Honesty from a 'motivational' speaker
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A motivational speaker took a moment of disrespect during his speech and turned it into a lesson.
According to Pix11, Eric Thomas, a.k.a “The Hip Hop Preacher,” spoke off script during a speech he gave at Vashon High School in St. Louis on Feb. 22. According to the video, Vashon is one of the lowest performing schools in the district. Thomas was discussing how he was homeless for two years before meeting a preacher and turning his life around, when a group of students began to speak when he was speaking. After asking them to stop, they continued, giving Thomas his platform to teach an entirely different lesson.
“Listen to me very closely. They pay me $50,000 to $100,000 when I speak to corporate America. I go to a basketball program and they pay me good. I ain’t getting a dime here,” he started his passionate spiel with. “I’m here because I love you, but I’ll be darned if I come here for free and you disrespect me.”
Then, things got real.
“You got the nerve to act the fool when somebody cares about you? You’re talking when I’m talking. Do you know that if I go to a Jewish school, those kids are quiet. If I go to a white school, those kids are quiet. If I go to a Latino school, those kids are quiet. The only kids that disrespect me are black kids. That’s it, my own, are the only ones who disrespect me. I work in any other school and they’re taking notes. I come home, you’re talking. You’re capping jokes. You think something is funny. Look how we’re living. Ain’t nothing funny. Ain’t nothing funny y’all.”
Thomas later said that the students need to take school seriously because people like him want to see black youth succeed in a world that tries to make them fail.
“I ain’t stupid. You take everything from us and we still survive,” he said. “You want to tell me that we can’t learn how to write? Have you lost your mind? We are survivors. That is all we do is survive. And you’re gonna come and tell me that you can’t take a test. No, you can take the test. The problem is that when you take the test, you barely take the test. I challenge you to go in there and get that doggone piece of paper and pencil and do your best. I challenge you to go into class and act like you got some sense. No one has to put you on medicine. You know how to sit down and shut up. You do it when you’re watching videos.”
The vid ends with “always know where you’re going, but never forget …where you come from.”
Check out this incredible moment below.
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A motivational speaker took a moment of disrespect during his speech and turned it into a lesson.
According to Pix11, Eric Thomas, a.k.a “The Hip Hop Preacher,” spoke off script during a speech he gave at Vashon High School in St. Louis on Feb. 22. According to the video, Vashon is one of the lowest performing schools in the district. Thomas was discussing how he was homeless for two years before meeting a preacher and turning his life around, when a group of students began to speak when he was speaking. After asking them to stop, they continued, giving Thomas his platform to teach an entirely different lesson.
“Listen to me very closely. They pay me $50,000 to $100,000 when I speak to corporate America. I go to a basketball program and they pay me good. I ain’t getting a dime here,” he started his passionate spiel with. “I’m here because I love you, but I’ll be darned if I come here for free and you disrespect me.”
Then, things got real.
“You got the nerve to act the fool when somebody cares about you? You’re talking when I’m talking. Do you know that if I go to a Jewish school, those kids are quiet. If I go to a white school, those kids are quiet. If I go to a Latino school, those kids are quiet. The only kids that disrespect me are black kids. That’s it, my own, are the only ones who disrespect me. I work in any other school and they’re taking notes. I come home, you’re talking. You’re capping jokes. You think something is funny. Look how we’re living. Ain’t nothing funny. Ain’t nothing funny y’all.”
Thomas later said that the students need to take school seriously because people like him want to see black youth succeed in a world that tries to make them fail.
“I ain’t stupid. You take everything from us and we still survive,” he said. “You want to tell me that we can’t learn how to write? Have you lost your mind? We are survivors. That is all we do is survive. And you’re gonna come and tell me that you can’t take a test. No, you can take the test. The problem is that when you take the test, you barely take the test. I challenge you to go in there and get that doggone piece of paper and pencil and do your best. I challenge you to go into class and act like you got some sense. No one has to put you on medicine. You know how to sit down and shut up. You do it when you’re watching videos.”
The vid ends with “always know where you’re going, but never forget …where you come from.”
Check out this incredible moment below.
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Preach on, brother. Literally.
Very nicely done. Too bad it's not going to sink in, but perhaps at least few of those kids may have a moment of reflection.
Good speech. He needs to also give it to the parents. If they didn't tolerate that behavior, their children wouldn't act that way for very long.
Originally Posted By: gathermewool
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A motivational speaker took a moment of disrespect during his speech and turned it into a lesson.
According to Pix11, Eric Thomas, a.k.a “The Hip Hop Preacher,” spoke off script during a speech he gave at Vashon High School in St. Louis on Feb. 22. According to the video, Vashon is one of the lowest performing schools in the district. Thomas was discussing how he was homeless for two years before meeting a preacher and turning his life around, when a group of students began to speak when he was speaking. After asking them to stop, they continued, giving Thomas his platform to teach an entirely different lesson.
Thomas later said that the students need to take school seriously because people like him want to see black youth succeed in a world that tries to make them fail.
I don't agree with this statement. As far as I know nobody wants any kid to fail, regardless of skin color, religious belief ...
context, please...
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A motivational speaker took a moment of disrespect during his speech and turned it into a lesson.
According to Pix11, Eric Thomas, a.k.a “The Hip Hop Preacher,” spoke off script during a speech he gave at Vashon High School in St. Louis on Feb. 22. According to the video, Vashon is one of the lowest performing schools in the district. Thomas was discussing how he was homeless for two years before meeting a preacher and turning his life around, when a group of students began to speak when he was speaking. After asking them to stop, they continued, giving Thomas his platform to teach an entirely different lesson.
