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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

It’s a READING class, not stupidity class.[/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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 . [/quote]

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.  [/quote]

No. We should not be compromising on what we teach for people like OP. I can tie every single thing I do to standards and skills and content objectives. Op would be welcome to ask her child be moved out of my class but I wouldn’t change how I teach or apologize to her or do anything other than list the content objectives and tell her to have a great week. [/quote]

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