Some teachers on TikTok are expressing disappointment with singer Meghan Trainor, following a comment she made on her podcast that they felt disrespectful to the profession.
The singer drew backlash after she said «F — teachers» during a episode from “Workin’ On It with Meghan Trainor & Ryan Trainor” released last week. The comment was made during a discussion with guest Trisha Paytas, an influential influencer, when she explained why she is homeschooling her son.
«TikTok teachers and teachers of the world, I recently said F teachers on my podcast and that’s not how I feel,» Trainor, 29, said in her sorry video posted on sunday. «He was excited because we were talking about how sending your child to school here in America is so horrible and what we all have to go through, but especially teachers, it’s not normal and it’s not okay.»
The Grammy winner also said she’s been bullied by teachers in the past, and that experience influenced her comment. She said that she «she loves[s]” and “fight[s]” for teachers.
A representative for Trainor did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the continued backlash.
The clip of Trainor’s opening comment, as well as her apology, quickly circulated on TikTok among educators, many of whom have used the platform to express their exhaustion and lack of resources in their profession. many educators have historically treated with a series of difficulties in his career, including low salaries, pressure to keep students safe during school shootings, disrespect from parents and students, and health problems from the Covid pandemic.
«I think we’ve all heard what Meghan Trainor said about teachers, and as a teacher who works so hard at my job, being disrespected in that way is very frustrating,» kindergarten teacher Kerregan Calhoun said in a statement. TikTok. video which has garnered over half a million views. “I work very hard to make school a safe and memorable experience for my children every week.”
Second-grade teacher Carina Boltres, who has more than 745,000 followers on TikTok, said she’s no longer a fan of the artist and the apology wasn’t enough.
“I do not accept,” Boltres, who goes by misscarinab on TikTok, said in a post. answer to Trainor’s apology. “…I would love to see the people who complain about teachers do our job for a day.”
Another teacher, who passes for being fantasticallyfirst, posted a video of herself in a classroom with her arms crossed, writing the caption «listening to Meghan Trainor’s apology.»
“And people wonder why so many amazing teachers are leaving the profession…yes with the world we live in, schools are a 100% scary place BUT there are so many teachers who will do literally ANYTHING for their students,” she wrote. in the subtitle of the video. “We constantly put ourselves (most often at the cost of our own mental/emotional/physical health) because we LOVE our students. I’m not saying the apology was not heard… but this is the exact reason teachers are talking and talking more. Please pray for us teachers ❤”
Some former educators also weighed in.
“Something I told my students when I was teaching is if you’re apologizing, and that apology contains excuses for why you did the original action, it devalues the apology itself,” Maggie Perkins, who uses millennialmsfrizzle on TikTok. she said in a video Reply to Trainor. «It makes it less sincere.»
Perkins, who has left the field of education and has a podcast on the dangers of teaching, said Trainor has «millions of people» listening to her «so it was not only extremely poor judgment on her part, but on anyone involved in her.» podcast».
Discourse surrounding Trainor’s comment spilled over onto Twitter.
«Meghan Trainor’s comments about teachers make me sad. We have the short end of the stick all the time,» one Twitter wrote. user.
«As a product of public schools and as an educator for over 30 years in public schools, I find your statement/apology uninformed and demeaning to all of us who pour our love, knowledge, money and souls into our students every day.» wrote another user.