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TikTok Is The Reason For This School’s Strange Punishment

Author Ransom Garcia
In this photo illustration, a TikTok logo is displayed on an iPhone

Have you ever read one of those stories that just made you feel super old? Because I just did.

I’ve been out of high school for over 20 years. I graduated from Durango High School in 2002. And back in my day (I totally typed that in an old guy voice), schools were worried about kids smoking in the bathrooms. Apparently, that is not the case for a school in North Carolina.

According to this WFMY News 2 article, a North Carolina school removed the mirrors in the bathrooms. And their reasoning? To stop students from making TikTok videos!

Oh, how the times have changed!

Our Beasley Broadcasting sister station in Charlotte, Country 1037, also reported on the story. They say teachers at Southern Alamance Middle School in Graham, North Carolina noticed kids were asking to use the bathroom up to NINE times a day. Teachers also noticed bathroom breaks were taking way longer than necessary.

Should TikTok Be Blamed?

After some investigating, they discovered the culprit… TikTok. Students were caught using the mirrors for their videos, so school admin decided the best way to end the time wasting would be to remove the mirrors. All of them.

The punishment seems a little harsh, but according to WFMY’s reporting, the tactic worked. Teachers noticed that kids started asking to use the bathroom less. And when they did, they aren’t wasting as much time returning to the classroom.

The comments on this video ask some interesting questions and bring up some valid points. One YouTube user suggested that phones are the real problem. And they suggested that phones be taken away at the start of class.

Another user suggested that we need to return to flip phones.

And finally, someone on the site joked “Where are we supposed to pop our pimples now?” in reference to the mirrors being taken away.

 

Ransom Garcia is the music director and afternoon host on 1079 Coyote Country. He’s been with the station since 2017, but he’s been on the Las Vegas airwaves since 2003. Although he's Vegas Born AND Raised, Ransom also has on-air duties on sister station Kiss 95.1 in Charlotte, NC. He is also set to be inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame in September of 2024. Ransom writes articles about pop culture, human interests, technology, video games and anything affecting Las Vegas.

Five Country Music TikToks You Must Follow

Country music is everywhere on social media. TikTok is the latest platform where country stars can share their moments on and off stage. On TikTok, country stars let loose a bit more and have a bit more fun. TikTok posts often differ from artists’ other social media accounts, where they blanket post the latest news in their lives and careers.

The description of TikTok says it is for “creating, sharing, and discovering short videos.” Users enjoy the app as an outlet to express themselves through singing, dancing, comedy, and lip-syncing. It allows users to create videos and share them across a community.

Most country stars have TikTok. Although not all of them pay attention to the trends on the app. Last week, during a number one party for his song “Dancin’ In The Country,” Tyler Hubbard was asked about a trend, and he was unfamiliar with it. He said that he does not go on the popular app.

Randy Travis, a country icon from the 1980s, does have the app and used it recently to share a special moment from CMA Fest 2023 where Tim McGraw joined Travis to sing one of his biggest hits. Another country icon that uses TikTok is Dolly Parton, whose team posts videos and clips from her long and storied career.

Blake Shelton told us not long ago that while he was “hot” on social media and did it himself early in his career, these days he has people that do most of it for him (like many celebrities). His TikTok is full of videos as well, including a new dancing video of himself and Larena Alaina. The two danced to her new song “Thicc As Thieves.” Shelton’s camp did share the same clip on his other social media accounts as well.

We gathered some fun posts on what we believe are country music’s best five TikTok accounts any die-hard should follow.

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  • Bailey Zimmerman

    This guy made a name for himself on TikTok. It is part of the reason he has his record deal with Warner Nashville and has become a country star with a couple of number-one songs under his belt. Bailey is full of energy, and it shows on his TikTok with daily video clips of moments from his shows on the Morgan Wallen tour and just fun messages of news Bailey shares with fans on full tilt.

    @bailey.zimmerman

    LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS🔥 #musicoftiktok #newmusic #relationship

    ♬ Religiously - Bailey Zimmerman

  • Jelly Roll

    If you are really starting to LOVE this guy, follow him on TikTok. You will see just how fun Jelly can be. He posts all of what he usually posts on his other social accounts and adds TikTok-only video clips, like going through a Walmart on album release day to get his new “Whitsett Chapel” project.

    @officialjellyroll

    Wal Mart broke my heart

    ♬ original sound - Jelly Roll

  • Lainey Wilson

    This TikTok is just a blast. Lainey posts a little more on TikTok than on her other socials, like fun booty-shakin’ moments of her new duet with buddy Lauren Alaina.

    @laineywilson

    #duet with @Lauren Alaina #thiccasthieves where’s my girls who are thicc as thieves?! ❣️

    ♬ Thicc As Thieves (feat. Lainey Wilson) - Lauren Alaina

  • Kelsea Ballerini

    Kelsea’s TikTok is off the charts with fun posts. Ballerini shares much more on her TikTok than on other social accounts, like a video clip of her boyfriend, Chase Stokes, on a red-carpet telling one reporter how much he misses his girl when she’s on tour.

    @people

    Honestly, we have FOMO too! #ChaseStokes #KelseaBallerini #Netflix #OuterBanks #Couples

    ♬ original sound - People Magazine

  • Kane Brown

    One of country music’s best TikToks. Kane has so much fun on TikTok with many dances and clips from concert moments. Many of Brown’s ideas hit TikTok before they make their way to his records and shows.

    @kanebrown

    Early morning demo session 🎶 tag someone you want beside you 😎

    ♬ original sound - Kane Brown

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