Posted by afatchic on September 19, 2004, at 1:36:39
In reply to A video in class today, posted by deirdrehbrt on September 10, 2004, at 21:37:28
You definitely have the right to ask about the content of a video before you view it. I've been emotionally hijacked many times in school. One sensitive instructor told us that we had the option of watching a video alone if we thought we might be more comfortable.
I hate sitting in class trying not to cry and wiping my nose on notebook paper because I don't have any tissue.
> I was thinking about posting in 'students', but there seems very little activity there.
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> Today, in psych class, the instructor played a scene from "The Dead Poets Society". It was the scene where a student commits suicide after his father disapproves of his acting in a play, tells him that he will go to a military school, and then study medicine.
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> I didn't know right away if the scene would upset me, but I had an idea it might. It did, and it's been a bit of a chore keeping thoughts out of my head. I took my meds, and I'm waititng to go to sleep. I might take some more Seroquel if I can't.
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> Do you think it would be unreasonable, or would I seem wimpy if I asked the instructor to tell me if that sort of thing is coming up? I would feel stupid leaving a class for that sort of thing, but suicide scenes are a big trigger for me.
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> Thanks for your help guys,
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> Dee.
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