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The TikTok is brief and difficult to decipher in spots, but the student’s impassioned words still spoke to viewers, earning the video more than 950,000 likes and tens of thousands of comments. The video eventually spread to Reddit, where it shot to the top of r/PublicFreakout. Advertisement Hide
The video, posted by TikToker @samaiyahcasey, takes place in a crowded classroom in the era of coronavirus. Students’ desks are separated by clear shields, and many students are wearing masks. The outspoken student, a white, blonde girl, sits at a desk in the middle of the room.
“As a teacher, you’re here to educate students,” she says at the beginning of the video. “And putting up a political flag that some people might get offended by, that is not responsible of you as a teacher.”