Teachers Must Handle Controversial Issues Cautiously
Daran Lin, father of Luka Magnotta’s victim Jun Lin, leaves the courthouse in Montreal on March 12, 2013, after a preliminary hearing. There are many cases of teachers exercising poor professional judgment, such as the one where a teacher showed actual footage of Lin’s murder. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
Last month, a Metro Vancouver high school teacher allegedly showed students a Netflix documentary called “Don’t F*** With Cats.” This documentary, rated “Mature” for adults, graphically depicts the torture of cats by convicted murderer Luka Magnotta. Not surprisingly, a number of students found the film very disturbing.
Michael Zwaagstra
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Michael Zwaagstra is a public high school teacher and a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute. He is the author of “A Sage on the Stage: Common Sense Reflections on Teaching and Learning.”
