"The trouble with being a teenager is you don't know nothing. The problem with teenagers is you think you're smarter than people who have already been down the road you're traveling." This is the realest thing said in the entire movie.
I sure wish this had a much better ending in real life. Although east side was temporarily saved because the kids passed the reading aptitude test, they failed the math part of it badly and eventually the state did take over the school, then years later, it became a alternate campus learning center minus the Eastside name
Director's cut: Sams actually jumps off the roof, "Crazy Joe" gets arrested and thrown into Shawshank, where he makes friends with Andy Dufresne, who almost gets thrown off a roof
Watched this as a kid! “Damn, Morgan Freeman is so mean!” Watched as an adult! “Damn, this Morgan Freeman dude cares! He’s giving them that tough love!”
Not all teenagers think like you, and we're smarter than y'all are. Each generation gets smarter then the next! FACTS I'm 14 and looks like tuff love to me.
@@alfaaron1623 That’s right! As it should be. Don’t get too cocky tho, as the man said “you still a baby and you don’t know shit!” 😂 but yall definitely know more than we did at your age. Never stop learning man
You can tell that he really cared about Sam's, he took it really easy on him at the end when he told him calmly to go back down stairs, he just wanted to get his point across and I always believed that Mr Clark was low-key proud of him because out of all the other kids that were kicked out Sam's was the only one that came back for one more chance, I think Mr Clark respected him for that, I love this movie, definitely a true classic......
What's sad is the actor who plays Sams eventually got arrested for illegal drugs (something of the sort) in real life. Once I read about that I right away remember this scene.
Back in the mid eighties in my high school I had a teacher do something like this for me. I was messed up on drugs and had no direction. I thought I was tough and said under my breathe "F..k off" This guy was retired Navy and there was zero chance he was going to take that. Right in front of all the students he put one hand on the side of my head and the other hand smacked me hard to the other side. I had a choice right then... Take it like a man or a little bitch. I knew he cared about me. Within 2 months I had quit smoking, drugs, and alcohol. I never went back. Halloween is 35 years sober. My teacher helped save my life. Thank you Mr. White RIP
Flor Morena me too! There are several words and phrases I told my kids when they were growing up. When they got old enough to understand the movie they said “daddy now we know what you mean when you say that” 😂
We need more teachers like mr clark. He told the kid bluntly that he was fucking his life up and that he will die if he keeps going. No sugar coating. Tough love. He was like that kid’s dad
But I can't get over the fact that when this same actor got older, he got arrested for dealing drugs in real life. I searched it up. I can just imagine Morgan Freeman reaching out to give him that same exact pep talk.
Some of the best lessons I ever learned were from an adult who was not letting me have it easy but were speaking out of a concern and not anger. It's a huge difference. You can be firm and not abusive.
@@cassk9999 all teachers do is teach kids to hate the colour of their own skin and the country they were born in. The only thing worst than a teacher is a journalist.
@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 if they teach hate and racism then they are not teachers they are misleaders , good teachers is something the world has a shortage off they are very important to pass on skills knowledge experience and expertise to the young generations and give them a word of encouragement, what else do you suggest if you are saying teachers are bad they are the most important people in society second to parents the education system has made the teachers you are talking about
@@ThePerpetualStudent what are the parents gonna teach if they had a bad education and upbringing themselves ay? Nonsense the cycle repeats itself we need good hard solid respected caring teachers and they are hard to find very hard
R.I.P to Mr Joe Louis Clark we lost him at the end of 2020. He was a real man and a inspiration to me and many others. May the Most High bless his soul.
You know these motherfuking news agencies pushing their god-awful agenda and we don't even get to hear about this man passing away he was in the movie for Christ's sake what the hell
He was lucky he had absolute power as a principal and he could enforce these laws , get really tough and save so many kids. I doubt if he would be allowed to do that today .
That’s because we’re living the result of taking away adults ability to do things like this to kids and those kids raising kids is what we have now. I’ve told everyone in my neighborhood if they see my kids doing wrong and DONT send my kid home crying with the fear of his eyes that me and said PERSON would have an issue
This is a picture of true leadership and the epitome of “toughly experience”! He gives these students respect for themselves and each other. I love the transformation of this school. Then disgruntled parents of the kids that were kicked out of school want to arrest him for locking the kids in, which wasn’t his primary reason for locking the doors, but to keep out the thugs and drug dealers out.
