worked at a northern California company. I finally asked what substances the warning applied to in this particular building. The reply was, "We think it may be the chromium in the chairs." Now chromium is a heavy metal, and can be toxic in certain compounds -- as hexavalent chromium was found to be in southern California by the work of Erin Brockovich. But chromium metal plated onto the handles of office chairs is not going to leach into groundwater. I voted against Prop 65, by the way.

[@keetopuffs]

Agreed. Would have pressed the like but didn't wanna change the number pi. 314

[@abbyhaines4725]

Good woman. Good teacher. What a champion

[@Ariels888]

She is. Many of us feel like this, but put on a brave face and go on teaching, because our children and communities across America need us. All children living in the richest country in the world should be given a high quality education and keep the politics out of the classroom! It's sad to lose such a great teacher. 😪

[@abbyhaines4725]

My mother was a teacher. She went above and beyond for so many of her students. A lot of my clothes were hand me downs to students in need. She is an amazing woman

[@Defender78]

She pretty too

[@Leftyice]

She is an inspiration. She is clearly so passionate about teaching and loved every second of it. But her values and morals were corrupted by the school system and had to make a tough decision. I truly envy that she has found the passion in her life that makes her whole, yet heartbroken that she had to resign because of a power outside her control.

[@propheticvoice77]

“Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying” ... so true

[@deborahkelly1948]

I agree and can testify to that fact, as I imagine can a lot of people.

[@meltingeinstein3012]

Disrespect can be legitimately earned actually. Do you think a business owner should automatically respect a lazy, lying, inconsistent, sick note employee? Or else be labelled as a bully? C'mon now, be reasonable.

[@zardozmania]

@@meltingeinstein3012 I think she was referring to teachers, and others like herself who have already proved they are great at their job, and need to be listened to and included in negotiations.

[@gx7857]

Tim Anderson im guessing you did respect him cause hes already your employee in your statement, until he lied , was lazy and inconsistent so your statement is false .

[@squimbwarftestiballs]

That’s exactly what’s happening with the police force right now

[@troto7735]

“Just because you could stay silent, doesn’t mean you should.” - Amanda Coffman

[@euphoria156]

👏👏

[@euphoria156]

Bravo 👏👏

[@rbt-0007]

Very typical quote, and it does not serve as a major influence. You will only by slightly motivated by the quote for a brief moment and return to your usual, ignorant self. Nothing worth commending.

[@neosmil8981]

Danny Dorito actually said that

[@erikduvald6703]

True! I adapt that all the time, when it comes to my kids' teachers trying to tell them that a boy is a REAL girl, if he "feels" like one. And I am proud to say, that so does my children. :)

[@lukas-ux9zp]

She just spoke to me and I'm not even a teacher or American.

[@patriciazandilencube4597]

Zimbo like me maybe😊? This message is for our teachers as well

[@kennyb6541]

This message is for all mankind. This is the corruption WE THE PEOPLE have allowed. If you see the signs in your home countries attack it now. Attack is a strong word but hindsight is 20/20. Demand transparency.

[@lukas-ux9zp]

@@patriciazandilencube4597 lol obvious Zimbo 🇿🇼 flying the flag my sister.

[@madrish7226]

Or human

[@TheRelentlessMoM]

The 🌎 is filled with too much evil

[@DLB1952]

Amen! No one could have expressed this better. Courage, determination, eloquence, grace and Love. May God Bless You.

[@stephenhogg6154]

“Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying”. Food for thought.

[@mattpoules9467]

disrespect is a huge part of bullying

[@TheBestLife2184]

Good teachers shouldn't quit, letting the evil school board sell-outs win.

[@ashtonhashbrown6155]

@@TheBestLife2184 If she didn't sign the contract, they probably would've fired her anyway, she probably got a job at a different school.

[@markgeering5943]

Yes disrespect is part of bullying as you don’t bully someone you respect (note you shouldn’t bully anyone at all) but it isn’t bullying if you just being disrespectful and if you think it is then you haven’t experienced true bullying!

