"When I was in high school, and you got to watch a movie, that was electric. You didn't care what movie. You didn't care what you had to do after. You got to watch a movie ... Getting these little twerps to watch a movie, to sit down and shut up ... I think I told my second period that when people want to have children, they should have to come to this class as a Beyond Scared Straight situation."
"We ain't gonna finish the movie, and I don't care. And it's a real movie. It's a great movie. There's violence! They love that! This is Thursday before Thanksgiving. I could be giving you whatever I want. And then you're gonna complain that I give you a worksheet. I give you a worksheet that's time-stamped. Short answer question, look at that, I'm gonna stop and explain to you because you can't even concept them, but because you can't."
High school students are frequently too overstimulated to sit quietly for a 90-minute movie during class. A showing of Hotel Rwanda lasted only 32 minutes before class disruption prevented completion. Students often talk and cannot maintain attention even when the movie contains violence that would normally engage them. Teachers sometimes substitute timed short-answer worksheets and must stop to explain questions that students struggle to comprehend. The timing of the screening, such as the day before a holiday, does not guarantee cooperation. Some observers attribute the behavior to device overuse and an inability among students to tolerate boredom.
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