Goosebumps.. recovering addict here, 2 yrs sober. A talk like this when I was young would've helped I bet. There's no tough love anymore, and that is what addicts need.
@Matt Owens I know ..I've been to rehab 3time..2003 2003 and 2005...I finally quit on my own on 2010 .and I've known many people who relapsed and died ....I Been sober ever since...I love my life now...Glory be to God
I saw this when i was a little boy and i never forgot this scene. I was recently in the streets lost feeling no hope addicted to drugs. I have now recently found the strength in myself and God to leave that life. This scene is very special to me. When you see addicts homeless in the streets remember that nobody grows up wanting to be that way.
Unfortunately, the system often does not allow for it. Sometimes administrators are actually scored and evaluated on how many students get suspended etc. So even if they are running a tight ship, when evaluated, it can reflect poorly upon them.
I watched this movie when I was a kid and thought it was ok, inspirational maybe. Now as 46 year old I watch this clip and realize that the rigorous honesty that Mr. Clark is showing this kid is real love, and that this is the first time this character ever experienced that. Really loving other people changes lives and lifts them up and that's what we should all do.
How can anyone not be a fan of Morgan Freeman !? He absolutely nails heavy scenes like this each and every time. Most actors would just not seem as real n convincing as this.
I grew up on the south west side of Chicago, and i had a teacher just like this, he changed my life forever. He inspired goals and aspirations in me i never knew I had. You don't see people like this today and we desperately need people like this to straighten up and help the young souls who are lost.
You picked the silliest lens to look at this video through. Yeah, let's look at the kid who is surviving a poor socioeconomic environment and take away his education. While we're at it, lets take away all his rights, that'll teach him to not be poor.
@@cloverjoker But it's true. Look at India for example. School is not guaranteed for children there. Children there want to go because they know the value. Same with Africa. These kids walk miles to get to a crowded, dilapidated classroom for the chance at an education so that they might escape the cycle that so many get stuck in. That's why kids over there are way more advanced in school subjects.
Was it just me or did the kid look happy when Freeman said he would push him so hard? It was like he was happy to finally have someone who cared enough to push him.
Of course many kids (including myself) that acted bad in school were 100% looking for a strong mentor figure to guide them while growing up. A lot of kids from the hood want so desperately for a strong adult positive role model to help them grow and develop.
If a teacher even tried to intervene like this with a student today they would be dragged to the Board of Education, removed from their job, and probably arrested for telling the child to jump...
@@williamhufnagel8790 Not exactly like this a lot of the shit he did was excessive IMO. But hitting him with some truth and giving the kid he kicked out a second chance.
An example of one of those teachers is someone who is never spoken about. There was a former Jeopardy tournament champion who was a hardnose teacher from the streets of Chicago name Colby Burnett.
@@williamhufnagel8790 I guess no one told you about the old school tactics back in the 70s and 80s, teaches did stuff far more extreme than that especially in NYC in most of those schools in Brooklyn and the Bronx
"You know what that does to ya, HUH? It kills your brain cells son it kills your brain cells! Now when you kill your brain cells you're doing the exact same thing as killing yourself you're just trying to SLOW UP!! Now I say if you wanna kill yourself, don't f*** around with it go on and do it expeditiously!!! Now go on and JUMP! JUMP!!!!"
The Oscars never done right for people of color. They mainly gave it to them if they were playing maids, slaves, criminals, abusive parents or slut bed-wenches. Hell they didn't even do right for some white actors either like Leo.
“Cause you’re still a baby and ya don’t know shit” in that scene is just beautiful. I wish I could have convinced my teenage self of how little I actually knew.
I was lucky enough to have a few teachers in my life that had the balls to talk to me like this. I’d like to believe it made a difference. I hope it did.
This scene was an eye opener for real cause it really makes you feel like he’s the real father that these teens needed and this was before beyond scared straight
@@brandonjackson3641 there's always been "scared straight" programs(which should kinda prove how useless they've always been) If screaming and yelling at the kid solved the problem, the worst households imaginable would have the most productive kids coming out of them. I mean, in watching the show, and my experience dealing with different kinds of people, I would guess maybe like %0.0001 of the population(nationally, so like maybe tens of thousands across all of America, aka a very miniscule amount) actually digest those experiences the way it's supposed to. But for almost every other kid put through them it just doesn't fucking work.
