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Disturbing content I was exposed to in school (USA)
Personally, I think some of the things we read or watched were too mature for the age or maturity level I was at. Especially being autistic, developmentally delayed and very emotionally sensitive. Some of the following media wasn't necessary or educational and even if there was a good reason for exposing the students to it, all I remember are the parts that mentally scarred me. And I don't recall ever being given trigger warnings or opt outs.
Middle School
Books
(Language Arts - 6th grade) The Giver by Lois Lowry - Euthanizing babies
(Language Arts - 7th grade) Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper- Abusive dad threatens to put kitten in oven and kill them
(Language Arts - 8th grade) Farenheight 451 by Ray Bradbury - Woman ODed on meds and had to have her stomach pumped
(the school library was giving out free books on a cart and this was one of them) Amplified by Tara Kelly - sex and alcohol
Videos
(Health class - 6th grade) My Girl - Thomas's death
(Health class - 8th grade) Supersize Me - disturbing abuse of food and obesity shame
(Language Arts - 8th grade) The Twilight Zone: The Eye of the Beholder - Forced plastic surgery to conform the protagonist to beauty standards by creepy pig headed people
High School
Books
(Language Arts - 9th grade) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie - boy bullied for hydrocephalus and girl has bulemia
(Language Arts - 10th grade) The Feed by M.T. Anderson - Violet was dying and lost control of bowel movement resulting in feces covering the walls
(Language Arts - 11th grade) The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien - puppy is tied to a landmine and blown up
(Language Arts - 11th grade) The Jungle Kids by Evan Hunter - teen girl strangles baby to death, teen boy breaks leg trying to get heroin, boy shoots himself in the head playing Russian Roulette (The Last Spin)
Videos
(Urban Agriculture - 9th grade) Food Inc. - Grotesque animal cruelty
(Biology - 9th grade) Gattaca - Jerome incinerated himself
(English - 10th grade) The Simpsons Movie - Bart's genitals visible and made fun of Christian faith
(Geometry - 10th grade we only watched a little bit in class and I went home and watched the rest on YouTube) Flat Land - deformed baby shapes forced into the "right" shape and many died from the procedure. Also the 3D shapes protesting outside of Messiah Incorporated and all were shot down in a bloody massacre.😭
College
Books
(Theology) Foreign Bodies by Alphonso Lingis - detailed descriptions of different torture methods used in Hell such as exploding people
(Author visited campus and handed out free copies to students) Slave by Jabali Smith - HORRIFIC child abuse (sexual assault, brain washing, starvation, restraint, kept in a closet, forced to steal and farm cannabis). The content in this book still haunts me almost a decade later 😨
Videos
(Anthropology) An old animation about the indigenous South American myth of vagina dentata - the line, "There's a piranha in her kooka!" was vulgar and imagery disturbing. Thankfully unlike K-12 I chose secondary education so I simply stood up and left class without saying anything.
Summary
I made this to document my personal experiences. I'm not arguing that these works should be banned or never discussed. I’m sharing this to show how little consideration is given to emotionally sensitive or neurodivergent students in compulsory education.
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