Spot on Gary!! She obviously wants to represent freely acting out against the laws! Don’t we have groups in the northwest that do this already, albeit to a more extreme? I think they are called Antifa!
Just be aware people !!those of you that want to vote for Ron DeSantis for president ,he is a dictator he wants things his way and his way only .
If you want a lot of your freedom to go bye bye, then vote for him. The more he gets the more he’ll want pretty darn close to Communism.
Have you seen the movie or read anything about it? Or, are you just blindly and ignorantly following the dictates of an autocratic governor who insists everyone bust believe as he does? This is from Google:” Strange World is best suited to families with children over 5 but we recommend parental guidance for children aged 5-8 years.” I don’t know how old this teacher’s students are, but, if they were in third grade or above, the movie would have been “age appropriate”.
Out of all the movies out there why pick one like that. It’s just sad that teachers can’t just teach children the things they need to learn like home economic auto shop ,how to fix things not how to change there sex.
Please tell us the exact moment, or moments, when this movie teaches children how to change their sex. If there’s more than one example, then just pick one precise scene and tell us exactly how far into the movie it is. We’ll wait.
It has one scene where the young son (who like exploring/botany and not farming) is excited to see his male best friend and hints that he likes him but never acted on it, and is embarassed when his dad shows up. Scene is like less than a minute (similar to real buzz light year movie but that is a couple who get married and adopt In a few scenes that total to about 2 minutes, and the real story is about the grand daughter’s friendship with buzz).
I asked for an example of Disney teaching kids how to change their sex. This is a scene about a male character thinking he might like another male character but is afraid to act on it. I fail to see evidence of indoctrination in your description.
How old were they? You also don’t explain why this movie was shown. And if we are fascists because we want teachers to teach THE APPROVED CURRICULUM! Is there something wrong with teachers teaching what is laid out to teach. I will take my legal job as parent and make the choice, not you!
5th Graders, given a ‘brain break’ after having a morning of exams on earth science. This movie was a combo of earth science, family dynamics and reconciliation. Rodriguez obviously had not watched the movie because the bit about the ‘gay teen’ was less than 2 minutes and if you weren’t listening for it, you’d have missed it. I’m surprised she didn’t pitch a fit that the father was white and the mother was black and [GASP!] they like to kiss! I just watched this movie and it was entertaining and sweet, especially the ending which showed a family reconciliation of 3 generations.
Do your “teaching” on your own dime. As all tax payers…people have a lot to say about what should be in the cirriculum. Don’t like it….just try to pay for it by yourself.
Yeah!Teach your kids to hate people who aren’t just like them and to deny the reality of American history just so they can grow up as good white right wing extremists of whom Christ would never approve.
Well, if she sent home permission slips, then the parent/s didn’t do their job, before signing the permission slip, and have no right to be mad at what their child watched. As for teaching the approved curriculum, many teachers give the kids incentive days, quarterly, for having good behavior. Why it “had to be this movie?” Probably the teacher was trying to show a newer movie, or it often times is a case of the students asking ahead of time to watch a certain movie, that they have yet to see.
Math, Reading , Home Economics. The left has stopped letting schools believe in God,but let’s tell kids it’s normal to get married to the same sex and change your sex, without parents involvement! Your radical BS is calling our country and Governor Desantis is doing what the majority of people want,but are afraid to talk because of the names we are called by the left
Why would a teacher even think of believing in God? It is seperation of government and religion. God SHOULD NEVER be a part of any school teaching. SMDH
Ever heard of something called The Pledge of Allegiance? You should check it out. Also, Walt Disney himself narrated a video about how our country fought back against the British to gain our independence. You should check it out…and check your privilege while you’re at it.
People seem to be overlooking the fact that they’re were permission slips signed by parents approving the movie choice. If we’re going to truly and thoroughly punish any educators who attempt to indoctrinate kids, then don’t show Christmas movies in school anymore either. Anyone who shows A Charlie Brown Christmas to school students, for example, should be investigated for imposing films with biased religious content on the curriculum. I’m sure everyone will be on board with that.
