I guess I should write my hypothetical book, since my title's a winner

Yeah. You really should write that hypothetical book.

Pastor plans to sue school for "emotional kidnapping and psychological rape" of his daughter's "Christian innocence," by showing Donnie Darko in her freshman English class without informing the parents first

"Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."

In general, as a parent, I don't like to have my role and my rights (including what I see as my-say-so) ignored by schools, etc. 99 times out of 100, I'm going to let my kid experience the thing the teacher/school wants to present to him, but I like a "heads up," and would prefer to be asked to consent too much, than not asked to consent enough, where my minor children are concerned.

Do you get the reading list ahead of time?

I need a website that will tell me what to write about.

Someone should build one. Like a magic 8-ball but with topics.

I need a website that will tell me what to write about.

Someone should build one. Like a magic 8-ball but with topics.

Like, Signs point to "Rumors of the Death of Irony Have Been Greatly Exaggerated"?

you can end a sentence containing a quoted sentence with two full stops, one inside the quotes and one outside.

The American Philosophical Association (not to be confused with the REAL APA) uses the Chicago Manual of Style in it's publications. When dealing with eccentric advisors, it's usually best to appeal to a higher authority.

I agree with Cindy wholeheartedly. It's an R rated movie, which should not be shown in a freshman classroom. I'm all for sex and violence, but a parent should be allowed to decide what their children see.

I agree. All of the schools I've observed/taught in over the past 4 years have had permission slips to send home to inform the parents about a rated R movie and to return with their signature saying it's okay for their child to watch the movie.

Do you get the reading list ahead of time?

It's fairly standard to send out reading lists in Chicago-area schools just to avoid parental issues.

I need a website that will tell me what to write about.

I think that's my blog. You can write a book containing all the ways in which you disagree with me.

It's fairly standard to send out reading lists in Chicago-area schools just to avoid parental issues.

Oh, that was an honest question -- on re-read it looks potentially snotty. I really had no idea.

Donnie Darko has a fair amount of cursing. That's the only reason it's an R.

I'd argue that the mental illness on the protagonist's part and the attendant anguish that causes him are sufficiently adult subjects that an R rating is called for, far moreso than a few f-bombs dropped in conversations that kids probably hear in real life fairly regularly.

Also, Frank creeped me the hell out, and I've laughed through a showing of Un Chien Andalou that had frat boys racing for the bathroom.