God bless Joe Clark and Rest In Peace. A true icon in our profession of teaching. His influences despite being old in their methods, will forever be respected.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time with Morgan Freeman.. "Joe Clark don't play"😂😂this is one of my favorite scene....he gave this boy another chance.. That is a good role model...
I found this VHS at my grandma's house when I was a kid. Had no idea what it was but damn it was intense. I had a lot of respect for Mr. Clark because I knew first hand how kids act when there's no structure and no one willing to put their foot down and lead by example. When you see that the BOSS isn't gonna budge then you either fail out or fall in line. My favorite part of this film was seeing the halls all cleaned up and hearing the new high school anthem. These kids gained respect for their Principal and their school but more importantly, respect for themselves and each other.
"Let Me Tell You Something, The Trouble With Being A Teenager Is You Don't Know Nothin!!!! The Problem With Teenagers Is You Think You're Smarter Than People Who've Already Been Down The Road You're Traveling!!!!" Joe Clark Don't Play That Shit #💯
id give anything to relive my childhood with such an caring person. ikr hes tuff, but trust me, anyone watching this, and are the same age at this kid, aint nothing good comes from drugs, neither do them, or sell them, stay away from Drugs.
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“The problem with teenagers is you think you’re smarter than people who’ve been down the road you’re traveling” fucking A💯❤️
Fucken A! Keep it old school.
@@ValHemi265 🍻
Well you won't get smart by killing brain cells!
tbf there's a lot of dumbass adults who aren't worth listening to.
Doesn't apply to me. Won't do drugs or anything like it, no friends, all pc gaming !
Then he dropped out and started hanging with Bishop and Raheem.
Sad isn't it
Edward Shipman and Q who got the juice now
Dude you win comment of the day...that was funny as hell.
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@@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother the real juice crew
"The trouble with being a teenager is you don't know nothing. The problem with teenagers is you think you're smarter than people who have already been down the road you're traveling." This is the realest thing said in the entire movie.
The issue is adults also think the same way.... the way we settle it is speak with one another
Well of course he don't know nothing...he's killing his brain cells!
This applies to certain adults & old people that be speaking facts but most of them just think they know literally everything & it's annoying asf
I sure wish this had a much better ending in real life. Although east side was temporarily saved because the kids passed the reading aptitude test, they failed the math part of it badly and eventually the state did take over the school, then years later, it became a alternate campus learning center minus the Eastside name
You know what else is real? Climate crises caused by adults who have built a highway leading to the edge of a cliff.
“You smoke crack don’t ya?” I still repeat that line still to this day 😂
As does Judge Matthis lmaooooooooooo
We say that shit at work every time Lean on Me comes on the radio lmaooo
Me too haha 😂😂😂
Same
😂same!
Director's cut: Sams actually jumps off the roof, "Crazy Joe" gets arrested and thrown into Shawshank, where he makes friends with Andy Dufresne, who almost gets thrown off a roof
Lol
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Your theory adds a whole new layer of dimension to the Andy Dufresne/guard rooftop confrontation haha
“It kills your brain cells son, it kills your brain cells!”
“You still a baby and you don’t know shit!”
Love those two lines
Good to know the cia orchestrated an epidemic and then little black teens were the scapegoat and we are proud that we called them babies
@@erinnw.1057 You dont act aware
Two lines eh
The damage crack does to a unborn baby though
LOOK AT ME DAMMIT.....
Watched this as a kid! “Damn, Morgan Freeman is so mean!”
Watched as an adult! “Damn, this Morgan Freeman dude cares! He’s giving them that tough love!”
Mr Clark was like this kid’s dad. He bluntly told him that what he was doing was stupid and he needed to stop.
Not all teenagers think like you, and we're smarter than y'all are. Each generation gets smarter then the next! FACTS I'm 14 and looks like tuff love to me.