[@billk9628]

"Disrespect in an uneven power dynamic is bullying”. Food for thought." The most; single' intelligent' thing I have heard in years!" I'm going to use this against my union stuart/lead/project manager/conflict of interest officer!

[@Beachandpool]

'Disrespect, in an uneven power dynamic, is bullying'. I'm taking this quote with me. Thank you, TEACHER. ❤️

[@ohjacque]

So true! Never thought about this in this way

[@Beachandpool]

@@ohjacque I thought about my mom, when I heard this. This phrase explained a lot about my relationship with mom.

[@hoosierpointblank2607]

yes, that was the best line here and I'm gonna use it too

[@kai6424]

No I can’t agree that respect shouldn’t have to be earned. It absolutely needs to be earned . Talk about entitlement. And silenced about what? There is no context here all emotions no argument or debate.

[@jenn976]

Everyone is due respect, at the basic level. You don’t get to dismiss people because you think they’re mot “good enough” or haven’t pleased you enough. Whoever says people Must earn respect is a bully and probably worse.

[@carolynthornton8017]

IN MY VIEW This teacher's tears came straight from her heart when she told her students she won't be in her class doorway in the morning. She truly loves the kids.

[@electrictroy2010]

HALF will miss her. The other half will be glad she no longer tells them “Republicans are evil. Only vote democrat” as most of my teachers used to do .

[@alleycat616]

@@electrictroy2010 way to make this about you and your weird chip on your shoulder about your specific teachers. You know nothing about THIS teacher and her specific ideological beliefs or if she even says anything about them in her classroom. Take your issues up with the actual teachers they are about and stop painting every teacher with the same broad brush. It just makes you look foolish.

[@ohauss]

@@electrictroy2010 You'd prefer someone who tells you chemistry and physics are evil commie plots. That the laws of thermodynamics are chinese propaganda and that the absorption frequency of the C=O bond is a total sham.

[@keshvieninba1862]

@@electrictroy2010Really insensitive comment

[@ronmorrison7211]

She loves her kids, she loves teaching. She hates school politics and she refuses to play their game.

[@muhammadsaadkhan196]

You dont have to earn respect of someone, you owe everyone to respect you as fellow human being just like everyone owe you to respect them as fellow human beings ! Beautiful!!

[@AndySaenz]

When her voice broke and she said "I won't be meeting you in the hallways", I felt it. 😭💔

[@caroleelijio1962]

I cried with her too bro 😓

[@bobcharlie2337]

Yeah, right in the feels. Teachers like her are gems.

[@Beckala67]

That's how much teachers like her actually love on their students. They know they're the last defense between the School Board agenda and the students' best interests.

[@Malissa7]

I'm proud of her for standing up to them as she did. My heart broke as she was reading.I felt every word...

[@lindamahrer1760]

Families need to wake up...rfid chips ..control with medical..etc..

[@StickA-yd4fp]

I have a cousin with a master's degree. 20 years teaching. She applied at a school district back in her home town. She was not hired. The reason she was not selected. Over qualified. How I's a teacher over qualified? Simple, they do not want to pay you for you're worth.

[@evelyn_minou]

Exactly. They want to get someone they find expendable and pay the least. And somehow this is thought of as just okay and normal, but it’s not right. I hope your cousin found the job that was deserving of her.

[@desertdog5397]

yep...thats pretty much a term implying...we will not pay you a decent wage,..I have heard this said many times

[@simmogj]

Over qualified can also mean you're better qualified than me and I feel threatened. A's hire A's and B's hire C's.

[@peace-now]

Too old, you mean. The young ones are popular with the scholars, and can be pushed around more. The big money goes to the corrupt brass.

[@deniseg-hill1730]

She should come to the UK they have a shortage of teachers especially in maths/technology

[@galaxyrinula5841]

The school system is horribly broken. No wonder kids hate school, can’t learn and teachers are discouraged and overworked

[@johnnysoccer1983]

Not to mention the threat of being shot in yet another school shooting.

