Teacher reprimanded for showing F911 in class

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[Jimbo 0]

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"It's political, it's rated R, it's in a math class," Cline said. "If you want to show something that's off the list, the policy is that you have to get it pre-approved."

Unless it's a critical thinking class, F9/11 has no place in school. FWIW: My response would have been same had the movie been Stolen Honor.

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[Nightingale 0]

the movie should have been pre-approved by the parents. Anything over a G rated movie, parents have to sign waivers. Plus, it didn't belong in math class. Government or US history, to promote a discussion, maybe. not math.

[Kennedy 0]

It would've been one thing if it was a critical thinking class, or if the social studies teacher wanted kids to know that you can't believe everything on TV. Showing it in math is something entirely different.

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I thought this little tid bit was classic.

North Lenoir Principal Dexter Simms said the teacher said the movie was shown to give students an example of thinking logically.

Ummm.......yeah.......

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Showing it in math is something entirely different.

Depends on the math class and depends on which excerpts he showed.

A good, creative teacher should be allowed to use any and all tools he wants to get the point across, as long as he IS getting points across that match the teaching goals of the class. Using a political flim in a math class might seem odd at first glance, but there IS quite a bit of math and logic in politics.

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I thought this little tid bit was classic.
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North Lenoir Principal Dexter Simms said the teacher said the movie was shown to give students an example of thinking logically.

Ummm.......yeah.......


Hey, for all you know, he could have been tearing the logic of the movie apart.

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F911 has no place in any public school, let alone a math class. Maybe, if it were put beside some Nazi films as an example of propaganda, but not logic.

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I thought this little tid bit was classic.
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North Lenoir Principal Dexter Simms said the teacher said the movie was shown to give students an example of thinking logically.

Ummm.......yeah.......


Hey, for all you know, he could have been tearing the logic of the movie apart.

And it still wouldn't belong in that class. While it would be an amusing aside, I'd rather kids actually learn logic and critical thinking.

Political subjects are not good choices for introductory logic/critical thinking classes. The kids will focus too much on the disagreements in ideology, rather than on the thinking that is supposed to get you there. Non-charged subjects work far better.

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Depends on the math class and depends on which excerpts he showed.

Explain to me in what scenario a teacher would be justyfied in showing F911 in a math class. I'm extremely curious as to the liberal philosophy here.

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Explain to me in what scenario a teacher would be justyfied in showing F911 in a math class. I'm extremely curious as to the liberal philosophy here.

Certainly it's hard to figure out any high school level math that is related. Where's the algebra in this movie?

Now if a social studies teacher did it, I'm not going to object unless it was presented by that person as this is the truth that will be on your exam. It's a valid launching point for a healthy debate for the students. The teacher needs to play a mediator role to make it work well.

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Certainly it's hard to figure out any high school level math that is related.

Not when you're a left-wing liberal. When you get into the left mindset anything is possible.

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[nacmacfeegle 0]

"When you get into the left mindset anything is possible."

When you get into the right wing mindset, you will be told what is and what is not possible, and you will be expected to obey.

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Showing it in math is something entirely different.

Depends on the math class and depends on which excerpts he showed.

A good, creative teacher should be allowed to use any and all tools he wants to get the point across, as long as he IS getting points across that match the teaching goals of the class. Using a political flim in a math class might seem odd at first glance, but there IS quite a bit of math and logic in politics.

Wrong, this is political indoctrination The only place this type of movie (fraud) should be shown is in a Government class and then only if balanced with the other view point.

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[PhillyKev 0]

No shit. Unless 911 was the answer to an equation there's no reason it belongs there.