@@alfaaron1623 That’s right! As it should be. Don’t get too cocky tho, as the man said “you still a baby and you don’t know shit!” 😂 but yall definitely know more than we did at your age. Never stop learning man
Men like that don't exist anymore
Back when a man was a man now everybody niggas
You can tell that he really cared about Sam's, he took it really easy on him at the end when he told him calmly to go back down stairs, he just wanted to get his point across and I always believed that Mr Clark was low-key proud of him because out of all the other kids that were kicked out Sam's was the only one that came back for one more chance, I think Mr Clark respected him for that, I love this movie, definitely a true classic......
Yup. I bet if any other kid asked Mr. Clark for a second chance, he would have given it to them. But they just gave up on their lives, unlike Sams.
This is where T.I. learned the word Expeditiously
What's your name son🧐
I thought the same
Right
Dro did say luv watching lean on me and luv paying 10 a key, since they boys it makes sense...
Best comment ever
RIP to the real Mr.Clark who recently passed away
RIP
RIP
Freeman aint dead yet.
@@nonoo 😐
RIP
Chyyyyy every time he says "cutting class and smoking crack" I laugh so damn hard my rib cage locks up.
Takes me out every time lol🤣
Lmao I feel you
Ones bad the other is extreme.lol
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Me too 😂
Me too! I laugh even harder when he says "Ya smoke crack don't cha? Look at me damn it!" 😆😆😆
This reminds me of my father. My father was rough but he had good intentions to keep us in line from staying out of trouble.
Mines too
@@brandonjackson3641 You both had great fathers. 😯
Morgan Freeman ate this role for breakfast with a triple order of boss sauce!
TheCoolProfessor Expeditously!
Yipp great actor u smoke crack dont cha lmao
Paterson NJ allday everyday!
Lols yes he did...😆Ya smoke crack don't ya?!...boy don't ya smoke crack? ...Morgan Freeman is the man
@@newattitudeaboutgrace1238 😂
But Robert Guillaume was the HNIC.
"I'm going to let you back in my school... Cause you still a baby and you don't know shit"
Mr. Clark was real🤣🤣
Mr Clark is now gone 😥😥
@@ghariiscool not Morgan Freeman but the real one
That line hit hard as fuck.
What's sad is the actor who plays Sams eventually got arrested for illegal drugs (something of the sort) in real life. Once I read about that I right away remember this scene.
Lol 😂
He was speaking from a place of love. VERY well played.
Back in the mid eighties in my high school I had a teacher do something like this for me. I was messed up on drugs and had no direction. I thought I was tough and said under my breathe "F..k off" This guy was retired Navy and there was zero chance he was going to take that. Right in front of all the students he put one hand on the side of my head and the other hand smacked me hard to the other side. I had a choice right then... Take it like a man or a little bitch. I knew he cared about me. Within 2 months I had quit smoking, drugs, and alcohol. I never went back. Halloween is 35 years sober. My teacher helped save my life. Thank you Mr. White RIP
I'm glad you stop doing drugs and my condolences goes out to your teacher sounds like he wanted the best for you
His first name wasn't Walter was it? 😂 jk jk
jesseeeeeeeee.....!!!!
“Expeditiously” was one of his fave words lol love this movie. Classic
That's all you took from the clip is that one word?
I learned the word deleterious from him
T.I wears the word on a shirt
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Flor Morena me too! There are several words and phrases I told my kids when they were growing up. When they got old enough to understand the movie they said “daddy now we know what you mean when you say that” 😂
The realist scene ever because it shows that even though you're going through a lot, you can change your ways
Amen. Preach!!!!! Either you can change on your own or God can do something to make you get right and change. 💯💯💯💯
It's a movie
@rain rain lol 😂 they definitely do.
I think its one if the worst scenes ever actually
@rain rain
What area are you in, that would explain alot
My mom still hit me with the “It kills ya brain cells son! It kills ya brain cells!” Whenever she smell weed on me! 😂
Better than cigs lol
@@Moodboard39 Fuck pot!!
@@Moodboard39pretty sure people that have a problem with it don't smoke at all, so that's moot
We need more teachers like mr clark. He told the kid bluntly that he was fucking his life up and that he will die if he keeps going. No sugar coating. Tough love. He was like that kid’s dad
But I can't get over the fact that when this same actor got older, he got arrested for dealing drugs in real life. I searched it up.
I can just imagine Morgan Freeman reaching out to give him that same exact pep talk.
