A Teacher in the US has been sacked for showing his English class the movie Elizabeth.
Although the more sensible UK have the movie rated at a mere 15, the US have it classed as an R rated movie. That means the movie should have been shown to his class in the presence of an adult…ermmm…what was the 62 year old English teacher with 37 years at the school? According to the Guardian:
An American high school teacher who screened the Oscar-winning film Elizabeth for his students lost his job following complaints from parents. Ed Youngblood, 62, had taught at South Gwinnett High School in Atlanta, Georgia, for 37 years before screening the film to his advanced British literature class earlier this month. He says that he was given the choice of quitting or being fired after being informed that an official investigation was under way.
Oh, I like that too. He was told quit or be fired while the investigation was ongoing? Now that’s justice, and all over the screening of an historical English drama to his advanced English class…Surely there’s nothing wrong with that?
