Comments on: Charges fly in Assembly 15 race http://www.halfwaytoconcord.com/charges-fly-in-assembly-15-race/ California Political News, Contra Costa and East Bay Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:20:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve Spielberghttp://www.halfwaytoconcord.com/charges-fly-in-assembly-15-race/comment-page-1/#comment-3071 Steve Spielberg Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:54:20 +0000 http://halfwaytoconcord.com/?p=3815#comment-3071 So when San Ramon HS teachers show the kidlings violent films like Saving Ryan's Privates instead of teaching, do they pay the standard royalty for group viewings of my work? Or are they teaching the dear hearts to pirate and rip off copyrighted material protected by law? Do we have to call in the digital rights management police as well as an auditor and Grand Jury for San Ramon Schools? So when San Ramon HS teachers show the kidlings violent films like Saving Ryan’s Privates instead of teaching, do they pay the standard royalty for group viewings of my work? Or are they teaching the dear hearts to pirate and rip off copyrighted material protected by law? Do we have to call in the digital rights management police as well as an auditor and Grand Jury for San Ramon Schools?

]]> By: Rebeccahttp://www.halfwaytoconcord.com/charges-fly-in-assembly-15-race/comment-page-1/#comment-3069 Rebecca Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:20:45 +0000 http://halfwaytoconcord.com/?p=3815#comment-3069 As someone who graduated from high school a little over a year ago, I have to say that I watched R movies in school (It should be noted that I went to MDUSD not SRVSD which Mrs. Buchanan serves). Just because it is an R rated movie doesn't mean it is smut. A lot of R rated movies have an educational value and teachers should make the decision case by case to determine whether they want to use that video in their classroom. Schindler's List, The Last of the Mohicans , The Scarlet Letter are just a few R rated movies I saw in school. Notes were always sent home to inform parents of the movies we were watching and parents could choose to have their child not watch the movie. Teachers even went as far as to cut out objectionable scenes from movies. To me the school board has no place banning R rated movies from the classroom. It is up to teachers and parents to make those decisions. Yes some R rated movies have no redeeming educational value, but it is important to remember that those are not the movies shown in class. The whole point of watching a movie is to teach the student something (often times it is used to reinforce the text book). Mr. Wilson is taking a cheap shot at Ms. Buchanan. He can put sexy legs on a piece of literature and hand it out to make it seem like Ms. Buchanan is in favor of smut in our schools and there is NO evidence to prove this. I expected more out of Mr. Wilson. As someone who graduated from high school a little over a year ago, I have to say that I watched R movies in school (It should be noted that I went to MDUSD not SRVSD which Mrs. Buchanan serves). Just because it is an R rated movie doesn’t mean it is smut. A lot of R rated movies have an educational value and teachers should make the decision case by case to determine whether they want to use that video in their classroom. Schindler’s List, The Last of the Mohicans , The Scarlet Letter are just a few R rated movies I saw in school. Notes were always sent home to inform parents of the movies we were watching and parents could choose to have their child not watch the movie. Teachers even went as far as to cut out objectionable scenes from movies. To me the school board has no place banning R rated movies from the classroom. It is up to teachers and parents to make those decisions. Yes some R rated movies have no redeeming educational value, but it is important to remember that those are not the movies shown in class. The whole point of watching a movie is to teach the student something (often times it is used to reinforce the text book). Mr. Wilson is taking a cheap shot at Ms. Buchanan. He can put sexy legs on a piece of literature and hand it out to make it seem like Ms. Buchanan is in favor of smut in our schools and there is NO evidence to prove this. I expected more out of Mr. Wilson.

]]> By: Cyberdoghttp://www.halfwaytoconcord.com/charges-fly-in-assembly-15-race/comment-page-1/#comment-3068 Cyberdog Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:22:39 +0000 http://halfwaytoconcord.com/?p=3815#comment-3068 This is interesting because Wilson hates negative politics. He was extremely hurt when Reagan Republican Judy Lloyd broke Regans 11th commandment (thou shalt not attack a fellow republican) and attacked Wilson.So what is up Abe?? Are you feeling desperate.... Did the CRP tell you that you had to whistle their tune now that they dumped $475,000 to save your campaign?Abe if you want to win you should get back to the issues!! This is interesting because Wilson hates negative politics. He was extremely hurt when Reagan Republican Judy Lloyd broke Regans 11th commandment
(thou shalt not attack a fellow republican) and attacked Wilson.

So what is up Abe?? Are you feeling desperate…. Did the CRP tell you that you had to whistle their tune now that they dumped $475,000 to save your campaign?

Abe if you want to win you should get back to the issues!!

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