I can't even recall a time even with a sub where our classes got sidetracked like that. Definitely another fairly intangible benefit about going to a good school in a good neighborhood, I guess, when the usual focus on troubled schools and troubled kids is on grades or home life.
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Motivational speaker goes off after being disrespected by high school kids
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I can't even recall a time even with a sub where our classes got sidetracked like that. Definitely another fairly intangible benefit about going to a good school in a good neighborhood, I guess, when the usual focus on troubled schools and troubled kids is on grades or home life.
I just said they get the shit beat out of them and you replied and said you got the shit beat out of you.
Beating up kids doesn't teach kids anything except that hitting solves problems.
Speevy explained it beautifully. This is an issue tied to how kids are raised rather than a race thing. I wish he had not of marginalized the kids but sometimes that's how you get through to them.
goes off?
It seems like he handled that fine. No matter how much injustice is out there in the world. You have to treat yourself right. You have to cover your bases. He said white students are quiet for his speeches, but even if they are quite during an assembly, there are problems with anti-intellectualism all across American schools. I'd like to see this change in youth culture.
It seems like he handled that fine. No matter how much injustice is out there in the world. You have to treat yourself right. You have to cover your bases. He said white students are quiet for his speeches, but even if they are quite during an assembly, there are problems with anti-intellectualism all across American schools. I'd like to see this change in youth culture.
Probably in all honesty, and maybe even worse, and the reality remained that kids of all ethnic backgrounds were capable of disrespect when they were in crowds and bored. You don't build pride by dropping shit like that on kids.
I don't care about him being embarrassed, I didnt even mention it.
I mentioned the bullshit about "White,Latino, and Jewish" kids being saints ready to take notes from the hip hop preacher while the blacks were the only ones supposedly disrespecting him. He is spouting straight up bullshit there.
Mattlikewhoa
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That was an amazing speech. I really hope it got through to a few of those students.
davidwhangchoi
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one more thing to add... OT, When the video was ending, i swear i heard the voice of greg jennings put the team on his back.
He never said other races were incapable of disrespect, only that his experience has shown him receive disrespect almost entirely from black kids. It's not really fair to call it a lie when it can very well be his experience.
I agree with you. It is bullshit. I don't think it was very productive to even say that. I am saying that this is a quote mine though. It looks awful out of context. In context it isn't as bad. It's still bad, but I think the overall message outweighs it.
yanipheonu
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Great speech. High school students can be such little shits, irreverent of everything.
I'm not entirely kosher with the blaming the kids rhetoric to be fair, but given the circumstances, I won't blame him.
To be honest even when I was in high school I found the work unappealing and not engaging. Felt like it was about just doing enough to have everyone pass, not letting people who were. I had basically no work ethic coming out of high school. Still haunts me through university.
If I had been fortunate to have been sent it a private school or simply a better public (or Canadian Catholic school in my case) school it feels like I would have been set up to succeed more. I kind of resent my high school education.
I'm not entirely kosher with the blaming the kids rhetoric to be fair, but given the circumstances, I won't blame him.
To be honest even when I was in high school I found the work unappealing and not engaging. Felt like it was about just doing enough to have everyone pass, not letting people who were. I had basically no work ethic coming out of high school. Still haunts me through university.
If I had been fortunate to have been sent it a private school or simply a better public (or Canadian Catholic school in my case) school it feels like I would have been set up to succeed more. I kind of resent my high school education.
akidnamededdy
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Hahah nice.
Cherrypicking quotes to get offended aside, this was a good speech.
Andrew Korenchkin
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Good for him. Dumb ass students.
John Kowalski
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Damn, you can hear his voice crack sometimes.
DontBeThatGuy
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I agree with this. I'm sure there were plenty of kids there not showing any disrespect, but then he had to go and shame everybody with some "other races are doing it better" shit.
It was powerful outside of that though, but a blight nonetheless.
dream
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I dunno. You're probably not wrong, but this strikes me as the most cynical way to look at this speech. I think it might be more productive to see this as an opportunity for reflection.
Maiden Voyage
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This dude is awesome.
timetokill
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They won't be laughing when they're living in a van down by the river.
Count Dookkake
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People have been saying this for a while.
Maybe they'll listen to him. Even if it's only one kid, that would be something.
