| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | B |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
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| Video Release: | 27 Jun 2005 |
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After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.
Movies often use stereotypes in order to save time on character development and get into the story. How are school authorities, teens and ethnic groups portrayed in this film? What are the problems with using this approach?
How is conflict resolution depicted in this film? In what ways do the characters successfully deal with disputes? What options do you consider when dealing with difficult people?
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Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.