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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The achievement of our students is miserable.  We have far too many students not meeting basic standards in reading, mathematics, history, and science.

[b]As a former teacher,[/b] I would find it difficult to justify spending 1 1/2 to 2 hours of precious instructional time showing a Disney movie.  
There are far more appropriate hands-on ways to teach concepts other than having kids watching a screen.  [/quote]

Yeah, this is why you are a [i]former[/i] teacher.[/quote]

I am a former teacher because I retired after 36 years of teaching.  
And, BTW - I won awards.  National awards.  
Good teachers spend instructional time actually teaching.  A feature length film is not teaching.  [/quote]

And there are other award winning teachers who have shown a movie on occasion. [b]Since when are you the supreme dictator who decided you speak for all teachers? You don't.[/b][/quote]

This is clearly true.  Otherwise this thread would not exist.  
Good teachers know what is appropriate.  Movies aren't.  [/quote]

Um film studies is a thing. Anything can be a topic of study and elicit critical thinking. Media literacy is important for kids to learn. There is nothing inherently bad about watching a film. You can get kids to discuss all sorts of things about what they watched, discuss how it was made, analyze it both for content and for form and also character development. So many ways to encourage students to think critically about their media consumption.

Good teachers know they can always find teachable moments.[/quote]

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