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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]

The point is not that students were shown a movie. The point is they were shown a movie that features a gay character in any way though it's a PG rated Disney movie and didn't feature anything sexual or age inappropriate (so I fail to see how this actually violates Florida law anyways).

A parent in that class is a school board member with a prior history of book banning, and was chomping at the bit to make an example out of someone. [/quote]

Sounds to me that the teacher was chomping at the bit to test the system.  
And, once again, instructional time is too precious to waste it on a movie.  Here ends my TED talk.  [/quote]

There was no instructional time or lesson being taught, because students were taking their standardized tests. This movie was shown to students who completed their tests and had all parents sign a permission slip.  It's very clear that the school board member is the one who wanted to test the system.

Perhaps teaching became a challenge for you because of your poor reading comprehension skills?[/quote]

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