<p>So, usually after AP tests, teachers let their students who have worked hard all year and busted their butts to the point where they couldn't even use the restroom anymore watch movies and play games for the rest of the year. And that's what happened in AP World History last year, and what was going to happen this year in AP Literature and AP U.S. History.</p>
<p>So anywho, I walk into school today ready to watch another movie in my 1st period history class, and my teacher says we aren't watching a movie. Apparently, some stupid kid from an HONORS class had their mom/dad complain to the school saying that they were watching too many movies, many of which had perfect reason to be watched in any class, such as:</p>
<p>Moby Dick
Death of a Salesman
The Majestic
and a few others like that</p>
<p>There were only a couple of exceptions (Finding Nemo was mentioned, though it does have the hero cycle, and Zoolander was mentioned, but it was the only one without possible purpose). So the parents threatened that unless our school really crack down on the movie watching, then that parent will release the names of the teachers and our school and the movies watched to the Orlando Sentinel once the girl (which I have no clue who it is) graduates from high school.</p>
<p>We were able to begin watching The Great Gatsby in AP Lit today, but seriously, that movie sucks. We would be watching something a lot better, but no, some stupid person and her parents had to go ruin it for everyone. I mean seriously, as AP students we have EVERY RIGHT to watch movies that require little or no thought as we put more thought into one paper than most people do in entire semesters. And this definitely ruined my idea of watching Spaceballs, because my lit teacher said that though it is a parody, which was my reason for getting it to slide by, it's a parody of Star Wars, something that isn't connected to our class. So it's too iffy right now so basically this stupid person ruined it. Now we're going to be watching movies of books with bad acting, and other movies that actually require thought to understand, like Les Miserables. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that movie, I understand it's really great and all, but not the mindless or at least semi-mindless movie I had envisioned watching these last two weeks of school.</p>
<p>I guess there is still some hope though, because War of the Worlds is still watchable according to my teacher, along with Harry Potter. History is what I'm really worried about though, because my teacher isn't as good as stretching the merit of these movies especially under all this new pressure. I don't think I'll be able to get Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure to slide...</p>