Wednesday, February 06, 2008

"Go Study Porn" Teacher Gets Promoted

It's a fair bet that a number of this teacher's students were already studying the topic :
Mark Heiberg won a promotion after Victoria's teacher watchdog dismissed a complaint about his assignment entitled: "Is Nudity and Pornography the same thing?"
He told his year eight male students to use the internet for study purposes.
Mr Heiberg said he did not intend for children to download pornographic images, and stood by the assignment.

"When I said use the internet, I didn't mean look at pictures of pornography. It was to get a definition," he told the Herald Sun.

"I think it's appropriate that kids know the difference, because there's so much out there."

The aim of the task, which asks students to define nudity and pornography, is to help students clarify their values.

The Department of Education said the children did not embark on the task...

"Students never undertook this assignment, as it was removed from their computers as soon as the principal became aware of its existence," spokeswoman Melissa Arch said.
How deep into the pages of Google search results would you have to delve to find anything on porn that did not contain pornographic images?

Excuse me, I have to go now and clarify my values.