Movies in the classroom Options

[impala454]

A couple of recent happenings spurred this topic. Curious what you guys think.

#1- http://www.khou.com/news/local/galveston/s...y.6f97d768.html
A teacher in a Clear Creek ISD high school showed Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" to her class. I heard this on the radio and one of the parents had called in, she said it was explained to her that the relevance of the movie to the ALGEBRA class it was shown in was the "charts & graphs" depicted in the movie. Pretty friggin pathetic if you ask me. There's no excuse for this kind of crap, and nothing to gain by it.

#2- http://www.kentucky.com/476/story/68870.html
A substitute teacher showed Brokeback Mountain to an 8th grade class.

The substitute asked a student to shut the classroom door at the West Side school, saying: "What happens in Ms. Buford's class stays in Ms. Buford's class," according to the lawsuit.

All I got to say is.. WTF

[JRockTTU]

We had to watch Titanic in my Aquatic Science class and I always hated the hype built up around that movie so I refused to watch it. I finally watched it for the first time a few months ago. It was about what I expected.

Back on topic.

First, there is no mainstream (read: high production value) "documentary" of the opposing view to global warming because there isn't a whole bunch of rich people that want to make a movie about it. I think we can agree that the people saying global warming, if it exists, is caused by humans are "Global Warming Experts," which means that if there is no global warming they are out of a job. I have not seen the Al Gore movie, so I can't make any judgments other than him being an arrogant, hypocritical sack of shit that made this movie just so that he would be relevant again, and like all politicians he needs fame and a job (bling bling on the liberal speech circuit!). That being said, if the movie is heavy on political agenda, I don't think it should be shown. If it states the opinions of the scientists and labels the information they present as "probable" or "likely" then I'm all for it. If the movie presents the information as FACT then I don't think it should be shown. I don't mind a bunch of kids seeing a movie that will get them thinking about their impact on the environment and interest them in doing more research, but I don't want agenda driven hollywood productions shown to them in an environment where they are forced to watch.

(Cliff's Notes: If the movie is anything like a Michael Moore film where it twists the truth and spins everything, it should not be shown.)

On a side note, I know that the company that helped Al Gore make this film offers a seminar where they teach you how to present the material that Al Gore presents in the film and give you the rights to the Power Point presentation to spread the word. Of course, you have to pay for the rights and the seminar. I think it would be hilarious if they sued the school district for showing the movie.

As far as Brokeback Mountain? That one is more simple. That movie should not be shown in any circumstance I can think of in public school. The subject matter is intended for mature audiences and should only be shown to a young person at the discretion of their parents.


SHIT (I had to put this here because I got to the end and realized that it's my first techsans post that is void of profanity)