Thomas later said that the students need to take school seriously because people like him want to see black youth succeed in a world that tries to make them fail.
I don't agree with this statement. As far as I know nobody wants any kid to fail, regardless of skin color, religious belief ...
A certain part of the population cannot be educated no matter how much money taxpayers allot to education. Those goof-offs will wind up in the pen or in the obituaries early on but not before they are responsible for injuring or killing others who cross their path. And just another observation. That garbage will leave two or three or six kids by two or three or six mothers for the taxpayers to support and the cycle starts over again.
Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
Originally Posted By: gathermewool
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A motivational speaker took a moment of disrespect during his speech and turned it into a lesson.
Thomas later said that the students need to take school seriously because people like him want to see black youth succeed in a world that tries to make them fail.
I don't agree with this statement. As far as I know nobody wants any kid to fail, regardless of skin color, religious belief ...
It's not that the world wants them to fail, It's just that it expects them to fail. I've seen it. Black teachers who assume that the black kids will fail while whites will succeed and Asians will excel.
Originally Posted By: gathermewool
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A motivational speaker took a moment of disrespect during his speech and turned it into a lesson.
Thomas later said that the students need to take school seriously because people like him want to see black youth succeed in a world that tries to make them fail.
I don't agree with this statement. As far as I know nobody wants any kid to fail, regardless of skin color, religious belief ...
It's not that the world wants them to fail, It's just that it expects them to fail. I've seen it. Black teachers who assume that the black kids will fail while whites will succeed and Asians will excel.
Originally Posted By: Alfred_B
Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
I don't agree with this statement. As far as I know nobody wants any kid to fail, regardless of skin color, religious belief ...
You need to interact with policymakers more.
Your statement is RIDICULOUS...You will definitely FAIL when you take basketball more serious than education....
Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
I don't agree with this statement. As far as I know nobody wants any kid to fail, regardless of skin color, religious belief ...
You need to interact with policymakers more.
Your statement is RIDICULOUS...You will definitely FAIL when you take basketball more serious than education....
Originally Posted By: Alfred_B
Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
I don't agree with this statement. As far as I know nobody wants any kid to fail, regardless of skin color, religious belief ...
You need to interact with policymakers more.
Are you talking about the 'policymakers' who have instituted 'Affirmative Action' QUOTAs which DISCRIMINATE against whites and Asians?
Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
I don't agree with this statement. As far as I know nobody wants any kid to fail, regardless of skin color, religious belief ...
You need to interact with policymakers more.
Are you talking about the 'policymakers' who have instituted 'Affirmative Action' QUOTAs which DISCRIMINATE against whites and Asians?
Originally Posted By: Alfred_B
There we go again. When you posted the original post, I thought you were genuinely concerned. Now I see it was just racist [censored].
'Racist' is the most overused word in our vocabulary....next thing you'll be calling the black man who stated that whites, Asians, Jews and Latinos are attentive while the blacks students have no manners. Most sensible Americans are getting tired of Black GRIEVANCE.
PS: It's hard to be 'concerned' about those who have no concern for themselves....
There we go again. When you posted the original post, I thought you were genuinely concerned. Now I see it was just racist [censored].
'Racist' is the most overused word in our vocabulary....next thing you'll be calling the black man who stated that whites, Asians, Jews and Latinos are attentive while the blacks students have no manners. Most sensible Americans are getting tired of Black GRIEVANCE.
PS: It's hard to be 'concerned' about those who have no concern for themselves....
pb, how do you know they have no concern for themselves?? Do you have extensive experience working with urban youth?
Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
Originally Posted By: gathermewool
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A motivational speaker took a moment of disrespect during his speech and turned it into a lesson.
According to Pix11, Eric Thomas, a.k.a “The Hip Hop Preacher,” spoke off script during a speech he gave at Vashon High School in St. Louis on Feb. 22. According to the video, Vashon is one of the lowest performing schools in the district. Thomas was discussing how he was homeless for two years before meeting a preacher and turning his life around, when a group of students began to speak when he was speaking. After asking them to stop, they continued, giving Thomas his platform to teach an entirely different lesson.
Thomas later said that the students need to take school seriously because people like him want to see black youth succeed in a world that tries to make them fail.
I don't agree with this statement. As far as I know nobody wants any kid to fail, regardless of skin color, religious belief ...
Without failing minority children Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton can't be on the 6 o'clock news.
Originally Posted By: gathermewool
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A motivational speaker took a moment of disrespect during his speech and turned it into a lesson.
According to Pix11, Eric Thomas, a.k.a “The Hip Hop Preacher,” spoke off script during a speech he gave at Vashon High School in St. Louis on Feb. 22. According to the video, Vashon is one of the lowest performing schools in the district. Thomas was discussing how he was homeless for two years before meeting a preacher and turning his life around, when a group of students began to speak when he was speaking. After asking them to stop, they continued, giving Thomas his platform to teach an entirely different lesson.
Thomas later said that the students need to take school seriously because people like him want to see black youth succeed in a world that tries to make them fail.
I don't agree with this statement. As far as I know nobody wants any kid to fail, regardless of skin color, religious belief ...
Without failing minority children Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton can't be on the 6 o'clock news.
Originally Posted By: pbm
Are you talking about the 'policymakers' who have instituted 'Affirmative Action' QUOTAs which DISCRIMINATE against whites and Asians?
Affirmative action has been necessary to equal the playing field that has been in effect since the 30's. It is a good concept that is here to stay.
Are you talking about the 'policymakers' who have instituted 'Affirmative Action' QUOTAs which DISCRIMINATE against whites and Asians?
Affirmative action has been necessary to equal the playing field that has been in effect since the 30's. It is a good concept that is here to stay.
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