Movies During School

Should schools show more movies during class? This is a very controversial question, that many would say isn’t even a question in their head. Some teachers find it a waste of time to show movies during class, while others find it extremely useful to watch, educational movies during class.

I understand that teachers can’t show a movie every single day, because we have other learning to do, but every once in a while both the teacher and the students should get a small break by watching an educational movie. Students get tired from learning new information every single day, in all of their class, so mixing it up a bit in one class, really gets students excited to come to class and learn.

By showing educational videos during class, students can learn in a new way. Instead of reading out of the textbook, and listening to a teacher ramble on and on, students can watch the actual events take place before them, on the screen. For subjects like history, science, and especially world language, watching a movie every once in a while lets students view the material in a whole new way. By watching movies that relate to the language you are studying, students can learn so much more then they would if they just read useless information out of the book. They can watch movies about the countries language, culture, traditions, and so much more. You would get so much more out of watching this two hour film, they sitting in class listening to your teacher try to tell you about the culture.

However the downside to watching movies is, sometimes students feel like movie time is nap time, so all of the information that you would be learning from the film, is all just going out the window, and watching the movie is virtually pointless. However if teachers do a good job of not allowing students to sleep during the movie, then watching a movie every month could be a real benefit to a students learning.

 
Sometimes I also feel like we aren’t even doing anything useful in class anyways for what ever reason. A lot of the time we don’t do anything in class is because the teachers still have a lot of papers to grade, so we can’t move on with the new material. So watching a movie every month would allow time for teachers to get caught up with grading and for students to sit back, relax, and not realize that they are actually learning