Recognizing Truth Prompt #10

By: Madison Brosky

Have you ever envisioned one of your teachers to be a tall, skinny, blonde with big breasts?Well if you answered yes to that question then sure enough you have had to of seen the movie Bad Teacher. As far as i'm concerned having teachers that sexualize the act of actually educating students is definitely very misrepresenting educators as a whole. Of course having a beautiful, or handsome teacher is one thing. But the way this movie represents teaching is to the next level.

The movie opens up with Miss Halsey (Cameron Diaz) having sex on her desk while her students are out for recess. As the movie progresses we see Miss Halsey passing time showing movies while she naps, drinking and doing drugs on her desk,  and of course her sexual choice of clothing she wears each and every day. Throughout the movie we can definitely tell that Miss Halsey has absolutely no interest in actually educating her students. The most beneficial thing she did was have her students raise money for kids in need by starting a carwash, where then later we view Miss Halsey in a skimpy bikini rubbing her body all over the wealthy businessmen who show up to donate. From beginning to end this movie misrepresents teachers, and teaching as a whole. Yes, there are certainly some educators that are very good looking to some of their students. But I am almost positive that if there was a student-teacher relationship like Miss Halsey it would be very frowned upon and end up in jail time. Also the amount of drugs and alcohol this movie connects with teachers is definitely not how it goes in the real world. Teachers are never allowed to have substances like that in school, let alone in class and doing them with his/her students.

This movie is called Bad Teacher, the idea behind the whole movie is in the title. One doesn't even have to watch it to understand what happens. It is very sad especially for educators to see how popular this movie became with all of its false realities. Teachers will be compared to this movie and the techniques used in her way of educating. Teaching does not happen like it does in the movie, and teachers certainly do not act like Miss Halsey. Today education is taken very seriously for most, and there are certain rules to protect from student-teacher relationships.