[@Heirloop]

^^

[@johnnysoccer1983]

@@LazloNQ Actually it's when Republicans try super hard to block any liberal policies that they destroy everything they touch. But their followers are so dumb they cheer for it, and they don't even have to try hard to make them cheer for everything they destroy.....

[@sixteenpotatoes16]

@@LazloNQ 1.) good job being one of those people who bring politics into everything 2.) you say that as if OP’s point doesn’t happen in conservative states when it’s a nation-wide issue 3.) Kansas is right-leaning (based on what google told me) Btw, since I know you’ll do this please don’t assume I’m a democrat because I’m neither democrat or conservative ^^

[@Dhalin]

Class of '98 here. It wasn't much better back then, either. If only we had cyberschooling back then, I could have probably gotten myself a college degree and had a job that would have paid more than 5x what I'm making now. But, my school environment was very subpar, lots of bullies, lots of time wasted in stuff I already knew, and lack of options as to what to do for secondary education. I'm a retail manager now, but when I was a kid, I always aspired to be a computer programmer. Who knows where I could have wound up, had cyberschooling existed back then, if I could have been taught at *my* pace, rather than the pace of the slowest kids in the school, if the school system actually cared about bullies and other stupid junk going on. I can only imagine it's only gotten worse since, which is why cyberschooling is looking far more attractive. A coworker of mine described the cyberschooling atmosphere to me, and ... I could only *wish* I had access to that when I was in school.

[@drwanda48]

Such courage. Bless you. I had string teachers who dtood out. My son and daughter in law are teachers. This took so much courage and really expresses the lack of the recognition teachers deserve. They are the front line in protecting our children. They have the most important job in this country. They are helping our children learn how to critically think about things to be able to express themselves to be nurtured and know that they have value they are the protectors of our future. And I have great gratitude in my life at 76 years old all the amazing teachers I ever hadnow we just have to pay them enough

[@Ritercrazy]

Well, someone actually being an adult around youth and children. How rare, how refreshing. How vitally needed.

[@Ritercrazy]

@@willoughby1888 Real men are vitally needed and so impressive

[@montanaman3911]

Amanda Coffman's final lesson to her students: Embrace courage, integrity and self-respect.

[@bobolinkr]

Man, you weren't listening!

[@AZ-kr6ff]

And quit.

[@tvvelvegauge12]

Actually, she's a coward...the complete opposite of how you described her...

[@bambi1971]

Montana Man hold out for more money

[@cloudie8314]

🥺

[@supralogic2755]

That line she said about bad marriage and teaching is very true. I want to thank this teacher because she defined exactly what it feels like; I am in a similar situation. She is strong and resilient, I hope she finds her peace.

[@userhbiron1806]

I doubt that you are also a teacher in a similar situation, you have comments about fortnite on other videos Smh

[@katiekane5247]

She should run for office! Our country needs more hero's in sensible shoes.

[@EmeraldMara85]

@@userhbiron1806 Teachers can also be gamers. Gaming is a widespread hobby that can defy age, gender, and nationality. You know...just like movies, books, and every other hobby. You make it seem like teachers are soulless.

[@userhbiron1806]

@@EmeraldMara85 teachers dont usually make fun of people in their free time, atl east good teachers dont

[@EmeraldMara85]

@@userhbiron1806 You still have no idea what teachers are. They will state the stupidity of other people, they just make sure you don't hear it. But the real good teachers, just say it to your face because they rather not hide anything and force you to learn(yes, force because too many kids would rather not do their lessons if they could).

[@johnconnor7210]

She's brave to say her peice against bigotry. Sometimes bullies are not singular, they club together in their weakness. Integrity is power.

[@zephead843]

I didn't know bigotry existed in America's public school system, a system dominated by women. How would that work?

[@Akaedyson]

"Just because you can doesn't mean you should." Powerful.

[@doms.6701]

Like her speak. Just because Karen can, doesn't mean Karen should have

[@Akaedyson]

@@doms.6701 dude, wtf🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jornnielsen694]

@@Akaedyson some pos just can't help themselves right Dom Sow?