Yes. It’s mentioned right here in this article if you read it fully:
“It’s unclear if the movie was shown as part of the curriculum or just as an easy day for the students, but it was made clear that the teacher does send home permission slips that parents need to sign to allow their children to watch the movies while in class.“
Permission slips were for Disney/Pixar movies, and parents could write names of movies they objected to (none did. Ufortunately last minute they combined classes since short on teachers so and one of parents from kid in other class complainrd.
I’m not clear on how any of this is a problem. Kids still got to see a Disney movie, and saw examples of relationships and lifestyle choices that most of them are well very aware of already.
I saw the movie and I loved it ….yes there are gay characters. They movie doesn’t focus on the fact that several of the characters are gay but focused more of the strained relationship between a father and son.
The bottom line, regardless of permissions slips, ideology, or any other excuse one may throw out there in defense of this wrongful teacher, she broke the law. There are those who don’t agree with the law… I don’t agree with 35 mph zones outside of neighborhoods, but here we are! If I speed and get caught, I can’t refuse or ignore the ticket. I don’t get to speed and then say, “It’s not safe in Florida…” because I got caught. She broke the law. She should have thought about the content of the film prior to showing it. If she didn’t know the content, she should have watched the film prior to showing it. She broke the law! There is no excuse available to absolve her of what she did. She’s an adult, and she’s a teacher. She should know how to be a law abiding adult over all else, or she shouldn’t be a teacher, period!
In Florida it is legal for gay marriages, but kids don’t get married, adults do. Let’s leave the adult topics to the adults and let the kids keep their innocence for as long as their parents are able to do so. It’s the actions by such teachers as this one that inevitably brought about this law!
Lastly, in response to being safe in Florida, I’ve never heard such childish and absurd comments from any adults ever. If anyone TRULY felt unsafe in their environment, they would leave said environment. Stop attempting to be the “martyr” and grow up. If you don’t like living in Florida because of it’s laws, vote to change them or move out, but to state “I feel unsafe” shows a high school level of intelligence… no, maybe middle school. It has no argument in an adult conversation.
ummm. just shut up. Grow up and move on. I can’t even comprehend how dumb, ill informed you come across in your post. In words from Texas meaning you are screwed…may god bless your heart.
Ever since I can recall, teachers sent a list of movies they planned to show their students, at least 1-2 weeks in advance asking parents if they approved. Those that were not approved were not shown, or the child was sent to another room (to read or something else). Even before “woke” movies, there are some not approved by parents for other reasons. As for “reporting to their parents”, what child doesn’t express to a parent how their day went, highs and lows, especially when asked?
Anyway, I do believe the teacher was wrong, permission should have been sought before showing. As for punishment, I believe it should be addressed to the school board. I didn’t see the age group, so I cannot say a law was broken.
Remember, we all make mistakes.
Teachers are supposed to teach, not show Disney movies so they can kick back and do nothing for 90 minutes. If you want to reward students, take them out for extra recess.
Please. You mean to tell me you never watched movies in elementary school that were just for fun? Also, please explain how “extra recess” translates as more teaching or better teaching.
Maybe she WAS working. Maybe she was completing assessments or filling out required reports or even requesting supplies for the classroom. Are you her supervisor?
And don’t even try the “We pay their salaries’ card. The same goes for EVERY public employee and you aren’t allowed to go into the DMV and sit there for hours monitoring their work productivity!
DeSantis is below a lowlife. I feel for the children in the Florida schools. You can’t shield children from the world around them. They will learn these things from others. They are best to learn from school. You can’t lock your children in a shell. They have a right to a free education.
A 2-minute segment where the teen character, Ethan, admits to wanting to impress a sweetheart, another teen boy. That’s it. If you weren’t watching for this specifically, you’d have missed the spot. I’m surprised that Rodriguez didn’t complain the Ethan’s parents were in a mixed marriage. Father, Searcher, is white and mother, Meridian, is black. Oh, and they like to [GASP} kiss. And Ethan is therefore bi-racial. Then to discover that Searcher’s dad, the famous explorer, Jaeger, left his family 25 years ago to look for the “other side of the mountains” and didn’t come home until he was found. Oh, and Searcher has always despised his dad because his dad wanted him to become an explorer but he wanted to be a farmer. He didn’t want to be like his dad, galavanting around the world. And poor Ethan wants to be an explorer and his dad, Searcher, wants him to be a farmer!!! Until Ethan tells him “I don’t want to be like you.” This is a story about respecting the environment and understanding others’ feelings and family reconciliation. That bit about the gay ‘sweetheart’ was so easily missed.