TO THIS DAY.... this is still one of morgan freeman's finest performances.
This scene made me quit smoking crack and I never smoked crack in my entire life.
Was just listening to converge and saw this comment lol
You need to watch the movie Street Smart from like 1985?
Nice profile pic 🔥
One of? This is. Sry its my opinion but I still remember him for this to this day, and I thank my teacher for showing me this "she knew".
Imagine if he actually jumped lol teach would've been like, "shit".
He would've blamed the crack like they did George Floyd
@@skate1 true. But crack doesn't make someone do that. Its euphoric. Not a hallucinogen
@@KNOTTYBUDS Idk I don't smoke crack Lol
@@skate1 lol well that's good 😂
That was supposed to be reverse psycology. Back to the drawing board.
'Dont fuck around with it, just go on an do it expeditiously!' so eloquent. Love it.
Some of the best lessons I ever learned were from an adult who was not letting me have it easy but were speaking out of a concern and not anger. It's a huge difference. You can be firm and not abusive.
If this happened in this era, that teacher would be in jail.
Which is a shame because this new school shit ain't doing nothing but creating excuses for these kids to act a DAMN FOOL PEROIDT!
And then he’d run the jail.
Chozah fearless teachers dont teach and school resource officers arresting kids for every stupid little thing they can find
He was the principal
Lmfao 😂💀
It’ll been messed up if he jumped for real....
Mr. Clark: Damn, walks off expeditiously!
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He probably would've grabbed him and got him some help.
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One of the most powerful scenes from the movie - loved how both the were willing to communicate and contract a movement to improve
RIP to the real Principal Clark, we salute you forever.
Teachers are the most important part of a society
@@cassk9999 all teachers do is teach kids to hate the colour of their own skin and the country they were born in. The only thing worst than a teacher is a journalist.
@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 if they teach hate and racism then they are not teachers they are misleaders , good teachers is something the world has a shortage off they are very important to pass on skills knowledge experience and expertise to the young generations and give them a word of encouragement, what else do you suggest if you are saying teachers are bad they are the most important people in society second to parents the education system has made the teachers you are talking about
@@cassk9999 i disagree. I would have to say parents.
@@ThePerpetualStudent what are the parents gonna teach if they had a bad education and upbringing themselves ay? Nonsense the cycle repeats itself we need good hard solid respected caring teachers and they are hard to find very hard
"Dont fuk around with it! Do it expeditiously!!!" This movie is the only time in my life i heard da word expeditiously 😂😂😂
The first time I heard it said was a Stallone movie called Oscar. Freakin hilarious.
T.i says it alla time...even his podcast...expidiT.I.ously💀💀
Sounds like your education system failed you
Ya smoke crack, don't ya?
@@gov3rnor17 not everyone gives a shit about t.i.
R.I.P to Mr Joe Louis Clark we lost him at the end of 2020. He was a real man and a inspiration to me and many others. May the Most High bless his soul.
God bless his soul 💜
Look at me angels! Don;t you fly backwards, move expediously
You know these motherfuking news agencies pushing their god-awful agenda and we don't even get to hear about this man passing away he was in the movie for Christ's sake what the hell
Joe Clark did not mince words and he never coddled bad kids who needed someone older and better to teach them and call them out on doing wrong.
F
Sams: “It wasn’t me.”
Shaggy: “This MF spittin’ 👀”
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Underrated comment
He was lucky he had absolute power as a principal and he could enforce these laws , get really tough and save so many kids. I doubt if he would be allowed to do that today .
Shut up dego
90s movies hit harder when you’re older
This was filmed in the late 80’s and yes, the older movies hit harder when you’re older.
That’s because we’re living the result of taking away adults ability to do things like this to kids and those kids raising kids is what we have now. I’ve told everyone in my neighborhood if they see my kids doing wrong and DONT send my kid home crying with the fear of his eyes that me and said PERSON would have an issue
Because you were all raised to be pussy-ass punks.
Anything made in 1989 was considered 90s lifestyle. 🤪🤷🏾♂️
@@2024magaman You want them to realize right and wrong and at the same time not feel lousy for the rest of their lives.
If The Goonies had been an all black cast, this kid would have played Chunk.
