Darius Williams, who teaches at Houston Independent School District’s Wheatley High School, was reduced to tears of frustration in a video he shared on social media.
The video, prompted by his students’ poor literacy skills, was posted on the second day of the new school year and serves as an indictment of education in America, where left-wing indoctrination takes priority in many classrooms over educating students.
“I just finished a three-hour class, and I literally broke down in front of a class because — I’m teaching seniors, these kids are leaving high school and going to college, hopefully, after they finish,” a teary-eyed Williams said in the video he recorded during his lunch break on Tuesday. “We had two paragraphs to read, one sentence complete to write. I gave them the sentence stems.”
“I basically completed the sentence for them, in the model,” he continued, tears steaming down his face. “These are 17- and 18-year-old kids, and they couldn’t fill in four words. Four words!”
If you only watch one video today, PLEASE watch this.
A high-school English teacher breaks down crying on camera because the high-school SENIORS in his class cannot write a SINGLE SENTENCE.
“I have SENIORS that cannot read. I have SENIORS that cannot write.”
My gosh… pic.twitter.com/ZwJzBturk2
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) August 12, 2026
“I gave them the scenario, we annotated together. I gave them the answers before we even had the problem and they couldn’t do it,” the teacher said. “I don’t know. I simply don’t know where the problem is. This is only day two, and I have seniors who simply cannot read and seniors who cannot write. They cannot write.”
Williams explained that his students can reason and defend their reasoning when talking to their “homeboys,” but cannot do so in writing.
“Our young black men, our young brown men, our young black girls, and our young brown girls,” Williams said, before stopping the video as his emotions got the better of him.
Public schools have been in decline for years. Parents who are able, choose private schools or homeschooling, leaving low-income students trapped in a caldron of failure, where left-wing ideology and LGBTQ+ rights, including gender transitioning, are prioritized.
Many of these students will go on to make up the base of today’s Democratic Party — here’s a sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:
My wife and I saw the writing on the wall in public schools here in NC so we’re homeschooling
One of the more astonishing moments was when public schools here let kids out of class to protest ICE…
…but their “protest signs” were misspelled
Pure indoctrination. pic.twitter.com/F8gWFeuDtb
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) August 13, 2026
And for that the entire Department of of Education should be shut down, the teachers unions should be sued into oblivion, and all of the teachers who tried to do the right thing should be given a raise.
— Charles Martel ن (@TPnTexas) August 12, 2026
SHAME on every teacher and parent who allowed them to advance to the next grade year after year
— Backtheblue (@Backtheblue95) August 12, 2026
Passing students in failed grades and classes to keep advancement and graduation rates up for funding is a disgusting way to ruin the minds of generations.
— NightLight (@Night_Light22) August 12, 2026
Government schools get paid based on how many “students” (they call it ‘per pupil spending’) there are – not whether or not they’re being educated. As the saying goes, show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome….
— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) August 12, 2026
This is not equity. This is not compassionate.
As Americans, we should all want and help each other succeed.
Suicidal Empathy is selfish, idiotic, and unfair.
Time to get rid of this ridiculous equity ideology and instead help each other be great.
— Peeves (@PoliticalPeeves) August 12, 2026
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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