Simple. Because any smart person who watches that movie doesn’t SEE a problem. Detractors are cultivating a false narrative around the movie and manufacturing a problem where there isn’t one, except in their own minds.
There are many ways one could interpret this. You chose one. Now I’ll choose another. I’d like to thank the writer for pointing out that LGBTQ+ and family-friendly don’t have to be mutually exclusive and can coexist as part of one company’s mission.
I moved out of Florida after DeSantis made a mess out of the Covid vaccines and his other dictatorial policies. Floridians must love this clown…now he thinks he is presidential…what a gas.
Florida governor DeSantis is trying to protect innocent children and minors from Disney’s radical social agenda.
I notice most of the comments on this website support removing L G B T from Disney entirely. I remember Disney’s first gays days of the 1990’s imposed by the new owners chosen CEO Michael Eisner. So this goes back to the 1990s. It was sold as ok – by saying it was only on specific days and times for L G B T people to attend as L G B T people. They had attended before, as normal people, blended in with the crowd, but Disney suddenly felt the urgency to put L G B T out front and center.
From the onset gay men were doing it in Disney’s public restroom stalls. Several complaints were made. Men were asked to leave the park. There was a huge boycott against the event and L G B T at Disney in general. And even today, the vast majority of people don’t want these events at Disney. Let alone the radical social agenda they seen dedicated to imposing on the entire world. The real owners of Disney shove it down everyone’s throat, regardless of how much money they lose. Because it’s not about money for them anymore, it’s about the social agenda. Same reason they have canceled and watered down beloved rides and plays like Pirates and Indiana Jones, to name a few. They are constantly injecting political movements and subterfuge brainwashing of children. I think the only thing that’s missing is the San Francisco Gay Men’s Choir singing “we’ll convert your children” at the front entrance of the park.
DeSantis is a good and courageous man. That’s why he was re-elected in a landslide with the largest gains among Democrats, Hispanic and immigrant voters. Florida is very lucky to have DeSantis as the governor.
Florida is becoming a better place to live since Desantis became the governor. There is record domestic migration into the state. Florida has a lower cost of living, better school selection, better roads, cleaner environment, jobs, and is an income tax free state. Florida is a great place to live.
All Disney has to do is comply and everything will be fine.
Comments for Florida Teacher Under Investigation for Showing “Woke” Disney Movie to Students
Gary
That teacher should be fired and not be able to teach anymore!
She Broke The Law
Spot on Gary!! She obviously wants to represent freely acting out against the laws! Don’t we have groups in the northwest that do this already, albeit to a more extreme? I think they are called Antifa!
Dodger
It won’t be the law for much longer. You heard it here first.
Anne P
So you’re a fascist?
Anne P
So you’re a fascist, she broke the law?
Cory
Lol…they are called MAGA
Harry
Just be aware people !!those of you that want to vote for Ron DeSantis for president ,he is a dictator he wants things his way and his way only .
If you want a lot of your freedom to go bye bye, then vote for him. The more he gets the more he’ll want pretty darn close to Communism.
Phil
Have you seen the movie or read anything about it? Or, are you just blindly and ignorantly following the dictates of an autocratic governor who insists everyone bust believe as he does? This is from Google:” Strange World is best suited to families with children over 5 but we recommend parental guidance for children aged 5-8 years.” I don’t know how old this teacher’s students are, but, if they were in third grade or above, the movie would have been “age appropriate”.
Dianne
Out of all the movies out there why pick one like that. It’s just sad that teachers can’t just teach children the things they need to learn like home economic auto shop ,how to fix things not how to change there sex.
Dodger
Please tell us the exact moment, or moments, when this movie teaches children how to change their sex. If there’s more than one example, then just pick one precise scene and tell us exactly how far into the movie it is. We’ll wait.
faackanders2
It has one scene where the young son (who like exploring/botany and not farming) is excited to see his male best friend and hints that he likes him but never acted on it, and is embarassed when his dad shows up. Scene is like less than a minute (similar to real buzz light year movie but that is a couple who get married and adopt In a few scenes that total to about 2 minutes, and the real story is about the grand daughter’s friendship with buzz).