They cry the same 🤣😭
This is a picture of true leadership and the epitome of “toughly experience”! He gives these students respect for themselves and each other. I love the transformation of this school. Then disgruntled parents of the kids that were kicked out of school want to arrest him for locking the kids in, which wasn’t his primary reason for locking the doors, but to keep out the thugs and drug dealers out.
Goosebumps.. recovering addict here, 2 yrs sober. A talk like this when I was young would've helped I bet. There's no tough love anymore, and that is what addicts need.
Some need tough but talk not me I like an educated advice like my clinical psychologist offered me...
Congratulations on 2+ yrs Clean its not an easy feat. Keep going 😇✊🏾
@Matt Owens I know ..I've been to rehab 3time..2003 2003 and 2005...I finally quit on my own on 2010 .and I've known many people who relapsed and died ....I Been sober ever since...I love my life now...Glory be to God
Congrats on 2 years!
Wishing you continued sobriety.
man they acted the hell outta this scene.
I always liked these movies about teachers and principles helping kids. There was a lot of them back in the day.
I saw this when i was a little boy and i never forgot this scene. I was recently in the streets lost feeling no hope addicted to drugs. I have now recently found the strength in myself and God to leave that life. This scene is very special to me. When you see addicts homeless in the streets remember that nobody grows up wanting to be that way.
*KID JUMPS*
Morgan Freeman: "oh now he listens"
Lol 😂
My chest hurts from laughing at this comment.
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Bro shut up!😂😂😂💀I'm fuckin deaddddd
Educators like this are nonexistent today. We need more teachers and parents who have the Mr. Clark attitude
Cee Breezy I'm a Math teacher, and this is the attitude I have with my high schoolers. They all love and respect me.
Cory joe clark is a conservative, that's why repubtards like him are nonexistent, thank the god that doesnt exist
Unfortunately, the system often does not allow for it. Sometimes administrators are actually scored and evaluated on how many students get suspended etc. So even if they are running a tight ship, when evaluated, it can reflect poorly upon them.
Cory parents won’t allow a principal to talk to their kids like this anymore
There's plenty of educators like that, they aren't allowed to demand anything from blacks, because that would be waycisst.
This scene never gets old
I watched this movie when I was a kid and thought it was ok, inspirational maybe. Now as 46 year old I watch this clip and realize that the rigorous honesty that Mr. Clark is showing this kid is real love, and that this is the first time this character ever experienced that. Really loving other people changes lives and lifts them up and that's what we should all do.
Something a single mother can never give a child, fathers are truly needed in this world.
Notice it was the single mother with the crack dealing thug son Joe Clark expelled, who tried to get him fired.
I want to set "you smoke crack don't cha" as my ring tone...
Ayo 😆
That's been our saying at work for the past year 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lmfao 😂💀
Makes your ears ring too!
LOOK AT MHE BWAAA
How can anyone not be a fan of Morgan Freeman !? He absolutely nails heavy scenes like this each and every time. Most actors would just not seem as real n convincing as this.
Pretty powerful movie. Loved watching this in high school
I like how he calmly says "you come with me" whilst yanking the kid hard AF and telling him to jump off a building 🤣🤣🤣
Facts 😂😂😂😂
I grew up on the south west side of Chicago, and i had a teacher just like this, he changed my life forever. He inspired goals and aspirations in me i never knew I had. You don't see people like this today and we desperately need people like this to straighten up and help the young souls who are lost.
When being in school was considered a privilege, not just a right. When something is "free" people do not appreciate it properly.
AMEN!!!!!!!!
You picked the silliest lens to look at this video through. Yeah, let's look at the kid who is surviving a poor socioeconomic environment and take away his education.
While we're at it, lets take away all his rights, that'll teach him to not be poor.
@@cloverjoker But it's true. Look at India for example. School is not guaranteed for children there. Children there want to go because they know the value. Same with Africa. These kids walk miles to get to a crowded, dilapidated classroom for the chance at an education so that they might escape the cycle that so many get stuck in. That's why kids over there are way more advanced in school subjects.
This is what we need in the black community and in the black families this is the man that we need
Straight up though frfr
Morgan Freeman should have won an Oscar for his performance.
"Should have"
EXACTLY
this movie came out the same year as "Driving Miss Daisy', and obviously the academy thought he was better as a chauffer. Oh well.
