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re: OK I tried this on the OT and got trashed
Posted on 3/8/10 at 4:44 pm to TexasTigah
Posted on 3/8/10 at 4:44 pm to TexasTigah
I don't know what the movie is rated - I've never seen it. And one last time - I am not trying to figure out if my daughter can ever recover from this horrible trauma (that's a joke btw), I'm asking about the school's responsibility to let parents know what's going to be shown. That was the whole point of the thread. Sorry if I made it confusing
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Posted on 3/8/10 at 4:45 pm to slaughlin
quote:Probably not a good idea by the teacher then.
version with Johnny Depp
I agree - I would not have any problem letting my 9th grade daughter watch this (and I do have a daughter) but the teacher is putting himself into a potentially bad situation with this.
If it were me, I would not make an issue over it but I would not be surprised if someone did (and apparently you are thinking about it)
Posted on 3/8/10 at 4:46 pm to TexasTigah
We watched a taped performance of a theatrical version of Sweeney Todd in my HS theater class. While the theme is dark and violent, it is done in a very different way that almost makes you forget about what a sick frick this guy is.
With that said, the teacher is an idiot for showing R rated movies to HS kids just for the simple fact that an overprotective parent can go apeshit and get him/her into a lot of trouble.
With that said, the teacher is an idiot for showing R rated movies to HS kids just for the simple fact that an overprotective parent can go apeshit and get him/her into a lot of trouble.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 4:46 pm to TigerInBamaLand
No, I'm not thinking of doing anything about it. Just curious what some of your responses would have been had it been your kid.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 4:48 pm to indianswim
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My 10th grade English teacher let us watch just about anything, whether it had to do with class or not.
Me too. We watched Sleepy Hollow, Airplane, Old School (that one even has tits in the title menu and she still didn't care.) She used to order us pizza and Chic-fil-la when we watched movies too, cool teacher.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 4:49 pm to chappaslappa
quote:A high school teacher I had once sent me off campus with a credit card to go buy a 100 hot wing plate from Hooters which we proceeded to eat in study hall
She used to order us pizza and Chic-fil-la when we watched movies too, cool teacher.
ETA: dude was pretty big - I'm sure he was hungry
This post was edited on 3/8/10 at 4:51 pm
Posted on 3/8/10 at 4:54 pm to TigerInBamaLand
Class was right before lunch, so we always were eating lunch during class (movie time). If there was a movie that went with the book we had just read, we watched it. I think we watched every new South Park episode, as well. Our teacher was awesome. I heard he got in trouble a few years later though, because someone complained about him for, get this, Zeferrelli's Romeo & Juliet, because it very briefly shows her boobs and his arse.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 4:55 pm to slaughlin
Sweeney Todd is a fricking musical for godsakes
Posted on 3/8/10 at 5:02 pm to BhamTigah
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R rating means no one admitted under 18 without a parent or guardian
wrong
quote:
A 9th grader is usually 15-16
different person, but still wrong
on the actual topic at hand, id be willing to bet one of the following 2 things are correct in regards to this situation....
1) it was a PG or PG-13 version of the movie
2) on some syllabus or form they gave out and had signed at the beginning of the semester, it discussed allowing the students to watch movies and whatnot
Posted on 3/8/10 at 5:07 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
I saw Saving Private Ryan and Enemy at the Gates in 10th grade. Teacher said any student that didn't want to watch could go sit out in the hall and read the book. Nobody left, probably the best teacher I've ever had.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 5:16 pm to slaughlin
yep. as a freshman, i had to read The Shining and watch the movie. The teacher wanted to show the contrast between the movie and the book.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 5:18 pm to HeadChange
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she's gonna get all tatted up and shite if you keep this up.
:pigtailsandroundasses:
Posted on 3/8/10 at 7:28 pm to Draconian Sanctions
quote:There's a big difference between a kid seeing something and the school sanctioning its viewing. By 9th grade I had watched The Wall with some friends at home, but I can easily see how it would have been received much more differently if we had seen it in a formal school-sanctioned setting.
By the time I was in 9th grade I had seen things 100 times worse than Sweeney Todd
Posted on 3/8/10 at 8:13 pm to slaughlin
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I'm asking about the school's responsibility to let parents know what's going to be shown
In regards to this, I'd say the teacher probably did not clear it with the administration first. Lesson plans submitted every week usually spell out exactly what media will be used. I know that at the schools where I taught, any movies or videos shown had to have specific approval by the assistant principal before being shown, and they would have vetoed any R rated movie.
I once subbed in a drama class where the regular teacher left "The Nutty Professor" for the kids to watch. I had never seen it, and the kids watched it for about half the period before the principal walked past the room and heard some "inappropriate language" being broadcast. She came in and cut the movie off, and I had to dig myself out of a hole as she was livid that I had allowed this to be shown. I seriously thought the teacher had cleared it with her beforehand. (FWIW, most of the kids had seen it before that day.)
Posted on 3/8/10 at 8:56 pm to slaughlin
It's too late for her now, Kashonly would recommend burying her alive to prevent her from having any negative influence on males she may encounter in the future.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:02 pm to slaughlin
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is this an appropriate movie to show to 9th graders?
No
What would be appropriate however is an actual lesson plan where the students could continue learning.
In abscense of actual work, the teacher assigned a movie. Not entirely uncommon among the teachers of today...overworked, and underpaid you know.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:15 pm to slaughlin
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So I'll give it a go here. My 9th grade daughter came home from school saying the teacher - who was not at school today - had left instructions for the sub to show "Sweenie Todd" to the class. I have never seen this movie but have heard some things about it. In your opinion, is this an appropriate movie to show to 9th graders?
Don't let the youngsters of the OT throw you off.
No way they should be showing that bullshite in school. What in the world does that have to do with anything? Would be better off doing any of a million things than watching that.
Teacher should be fired, no questions asked. Anyone that stupid shouldn't be paid to teach.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 10:41 pm to uway
Another question to ask: "was the movie licensed to be shown in a public setting?" If so, then the school district sanctioned the showing. Every showing of every movie or video shown in school, church, or any public setting... hell, if you want to show The Shining to your neighborhood Halloween party on your garage door, it has to be licensed. It ranges in price from $25 to $100 a showing. If she showed it in the classroom and it wasn't licensed, she has exposed the school district to a potential lawsuit by the MPAA, that is... if they found out.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 11:10 pm to Proejo
No, I can assure you there was no licensing involved. Thing is, I like the guy that teaches the class. I just thought it was a little unprofessional to do this without any parental consent, that's all. All this other stuff about me smothering my daughter is a load of bull. It was never the intent of my original post.
Posted on 3/8/10 at 11:14 pm to slaughlin
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slaughlin
Do you really care about this? Are you going to confront the teacher or something? Or are you just playing devil's advocate?
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