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Re: absolutely not
Posted by Anthony Newby on 10/12/08
Well, art crosses over into all subjects. I think high schoolers
should be aware of most of these images. My point about televison
and film is that these kids see similar images in the media, but they
are out of context. They go home after school and blow someone's head
off in a video game. My intent is not no much to shock, but I do
want to educate and create a discourse, that is what art is about. I
don't see much difference in showing some of these images , compared
to a visit to a holocaust museum, civil rights museum, or photo
journalism exhibit. It won't all be war images. it won't all be
violence. A lot of this stuff has been in the daily newspaper, so why
pretend it does not exist? I'd like to show the images combined with
images of art created after or along the same time to get them
thinking and from there, do their own research on the topics that
interest them and respond creatively. However, I will run it past a
supervisior and make sure I don't have anything in too disturbing. I
plan to tone it down more after reading the comments, so I don't
offend anyone.
On 10/12/08, jay wrote:
> From what I remember you are an art teacher. You should not show
> these images unless they are explicitly related to your state
> standards. It is on thing for the history teacher to show images
> during the relevant units because the images are in context and the
> student have the background to understand the images. I would also
> think that the teacher would make sure that the students have the
> maturity to be able to view these images without laughing. Your
> purpose seems to be to shock the students.
>
>>Jews about to be hung during WW2 by nazis
> As a Jew I would be sickened for my children to be shown this
> picture in an art class.
>
>> My goal is just to get the kids to choose a topic that
>> interests them and think about the world in an enlightened way.
>
> As a parent or administrator I would want to know how seeing a
> shocking slide show of images would enlighten my child.
>
> In your OP you write that children see these violent images on TV
> shows, movies, and in video games so it is no big deal for them to
> see them in school. I disagree with this argument. Many children do
> see violent images at home, but not all children do. At home they
> are able to choose if they want to see the images or if they want to
> change the channel. They would not have that option at school.
> Finally, just because parents are allowing something, does not mean
> the school should allow it also.
>
> I don't know where you are located, but in my district I can easily
> imagine a teacher getting fired or non-renewed for this because it
> shows such a lack of judgment.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/11/08, by Anthony Newby.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/11/08, by Carolyn.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/11/08, by Cybrary Man.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/11/08, by Steve.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/11/08, by Anthony Newby.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/11/08, by Experienced.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/11/08, by Anthony Newby.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/11/08, by An alternative.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/12/08, by Craig Levan.
- Re: absolutely not , 10/12/08, by jay.
- Re: absolutely not , 10/12/08, by Anthony Newby.
- Re: absolutely not , 10/12/08, by NewCanadian.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/12/08, by Absolutely Not..
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/12/08, by JH.
- Re: absolutely not , 10/12/08, by jay.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL --Yes, do it, Anthony!, 10/12/08, by Experienced.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/13/08, by Rebecca.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL --Yes, do it, Anthony!, 10/13/08, by Anthony Newby.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/14/08, by tgs/ga/8.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL --Yes, do it, Anthony!, 10/14/08, by Experienced.
- Re: Film violence vs. the portrayal of real suffering, 10/15/08, by Sara.
- Re: Film violence vs. the portrayal of real suffering, 10/15/08, by Anthony Newby.
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/21/08, by maybe "newby" is the way to be....
- Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL TO HIGH SCHOOLERS?, 10/23/08, by Experiences to "maybe".
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