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High school Spanish teacher shows R-rated "40-Year-Old Virgin" to class
Filed under: Teens, Media, Day Care & Education, That's Entertainment
Fernando Del Pino was hired as a Spanish teacher at Lexington Kentucky's Tates Creek High School prior to the
current school year, but he's already looking at a 20-day suspension for showing his class the R-rated movie
the 40-Year-Old Virgin, a sexually explicit but surprisingly heartfelt movie about a guy's
attempt to get laid after 40 years on earth without carnal knowledge. I wonder if suspensions for teachers are as
pointless as suspensions for students, and if De Pino has been spending his days off eating Krispy Kremes in his
pajamas while watching Judge Hackett and wondering if he could get away with showing Wedding Crashers
next month. *update* I guess not: according to a commentor, Del Pino resigned yesterday.
I would totally show a teenage child of mine this movie, because (1) it's totally hilarious; and (2) the real message is that sex with someone special can be worth waiting for (although 40 years is a little long to wait).
According to Tates Creek school policy, though, parents must give written permission for their children to watch any R-rated movie at school. Students whose parents object must be given alternative assignments. The policy also states that the videos/movies "must be part of the lesson plan with genuine instruction objectives." Something tells me this wasn't the dubbed-over Telemundo version of the movie, where Steve Carrell yells "Ay-yi-yi!" while getting his chest waxed. Although that would be pretty awesome.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
1-27-2006 @ 3:56PM
Eugenia said...The teacher in question resigned on Thursday 01/26/06.
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1-28-2006 @ 6:41AM
Ann Adams said...I'd think high school kids would be fine with it but I'd still prefer to be asked first with an "R". I'd probably say sure with this one. I have more misgivings about violence than about sex and I'd look on the notification as a courtesy.
In our middle school, they send notes home for anything over a "G". A little extreme maybe but they take "Parental Guidance" very seriously.
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