Teacher playing a Taylor Swift video

[Anonymous]

Was it “The Man”? Cause I’d totally be okay with that one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What TS video was this?

Haha OP won’t answer because they know they overreacted.

Yep. 4 pages worth of questions, asking for details, and comments. Nothing from OP.

That’s incorrect. I’ve posted and you didn’t notice. Arguing with immature posters like you is not my goal here. Parents and school officials need to be aware of the poor judgment from certain teachers in charge of READING classes.

Reading teachers often use lyrics, and hearing the spoken words can be part of that. Reading is thinking, by the way. You can't read if you can't think and comprehend. Learning about differing types of writing...hence reading material..is important. Imagery, metaphors, figurative language etc., are often found in lyrics.

Again, the concern here is not the lyrics. It’s the very shallow video that the teacher played during instruction time. There’s an array of enriching material that can be used for reading comprehension and higher thinking skills. Maybe the reading teacher needs more training.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What TS video was this?

Haha OP won’t answer because they know they overreacted.

Yep. 4 pages worth of questions, asking for details, and comments. Nothing from OP.

That’s incorrect. I’ve posted and you didn’t notice. Arguing with immature posters like you is not my goal here. Parents and school officials need to be aware of the poor judgment from certain teachers in charge of READING classes.

Reading teachers often use lyrics, and hearing the spoken words can be part of that. Reading is thinking, by the way. You can't read if you can't think and comprehend. Learning about differing types of writing...hence reading material..is important. Imagery, metaphors, figurative language etc., are often found in lyrics.

Again, the concern here is not the lyrics. It’s the very shallow video that the teacher played during instruction time. There’s an array of enriching material that can be used for reading comprehension and higher thinking skills. Maybe the reading teacher needs more training.

I am a teacher who knows what video you are talking about. It is in the middle-school 6-8 Lucy Calkins. The video is used to teach about motifs and symbolism. The unit also includes short stories and a poem. It is important to connect media and books. Gets the kids to make larger connections with themes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What TS video was this?

Haha OP won’t answer because they know they overreacted.

Yep. 4 pages worth of questions, asking for details, and comments. Nothing from OP.

That’s incorrect. I’ve posted and you didn’t notice. Arguing with immature posters like you is not my goal here. Parents and school officials need to be aware of the poor judgment from certain teachers in charge of READING classes.

Reading teachers often use lyrics, and hearing the spoken words can be part of that. Reading is thinking, by the way. You can't read if you can't think and comprehend. Learning about differing types of writing...hence reading material..is important. Imagery, metaphors, figurative language etc., are often found in lyrics.

Again, the concern here is not the lyrics. It’s the very shallow video that the teacher played during instruction time. There’s an array of enriching material that can be used for reading comprehension and higher thinking skills. Maybe the reading teacher needs more training.

We don’t know what video it is, so it’s hard to understand why OP is triggered by the video. Just saying “two people kissed in a video” is not enough for most people to believe that this assignment was out of control. They won’t share the name of the song so we can not determine if OP is overreacting or if the video was sincerely inappropriate and that the teacher should be provided with training.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What TS video was this?

Haha OP won’t answer because they know they overreacted.

Yep. 4 pages worth of questions, asking for details, and comments. Nothing from OP.

That’s incorrect. I’ve posted and you didn’t notice. Arguing with immature posters like you is not my goal here. Parents and school officials need to be aware of the poor judgment from certain teachers in charge of READING classes.

Reading teachers often use lyrics, and hearing the spoken words can be part of that. Reading is thinking, by the way. You can't read if you can't think and comprehend. Learning about differing types of writing...hence reading material..is important. Imagery, metaphors, figurative language etc., are often found in lyrics.

Again, the concern here is not the lyrics. It’s the very shallow video that the teacher played during instruction time. There’s an array of enriching material that can be used for reading comprehension and higher thinking skills. Maybe the reading teacher needs more training.

I am a teacher who knows what video you are talking about. It is in the middle-school 6-8 Lucy Calkins. The video is used to teach about motifs and symbolism. The unit also includes short stories and a poem. It is important to connect media and books. Gets the kids to make larger connections with themes.

This is a great point. Hate her or love her, TF videos are literally filled with symbolism. She is a master of it.

What video do you think it is?

[Anonymous]

I guarantee this is not the most scandalous thing in the curriculum. By 9th grade, your child will have learned all about bullying, self-harm, suicide, sexual assault...all in literature. And lets not even mention the things they will learn in FLE. If this is concerning to you, there are private schools.