Maybe they'll listen to him. Even if it's only one kid, that would be something.
Yes, but they've been doing that with everything black people say and do forever.
entremet
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Racists don't need much justification, tho.
That said, you can't solve problems without addressing they exists.
Also unruly crowds are just a superficial symptoms of large issues, which is something ET was alluding to.
I mean this might be a bit controversial but maybe the whole bit about race was to get the kids attention, and not just a momentary glance before cracking another joke, but hitting a bit close to home to perhaps get them to actually do a bit of listening. Sure it could have been worded better or he could have tried a different tactic but sometimes stating something like that especially with everything else he said might have been his way of really getting this kids to pay attention.
JrBaconCheeseburger
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I expected a meltdown but this was great.
"Rapper came and took all your money and he didn't invest nothing back to you, he didn't come to your school"
" You sit quiet when your watching videos"
Hilarious.
"Rapper came and took all your money and he didn't invest nothing back to you, he didn't come to your school"
" You sit quiet when your watching videos"
Hilarious.
tkscz
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Worked for most of us
Its highly unlikely all of these other hormone filled kids are acting like saints around him, while only those with melanin are disrespecting though. It isn't passing the bullshit test.
Vicetrailia
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He was saying this to get their attention and get them to summon some pride/competition. But for the jokesters or those not concerned with school even getting one to pay attention is the goal.
He wouldn't go to these schools and be like yall are so well behaved compared to...
Hey, it's ET the how bad do you want success guy. I like him. And I can't watch this video without getting all jacked up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSC2vx7zFQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSC2vx7zFQ
FloatingDivider
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While I agree with the man that there's a very defined level of personal responsibility in education I can't act like there might not be issues with how schooling is setup world wide. And while I'm not sanctioning buffoonery I am aware that the outlook for most of these kids, academically, is rather bleak regardless of personal effort levels.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Headlines are political hints for their body text now.
Dreams-Visions
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Yep, good speech. Sit your little ass down somewhere and shut up.
Speak for yourself. People who beat their kids can kiss my ass, passing along that slave shit to future generations.
Speak for yourself. People who beat their kids can kiss my ass, passing along that slave shit to future generations.
The only thing we know either way comes from the guy that actually goes to these schools and talks to these kids. It mirrors negative stereotypes but he's offering an anecdote.
This too. If you think hitting dependents is okay, you probably didn't turn out as well as you thought.
Ninja Scooter
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These kids aren't assholes because they are sheltered, they are assholes because society doesn't give a fuck about them and has left them behind.
People really need to understand this in the context of the "jewish, white, latino" comment. Whether or not he was exaggerating is completely irrelevant.
It looks like he follows up with this too. He begs them to listen because if how badly society wants to destroy them.
Why can't they just be normal kids talking to each other during an assembly? Its normal behavior. We always use to have boring assemblies during school full of things we didnt care about. They are kids.
captmcblack
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Love this speech.
Ninja Scooter
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Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. It could be a symptom of a greater problem. I don't know, and I don't necessarily agree with ET 100%, and I totally get the issues you have with what he said, just pointing out that in a lot of instances it's not these kids fault, it's the environment they are brought up in. That doesn't mean they aren't normal kids. They don't know any better. If what he is saying is true that in this particular district/school 70% of students read at a grade school level, that to me represents a complete systemic failure at every level, not just a few rowdy teenagers.
Dreams-Visions
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Yessir. And it's not just society leaving them behind; it's the parents too. As such these kids are hardened and hard to reach out of necessity; not because they are inherently bad. They're fuckin KIDS after all. They are the product. The fruit. Gotta fix the soil and the roots to fix the fruit. You become hardened to protect yourself from external pains.
So many teachers I know eyes would well up watching this. Most of my friends that are in education are teaching in the inner city and struggle just to retain control of class long enough to get something done. They are great teachers and passionate, but are also close to being broken in many cases. Not everyone is gifted to motivate as he is. But he's getting paid $30-$50k for a reason. I can also speak from some measure of experience as a regular volunteer tutor and member of a Fraternity chapter of black men that would speak at high schools whenever we could about finishing high school and going to college, with our goal being 2x a month.
Gnome Scat
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Good speaker, glad he kept it real.
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