[@msscamp100]

It's something that all American's should keep uppermost in their thoughts, not only now, but everyday of our lives.

[@laurajones9660]

I'm so proud of her, it took a lot of strength to speak her mind.

[@latintrotter]

No , she didn't speak , she read statement.

[@yknot000]

@@latintrotter picky picky, I bet she as a well educated talented teacher wrote that statement herself to codify her remarks. She "read" it eloquently and with familiarity.

[@vickiehat1074]

Me to.

[@davenoejoe]

Yes but what was on her mind???

[@maverick33guy95]

​@Franka *66 she did speak her mind.. were you even watching?

[@dfjsdz]

The amount of pain and sadness in her voice is heartbreaking

[@zephead843]

Let's make "Ms. Coffman's farewell to the troops speech" a national holiday AND put her face on the new $20 bill. (but would it be enough?)

[@rachelkotkin5971]

l

[@heydeanie]

She broke my heart

[@jodeedugger7570]

She doesn’t want to leave her kids but she had to what’s best for her and them and she chose not be a pawn in that districts game of chess. Good for her! 👍

[@Kingdompurpose73]

But we can't get rid of the bad teachers no matter what they do

[@user-tl1od1fb7c]

As a former teacher who retired early I know exactly how this woman felt! I got tired of fighting for my students and not being heard! It sucked the life out of me and continuually left me in despair! I felt my students were more important than policies, rules etc. It was a losing battle!😢

[@benjamingamache6441]

Being employed at a school, I truly feel for this woman.

[@rebeccasaenz3418]

@Janie Barrera You have to be a teacher to understand this...

[@lindamahrer1760]

FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL BE ROBOTS ...

[@Celisar1]

Commentor1 🤦‍♂️

[@benjamingamache6441]

Why, why what. Why do I feel for her or why do I work at a school? I feel for her because I see it every day teachers fighting uphill battles on 2 different fronts the kids and the administration. I know what it's like to be diehard loyal to the job, but how the job isn't always loyal to you. And why do I work in a school? Well I often ask myself that same question.

[@PinkSparklerToontown]

Me too. Teachers deserve better. The students deserve better. The US school system is failing future generations.

[@sammenegat]

You can tell how painful it is for her to leave behind her students but she knows what’s right, and is teaching these students an invaluable life lesson.

[@kai6424]

No I can’t agree that respect shouldn’t have to be earned. It absolutely needs to be earned . Talk about entitlement. And silenced about what? There is no context here all emotions no argument or debate.

[@timmayeaux2743]

socialism is domestic violence? Don't be a coward? Demand your employees (pubic serpents) do not rip you off concerning your property taxes?

[@thebalderthor4884]

“Remember me in your acceptance speeches” Wow lady. How’d she fit her ego through the door?

[@leafe-lu3jd]

​@@kai6424 Why are you repeating yourself in another person's text? I read this same text in another person's message. Are all you going to do is attack people here? Where's the honor and respect in that?

[@leafe-lu3jd]

​@@thebalderthor4884 I don't think she was acting entitled at all by saying she hopes they basically remember her that's what I got out of that especially her leaving the school after this speech shows she really does care about the kids in my opinion. There's nothing wrong with wanting to be just as missed as someone would for you. It's a completely normal reaction to me to hope you will be thought about in the best ways and what they brought to these kids, basically saying she wants them to remember her for the good she did for them and not because she was abandoning them. That's what I see here not entitlement.

[@mariewatson953]

This break my heart, teachers are the most unappreciated people in this country. THEY DESERVE BETTER!!!!!!!!

[@tompattinson528]

🙂 sing it sister

[@guibox3]

Agreed. We'd like to say that this 'unappreciated' means we 'don't get paid enough' but this stems from the grass roots. I have been on so many FB pages from people and parents who like to think they are 'armchair teachers' who pass blame for our kids' success or failure based on one math video they don't agree with. I have had to bite my tongue so many times but other times I have no choice but to challenge them on their misinformation and ignorance and tell them that they have no clue what they are talking about. Until society stops being so cynical and passing the buck onto teachers and calling them 'incompetent' and other such things, teachers will never get that respect or appreciation.

