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Re: SHOULD I SHOW GRAPHIC MATERIAL --Yes, do it, Anthony!
Posted by Anthony Newby on 10/13/08
I don't think I've been b____ing at all, but if you think so
you should listen in to some of the secret teacher
conversations at my school which I do not take part in. I have
definitely vented a few times here in the past and I believe
with reason and for my own sanity. I certainly didnt have to
re-up for another year, your right. It wasn't for lack of
trying to go elsewhere ( a common complaint at my school).
However, I decided in the end to stay and make the best of it
and see how I could apply what I learned and if I could learn
more. I also wanted to see if I could give more and do more for
the kids at my school before I left. Will I sign up for more
years at the same school? Probably not. Will I continue
teaching? Very Likely , but at a different grade level (
elementary, middle or college). Anyway, I haven't even posted
on this board in a month, so I don't know what all this has to
do with my question to begin with.
Again, I'm merely attempting to get my kids fired up to express
themselves through issues they care about. I remember when I
was a kid I saw far worst at school, but these are very
different and politically correct times. I defenitely have
considered all the replies everyone offered and I thank you for
them. I think I left out most of the questionable images from
my slide presentation and I am going to show it to at least one
supervisor. It's not my intent to traumatize anyone. While I
can't explain all the images in depth it is my hope that the
students will engage in their own research of the topics and
fact finding trek. This unit relates to art as part of history
and art as part of personal expression. I thought it would be
a profound project idea and something different considering
the upcoming election.
On 10/12/08, Experienced wrote:
> Anthony, I have read your posts almost from the start. From
> what you wrote, I gathered that you are not happy in teaching
> and seem to want to get out of teaching, or is it just your
> school you want to get out of. Nobody FORCED you to re-up for
> another year at that school, did they?
>
> Ignore the advice of posters who seriously have tried to give
> you advice and you may be able to accomplish both in one fell
> swoop.
>
> May I be blunt, Anthony? Your b-t--i-g is getting a little old
> and tiresome.
>
>
>
> On 10/11/08, Anthony Newby wrote:
>> I am showing slides of the holocaust, iraq war , civil
>> rights etc. I found a stunning picture of a child on a
>> bike in iraq and his leg has been blown off somehow at
>> the knee. His father is helping him up. It could be too
>> graphic, but kids see this stuff almost every day these
>> days on tv and in movies like "SAW". I want to put it in
>> a real context and shake up there world a little. Should
>> I include the pic in my slide show? Since these are 9 -
>> 12th graders who will be in college in 4 years or less, I
>> think its ok for them to see this. For younger kids I
>> would say no. What is your opinion?
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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