[blparent] sheer terror

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Why in the world would a teacher need to show a video like that to school 
age kids anyway?  I mean, for what educational purpose?  Usually movies like 
that have ratings that restrict the viewing audience to adults and 
teenagers.

Jo Elizabeth

"Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things that never 
were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 2:40 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] sheer terror

> Gab came home in tears yesterday.  At first I thought someone had hurt her
> on the way home from the bus, then I thought the boy up the street was 
> being
> mean again.  She cried and cried and I couldn't understand a thing she was
> saying.  Finally, she mumbled something about a video at school.
> Finally after she calmed down, we got out of her that her teacher had 
> shown
> a realistic video that a grim reaper appeared to jump off the screen into
> the classroom.  Well for some kids it might have been a funny video, but 
> to
> my child it was terrifying.
> The teacher called me shortly after Gab got home.  He said all the kids 
> were
> laughing and then he looked at Gab... sheer terror.  The bell rang and she
> darted quickly from the room.  He knew that he had made a giant mistake
> showing it to the sensitive kids.
> He apologized over and over to me and then talked to Gab for some time on
> the phone until she finally calmed down.  It took some time.
> V
>
>
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