{"id":354810,"date":"2026-08-13T08:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/texas-high-school-teacher-breaks-down-in-tears-on-video-over-illiterate-students"},"modified":"2026-08-13T08:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:46:20","slug":"texas-high-school-teacher-breaks-down-in-tears-on-video-over-illiterate-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/texas-high-school-teacher-breaks-down-in-tears-on-video-over-illiterate-students","title":{"rendered":"Texas Excessive Faculty Instructor Breaks Down in Tears on Video Over Illiterate College students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Texas HS Teacher<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Weeps Over His Students&#8217; Illiteracy<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-08-13T06:03:15-07:00\"><br \/>\n               August 13, 2026<br \/>\n              6:03 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-b567c1a7a0cc6e446bb0a89d1a6f17e3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-5a3c9207-ff61-4b63-9875-c1a45a4b21ec-1452900166-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-5a3c9207-ff61-4b63-9875-c1a45a4b21ec-1452900166-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Darius Williams\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/8c\/16by9\/2026\/08\/13\/8c181be5297847c2a0ed88c07ecabd40_md.png\" alt=\"081326 darius williams kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b567c1a7a0cc6e446bb0a89d1a6f17e3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-75fe016d726a8a1da1e5cc43ab655bdf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>A Texas high school teacher broke down in tears on video while describing his students&#8217; lack of education after they couldn&#8217;t complete a reading and writing task.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-75fe016d726a8a1da1e5cc43ab655bdf--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9ec6d2f7f87767f5630d8075497fb932\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Darius Williams<\/strong>, a teacher at Wheatley High School in Houston, posted the video on Instagram after he completed a three-hour class with seniors who are about to go off to college next year.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9ec6d2f7f87767f5630d8075497fb932--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0b4cd94c7aed23fdfc47be558c3bc8b9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260813_685c8eb27a6b47c3ac97e37c1f49472b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c28a8460-e56d-43e7-af64-7082b2768824\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/68\/4by3\/2026\/08\/13\/685c8eb27a6b47c3ac97e37c1f49472b_md.jpg\" alt=\"Wheatley High School in Houston getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0b4cd94c7aed23fdfc47be558c3bc8b9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b98e1d96b9e80353fe3c749e6b6f8a59\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In the clip, Williams starts weeping because he says his students cannot read or write &#8212; even when he gives them help to complete the assignments.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b98e1d96b9e80353fe3c749e6b6f8a59--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fea519458981fe707cd622304b44f372\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He said he provided the seniors with two paragraphs to read and then asked them to write just one sentence &#8212; but claims they couldn&#8217;t accomplish the easy exercise.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fea519458981fe707cd622304b44f372--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4059fc015125367977fc8d3523167f4b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260813_5bed97dadd484be89dffddaa61e843a9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c28a8460-e56d-43e7-af64-7082b2768824\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5b\/4by3\/2026\/08\/13\/5bed97dadd484be89dffddaa61e843a9_md.png\" alt=\"081326 darius williams sub\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4059fc015125367977fc8d3523167f4b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ccd7b61d41c1eb69ee0f80b7b870e274\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As a result, Williams was crushed emotionally &#8230; and the video shows every moment of his pain, knowing that his students &#8212; almost all of them young Black men and women &#8212; are leaving high school with no real education.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ccd7b61d41c1eb69ee0f80b7b870e274--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5d6a74a34b1d1b78566e71a7a93f88df\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Check out the video &#8230; it&#8217;s worth the watch.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5d6a74a34b1d1b78566e71a7a93f88df--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/13\/teacher-in-texas-cries-on-video-over-students-unable-to-write\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas HS Teacher Weeps Over His Students&#8217; Illiteracy Published August 13, 2026 6:03 AM PDT Play video content A Texas high school teacher broke down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":354813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31210,4163,31211,31214,31215,10279,364,102,31212,31213,31216],"class_list":["post-354810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-darius-williams","tag-education","tag-illiterate-college","tag-learning-to-read","tag-literacy","tag-reading","tag-social-issues","tag-texas","tag-texas-excessive-faculty","tag-wheatley-excessive-faculty-in-houston","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354812,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354810\/revisions\/354812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}