'Brokeback' school screening spurs 12 year old into legal action

Joy from FloridaMay 14th, 2007 - 03:30:27
I would be very upset if my 12 year old was shown Brokeback Mountain by a school employee. The family has every right to sue the school.

Hopefully, no other adult will exercise such poor judgement in the future.

Sounds good to me..

.May 14th, 2007 - 03:34:24
How would people react if 'Passion of the Christ' (or some other equally controversial Christian movie) were shown to students without any parental permission or way to be excused? I think that all material meant for 18 year olds and older should be watched ONLY with parent or guardian permission.

This substitute and principal were not being responsible and not respecting families decisions and rights by showing this movie. And what child is going to get up and leave a movie and be ridiculed by her classmates and maybe even the teacher? The teacher is the adult and should be making ALL students feel safe and secure.

This was a stupid mistake and someone needs to pay so that others will not make it.

I'm glad that they are suing. What gives a substitute teacher, a complete stranger, no less, the right to show an R rated movie to a 12 year old?

When did parents lose the right to judge what is acceptable and appropriate for their own child? I'm totally on board with showing a movie once in a while, but for goodness sake ..

. Brokeback Mountain? For a country that complains so much about the education (or lack of it) of our children, why on earth wouldn't you require a substitute to actually teach something?

I would be extremely upset if I was forced to watch a sexually explicit movie and I'm 44 years old! This is outrageous.

No R movie ever.

.May 14th, 2007 - 04:33:00
The teacher should be disciplined. I understand why the parents are suing.

Even if it were a sexual encounter between a man and a woman in film, that would be inappropriate to view for a 12 year old. An Homosexual encounter is worse and isn't normal. I know that this will anger some, but I don't care.

She's 12 of course she's going to be tramatized by seeing graphic sex, whether it's between a woman and a man, two men or even two women!! Both the principal and the teacher should be fired.

I have a hard time just believing that it happened, I'm in high school and we have to get permission from our parents to watch a PG-13 movie where all they do is cuss. What were they thinking??

I think this 'teacher' should be fired. Its just plain wrong to show R rated movies to 12 yr olds in school. To 'Sue This' clearly you are not a parent or you would understand that its hard to keep your children safe from the sick stuff that the world has come to accept.

Adults have options, if it were me Id leave, but 12 yr olds don't have that option.

people !May 14th, 2007 - 05:23:09
cmon people, i agree with your points about parental consent and suchlike, but does anyone really believe the 12 yr old is traumatised and undergoing real counselling ?

wake up and smell the coffee as there is a good chance the girl is sexually experienced anyway, and even if that's not the case she sure as hell should be educated enought at 12 yrs old NOT to be traumatised by this. Congratulations on the most litigious society on earth.

Yet another teacher without a trace of comon sense.

Rated R means no one under 18 without a parent present. While not as bad as the NJ history teacher preaching this comes in a very close second. While I don't think this should be good for $400K I do think it should cost the sub her teaching credential.

Che GuevaraMay 14th, 2007 - 06:11:59
Maybe people should stop suing for something as innocous as movie. Yeah ok the teacher went a bit far, but I was shown Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet, which has full frontal nudity, I was 14. Do get so high and mighty because of a movie, it doesn't befit anyone.

Senseless suing helps no one in the long run.