What the hell have I been saying then? Assuming that video has numerous charts and graphs, then yes, it has a place in a high school mathematics classroom. I'm sure we could find a way to fit Rush into a high school geometry class. It would just take quite a bit more work. It would be considerably easier to discuss him in a health class though.

Well how about me? I'm pretty liberal, yet I don't think it should've been shown either. As James said, if only portions of the movie with graphs/statistics were shown, then it might have been appropriate for a math class, but showing the whole film certainly wasn't. I do think it would've been appropriate in a political science class, however, if accompanied by another film showing the opposing viewpoint. Doing a point-by-point discussion of the issues discussed therein could have been very educational.

I disagree with Brokeback Mountain being shown at all. It doesn't have a place in any classroom setting that I can think of.

So you can go back and tell me the political affiliation, religion, and stance on public issues of every teacher you've ever had? BS


The teacher didn't follow up with a video from the other side... how is that difficult to prove? The teacher didn't even make that claim... she made the (absolutely BS) claim that it was for teaching algebra.


So again, you honestly believe that a high school freshman will have some educational benefit to an algebra class by watching this movie? This is highly disturbing to me if our future teachers are going into the workplace with this notion.


This had no impact on this case either imo. I agree that there should be a blanket kind of movie rating system, but the situation does fall under the first item of "teachers not to transmit political beliefs".


I'd be interested to hear what all you Christian haters (not sayin you are James, just a blanket question) would say if they'd shown Passion of the Christ instead of brokeback mountain. I don't agree with either movie being shown, as rated R movies which aren't related to classroom material should never be shown.

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has anyone here actually seen gore's movie? if so, would you be willing to confirm/deny whether there are enough charts and graphs to be shown in school?

the sad part is... this actually makes me want to watch his dumbass movie, just to laugh at.

a co-worker's opinion on the brokeback mountain thing:

So you can go back and tell me the political affiliation, religion, and stance on public issues of every teacher you've ever had? BS

I can't, but only because I can't remember all my teachers, but those that I do remember from high school and college, I'd say around 75% of them stated a political belief, religious belief, or public issue stance at some point during their teachings. I have revealed political beliefs and public issues stances in class before.

The teacher didn't follow up with a video from the other side... how is that difficult to prove? The teacher didn't even make that claim... she made the (absolutely BS) claim that it was for teaching algebra.
So again, you honestly believe that a high school freshman will have some educational benefit to an algebra class by watching this movie? This is highly disturbing to me if our future teachers are going into the workplace with this notion.

It's difficult for you to prove. You don't have all the facts, just what was written in the article. You don't know what this teacher does in his/her daily routine. No one, other than the students and the teacher, knows what happens in the classroom on a daily basis. Whether that's a good thing or not is not for this thread. Tell me, why are you disturbed by a teacher that is willing to try innovative ideas? Isn't that the American way? If anything, you should be concerned by the huge deficit in available teachers, the inability of older teachers to learn new and improved methodoligies, and the consequences on our children as they are taught the same material in nearly the same manner their great grandparents were taught when they were children. Progress only happens through change.

This had no impact on this case either imo. I agree that there should be a blanket kind of movie rating system, but the situation does fall under the first item of "teachers not to transmit political beliefs".

Yeah, an item which is flawed. Show your students that you're human, too, and a bond will be developed sooner. This is not something I learned from a book or from a classroom. This is something I have experienced.

I'd be interested to hear what all you Christian haters (not sayin you are James, just a blanket question) would say if they'd shown Passion of the Christ instead of brokeback mountain. I don't agree with either movie being shown, as rated R movies which aren't related to classroom material should never be shown.

LOL. Yeah. Definitely not a Christian hater, I have seen Passion of the Christ, and I don't have a problem with showing it in a classroom as long as it is done so in an educational manner. Maybe in conjunction with a unit over religious persecution in a history class. Just as I would consider showing Saving Private Ryan during a WWII unit.

I only address impala on that issue because he I really doubt he would have posted this topic had it been a movie over 'dispelling the myths of global warming'. I later agreed that politics has no place in the classroom assuming showing the file was politically motivated.

I guess there isn't any movie "dispelling the myths of global warming" to show, or if there is, no teacher has felt compelled to show it, or no one was upset about it being shown. /shrug. not sure what else I can do. I posted the topic because I thought it was interesting. seeing as it's had 22 replies in the past hour and a half, I'd say that was a pretty safe guess.

and James, on proving that they didn't do anything else, the al gore movie issue is local down here to houston, and I've been hearing about it on the radio and local news as well so I've probably had the luxury of more information than the article I posted shows. as far as I've seen, the movie was shown simply as a filler while they were waiting for others to finish the TAAKS (sp?) test.

I think if a teacher showed a movie like that, they should be fired.
I'm not against gays or anything, but kids (under 18) should not be allowed to watch things like this in the classroom. It will only distract from the class, because we all know how high school boys will make fun of the movie the whole way and make jokes all day long. It was a very stupid idea to show that movie.

I wouldn't care if they showed Passion of the Christ any more than if they had a lesson over Astrology as long as the lesson was over fiction.

so, you're fine with rated R movies being shown to 8th graders at school

As far as Al Gore's movie... umm, even if there WERE bars and graphs, wtf does that have to do with algebra? i doubt the movie used any algebraic graphs.

I think it isn't the end of the world if it happened. I wouldn't want the teacher fired over it. However, I think these things should be uncommon (as they currently are).

rated R movie, no matter the subject shouldnt be shown unless they're 17/18 and older, whatever the law is.