Showing 18 films to underage children at school

silvercar

It doesn't matter what the film was; the film classification board have judged it to be only suitable for those over 18, the school needs to abide by that decision.

Lucylocket01

Im also curoius. Can someone pm me pls?
Just to add i would be very annoyed if my children watched an 18 film at school

mrbrightside842

I agree it's hard not knowing exactly what the film was, but most 18's are 18 for a reason. 15's aren't so bad, but when something's an 18 it means there's something in it that's graphic or of an unsuitable context for little ones. I wanted to show Matilda to my year 2 class but someone mentioned that it's a PG, so I keep meaning to watch it to see why it isn't a U and if it would be suitable for them.

neneromanova

It's one of mel gibsons films. and would have been shown in R.E. You'll have to look it up yourself though

Zazen999

Thank you - I know which one you mean now.

Katie-Kat-Kins

Right I know which film we are getting at now, and I'm not surprised some were upset, it was a very controversial film at the time. And I think pretty unnecessary for school children to see.

The lady who thought schindler's list was inappropriate, the previous poster referred to parts being shown. I would have thought that showing part to illustrate the death camps would be appropropriate, and wouldn't be nearly as upsetting as watching the whole filem. Which I agree is one of the most genuinely upsetting films out. Although, personally one I would allow a secondary school age child see as it is not gratuitous.

Paparika

Passion......?

Actually many moons ago we watched one of the mad max films at school, but was 16 at the time

Glitzkiss

neneromanova wrote: »

It's one of mel gibsons films. and would have been shown in R.E. You'll have to look it up yourself though

I thought it might have been that one. Interestingly IMDB states the edited version has a 15 rating.

However, this does not alter the fact the teacher was wrong in complaining to older pupils about not being allowed to show it. Have a gripe with colleagues yes, but not school kids.

kate1976

My son's school are always showing 15 & 18 rated films so far this year he's seen a few including Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List, I don't mind as he's 14 and into his gory and gloomy films!! Though I also had to sign a form to allow him to watch them! If he was 12 though and shown them without my consent whether he was upset or not I wouldn't be happy about it and would have a quiet word with the teacher/HoY/Headteacher!

cakeordeath_2

Obviously the head agreed that the film was inappropriate and you were given an apology. But the unprofessional way the teacher behaved afterwards was unacceptable.

I completely understand how angry you must be but I think if it was me I'd gauge my reaction on my son's wishes. If my son had been given a really hard time because it was uncovered that I had phoned in, I might be tempted to leave it. The teacher may be very popular with the students and if he was suspended for his rant it may hold even more repercussions for my son, so I think I'd ask my son how he felt about me voicing my displeasure at the teacher's subsequent actions to the head. If he was fine with it, then I'd want a meeting with the same person who dealt with it last time.