To have complained to school for showing Schindler's List to yr 9's

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Just that really. Dont know which parts they showed but DD was awake at 11.15 last night -upset as the scenes were still in her head. She is sensitive but not over emotional imo. she was 13 at end of August so is a 'young' year nine although the film is a 15 so none of the group would have been that age.

Perhaps permission should have been requested. I would have granted it though to be honest. It's an important piece of history.

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Year 9?
That's 13 and 14 year olds.
DS is in high school around the same age and if they get shown a film such as this they never show all the film, just excerpts and there's usually a form sent home so you can consent to it.
(I do for stuff like this as it's important history.)

I wouldn't be overly happy. I would have preferred them to watch a documentary about the subject matter. Let's not forget there's a sex scene in Schindlers List. I wouldn't be happy with school showing that to my child.

YABU

Seriously ?! Year 9?! Well and truly old enough to There are children living in war torn countries currently much much younger than 13.

Education is key !!!!

I have friends who lived through the holocausr. She was in Belsen, he was on the last kinder transport to reach the UK. They spend a lot of time and energy going into schools to talk about their experiences. In a few years time they, and all the other survivors ,will have died and we will have to rely on other sources for accurate information.

.I have no objection to schools showing Schindlers List because it is based on a situation that really happened and opens up discussion not only about the horrors of deliberate cold blooded genocide, but also about the way that individuals can and do react to situations, both for good and evil.

I do object to schools showing films like The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas because it is untruthful, unrealistic and deflects from the reality of what happened. IMO it should be banned from schools altogether.

Both films are upsetting and a hard watch, but if we are prepared to upset people, which we should be, then at least have the decency and honesty to honour the dead by telling tell a true story rather than a novelists fantasy.

Yanbu. They showed it to me in year 9 20 years ago and it traumatised me so much I quit history, which I loved, and took geography which I couldn't stand. I was just not emotionally ready for the impact it had on me. Years later i was able to research the holocaust myself and I think if it had been taught at 15 instead I could have better handled it.

I remember being read goodnight mr Tom in year 2 and the bit where the mum locked him in a cupboard with the dead baby... I was 7 years old!

Look at the date of the OP people!

I wouldn't have a problem with it, most parents let their children watch totally inappropriate stuff at home - KS1 children watching soaps and Casualty for example.

A letter home would have been appropriate if they weren't using a school version or carefully selected clips which were deemed age appropriate.

I suspect now the daughter is an adult she’s probably over it by now

Yabu i think...she won't forget it..and that's a good thing.

We were in s1 when we were shown it in either history or religious studies

So 11/12

Cant say I was bothered by it

You weren’t bothered by it?

That’s cold.

I have shown some of that film to year 9; the ghetto scenes, not all of it. I don't ask parental permission because I don't have to. They also watch an excerpt of Saving Private Ryan. They are warned beforehand and given the option to be excused bit they are not being shielded from the truth. Get a grip.

Or we could show Dambusters, which is a U but says nigger. I think you are being very silly, history isn't pretty.

I watched it at school at the same age. Not all students will choose history for years 10 and 11 and it’s important they all see it and learn about the Holocaust.

If I remember rightly a letter was sent home before hand and parents could opt their child out, but I do t recall anyone being pulled out.

DOH!!!

I took my kid to auschwitz aged 11. My view with something of the magnitude and reality of the Holocaust was that if kids his age (and younger) experienced the horror first hand, he can surely experience it second hand

I think that’s suitable for a year 9 (and I have a Nay born year 9)

Why on earth did someone comment on this after 7 years. How strange.

I actually now remember reading this the first time round

We watched it in year 9. We survived. You can't shield them from facts or real life events forever. Schindlers list is a very good and emotive film which will allow them to feel empathy and a range of other emotions they may not have felt before whilst also actually truly understanding the impact Hitler had on the world without it just being another 'story' from history if you see what I mean

YABU. Life isn’t all unicorns and rainbows.

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I was really pleased my son's prep school's headmaster did not let any of the boys leave the school at age 12 without watching Schindler's List. I thought it was a lovely idea and really important.