[@nooriman5944]

I agree

[@MrThestevster]

THIS is what is wrong with EVERYTHING the government runs. They just don't care. A district's money doesn't come from their actual CUSTOMERS the students and teachers, it comes from the government instead. The system is set up BACKWARDS, that is why it doesn't cater to students and teachers. The customer is NEVER right in a government facility.

[@randallbong8297]

greedy useless paper pushers take way too much right off the top and give the "you got in the wrong profession" bs. No wonder our country is turning third world

[@blackbird4950]

Thank you for showing your children how important it is to value their self worth. I know they missed you but I am sure they are better humans because they had someone like you who truly cared.

[@kylaletlough1451]

Shame on them for letting these students lose what appears to be a very caring, smart individual that could help further mold them into great people. Teachers have difficult jobs, they deserve credit, respect and our gratitude

[@steveandrews7434]

Lose one good teacher and get a couple dozen more future Trump supporters instead. Win-win for the GOP.

[@blanca2000ify]

@@steveandrews7434 lets start by you saying idiocy over the internet

[@deevnn]

@@blanca2000ify you are wrong...Logic B4Religion is right. Wake up to the REAL world, fool.

[@neildavies2276]

@@blanca2000ify even if its not about politics, I've seen it so many times where an experienced teacher is "moved on" and two newly qualified teachers are brought in to replace them. The older teacher had their way of doing things, but was expensive. The new ones are cheaper, can be moulded and are less likely to complain at the ever increasing workload. Happy teachers = happy students, but stressed teachers = stressed students. And those at the top of the education business often just don't care...

[@ripscuds4467]

And money.

[@KylerChin]

Props to this teacher; she has such a calm reading voice

[@denimlether5812]

Obviously not with all that crying.

[@we.allwin]

@@denimlether5812 She didnt stutter or pause but kept reading and had enough control to not break down in the middle of this.

[@justinmitchell8343]

She looks and sounds like she could be an English teacher.

[@marilynnjacobsen1077]

She should not have to answer to a lawyer. Why is there a school board for if they cannot communicate with a teacher and do whats best for the students and the teachers!

[@jamest3552]

The Board is there to ensure indoctrination.

[@agirldownunder9299]

Tokenism is the reason

[@Briael]

Power tripping. The art of the small mind.

[@louisiananlord17]

Money and tokenism. All about glory and dough.

[@ॐIo]

Indeed, the Council themselves should've provided strict bounds in what can and can't be done in class and upheld it,taking it to the point where they had to bring in lawyers is only a testament to their failure to manage.

[@timwatkins4962]

Powerful speech. After hearing this, I hope the voters in this town taught the school board a valuable lesson.

[@elaineweinberg7094]

The way the board members sat there smug. That's ok, the whole world just witnessed this. Hats off to this teacher, she will be ok.

[@EphemeralProductions]

People like that are always smug. It doesn’t affect them directly And they probably couldn’t care less that she’s leaving

[@carlogustavovalenzuelazepe5774]

Or maybe she was a horrible teacher but she talks to look good only

[@shellshockedbros4458]

@@carlogustavovalenzuelazepe5774 No? Some of her students spoke out on social media about this, in tears. She got an applause at the end of her speech by children as well it sounded.

[@rezsurfer2808]

@@shellshockedbros4458 Students like their teacher and stand by when a teacher only tells the kids one side of a story. The Board is not "smug" they can NOT talk and have discussions with people when they get up to talk . It is in the boards rules of conduct. Unless they have amended a rule to allow conversation but for the most part that's not allowed. if a teacher says, they dont listen to me and etc etc but that same teacher has zero idea what a board has to deal with and work on for teachers, athletics, bussing, supplies and huge budgets with regulations. It is not so black ad white. Should not be seen as that also. This teacher acting as if she standing up no she quitting and not willing to understand to ME IMO

[@Cramer123]

@@rezsurfer2808 how do you know she doesn’t know what a board does and doesn’t do? Many teachers are well aware and well versed as to what their board of directors oversee and do. This teacher may very well be in the right here. Also, are you a teacher? Because if you are, I find 8 hard to believe you don’t know how most boards of school districts are. They are often extremely self-serving and out for their own interests. Heck, many do not even have an educational background.

