The Root: Published By, Candace McDuffie
Back in 2018, precocious toddler Jayla Cummings went viral for giving her daycare teacher in Savannah, Georgia a piece of her mind. Though the video was originally filmed in 2015, it resurfaced three years later. The clip has now been discovered on TikTok, leaving many wondering where Jayla has been.
In it, she gives her teacher some attitude after she was told she was going to be put in time out. Donning a yellow shirt and a brightly colored bow, Jayla responded to being disciplined by saying: “Well, let me tell you this Linda.” She was interrupted by her teacher who famously replied: “My name ain’t Linda, so you sit there in timeout, you bad little girl [sic].”
Even though she was removed from the group of other children by her teacher, that didn’t stop Jayla from going on a rant. “No, let me tell you something. If I was in here, I would surely take a day off from you and you need a day off from these kids. I’ll run the classroom. I’m just done with you.”
She didn’t even stop there. “Well, when I get up out of time out. I’m going to be glad to go home and enjoy the rest of my life, and I could quit school because of all of you.” Even though Cummings was an instant sensation, garnering millions of views across social media platforms and the video even showed up on Steve Harvey, she faded from the spotlight shortly after and never made appearances on television like other children who go viral. Read more
