Autistic boy traumatised after school shows Psycho shower scene - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Deadman;40390091]The school showed a violent, 15-rated movie to kids who weren't old enough to watch it. The teacher has apologized, but in the future they should consider the situation more carefully.[/QUOTE] It's worth noting though that in comparison to modern cinema, that scene's pretty damned tame for a fifteen.

[QUOTE=Noss;40390673]If he gets distressed by noises why is he enrolled in a music class in the first place?[/QUOTE] loud sudden noises the EEEH EEEH EEHH thing from psycho isn't usually the top of people's list when they think "music"

wow it's 15 and up in England? Our rating system is so shit. We have a huge jump from "hey if you're under 13 you maybe shouldn't see this not that we'll stop you" to "If you are under 17 and not accompanied by an adult you are absolutely not allowed to see this". Pretty sure a 16 year old can handle some movie gore.

[QUOTE=Rika-chan;40389627]In 10th grade, my class watched Shaun of the Dead[/QUOTE] I watched Schindler's List in class in 9th grade

[QUOTE=shitstershit;40390245]one of my teachers showed my class softcore porn in sex education once[/QUOTE] we were approaching the part of the spanish course where we look at spanish cinema, and our teacher didn't have any DVDs on hand, so she went on a buying spree on amazon. from what I can tell she doesn't know much about spanish film so among other things she bought a fucking almódovar boxset and told us to go home with some of them, watch them, and write a review in spanish at least now I know the spanish for "golden shower"

[QUOTE=Dbuhos;40389646]Survival of the fittest.[/QUOTE] If I ruled the world comments like this would warrant mandatory attendance of a 1-year biology re-education centre It would actually just be a work camp where you built me pyramids though

[QUOTE=Rika-chan;40389627]In 10th grade, my class watched Shaun of the Dead[/QUOTE] I remember seeing Saving Private Ryan in grade 8. The teacher just told us to leave if we had a problem with the movie.

[QUOTE=Noss;40390673]If he gets distressed by noises why is he enrolled in a music class in the first place?[/QUOTE] There's a distinct difference between the beautiful sounds of musical instruments and using them to emit spine chilling scare chords.

[QUOTE=Nitro836;40391355]There's a distinct difference between the beautiful sounds of musical instruments and using them to emit spine chilling scare chords.[/QUOTE] Most of my favorite music is disconcerting and usually accompanies murder, not in media, but I digress.

This is no big deal at all and should not be in the news.

I played postal 2 when it came out and watched horror, I was far younger back then I feel perfectly fine

pfff certifications.. I watched Total Recall AT SCHOOL at 14 and it was good.

[QUOTE=J!NX;40391477]I played postal 2 when it came out and watched horror, I was far younger back then I feel perfectly fine[/QUOTE] you're on facepunch, you most certainly have at least one psychological condition

[QUOTE=Venezuelan;40391602]you're on facepunch, you most certainly have at least one psychological condition[/QUOTE] N-nooo, thats not true! I'm totally sane, totally fine I insist! Not psychologically warped, no siree.

This guy has surname Bourne? [i]The Bourne Autism[/i]

"oh god the world is ending god forbid someone shows anything to anyone"

[QUOTE=bIgFaTwOrM12;40390617]Be glad that you didn't have to watch an interpretative dance on sex that suddenly cut to a real birth scene with all the details.[/QUOTE] Totally saw that, too.

My US History class watched Glory when we were 15, it's an R-rated movie. When one of the soldiers gets his head blown off at the beginning, someone yelled "BOOM, HEADSHOT!" Everyone, including the teacher, laughed to the point of having to pause the movie.

Back when I was 12 my whole geography class watched the evil dead tree rape scene while the teacher was sat right next to the screen marking our work, somehow oblivious to the screams coming from the tv and us laughing our heads off

There's autistic kid at my school and if you mention the word grapes around him he goes crazy. Like this is a conversation once. *Kid is sitting 2 seats and 1 row down.* *I start talking to my friend* "So yea, I just ordered some grape soda off of amazon." *Kid proceeds to stand up "OH MY GOD STOP IT AGHHHH" *Kid proceeds to try and punch me, but he just makes a limp wrist and barely touches me. *Me and my friend both wonder wtf is going on. i felt this had some relation since we're talking about autistic kids

[QUOTE=mlockha;40393509]There's autistic kid at my school and if you mention the word grapes around him he goes crazy. Like this is a conversation once. *Kid is sitting 2 seats and 1 row down.* *I start talking to my friend* "So yea, I just ordered some grape soda off of amazon." *Kid proceeds to stand up "OH MY GOD STOP IT AGHHHH" *Kid proceeds to try and punch me, but he just makes a limp wrist and barely touches me. *Me and my friend both wonder wtf is going on. i felt this had some relation since we're talking about autistic kids[/QUOTE] You ordered grape soda off of amazon? What kind? Was it any good? [Del]Are you black?[/del] [editline]23rd April 2013[/editline] Or did you just say that to mess with the kid, because, if so, you're kind of a douche.

