Teacher suspended for exposing Virgin
Filed under: Comedy, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand, Waxing Hysterical, Home Entertainment
While I wouldn't usually post about a story like this, it cracked me up
so much that I couldn't resist. Turns out a teacher from Lexington, Kentucky was suspended after showing his Spanish
class The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Although no one seems to know why he did this or what it had to do with teaching
Spanish, he broke the rules and let these underage kids watch an R-rated flick.
At first, I thought maybe the teacher was out partying it up the night before, had a little too much sangria, and figured he'd throw on a fun movie to entertain the youngsters while he caught up on some rest. However, perhaps he was trying to send some sort of message about men, women and relationships. Perhaps he was providing his own course on sex-ed without the boring plastic human body models. Still, what's Spanish about that?
Yet, it does make me wonder whether or not films like The 40-Year Old Virgin can actually help high-schoolers, to not only appreciate sex and women, but also coerce the shy kid in the corner (Yay for me!) to break out of his shell. Thoughts? Opinions?
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1-28-2006 @ 2:35AM
matthew m. barnes said...
as a former teacher who's seen teachers do stuff like this, it's funny that you immediately start coming up with reasons why someone would do this. 9 out of 10 times.... it's because they had nothing planned and thought they could get away with it because nobody was watching and the kids would think they were cool for showing it.
at the high school i taught at, the french teacher showed "There's Something About Mary," "The Matrix" and "Meet the Parents" (just to name a few). they had nothing to do with the class and she didn't even put the french subtitles or dubbing on. nobody ever did anything about that and it certainly never made the news.
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1-28-2006 @ 11:23AM
Michael May said...
meh, I saw road trip when i was 12ish at end of term in school, similarly die hard when I was 11 (although the pakistani subtitles were clean, so it was a PG hehe). Didn't do me any harm, teachers looked shifty and slightly worried but no-one complained. This is a waaay over the top punishment.
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