Movie Week at school

[Anonymous]

My principal has made it clear that we are to not watch any movies. It can’t even be part of a class party on the last day. I do think that’s a bit much though. Not even on the last day? One movie? Heck, the HS’s last full day is June 3. We aren’t even allowed to start packing until June 8.

ES Teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like movies in school at this time. We are so done!

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My principal has made it clear that we are to not watch any movies. It can’t even be part of a class party on the last day. I do think that’s a bit much though. Not even on the last day? One movie? Heck, the HS’s last full day is June 3. We aren’t even allowed to start packing until June 8.

ES Teacher

That’s terrible. Your principal needs to quit micromanaging.

[Anonymous]

Watch movies at home. There are plenty of things teachers can have kids doing in these last weeks - even without computers and without grades - with even a little forethought. Good god, one-to-one laptops has become an excuse for zero creativity or hands-on experiences like have been done for decades.

Even an option of (a) silent reading or (b) board games for all students would provide enrichment/valuable use of time and not involve screens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My principal has made it clear that we are to not watch any movies. It can’t even be part of a class party on the last day. I do think that’s a bit much though. Not even on the last day? One movie? Heck, the HS’s last full day is June 3. We aren’t even allowed to start packing until June 8.

ES Teacher

Thank goodness. Movies can be watched at home without the expertise of a paid teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can ask to have your child removed for the movies. They will sit in the office or in the hall. This is what we do. I email the teachers and principal to remind them to please remove them from the class which has a movie. If they have nowhere for them to go, they can call me.

Sitting in the hall or office was a punishment when I was a kid. Because you disapprove of his teacher’s choice of activity as being not sufficiently academic, you’re insisting they punish your child by isolating him where he still won’t be receiving any more instruction than his peers (and possibly less if the films are educational). To rework an old analogy, you’re cutting off your child’s nose to spite the teacher’s face. I really don’t think it will affect the teacher’s movie habits, other than she may pity your child or resent you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can ask to have your child removed for the movies. They will sit in the office or in the hall. This is what we do. I email the teachers and principal to remind them to please remove them from the class which has a movie. If they have nowhere for them to go, they can call me.

Sitting in the hall or office was a punishment when I was a kid. Because you disapprove of his teacher’s choice of activity as being not sufficiently academic, you’re insisting they punish your child by isolating him where he still won’t be receiving any more instruction than his peers (and possibly less if the films are educational). To rework an old analogy, you’re cutting off your child’s nose to spite the teacher’s face. I really don’t think it will affect the teacher’s movie habits, other than she may pity your child or resent you.

They’re not even supposed to be put in the hallway anymore. At least in ES, they are unsupervised. (Teacher)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watch movies at home. There are plenty of things teachers can have kids doing in these last weeks - even without computers and without grades - with even a little forethought. Good god, one-to-one laptops has become an excuse for zero creativity or hands-on experiences like have been done for decades.

Even an option of (a) silent reading or (b) board games for all students would provide enrichment/valuable use of time and not involve screens.

Plenty of opening to apply for if you want to lead those activities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Watch movies at home. There are plenty of things teachers can have kids doing in these last weeks - even without computers and without grades - with even a little forethought. Good god, one-to-one laptops has become an excuse for zero creativity or hands-on experiences like have been done for decades.

Even an option of (a) silent reading or (b) board games for all students would provide enrichment/valuable use of time and not involve screens.

Plenty of opening to apply for if you want to lead those activities.

Yikes. Don't need to, thanks: I'm already an employed and engaged FCPS MS teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Watch movies at home. There are plenty of things teachers can have kids doing in these last weeks - even without computers and without grades - with even a little forethought. Good god, one-to-one laptops has become an excuse for zero creativity or hands-on experiences like have been done for decades.

Even an option of (a) silent reading or (b) board games for all students would provide enrichment/valuable use of time and not involve screens.

Plenty of opening to apply for if you want to lead those activities.

Yikes. Don't need to, thanks: I'm already an employed and engaged FCPS MS teacher.

Thank you! To the rest: "So done, tired, it's been an unprecedented year" only goes so far...you can come up with something meaningful for students to do until June 10 that is not a movie/TV show. I believe in you!

[Anonymous]

Movies are an at-home experince for vast majority of kids. Not what we need/expect from classrooms with teachers.

[Anonymous]

Don’t you remember being a kid, OP? The blissful last week of school with the whole summer stretched out in front of you, the weight of the academic year slipping off your shoulders… your best friend miming swimming every time you look over because the pool is (finally) open and then - the cherry on top — the AV kids rolling in the projector and knowing in that very moment as you slip into the blissful darkness of the classroom, and the credits roll on that slightly tilted pull down screen, that life is good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares?

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this shocking? Last few weeks of school is always a wash.

Last few WEEKS? No. Days, maybe, but this is absurd. Reason number 357,935,825,845 my kids are going private next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can ask to have your child removed for the movies. They will sit in the office or in the hall. This is what we do. I email the teachers and principal to remind them to please remove them from the class which has a movie. If they have nowhere for them to go, they can call me.

This is actually true. My DC has a sensory processing disorder and eventually we have up and had a TV free home. In ES, she could not handle movies and had the psychoeducational testing to back it up, so she got to leave the room during movies. She was a huge reader (which happens when there is no TV at home), so she would just go to the library and read.

PS— this doesn’t work forever. We also treated anxiety and she earned points for watching videos, etc. By MS she was staying in the room.

I know this wasn’t the original question. But yes, schools can remove a kid with a legit issue from movies— and should if the have a 504.