@@wylier no way. That was a low ball
He's long overdue for winning one.
Was it just me or did the kid look happy when Freeman said he would push him so hard? It was like he was happy to finally have someone who cared enough to push him.
Of course many kids (including myself) that acted bad in school were 100% looking for a strong mentor figure to guide them while growing up. A lot of kids from the hood want so desperately for a strong adult positive role model to help them grow and develop.
I think he saved the boy's life and the reason he gave the boy a 2nd chance was because the boy practically begged him for it. Imagine that. :)
Just so long as he didn't pushed off the roof!
This shows the importance of a father figure. Makes me proud of my father for him caring about me no matter how tough it was.
Every child/teenager needs to watch this at least 5 times before they turn 18.
I cry everytime I see this scene.. Been an addict and it gets me everytime.
"I dont wanna jump.."
"Yes you do!"
When you wake up in the morning does your alarm clock play WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
LOL
YOU SMOKE CRACK DONT YA?
I FORGOT ABOUT THIS LMAOOOOOOOOOOO
Teachers like this is what made me realize and appreciate what they did
If a teacher even tried to intervene like this with a student today they would be dragged to the Board of Education, removed from their job, and probably arrested for telling the child to jump...
@@williamhufnagel8790 Not exactly like this a lot of the shit he did was excessive IMO. But hitting him with some truth and giving the kid he kicked out a second chance.
@@williamhufnagel8790 Well, this was simply a method of reverse psychology.
An example of one of those teachers is someone who is never spoken about. There was a former Jeopardy tournament champion who was a hardnose teacher from the streets of Chicago name Colby Burnett.
@@williamhufnagel8790 I guess no one told you about the old school tactics back in the 70s and 80s, teaches did stuff far more extreme than that especially in NYC in most of those schools in Brooklyn and the Bronx
The world needs more leaders like this. If more men/woman gave teens/young adults the blunt honesty that he did, the world would be a better place.
imagine he just jumped at the first command 😂 like okay this is on you i’ve been waiting for a good excuse
" Look at me boy, Don't you smoke crack?" lol.
LOL 😂😂😂😂😆😆😆😆
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Lol
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"You know what that does to ya, HUH? It kills your brain cells son it kills your brain cells! Now when you kill your brain cells you're doing the exact same thing as killing yourself you're just trying to SLOW UP!! Now I say if you wanna kill yourself, don't f*** around with it go on and do it expeditiously!!! Now go on and JUMP! JUMP!!!!"
Poor tommy, got cleaned up and then killed by 2pac after high school
Darth Soros he didn’t die just probably paralyzed
Steele aint die
Lmfao! #Steel
WTF you want from me???!!!
@@Mookaron Nothing 🔫
This was an extremely powerful movie during it's time...
Its
Classic Lmaoo “you smoke crack don’t you “🤣🤣🤣🤣😭
no oscar for morgan for this movie???..thats krazy
The Oscars never done right for people of color. They mainly gave it to them if they were playing maids, slaves, criminals, abusive parents or slut bed-wenches. Hell they didn't even do right for some white actors either like Leo.
LifeIsNotorious Leo got his
DRE CRAY oh yes because that is the only reason for anything right? What you call racism everyone else in the world calls life not being fair.
Yeah I know. Excellent performance by Morgan Freeman. What movie and actor won that year?
No Oscar for this and Denzel was absolutely robbed for Malcolm X.
“Cause you’re still a baby and ya don’t know shit” in that scene is just beautiful. I wish I could have convinced my teenage self of how little I actually knew.
Same
teenagers think they know everything
Mr Clark in the future after finding out Sams got arrested for dealing drugs in real life:
"WHAT DID I TELL YOU????"
I was lucky enough to have a few teachers in my life that had the balls to talk to me like this. I’d like to believe it made a difference. I hope it did.
What a film. WOW!! Just can't help but love him. The greatest fact about this film is it's based on a true story. Blew me away. ❤
He probably gave him a concussion tapping his head 😂😂
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3:11 “I’m going to let you back into my school because you’re still a baby and you don’t know shit” 😂😂
Bahahaha
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It be like that sometimes lol
I hope to God there are still teachers/principals like this in the public school system....