[QUOTE=ZestyLemons;40390924]I watched Schindler's List in class in 9th grade[/QUOTE] we watched it and hotel rwanda in 8th grade

[QUOTE=CoolCorky;40389692]We did Psycho for our English media project when I was 13. Surprisingly enough, none of our class were traumatised by it. In fact, I think a lot of us (myself included) got into Hitchcock films as a result.[/QUOTE] Was anyone in that class autistic? The mind of an autistic person [sp](and yes, I'm lumping every single disorder on the Autism Spectrum in that category, for the sole reason that I don't know what disorder he actually has and it's a generally true statement about Autism Spectrum disorders)[/sp] perceives and reacts to external stimuli much differently than non-Autistic people. I'm not necessarily saying that the scene is particularly traumatizing, but it definitely has powerful music and visuals and that could very well terrify a 13-year old whose brain cannot correctly analyse stimuli. [editline]23rd April 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=RobbL;40393165]Back when I was 12 my whole geography class watched the evil dead tree rape scene while the teacher was sat right next to the screen marking our work, somehow oblivious to the screams coming from the tv and us laughing our heads off[/QUOTE] I just watched that on YouTube. What in the goddamn...?

So every time someone with a disorder has an issue we have to post about it? Fuck this kid, who cares.

[QUOTE=Xion12;40389770]Don't you have to get permission from the parents for stuff that kids are too young to watch?[/QUOTE] In my division (though this is in Canada, so probably varies on where you are), apparently not. We've even watched stuff with swears in it, and nobody bitched.

Watched a birth in eighth grade. Saw Jurassic Park when I was 8. Gore and sex are not at all as scandalous as they used to be in an age where most kids are desensitized to it be cause is so present. It won't be nearly as bad as the sexual humor that he'll inevitably start to hear.

When I was in 7th Grade we watched Schindler's List because we were talking about WW2 in our history class. Nobody was traumatized.

Slow news day?

At least both sides of the argument handled the situation very professionally. No frivolous lawsuits, no yelling at each other. Just apologies, and assurances it won't happen again. [QUOTE=Rika-chan;40389627]In 10th grade, my class watched Shaun of the Dead[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=CoolCorky;40389692]We did Psycho for our English media project when I was 13. Surprisingly enough, none of our class were traumatised by it. In fact, I think a lot of us (myself included) got into Hitchcock films as a result.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=shitstershit;40390245]one of my teachers showed my class softcore porn in sex education once[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=bIgFaTwOrM12;40390617]Be glad that you didn't have to watch an interpretative dance on sex that suddenly cut to a real birth scene with all the details.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Doozle;40390746]Throughout high school my form tutor was normally a media studies teacher, his class was the only one with top of the range macs, projector, surround speakers and shit. Once a month we'd have a day where we're in our form tutor groups to do stuff about British law, ethics etc He'd rush us all through the work so we could spend the rest of the day watching films. He showed us loads of good stuff, Pulp Fiction, Terminator 2, Matrix, They Live and other stuff. He'd normally somehow tie the film in with what we were doing[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=ZestyLemons;40390924]I watched Schindler's List in class in 9th grade[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;40390925]we were approaching the part of the spanish course where we look at spanish cinema, and our teacher didn't have any DVDs on hand, so she went on a buying spree on amazon. from what I can tell she doesn't know much about spanish film so among other things she bought a fucking almódovar boxset and told us to go home with some of them, watch them, and write a review in spanish at least now I know the spanish for "golden shower"[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=ultra_bright;40391172]I remember seeing Saving Private Ryan in grade 8. The teacher just told us to leave if we had a problem with the movie.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=J!NX;40391477]I played postal 2 when it came out and watched horror, I was far younger back then I feel perfectly fine[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=AK'z;40391492]pfff certifications.. I watched Total Recall AT SCHOOL at 14 and it was good.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=cheetahben;40392952]My US History class watched Glory when we were 15, it's an R-rated movie. When one of the soldiers gets his head blown off at the beginning, someone yelled "BOOM, HEADSHOT!" Everyone, including the teacher, laughed to the point of having to pause the movie.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=RobbL;40393165]Back when I was 12 my whole geography class watched the evil dead tree rape scene while the teacher was sat right next to the screen marking our work, somehow oblivious to the screams coming from the tv and us laughing our heads off[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=TheHydra;40394340]we watched it and hotel rwanda in 8th grade[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Cows Rule;40394632]Watched a birth in eighth grade. Saw Jurassic Park when I was 8. Gore and sex are not at all as scandalous as they used to be in an age where most kids are desensitized to it be cause is so present. It won't be nearly as bad as the sexual humor that he'll inevitably start to hear.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=SHYoshi;40394802]When I was in 7th Grade we watched Schindler's List because we were talking about WW2 in our history class. Nobody was traumatized.[/QUOTE] This is supposed to be a thread about how an autistic student reacted to a movie he didn't meet the age requirements to see. Not about how you all are hardcore, and watched those movies when you were young. Unless you're all passively admitting to autism.

[QUOTE=plunger435;40395532]how an autistic student reacted to a movie [b]he didn't meet the age requirements to see.[/b][/QUOTE] Neither were the other kids in that same class