[Anonymous]

Are you sure it was even a TS video?

[Anonymous]

It’s gonna be the Tim McGraw song.

It’s fine.

[Anonymous]

PP who is a teacher. It was probably, You Belong With Me. The video is harmless.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:WTF is wrong with a Taylor swift video? You don't think your kids have seen teenagers or adults kissing? If they haven't, that's sad.

It’s a READING class, not stupidity class.

Huh, I remember being in some super smart English class in high school and doing a poetry lesson that started with music each day, and then we'd read and talk about the lyrics.

I know nothing about this class and I know nothing about the music video. But in language arts, lyrics are often used to discuss figurative language and/or word choice. Again I know nothing about the specific lesson, but I do know that music is used at times.

With everything I've just said above, as an ES teacher, I try to avoid any videos where teenagers or adults interact in an intimate nature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is wrong with a Taylor swift video? You don't think your kids have seen teenagers or adults kissing? If they haven't, that's sad.

It’s a READING class, not stupidity class.

Huh, I remember being in some super smart English class in high school and doing a poetry lesson that started with music each day, and then we'd read and talk about the lyrics.

I know nothing about this class and I know nothing about the music video. But in language arts, lyrics are often used to discuss figurative language and/or word choice. Again I know nothing about the specific lesson, but I do know that music is used at times.

With everything I've just said above, as an ES teacher, I try to avoid any videos where teenagers or adults interact in an intimate nature.

Omg. Teenagers kissing in a Taylor Swift video is NOT that salacious, the kids likely didn’t notice or care! Op is the only one scandalized but she has issues. If the kids were really analyzing lyrics for some literacy purpose as it’s 100% certain they were I doubt they looked at the video images much at all and if they did, again, kissing is not a taboo thing. Lord in heaven, some of uiu just need to homeschool if you think this is a problem. Sounds like OP has time .

[Anonymous]

Was it a movement break? Did the lyrics have some type of figurative language? My 8th grade teacher played Alanis Morisette “Isn’t it ironic” when we learned about irony and printed the lyrics for us. No music video though but I’m sure your kids have seen teens kiss on tv before...

Maybe do like Taylor Swift says and calm down?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is wrong with a Taylor swift video? You don't think your kids have seen teenagers or adults kissing? If they haven't, that's sad.

It’s a READING class, not stupidity class.

Huh, I remember being in some super smart English class in high school and doing a poetry lesson that started with music each day, and then we'd read and talk about the lyrics.

I know nothing about this class and I know nothing about the music video. But in language arts, lyrics are often used to discuss figurative language and/or word choice. Again I know nothing about the specific lesson, but I do know that music is used at times.

With everything I've just said above, as an ES teacher, I try to avoid any videos where teenagers or adults interact in an intimate nature.

Omg. Teenagers kissing in a Taylor Swift video is NOT that salacious, the kids likely didn’t notice or care! Op is the only one scandalized but she has issues. If the kids were really analyzing lyrics for some literacy purpose as it’s 100% certain they were I doubt they looked at the video images much at all and if they did, again, kissing is not a taboo thing. Lord in heaven, some of uiu just need to homeschool if you think this is a problem. Sounds like OP has time .

I'm the PP. I should have clarified the reason why I avoid it is because there's always one parent every year that I'm sure will give me grief about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is wrong with a Taylor swift video? You don't think your kids have seen teenagers or adults kissing? If they haven't, that's sad.

It’s a READING class, not stupidity class.

Huh, I remember being in some super smart English class in high school and doing a poetry lesson that started with music each day, and then we'd read and talk about the lyrics.

I know nothing about this class and I know nothing about the music video. But in language arts, lyrics are often used to discuss figurative language and/or word choice. Again I know nothing about the specific lesson, but I do know that music is used at times.

With everything I've just said above, as an ES teacher, I try to avoid any videos where teenagers or adults interact in an intimate nature.

That’s the main point here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was it a movement break? Did the lyrics have some type of figurative language? My 8th grade teacher played Alanis Morisette “Isn’t it ironic” when we learned about irony and printed the lyrics for us. No music video though but I’m sure your kids have seen teens kiss on tv before...

Maybe do like Taylor Swift says and calm down?!

Maybe you need to calm down. Watching an age appropriate movie on weekends is totally different from watching a music video during instruction time at school. Do your job and teach using age appropriate material.