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TikTok video showing 'Karen' asking teachers to quiet down children at playground goes VIRAL

The viral video with 1.5 million views shows a 'Karen' asking the teachers to tell the children not to scream or be loud while playing at the playground

A viral TikTok video uploaded by @rachels_galaxy shows a 'Karen' confronting teachers about kids being too loud at the park. In the video, the woman dubbed as 'Karen', who lives across the playground, comes over to the fence on the park's edge as Rachel says, "Y'all it's a Karen outside our..." and pauses.

"Could you please ask the kids not to scream?" the woman smiles and asks. "That's kind of difficult because we're on a playground," one of the teachers replies. The 'Karen' then claims that it's a private park. The video has amassed more than 1.5 million views and shows the teachers explaining that even if they ask the children not to scream, there will still be loud noises because it's a playground.

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"But they're kids, they'll do what they're told. If you just tell them nicely, they'll probably listen," the woman pressed. The teachers repeated that the noise can't completely be kept down as it's a park. "I understand, but that's not an excuse. We don't really want these kids here, to begin with. It's a private park," the woman argued.

In a follow-up video, Rachel explains that the alleged 'private' park is Botanical Heights Playground in St Louis, Missouri. She refers to a 2012 article from the St Louis Post-Dispatch, which reports that the playground was built by 200 volunteers in order for kids in the neighborhood to have access to outdoor spaces in which they can play, reports Daily Dot.

"The people who live in this neighborhood either have new homes with tiny yards or they live in apartments and have no yards at all. To allow my kids to play in a park, we have to load them in the car and drive to Tower Grove. You just can't do that all the time. With this playground, they'll have a safe place within walking distance to play and exercise," a resident told the Post-Dispatch in 2012.

"So that's the tea. This park is not private at all. This park was built by the community, for the community, because Botanical Heights neighborhood is a 15-minute walk from Tower Grove park," Rachel adds. She explains that she works at a Montessori school, which uses an alternative to traditional education. The method focuses on a child's particular interests and often includes children across ages being taught or engaging in activities throughout the day in one room.

"Some of my students are kids on the spectrum. They have ADHD, they have ADD, and it's a Montesorri. So we sit in one class all day. We teach them all day... So for them to be able to have a playground or have a place to have fun is a blessing, especially when we have a lot of special needs students," Rachel revealed in the follow-up video.