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SCHOOLKIDS SUICIDE FILM ORDEAL
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Parents of kids at a top Cornish school are outraged a teacher showed kids a video of a suicide.
Pool Academy in Pool, between Redruth and Camborne, showed a Year 10 Religous Education class film of a woman trying to suffocate herself.
The Academy serves the young community of which fifteen year old Simone Grice, whose suicide inquest was heard this week, was a part.
Pool was rated ‘outstanding’ in 2009 and 2010 and maintains a high reputation in the local community of Camborne and Redruth.
But there is local anger over the school’s decision to show teenage boys and girls images of a woman attempting suicide to during a controversial lesson on ethics.
The class, consisting chiefly of fifteen year old boys and girls, were warned they could leave if they didn’t want to watch the disturbing content.
But Mums and Dads say all the youngsters stayed, not so much because they wanted to see the movie, but for fear of looking ‘chicken’ in front of their mates.
At least one girl came home distraught at the harrowing images.
And the school confirmed today it had received an official complaint about the movie, as debate raged about the film on Facebook.
Penny McAllister, 34, a nursery volunteer from Camborne, said: “I was furious when my daughter came home.
“She said the film showed a woman putting a bag over her head to suffocate herself and her children trying to stop her.
“I thought they were supposed to teach Religous Education in R.E?
“It’s totally wrong to show that kind of thing to children and I know a lot of parents want to complain.”
Another father, who emailed us anonymously, added: “Although the kids were given the chance to leave – which of them is going to get up on their own and leave the class?
“Anyway it’s almost like taunting them to stay on and watch.
“You know like when they say: ‘Customers with heart conditions are advised not to enter the Spookhouse’ or put ‘Parental Advisory’ on pop music.
“Advertisers know full well warnings about graphic content encourage people to watch – it’s human nature – even more so in children.
“I think a lot of my lads friends almost baited the teacher to put in on – but it’s wrong: teenagers are still kids, still easily influenced and still vulnerable.”
The teenage community in Camborne and Redruth is still reeling from the shocking death of 15 year old Simone Grice.
On Friday Coroner for Cornwall Dr Emma Carlyon recorded a verdict of suicide on Simone.
The youngster was troubled at school and was home-schooling because she was bullied.
She killed herself after sending sexual texts to a former date of her Aunts, when he told her he couldn’t associate with an underage girl.
The school film’s said to have raised the entirely seperate issue of euthanasia.
The controversial scene showed a middle aged woman with a terminal illness hide herself away and try and use a plastic bag to self-suffocate – a common form of suicide.
In the US a significant number of children have died accidentally in a ‘game of dare’ involving bag-suffocation.
Business Manager for Pool School John Mitchell told the News: “The film clip in question came from a DVD which has been used in this school in the past.
“It’s also been used in many other Cornish secondary schools, but has not provoked comment.
“The film attempts to deal with some of the issues surrounding euthanasia – which forms part of the RE syllabus.
“It follows a woman with a terminal illness, and is a sensitive dramatisation of her story.
“All the students were given the option to leave the classroom if they thought that they may be in any way upset by the clip.”
Mr Mitchell added: “Subsequent to the film clip being shown, we did receive one complaint from a parent.
“As a result we are reviewing the use of the film.”
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g jackson
January 9, 2012 at 11:28 pm
POOL SCHOOL cannot control their bullying in school as it is ,the people that should of watched the video is the teachers. helpers /ect ect .then they can see how a child feels and what it can do to a child ,if i knew my grandson had to watch this or his mother knew of it he wouldnt of been allowed to watch it .
wayne pryor
January 10, 2012 at 8:12 pm
what less should we expect from academey schools,there is a great video on you tube which gives more info. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBxQpft5F_k
S
August 18, 2012 at 4:33 am
This is a form of trauma based mind control and should not be tolerated. How many parents would allow their children to watch such disturbing images at home? As an adult I would not watch such a film. How many parents would be “in trouble” with the “authorities” if they permitted their children to watch such trauma at home? Yet somehow this is part of the “education” system? There was serious and irreparable emotional damage done to all of these students at the hands of the school and this teacher.
