Furious Philly charter school blasts TikTok videos showing multiple high schoolers unable to read basic sentences


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A Philadelphia charter school has slammed a student's TikTok videos that showed how his teenage peers were unable to read or understand simple sentences. Preparatory Charter High School in South Philadelphia said the videos, which racked up millions of views and invited ridicule on its students, were out of context and did not reflect its education standards. In the clips titled 'Can You Read?', students were given a piece of paper with a basic sentence on it, but many were unable to read the words or explain what it meant. One video used the sentence, 'She wore a silhouette of clothes that were extraordinary but somewhat gauche' - with many students failing on the words 'silhouette' and 'extraordinary.' 'She wore a soooo.. clothes that were... who is this for?' one student said as she struggled to read. After the first video went viral, the student @whatthevek posted a second version, using the sentence, 'The colonel asked the choir to accommodate the governor's schedule.' The footage went viral on social media, as shocked viewers said they couldn't believe the literacy rates of Philadelphia teenagers and leading to claims that the student who shared the clips was expelled, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. In response, Prep Charter said in a statement that the student was not being punished for the videos, and insisted that its students are more literate than the footage showed. In its statement, Prep Charter said the footage 'does not accurately reflect our school community or the values we strive to uphold every day.' 'While some students may have agreed to be filmed, the way the footage was presented lacks important context and has led to a portrayal that is misleading and unfair,' the school said. 'he video titled ‘Can You Read?’ does not represent the character, effort, or abilities of our students as a whole.' According to state data cited by the Inquirer, Prep Charter enrolls roughly 600 students, and over 70 percent are from economically disadvantaged households. In Pennsylvania state assessments in the 2024/2025 school year, just 46.5% of the school's students scored proficient in English language arts tests. The school's state test scores also showed just 19 percent of its students were proficient in math. The videos drew backlash across social media, with many viewers despairing for the future of America's education system.
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2 +1 bruscifer 2 weeks ago

I read Victor Hugo's Hunchback of Notre Dame when I was in 9th grade. On my own. It wasn't a class assignment. I was in College level reading classes in HS. We used to be encouraged to read. Something is definitely wrong with the system these days.

3 +1 GrimReefer48 2 weeks ago

People so proud of being stupid and uneducated

11 +1 kma8675309 2 weeks ago

DUH! They are the democrat voters that continue to vote democrat because "the white man keeps them down".
No, your black "masters" keep you down by not properly attempting to EDUCATE you.

9 +1 Lemmiwinks 2 weeks ago

“ the way the footage was presented lacks important context and has led to a portrayal that is misleading and unfair”
One-gazillion dollar bet the speaker was some short, moderately fat black woman in her 50’s with shoulder-cut frizzy/curly black hair.

People need to start being hanged for stating such stupidity. Context?? Could they fucking read or not??

4 +1 QuartPlus8oz 2 weeks ago

The current controversy in my school district's charter prep school is neither the district nor local law is releasing names involved in a school shooting 4 weeks ago .

A male student shot his female teacher before successfully offing himself soon after. Teacher recovered after 10 days in the hospital.

We don't know if she was fucking him and broke it off or if this student is just plain mentally defective and a member of a "protected class." This suburban school district also seems to have more than its fair share of pedophile teachers.

2 +1 Lemmiwinks 2 weeks ago

@QuartPlus8oz that is insane.

0 +1 Comfortably_numb 2 weeks ago

@QuartPlus8oz that must have been censored in my area.

25 +1 Incel-Stomper 2 weeks ago

rap culture has made the children retarded, they dont speak or read english at all it seems

10 +1 Gutshot 2 weeks ago

A mind is a terrible thing to……. I can’t remember the rest.

1 +1 Comfortably_numb 2 weeks ago

@Gutshot ....Something something.

11 +1 dingus369 2 weeks ago

Take care of your health as best as you can, you will be relying on these 'people' if you go to a nursing home

1 +1 Lemmiwinks 2 weeks ago

@dingus369 I was in BAD bad alcohol withdrawal a few years ago. In the hospital, while hallucinating and begging the nurses for the phenobarbital, they FORGOT TO ADMINISTER IT

3 +1 Lemmiwinks 2 weeks ago

@Lemmiwinks I’m much better now btw

0 +1 Comfortably_numb 2 weeks ago

@Lemmiwinks 9500 milligrammes?

2 +1 QuartPlus8oz 2 weeks ago

I just upvoted every comment so far. Shit's bad for these people, real bad. I bet if this OP wants it, he can have a seat on that School Board. That is, if he fully understands those samples himself.

6 +1 essence25 2 weeks ago

Less than 1 token per second, dey wont make it in the future.

16 +1 Lostcoss.82 2 weeks ago

Back to preschool or Africa whichever.

6 +1 JobyFluorine 2 weeks ago

@Lostcoss.82 Send them to fucking Liberia, where they belong.

9 +1 RoyHinkley 2 weeks ago

We watched it happen and these assholes at the school tell us it didn't? It was "taken out of context"? Yeah. Ok.

10 +1 AryanLegend 2 weeks ago

"Born from smartphone"
:pouty:

1 +1 Comfortably_numb 2 weeks ago

@AryanLegend 100%

23 +1 Voodoo333333 2 weeks ago

There's a common link....
Hmmmm i wonder what it could be?....

3 +1 tommix1 2 weeks ago

Wait, they knew what gauche meant? How awkward.

2 +1 JobyFluorine 2 weeks ago

@tommix1 Lol! :D I see what you did there!

5 +1 kansaiking 2 weeks ago

america is screwed....

1 +1 JobyFluorine 2 weeks ago

@kansaiking I feel like we've gone past the point of no return. We've become so stupid, the robots deserve our jobs.

7 +1 JobyFluorine 2 weeks ago

This shit is everywhere. Look at the comments section on any website. You'll see lack of punctuation, profuse use of parentheses for no reason, capitalizing like they are writing out the title of a book, confusion of the proper use of your, you're, their, they're, there, to, too, using the word "of" instead of "have", like fucking retards, a complete lack of sense for basic sentence structure, grammar and punctuation, I could go on, but this diatribe makes me look like I'm unhinged.

1 +1 Comfortably_numb 2 weeks ago

@JobyFluorine my favorite is improper use of a semi colon.

11 +1 to_hell_they_will_go 2 weeks ago

This country won't survive the African apocalypse

0 +1 Comfortably_numb 2 weeks ago

@to_hell_they_will_go at least the poor africans are stuck in europe.