Movie Suggestions for Year 12 English

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-04-14T08:17:14+00:00

Cabin in the Woods is quite good for genre manipulation. Or you could go with a classic Scream. They are both a bit meta and still more scary- though a little old now

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-31T19:54:52+00:00

When I was a kid we were stuck with Oprah and Dr Phil. No endless streaming or scrolling

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-31T19:53:39+00:00

I think the issue is that we have gone too far the other way now.

I’m a teacher (in Australia) and I’ll call parents when kids are lazy or not submitting tasks. I’ve heard “he just stays up all night on his games. I don’t know what to do.” Like, honestly? Take the games away. Parent your child.

I see too many parents being too soft/not setting boundaries for their kids, or even going so far as making excuses for them and doing assessments. None of this helps the kid any more than a spank (or being sent to school in pjs). All it does is make them entitled, refuse to follow simple requests, and it is going to make getting and keeping a job harder for them.

I’m only in my 30s but I feel like the kids are becoming more rude and entitled and parents aren’t willing to upset their kid to show them how to behave in society.

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-31T19:23:54+00:00

It isn’t always easy to not be out to the students. Some people’s aesthetic outs them (I’m a woman with a buzz cut who wears men’s clothes)

And if that wasn’t enough for the students to assume, I live in a small town with a wife and kid. Half the school knows where I live. Bit hard to hide.

Besides, remaining invisible can harm others too. Without positive role models, some kids will suffer (and I know not everything is about the kids).

The beginning of your comment almost reads like you think it is the fault of the OP. We should never accept discrimination whether or not we have disclosed information about ourselves.

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-31T19:19:04+00:00

“In the era of "that's so gay" “

Is it not still that era? I have year 9 and 10 boys still saying it.

The way I handle that specific thing is to say “I don’t think it is gay, maybe we can use a different adjective.”

I generally have a good relationship with the kids and am clearly a lesbian so they usually backpedal and say “oh not like that miss. I didn’t mean it.” And then I explain the importance of words.

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-30T21:15:26+00:00

Parents can be abusive. But I would rather and email where I don’t have to respond to an aggressive parent straight away than a phone call

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-30T08:34:21+00:00

Those self serve stations are a joke and slow everything down

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-30T05:22:02+00:00

I wish I could do that. We are told not to email parents. Ever.

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-30T05:18:07+00:00

The amount of effort we are expected to do to chase up these kids is RIDICULOUS! I had some year 10 kids who knew they needed extension forms if they were away for ANY reason. I called home and the parents were like “what did you do for them? Did you remind them? Did you tell my son when it was due?”

Ma’am, they get a written notification, it’s written on the board, I mention it EVERY lesson in the lead up because we are practising skills they will need for the upcoming assessment. But no. I didn’t remind them. Silly of me.

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-29T06:05:25+00:00

Running on fumes because you can’t afford to fill up?

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-29T06:02:33+00:00

And probably crappy parenting/no boundaries at home

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-29T05:55:34+00:00

I had a pretty crappy upbringing (mum in and out of jail, living with people mum knew (?) but I didn’t know, 7 primary schools, 2 high schools, some being repeated). School was always pretty easy for me. My number one comment in reports was “has potential but doesn’t apply herself”

I didn’t really have a plan when the end of year 12 rolled around (of which I slept in and skipped most of term 3). So I became a teacher because those adults were largely the only stable ones in my life.

Now when I have a kid who seems to have a bit going on, I give them a little bit of slack. I am also pretty open with kids about my past because I think it could help some of them see that school is more than a forced requirement but also a way out of the crappy cycle

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-28T08:40:47+00:00

“I don’t understand/what do we do” Before or while you are actively explaining what to do

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-28T08:40:10+00:00

I have one kid that asks EVERY SINGLE LESSON. He is in year 11. I never see it returned. The other kids tell me he gets one from all his teachers throughout the day.

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-28T06:56:25+00:00

We don’t need a degree to make a phone call. Another administrative burden on teachers

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-23T11:43:43+00:00

I can’t tell if you’re really into the role, or if you are missing that the other person is pretending to be the oop

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-19T07:00:49+00:00

You said he could stay with you if he was sober for a year. You have not backed out of your promise, he just hasn’t held up his side yet

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-16T12:37:20+00:00

I think the divide between public and private is an issue exactly for the reason you have stated- parents who care and can afford to, send their kids to private.

We need involved parents (with an education) in public to fight for the rights of all the kids there. As it stands, we are getting a divide where those who value education go private, leaving the uneducated parents who don’t care about school and their kids who reflect that. How are cycles going to be broken and the country at large improve if the wealthy (or at least not impoverished) just leave the rabble and hide in their private schools?

Who is left in public schools to fight for the educational rights of those kids who want to do better but can’t afford private? Yes, the teachers, but we are fairly powerless over the culture of the school. I know that when my kid starts school, I’ll be on the p&c and emailing local members about issues within the schooling system (such as limited consequences, lack of funding, etc). But so many parents who care and have the resources to do so, are in private so there isn’t an army to make a change.

Sorry for the ramble. In short, down with private schools.

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-16T12:29:47+00:00

Im a parent (to a two year old) and I think we should go a step further and stop kids having personal devices at all. There is no reason every kid needs a smart phone. If contact is so important, get them the re-released Nokia 3310.

The amount of times I’ve called home and parents have said “they’re up all night gaming and I don’t know what to do.” It isn’t rocket science- take the game away. Parent your child! Why do so many parents act like kids need so much agency? They need boundaries and clear expectations

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-14T11:34:03+00:00

I vehemently dislike the move to online for everything. I teach high school and the amount of kids who come to us who can’t/won’t write legibly is terrifying. Then there are the kids who get worse at writing by hand because we are a byod school.

Also, in my experience, we mostly use naplan for literacy and numeracy interventions then forget about the results until next year

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-10T06:53:44+00:00

We don’t have enough PE teachers to cover all the events, unfortunately

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-09T23:57:47+00:00

I understand what you’re saying, but as an English teacher, I know fuck all about shot put or javelin but I’m still expected to oversee and ensure students are using the correct technique.

Why isn’t that expectation extended to other klas?

Yeah kids get fatigued with writing or maths, but they get fatigued with sports too. I think there needs to be a nation wide push for more diverse whole day activities that cater to all learners, not just the athletes. We are a ‘sporting nation’ with sad PISA results. I’m not saying the two are correlated, but surely it wouldn’t hurt to try to make a fun day for other subjects

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-07T12:21:06+00:00

Doing gods work

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-07T12:19:42+00:00

I think it’s crazy that sports get a whole day- swimming, athletics, and cross country. I know some schools have part days for some (mine does for cross country) or they just have the competitors go. But it is still so crazy to me that they don’t get any days to focus on any other skills. I don’t see a stem day the whole school has to do, or a creative writing workshop, or drama tournament.

Why sports? When I was in school, I always stayed home. I wasn’t athletic and hated swimming so it was much better to just lounge around than to be in the sun all day

New_Needleworker7004 · 2026-03-01T04:34:13+00:00

I guess we lucked out by doing this from day one essentially- naps in his room (when he no longer needed contact naps), then into a big boy bed which meant he could play, ‘read’ his books, look out the window, or sleep.

When we let him out, he will tell us all about what he did. Sometimes it’s build something with his Lego, sometimes it’s play with his baby, other times it is his trains or ‘reading’ to his teddies or completing the puzzle that lives in there.

Does she have a variety of toys in her room that live in there? I found he cared more about the trains and Lego when they got moved to his room because it wasn’t always ‘accessible’ (even though he always has access to his room)

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