Dodger
I asked for an example of Disney teaching kids how to change their sex. This is a scene about a male character thinking he might like another male character but is afraid to act on it. I fail to see evidence of indoctrination in your description.
Cory
Umm.. you seem more involved in the dream fantacy you are portraying….says a WHOLE lot more about you. Don’t be so weak – if you can.
Cory
Diane can’t explain it. Not enough personal ecudcation in her (it’s) personal life to allow for that. Diane = hate. It truly shows.
Cory
Diane…vomit to your stupic comment. You’ve seen worse even when you were a kid in school (last century). Move on… please!
Phil
Maybe they should have taught you english.
It'sAWonder
The other two commenters on this post are why it’s so hard to have nice things. That and a dummy of a governor.
AH
Suture! LOL
AH
It is sure with multiple u’s but it keeps putting that T in there.
Todd Smith
How old were they? You also don’t explain why this movie was shown. And if we are fascists because we want teachers to teach THE APPROVED CURRICULUM! Is there something wrong with teachers teaching what is laid out to teach. I will take my legal job as parent and make the choice, not you!
P.A. Welch
5th Graders, given a ‘brain break’ after having a morning of exams on earth science. This movie was a combo of earth science, family dynamics and reconciliation. Rodriguez obviously had not watched the movie because the bit about the ‘gay teen’ was less than 2 minutes and if you weren’t listening for it, you’d have missed it. I’m surprised she didn’t pitch a fit that the father was white and the mother was black and [GASP!] they like to kiss! I just watched this movie and it was entertaining and sweet, especially the ending which showed a family reconciliation of 3 generations.
Dodger
What evidence do you have that the teacher in question was NOT teaching the approved curriculum? I fail to see the relevance of your statement.
Cory
Do your “teaching” on your own dime. As all tax payers…people have a lot to say about what should be in the cirriculum. Don’t like it….just try to pay for it by yourself.
Phil
Yeah!Teach your kids to hate people who aren’t just like them and to deny the reality of American history just so they can grow up as good white right wing extremists of whom Christ would never approve.
Katsmomma03
Well, if she sent home permission slips, then the parent/s didn’t do their job, before signing the permission slip, and have no right to be mad at what their child watched. As for teaching the approved curriculum, many teachers give the kids incentive days, quarterly, for having good behavior. Why it “had to be this movie?” Probably the teacher was trying to show a newer movie, or it often times is a case of the students asking ahead of time to watch a certain movie, that they have yet to see.
Wendy
100% agree. Words can’t describe DeSantis other than is is not what America is all about. How can he call himself an American?
Kay
Odds are the teacher hadn’t even seen it. Probably just knew it was the newest one available so might hold the students’ attention best.
Gerald
Math, Reading , Home Economics. The left has stopped letting schools believe in God,but let’s tell kids it’s normal to get married to the same sex and change your sex, without parents involvement! Your radical BS is calling our country and Governor Desantis is doing what the majority of people want,but are afraid to talk because of the names we are called by the left
faackanders2
That is not what Strange things was about.
Cory
Why would a teacher even think of believing in God? It is seperation of government and religion. God SHOULD NEVER be a part of any school teaching. SMDH
Kat
Ever heard of something called The Pledge of Allegiance? You should check it out. Also, Walt Disney himself narrated a video about how our country fought back against the British to gain our independence. You should check it out…and check your privilege while you’re at it.
Dodger
People seem to be overlooking the fact that they’re were permission slips signed by parents approving the movie choice. If we’re going to truly and thoroughly punish any educators who attempt to indoctrinate kids, then don’t show Christmas movies in school anymore either. Anyone who shows A Charlie Brown Christmas to school students, for example, should be investigated for imposing films with biased religious content on the curriculum. I’m sure everyone will be on board with that.
AH
There were permission slips?
