http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/stu...191458471.html
Not sure if there’s another thread this could be put into so I made it a stand-alone. I figured it might provoke some discussion about a few different things.
I guess the biggest question is whether or not the teacher was wrong in showing an “R” rated movie in class. I’ve never seen the movie (though I did enjoy the short story) but it apparently it’s not the violence and language that caused the problem. One student told his parents that it was filled with anti-Asian slurs. Maybe someone that has actually seen it can comment?
It doesn’t say but I wonder if permission slips were passed out before the movie was shown? I’ve had to sign a few for my kids that listed movies that they would be viewing.
I’m also curious which Edgar Allan Poe story they were supposed to compare this movie to. It doesn’t mention it in the story. I’m assuming “The Cask of Amontillado”?