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Principal’s Office
Occassionally I glimpse headlines from the television across the office, and I just saw a promo for a television show, “The Principal’s Office.”
I watched a clip and have several issues with this new “reality show.” I am curious to get your reactions. First, as an education reporter, I am quite familiar with student privacy laws. Student discipline is not a public matter unless there is court action.
In this clip, it shows students mouthing off to a principal, and he “disciplining” them for their behavior issues. It screams of fakeness, but I can’t quite figure out where they are going with this show. After watching four takes of the volunteer march for “Extreme Makeover Home Edition,” I realized reality television is much more staged than reality. So, what message are these kids getting? If you misbehave in a crazy enough manner, you get to act it out on camera in front of a television audience in order to get a few laughs.
This kind of thing makes me want to flip the television off and hope the show bombs.
Here’s a link. What do you think?
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