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[mishlert]

The screening of an Oscar-nominated movie about the life of Queen Elizabeth I to students in an advanced class on British literature has resulted in the forced resignation of an admired teacher in the Atlanta suburb of South Gwinnett. On Tuesday, students in Ed Youngblood's class mounted a protest. "If 'First comes learning' is true, why do you get rid of the guy who holds that motto the best?" one senior in the class told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A spokeswoman for the Gwinnett County Public Schools told reporters that Youngblood chose to resign after he was told that an investigation had begun into the screening of the R-rated film, 1998's Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett in the title role. "Mr. Youngblood did not ask for a local review of the film prior to showing it, nor did he allow parents the option of opting their students out of the viewing," she told the Gwinnett Daily Post. Youngblood, who had taught at the school for 37 years, said that he was given five minutes to choose between resigning or being fired. "I didn't think about it being R-rated," Youngblood said. "It's such a good movie." (Besides receiving seven Oscar nominations, including best picture, Elizabeth also won the BAFTA award for best British Film, a best actress award for Blanchett and a supporting-actor award for Geoffrey Rush.)
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[EFLtrainer]

Another embarrassment for any American who isn't a complete idiot.

[khyber]

[EFLtrainer]

[krats1976]

OK, I'm not saying that he should have been forced to resign, but I'm actually most shocked that such an experienced teacher wouldn't think of covering his...er... hindquarters by sending home a permission slip. It's simple common sense if you work in US public education. Heck, I let parents know when I was planning to show something PG-13.

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[krats1976]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[EFLtrainer]

[tomato]

This proves one thing:
that we can't escape administrative pettiness by going back home.

[PolyChronic Time Girl]

I would never teach in the K-12 public school system in the U.S...I really can't think of a crappier job that pays so little with such mandatory credentials/schooling a teacher needs. Plus the public dishes out such little respect to the teachers (mostly from the administrator/parents). The expections that parents/administrator have on teachers to be some f*ckin miracle worker and be perfect 24/7 is ridiculous. Then you get the boot when you make one mistake in your 37 years of teaching. The damn Governator(Ahhnold) of California wants to create propostions to make even more demands on teachers and cut their unions. I'm telling you...I have such a high respect for many of the teachers here in the States who put up with so much bullsht. I could never do it.

Actually I would never work in education with children at all....not worth it.
I read in article that teachers in the U.S have THE most stressful job.

[Eunoia]

[OiGirl]

In one of my first substitute-teaching jobs in the US, I had to show the second 45 minutes of Europa, Europa to four classes.

[BigBlackEquus]

I know a guy who works for a public school in Seoul. The school library had a copy of AMERICAN BEAUTY. That is the movie where the married 40-something man almost gets it on with the naked 18 year-old senior student on his couch. The librarian is like, 'This one looks good. Maybe the students will like this?'

Obviously, they didn't know what was in it when they bought it. Then again, the cover of that DVD has the same naked girl covered in roses................

[crazylemongirl]

I remember studying heavenly creatures at school. Full on lesbian kissing scenes, girls running around in underwear, going crazy, then killing their mother in a very brutal way. They need to lighten the hell up.