[@aloknight3656]

The dislikes are the board members that didn't like that very much.

[@TheCoolsparks]

No. The dislikes are ultra conservative republicans

[@tomschmidt9923]

jessie christopher lapinid That’s bullshart & you are a misinformed liar! Yup! You ARE! Get out of mama’s basement ASAP! It’s the left that is indoctrinating future socialists (see every single college in the nation). It starts in elementary school & everyone knows! Jessy Chrissy Limpnard is a SKYSCREAMER!

[@kristybowman8731]

tom schmidt whoa calm down there boomer

[@tomschmidt9923]

Kristy Bowman Says a snowflake that doesn’t have kids in the Shawnee Mission, KS, school district...& probably doesn’t even have kids....

[@kristybowman8731]

tom schmidt if being a snowflake means I don’t go batshit crazy responding to people I don’t know, then I am a snowflake. And yes, I have a 25 year old “kid.”

[@kerri-jopatterson8976]

Stop playing some of y’all depend on teachers to raise your kids.... Pay them and treat them right !!! It’s disgusting ! OMG Thank You for all the likes😢

[@jamedraa8472]

Now, THAT is a true statement!

[@cockatooinsunglasses7492]

A lot of these corrupt paid-off school board members send their kids to private schools.

[@kerri-jopatterson8976]

Cockatoo in Sunglasses smh exactly!

[@puddincup9879]

Kerri-Jo Patterson raising is a stretch

[@nakitapalmer656]

Kerri-Jo Patterson I was thinking this as I was scrolling down the comments and came to yours!👍👍👍👍

[@susanwerner2453]

She's speaking for MILLIONS of teachers. What does this mean for the children of our country? It's not good.

[@mabbitybabbity]

There's a lot of people in congress who could benefit from this message

[@michaelspencer1315]

The entire government needs to learn this lesson.

[@steveandrews7434]

Congress? You mean the morons that elected an orange clown don't need the message?

[@amyill9280]

If they had souls lol

[@geoben1810]

@ Mabbity Babbity Yeah but they wouldn't understand. They haven't the intellectual capacity. Excerise your PAID FOR IN BLOOD RIGHT TO VOTE BLUE IN November! ✌🏻🇺🇸

[@terrytimberlake8926]

I concur

[@MrG360oneX]

This was powerful and moving but nothing will change. Those sitting on that board are not listening

[@imperfectxennial3008]

Brian Armendariz unless all teachers strike

[@Tina-zz5kt]

If more people follow her example, change will come.

[@katiekane5247]

@tim M when the message is unheard, it's time to raise the volume!

[@bluephoenix1652]

Indeed, they are the "board" so in a way, talking to them is like talking to a wall. Useless.

[@robyndismon394]

BUT if ENOUGH teachers leave, suffice 2 say there won't BE a BOARD.

[@jerrlow]

My utter respect for this teacher. She stood up for what she believed

[@DrMIS1]

"Respect does not have to be earned. It is owed to you as a human being. " Great quote.

[@zephead843]

No, actually respect has to be earned. But I digress. She's a teacher, and I forgive her. She's spent most of her life in a classroom. Consequently, she's living in a parallel universe that has very little to do with the real one.

[@redbasher636]

​@@zephead843Please explain what you mean. Her contract was horrendous, and she was not willing to keep smiling and let the board abuse her.

