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Birmingham teacher gives R-rated 'Django' assignment to students
Posted on 1/23/13 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 1/23/13 at 1:15 pm
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Posted on 1/23/13 at 1:21 pm to atlau
Probably should've made them watch Lincoln instead.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 1:51 pm to TheFolker
Yeah...Lincoln would have been a more relevant film to watch.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 1:55 pm to atlau
Django is "historically accurate"?
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:01 pm to atlau
Not saying I agree with the teacher but people get so butthurt over the dumbest things.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:02 pm to atlau
why is this a story? parents get upset over teacher-chosen movies all the time
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:07 pm to hiltacular
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Not saying I agree with the teacher but people get so butthurt over the dumbest things.
Pretty much how I feel. A 15 year old should be able to handle the themes in Django. Shielding them from it is stupid imo. On the other hand, going to see a movie like Django as an academic exercise seems pretty crazy to me unless you are in a theater class or something like that.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:23 pm to Peazey
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A 15 year old should be able to handle the themes in Django. Shielding them from it is stupid imo
Well that is not really for you or the teacher to decide now is it ?
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:29 pm to atlau
give her a break. she teaches at huffman. god bless her.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:31 pm to 1999
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Well that is not really for you or the teacher to decide now is it ?
Life will.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:34 pm to Peazey
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Pretty much how I feel. A 15 year old should be able to handle the themes in Django
It's rated R, they aren't even allowed in the theater without someone over 18.
I'm sure they could get in theater but assigning a grade to something that requires the student be duplicitous is stupid IMO.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:37 pm to atlau
The only problem I have with any of this is that a teacher thinks Django has anything with any of the real problems of slavery or had any historical truth to it at all.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:38 pm to Peazey
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A 15 year old should be able to handle the themes in Django. Shielding them from it is stupid imo.
That is not for the teacher decide. I think the parents have a right to a say, don't you?
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:48 pm to RollTide1987
I wasn't defending the teachers assignment. I was just saying that I wouldn't be personally upset by my hypothetical 15 year old watching the movie imo. The rating system is pretty meaningless imo. I think I'm entitled to an opinion imo, don't you? I'll post this again:
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On the other hand, going to see a movie like Django as an academic exercise seems pretty crazy to me unless you are in a theater class or something like that.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 3:04 pm to Peazey
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The rating system is pretty meaningless imo.
Agreed.
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I think I'm entitled to an opinion imo, don't you?
No.
This post was edited on 1/23/13 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 1/23/13 at 3:30 pm to atlau
I havent seen Django , but its prolly a thousand times tamer than watching an abortion like I had to do in HS.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 3:37 pm to atlau
We couldn't watch anything other than 'G' rated movies until I got to high school and they bumped it all the way up to 'PG'
Meanwhile I had relatives in other places telling me they were watching stuff like Amistad in class
Meanwhile I had relatives in other places telling me they were watching stuff like Amistad in class
Posted on 1/23/13 at 3:48 pm to eyeran
Parents have the right to decide yes or no on something like that. I know I wouldn't let my kids watch it at that age. Of course I'll never watch it or any other Tarantino movie myself either.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 4:20 pm to Qwerty
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Qwert
I don't think me and you would get a long very well.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 4:31 pm to Dire Wolf
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Posted by Dire Wolf quote: Qwert I don't think me and you would get a long very well.
Nah I'm sure there's common ground somewhere -
unless you say something bad about chuck.
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