Dodger
Yes. It’s mentioned right here in this article if you read it fully:
“It’s unclear if the movie was shown as part of the curriculum or just as an easy day for the students, but it was made clear that the teacher does send home permission slips that parents need to sign to allow their children to watch the movies while in class.“
faackanders2
Permission slips were for Disney/Pixar movies, and parents could write names of movies they objected to (none did. Ufortunately last minute they combined classes since short on teachers so and one of parents from kid in other class complainrd.
Dodger
I’m not clear on how any of this is a problem. Kids still got to see a Disney movie, and saw examples of relationships and lifestyle choices that most of them are well very aware of already.
AH
Since of this came down this site as well as others have been preaching the woke line.
Dee Yeager
I saw the movie and I loved it ….yes there are gay characters. They movie doesn’t focus on the fact that several of the characters are gay but focused more of the strained relationship between a father and son.
faackanders2
On young character that may have gay feelings but hasn’t acted on it yet.
Dodger
Exactly. That’s in the movie but it’s not the main focus. That’s the point.
She Broke The Law
The bottom line, regardless of permissions slips, ideology, or any other excuse one may throw out there in defense of this wrongful teacher, she broke the law. There are those who don’t agree with the law… I don’t agree with 35 mph zones outside of neighborhoods, but here we are! If I speed and get caught, I can’t refuse or ignore the ticket. I don’t get to speed and then say, “It’s not safe in Florida…” because I got caught. She broke the law. She should have thought about the content of the film prior to showing it. If she didn’t know the content, she should have watched the film prior to showing it. She broke the law! There is no excuse available to absolve her of what she did. She’s an adult, and she’s a teacher. She should know how to be a law abiding adult over all else, or she shouldn’t be a teacher, period!
In Florida it is legal for gay marriages, but kids don’t get married, adults do. Let’s leave the adult topics to the adults and let the kids keep their innocence for as long as their parents are able to do so. It’s the actions by such teachers as this one that inevitably brought about this law!
Lastly, in response to being safe in Florida, I’ve never heard such childish and absurd comments from any adults ever. If anyone TRULY felt unsafe in their environment, they would leave said environment. Stop attempting to be the “martyr” and grow up. If you don’t like living in Florida because of it’s laws, vote to change them or move out, but to state “I feel unsafe” shows a high school level of intelligence… no, maybe middle school. It has no argument in an adult conversation.
Dodger
It’s painfully obvious that YOU don’t know the content of this movie either.
faackanders2
It was the latest disney/pixar movie, and teacher may have never seen it before.
Cory
ummm. just shut up. Grow up and move on. I can’t even comprehend how dumb, ill informed you come across in your post. In words from Texas meaning you are screwed…may god bless your heart.
DB
Ever since I can recall, teachers sent a list of movies they planned to show their students, at least 1-2 weeks in advance asking parents if they approved. Those that were not approved were not shown, or the child was sent to another room (to read or something else). Even before “woke” movies, there are some not approved by parents for other reasons. As for “reporting to their parents”, what child doesn’t express to a parent how their day went, highs and lows, especially when asked?
Anyway, I do believe the teacher was wrong, permission should have been sought before showing. As for punishment, I believe it should be addressed to the school board. I didn’t see the age group, so I cannot say a law was broken.
Remember, we all make mistakes.
Anne P
There was a permission slip sent home.
RickTR
Teachers are supposed to teach, not show Disney movies so they can kick back and do nothing for 90 minutes. If you want to reward students, take them out for extra recess.
Dodger
Please. You mean to tell me you never watched movies in elementary school that were just for fun? Also, please explain how “extra recess” translates as more teaching or better teaching.
faackanders2
In my elementary school on rainy days instead of going outside we watched the same 3 stooges movie for years.
Cory
Ummm, I get your point, but there isn’t more than 1% of anyone Gen z or Millennial that knows anything about the 3 stooges.
Donald Barber
Maybe she WAS working. Maybe she was completing assessments or filling out required reports or even requesting supplies for the classroom. Are you her supervisor?
And don’t even try the “We pay their salaries’ card. The same goes for EVERY public employee and you aren’t allowed to go into the DMV and sit there for hours monitoring their work productivity!
Katsmomma03
Sadly most schools these days, have stopped recess by 5th grade. Personally I think even high schoolers could benefit from some recess, but alas, no.