[@zephead843]

@@redbasher636 There are 3.2 million public schoolteachers currently on America's payroll. These are breadwinner jobs chock full of benefits. In fact, one could argue that the job itself is a benefits package, the teaching part just something to pass the time. Of course, the unions want the public to think that teachers spend their ample free time down on the corner standing around an old barrel full of scrap wood and cardboard for heat so they don't freeze to death while playing their well worn harmonicas for tips. How exactly is working nine months a year and being paid for twelve while never working nights, weekends, or holidays considered "abuse?" And what was Ms. Coffman's beef with the school board? Were school board members stealing her lunch money and putting limberger cheese in her locker? What was Ms. Coffman's basic malfunction that prevented her from doing a job that 3.2 million other "highly educated, awesomely talented professionals" can do in their sleep?

[@leon4000]

​@@zephead843At this point, I can't take your words seriously. Teachers are finding themselves with workload more than what's usually normal, and on top of dealing with children, some of whom are getting excessive in their ways, including violence. The school district are still trying to do more with very less beyond reason. And coming up with actions that hurts both teachers and students. It's very easy to talk like you are an expert until you get hit with the worst. Talking trash about teachers isn't going to get us anywhere when the real problem is multi. For students, parents who poorly raise their children. For teachers, staff in the school districts is pretty much like every other issue in other industries, full of people who likely are incompetent in their careers, and act like all their ideas will work when it's making their teachers go out the door. The pay is but one of many issues, teachers are being expected to do everything like a babysitter when they are not.

[@alex11361]

You are so wrong! LOL

[@liuxiaokun4012]

Respect as a person is granted. Respect as an authority is earned.

[@lululemona]

Liu Xiaokun underrated comment right here!!

[@markstevens1237]

The default position that I personally adopt is to respect all people and all authority. Only when an individual or organisation (authority) have proven not to be worthy of that respect, do I then rescind it.

[@Satchmojones]

Agreed, this lady is teaching her students several wrong lessons here.

[@stevenvanhulle7242]

@Subramaniam Iyer Wow, you're the most evil and vile person I ever heard. So you value your power more than you value people. It's all about you, isn't it? (Not really, of course, because you couldn't handle the least power you're being given.) What happened to doing your duty, taking responsibility? You're worse than Trump, and also more stupid (if that's possible). And speaking of Darwin: I guess you're thinking about survival of the strongest? Guess what: if you sacrifice others for your own survival, neither will survive. (Hm, makes me wonder how you would do when they're forcing your own medicine upon you...) But don't worry, you'll learn all about this once you're old enough to go school. PS: care to elaborate on "bully only as much as people can take"? What does that look like? How much bullying can people handle? Are you going to make Freddy here, who can't handle ANY bullying, your sidekick then? Because that would make sense. How much bullying can YOU handle?

[@gradstudent584]

@Subramaniam Iyer lmao. You probably are my ex boss.

[@DS-xp4ml]

Overpaid school administrators are a problem in my district also. They have no problem voting themselves a raise, their only job is to spend money so they can get more money for the next school year.Teachers and students are the least of their concerns.

[@debbiefox6846]

Sadly I think that is the same in many school districts. Sure is the case here in California.

[@Sequoyas]

@@debbiefox6846 Not just in america. Happens all the time here in canada too. My universities faculty has gone on strike twice in the last 5 years. It is a huge problem that almost never gets addressed.

[@terramarini6880]

@holiday671 Teachers educate the future adults that will be deciding the futures of our wrinkly old butts...They should absolutely be considered as important as doctors and paid respectively. Parents all over trying to home school just their own (not a class of 30) and failing miserably...get bent.

[@cheath8705]

In my district, there's a woman who was a superintendent and goes by the name 'Pat'. She gave herself $30,000 annual raise on top of $220,000 years ago while none others got any raise. It was approved in an "approved or fire the one who disapproved". Yes, it's in CA as well.