truthseeker
August 18, 2012 at 2:45 pm
LOOK OUT FOR BRIAN GERRISH LATEST TALK IN PENZANCE THIS WEEK TO GO ON YOU TUBE “WHATS HAPPENING TO OUR CHILDREN”OR GO TO
http://WWW.U.KCOLUMN.ORG THEY SHOULD BE PUTTING IT OUT SOON TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.THE TEACHER SHOULD BE SACKED,THE PARENTS SHOULD BE IN UPROAR,AND NEED TO START TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF RELIGIOUS ,PSHE,AND CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMMING CLASSES NOW,DO YOU ALL WANT PRIMARY KIDS LEARNING HOW TO MASTURBATE,HAVE ANAL SEX,OLDER CHILDREN BEING SHOWN HOW TO PUT A CONDOM ON,PORNOGRAPHIC CARTOONS,WE ARE ONE STEP AWAY FROM FULL PORNO MOVIES ,GAY AND STRAIGHT SEX BEING SHOWN IN SCHOOLS.WE HAVE TO STOP THIS NOW AND TAKE CONTROL OF OUR CHILDREN BACK FROM THE STATE SOCIAL ENGINEERING OR IT WILL BE WELCOME TO THE “BRAVE NEW WORLD”
WAKE UP PARENTS FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR CHILDREN
HOLLIE DEMANDS JUSTICE
open mind
August 18, 2012 at 8:52 pm
we know this is going on, the important question is why?
look into the tavistock institute
read the u.k column
read brave new world
new world order
start watching pstv,edge media controversial t.v on sky channels 191 192 201
there is an agenda
investigate for yourselves to decide what it is
peace and love to all man kind
we are all one
w pointer
October 3, 2012 at 8:52 am
All that passes for education but in many places it has become “do not mention the name of Jesus” – Yet where better to find toppics for discussion on Ethics and RE than the Bible?
Old skool boy
October 7, 2012 at 10:04 am
I was bullied at this school during the early eighties, though my mum and step father made several complaints, nothing was ever done about it. It certainly seems even now the school still will not listen, take responsibility and act
open mind
October 25, 2012 at 8:54 pm
regarding ethics in the bible,jehovah the god of the bible was a warmonger and a jealous god who was happy to slaughter nations that got in his way,even told his own people to stone their own when certain commandments were broken,women and children included,then in the new testament he tells us of his return and the slaughter of those who haven,.t accepted christ his son,even though all his christian churhes are full of peodophile priests,other religions don,t fare much better.
may the god you search for be you
peace and love
Kat
October 29, 2012 at 10:12 am
I’m quite torn on this, i think its important for children to understand what suicide is, after all they understand murder (most horror films they’re watching underage!) also they’re year 10 students, they’ll be 15 and to be honest they will have all seen horrific images in there films and TV programmes. Perhaps it wasn’t neccessary to show them film footage of suicide but it is important that these topics are known and understood, long gone is the time where mental illness and tricky topics that we don’t understand are swept under carpet, it is time for questions to be answered and older children/young adults to be able to ask questions in a safe classroom environment about these topics. Was it right to show the video? i don’t know i haven’t watched it. Was it right to discuss the topic? Yes.
open mind
December 2, 2012 at 10:15 pm
kat
i understand your comments but go on to u.k column website and check out their info on suicide in southwales.once this info is in a childs mind it cannot be taken out.maybe there will always be a few chikdren who have problems and need special counselling and we should be alert and provide help for these children but to have this as an open subject is messing about witrh childrens mindsand colud actually be causing suicides.also read in daily mail this week that government could give go ahead for pornography to be taught from 10 years old as there are again only a few children who are getting access to it so nnw we have to futher destroy the innocence of our children in the name of protecting them.is there an aenda here ,i think so ,and so do the u.k column and many others,closer everyday to the brave new world.
sex education or sexualization of children?
moral issues or tavistock institue mental trauma?
preparing children for the world or an agenda to create a traumatized world?
i know my answer
when insanity becomes normal then maybe we have lost
namaste