This scene was an eye opener for real cause it really makes you feel like he’s the real father that these teens needed and this was before beyond scared straight
Nah they had scared straight in the 70s to look it up on TH-cam
@@brandonjackson3641 there's always been "scared straight" programs(which should kinda prove how useless they've always been)
If screaming and yelling at the kid solved the problem, the worst households imaginable would have the most productive kids coming out of them.
I mean, in watching the show, and my experience dealing with different kinds of people, I would guess maybe like %0.0001 of the population(nationally, so like maybe tens of thousands across all of America, aka a very miniscule amount) actually digest those experiences the way it's supposed to. But for almost every other kid put through them it just doesn't fucking work.
God bless Joe Clark and Rest In Peace. A true icon in our profession of teaching. His influences despite being old in their methods, will forever be respected.
Honestly a lot of kids needs this type of care and love, especially in our urban communities
Jesus even young Morgan freeman is just as majestic as old Morgan freemen
I need this as a ringtone “You smoke crack don’t ya?!” On a loop
This is such an amazing film. Saw it as a kid, watched it a ton, and it never gets old.
One of the most powerful movie scenes ever!💯
We need about 10,000 teachers/Principals like that now.
Do you know of any capable teachers like that these days, currently on the job or not?
I know one.
We definitely need more principles like him in these schools today.
Those teachers are gone
If principals are like him today
Principal : "Now jump!"
Boy : *actually jumps*
Yeah with a bunch a kids jumpin off rooftops.. nigga you stupid
Unfortunately, they would be treated by the same people that were trying to get Mr. Clark out.
Question. Did he make sams a better person and turn that school around for the better yes or no?
Fav scene!! Intense, Powerful, Brilliant, and inspirational!!
Some scenes just live forever. This is one of em.
This movie had such powerful scenes.
We watched this in my junior year of high school. I remember everyone saying “You smoke crack don’t ya” for weeks 😂
I watched it in 6th grade then again in my senior year of high school.
This is one of my favorite scenes, a real dose of reality
Boy do we need more of this these days!
This is one of my favorite movies of all time with Morgan Freeman.. "Joe Clark don't play"😂😂this is one of my favorite scene....he gave this boy another chance.. That is a good role model...
I found this VHS at my grandma's house when I was a kid. Had no idea what it was but damn it was intense. I had a lot of respect for Mr. Clark because I knew first hand how kids act when there's no structure and no one willing to put their foot down and lead by example. When you see that the BOSS isn't gonna budge then you either fail out or fall in line. My favorite part of this film was seeing the halls all cleaned up and hearing the new high school anthem. These kids gained respect for their Principal and their school but more importantly, respect for themselves and each other.
Morgan Freeman is one of my all time favorite actors ! He's simply amazing !!
"Too many players, not enough coaches" - E40
- Kid jumps -
"Oh shit, that wasnt supposed to happen"
I've loved this movie since I was nine years old. This is what amazing acting looks like
Thomas Sims had allot of HEART to ask to get back into school!!
He had too.. didn't U just hear him.. his home life was ef up.. like a good third of our youth are today
@@alliwishis2652 or crazy. Perhaps a bit of both
He really does care
Unfortunately, the real Mr. Clark has recently passed away
RIP Joe Louis Clark 1937-2020
He knew his moms woulda busted him in his shit if he went and told her that
ANOTHER POWERFUL SCENE IN THIS MOVIE!!!THEY NEED TO BRING THIS MOVIE CLASSIC BACK TO THEATERS ✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️
Wish we had more Mr. clarkes in today society.
"Let Me Tell You Something, The Trouble With Being A Teenager Is You Don't Know Nothin!!!!
The Problem With Teenagers Is You Think You're Smarter Than People Who've Already Been Down The Road You're Traveling!!!!"
Joe Clark Don't Play That Shit
#💯
Thats too real💯
Morgan never acts man hes just that OG I swear
id give anything to relive my childhood with such an caring person. ikr hes tuff, but trust me, anyone watching this, and are the same age at this kid, aint nothing good comes from drugs, neither do them, or sell them, stay away from Drugs.
“You tryna con a con man” 😭 total bad ass line 😎😂
Absolutely one of my favorite movies of all time. 😎
“Go on.. jump” 😂 omg.... One of my fav movies 🎥. Jersey..... 🦾