[@philipwebb1104]

@holiday671 You do realize that a lot of teachers don't just work from school bell to school bell, right. They start anywhere from an hour earlier to an hour or more later as well, along with having meetings with parents and students after school and also helping students with problems after the school day has ended. They also take work home with them to grade assignments, grade tests, create lesson plans, gets grades ready for report cards etc. They are also required to work a week past the schools closing for the summers and they also have to get lesson plans and activities ready for the beginning of the next school year during their so called summer vacation and the same goes for any of their vacations throughout the year. The amount of work that goes into being a teacher isn't just what you want to see but a whole lot more. And yes there are some teachers that do the bare minimum and ride it but they are very few and far between but the most of them go that extra mile to do their work and make sure their students are taught and ready for the next stage whether it be grade 2 or college/university. The $60,000 for the amount of work that is required and the extra they put into their job probably works out to be like $4-$6 an hour which isn't a lot compared to the lack of work from the school administrators that make $160,00+ per year and vote their own raises in when they feel they need more money and do less than half the work of any teacher

[@unpluggedgaming8341]

I went to school with this woman and she did her best to keep us kids in line. It's been nearly 2 decades since I saw her last and to know she was pushed out by the same greed that has ruined this state really does upset me...

[@liverpool5261]

damm man , i hope that your doing good

[@Kiirxas]

@KZbin Deleted my Other Account for Mean Comments that would only make the problem a million times worse

[@cchavezjr7]

@@Kiirxas Charter schools represent the top schools at a much better rate than traditional schools

[@Kiirxas]

@@cchavezjr7 but it’s also hit or miss if you’ll end up in an ultra religious hellhole that still teaches creationism in 2021

[@tlwilliams6004]

@@cchavezjr7 Charter school are very selective and kick kids out at an alarming rate. Some kids got kicked out 2 months before graduation. Some won't take kids that don't have both parents in the home

[@Definitely_chronicallytired]

I am so proud of her. I am so so proud. I hope she knows what she did was life changing for so many people.

[@sueelliott3206]

As difficult as this was for this teacher she said it beautifully. I pray she finds a school district that will appreciate and respect her skills.

[@JudyJudyJudy44]

Probably have to go private ...

[@patminard2015]

And far ......?

[@SoullessAIMusic]

why did she quit?

[@janephillips3627]

@@SoullessAIMusic Did you WATCH the Video? It says Why.

[@jacquelineking5783]

@@janephillips3627 without knowing the contract details you can't know if she was wrong or right. A nice speech but rather lacking for trying to deduce if she had a point or not.

[@suej3959]

An excellent teacher lost, while those worthless bullies sitting in judgment on the school board remain. How stupid the world has become.

[@RaneBane]

I dont look at like she lost. She taught her students more in that speech than 20 years sitting in a classroom. Those students are going to grow up questioning things instead of being sheep like the agenda wants for them.

[@brianchandler1966]

Unionized public school teachers are a protected class. Many are power mad,sadistic bullies.

[@gulshanchaurasia2233]

@Solaris you do know your votes don't matter, cause its not like you chose those representatives from among you, they short list the representatives, they deliver speech and you have to chose from among the already chosen people!!!

[@karenwoodland578]

Unfortunately VERY. Breaks my heart.

[@joannepereira5080]

😥💔

[@pikapikapikachu6679]

Teachers used to be students and they too got bullied when they were young. Now they're teachers but still ended up getting bullied by the school board. Poor teachers! They don't get the respect they deserve nowadays!

[@neigh102]

I think the main reason that teachers don't get much respect is that the lazy teachers and the teachers who bully their students ruin things for the good teachers.

[@JamesTheFoxeArt]

neigh102 I agree, I feel like the good teacher are just being treated poorly in my school for no reason

[@loveme77527]

ALL JOBS BULLY THESE DAYS... IT'S FREAKIN DISGUSTING!😕

[@mikechilton911]

You know what you talk about a segment or a population that's taking advantage of or bullied or whatever best teachers I mean I've known some of the best people in the world are teachers and they're so dedicated to their work and so concerned about the kids and what they do I mean a lot of times money comes out of their pocket for supplies because the school system will not supply and they go to school for years to get a degree in teaching and a lot of people make a lot more than they do they are really a much undervalued professional and my heart goes out to them God bless them