Wendy
DeSantis is below a lowlife. I feel for the children in the Florida schools. You can’t shield children from the world around them. They will learn these things from others. They are best to learn from school. You can’t lock your children in a shell. They have a right to a free education.
Wendy
Thumbs up to teaching children about the world around them.
P.A. Welch
A 2-minute segment where the teen character, Ethan, admits to wanting to impress a sweetheart, another teen boy. That’s it. If you weren’t watching for this specifically, you’d have missed the spot. I’m surprised that Rodriguez didn’t complain the Ethan’s parents were in a mixed marriage. Father, Searcher, is white and mother, Meridian, is black. Oh, and they like to [GASP} kiss. And Ethan is therefore bi-racial. Then to discover that Searcher’s dad, the famous explorer, Jaeger, left his family 25 years ago to look for the “other side of the mountains” and didn’t come home until he was found. Oh, and Searcher has always despised his dad because his dad wanted him to become an explorer but he wanted to be a farmer. He didn’t want to be like his dad, galavanting around the world. And poor Ethan wants to be an explorer and his dad, Searcher, wants him to be a farmer!!! Until Ethan tells him “I don’t want to be like you.” This is a story about respecting the environment and understanding others’ feelings and family reconciliation. That bit about the gay ‘sweetheart’ was so easily missed.
summerhorse
There are MILLIONS of movies she could have shown that wouldn’t have been questioned. Why deliberately choose a movie that might be a problem?
Dodger
Simple. Because any smart person who watches that movie doesn’t SEE a problem. Detractors are cultivating a false narrative around the movie and manufacturing a problem where there isn’t one, except in their own minds.
Todd Smith
I am a straight guy. Have gay friends. Been to drag shows. Can we not have young children there? Is that ok?
Johnny Dupe
“Although Disney is known for their support of the LGBTQ+ community, their media still leans heavily towards family-friendly, traditional values.”
Thanks to the writer for pointing out that the LGBTQ+ community is neither family-friendly nor traditional. 😅
Dodger
There are many ways one could interpret this. You chose one. Now I’ll choose another. I’d like to thank the writer for pointing out that LGBTQ+ and family-friendly don’t have to be mutually exclusive and can coexist as part of one company’s mission.
H GARDMAN
I moved out of Florida after DeSantis made a mess out of the Covid vaccines and his other dictatorial policies. Floridians must love this clown…now he thinks he is presidential…what a gas.
Michael
Florida governor DeSantis is trying to protect innocent children and minors from Disney’s radical social agenda.
I notice most of the comments on this website support removing L G B T from Disney entirely. I remember Disney’s first gays days of the 1990’s imposed by the new owners chosen CEO Michael Eisner. So this goes back to the 1990s. It was sold as ok – by saying it was only on specific days and times for L G B T people to attend as L G B T people. They had attended before, as normal people, blended in with the crowd, but Disney suddenly felt the urgency to put L G B T out front and center.
From the onset gay men were doing it in Disney’s public restroom stalls. Several complaints were made. Men were asked to leave the park. There was a huge boycott against the event and L G B T at Disney in general. And even today, the vast majority of people don’t want these events at Disney. Let alone the radical social agenda they seen dedicated to imposing on the entire world. The real owners of Disney shove it down everyone’s throat, regardless of how much money they lose. Because it’s not about money for them anymore, it’s about the social agenda. Same reason they have canceled and watered down beloved rides and plays like Pirates and Indiana Jones, to name a few. They are constantly injecting political movements and subterfuge brainwashing of children. I think the only thing that’s missing is the San Francisco Gay Men’s Choir singing “we’ll convert your children” at the front entrance of the park.
DeSantis is a good and courageous man. That’s why he was re-elected in a landslide with the largest gains among Democrats, Hispanic and immigrant voters. Florida is very lucky to have DeSantis as the governor.
Florida is becoming a better place to live since Desantis became the governor. There is record domestic migration into the state. Florida has a lower cost of living, better school selection, better roads, cleaner environment, jobs, and is an income tax free state. Florida is a great place to live.
All Disney has to do is comply and everything will be fine.
My MyULie
You are full of crap period
Comments are closed.