The relationship between Prudie and her student was all wrong on so many levels. It is completely against the law the things they did while he was still a student. This movie is a complete insult to high school teachers!!!
shareIt's just a movie. I didn't see anything about "based on a true story".
In other words, get over it.
you are taking this completely wrong . She knows what she is doing is wrong , not just because he is her student but she is married . But she was hurt and weak , he was *beep* hot and not that much younger than her and she felt the romance of an easy relationship .
She went too far . If the movie was about a teacher and a student ( which has been done to death BTW) then yes , Purdie would have been caught and arrested and lost her livelihood , but it wasn't about that . It was about women that make choices . Purdie was so vulnerable , she loved her husband but felt completely misunderstood by him , she loved her mother while hating her , she wanted a life that was normal ( hence her clothes ) but to a large degree she was playing normal .
I think the person that started this thread failed to notice that this was not an attack on teachers. This is about a sad weak nerdy woman/girl that is trying to figure out who and what she is while her life is falling apart around her . She was about to throw the rest away , toss her career and her clutch at normality in the trash and become what she felt she was.
Honestly I hate when people take something and make it personal . EVERYTHING IS NOT ABOUT YOU !! Unless you are a first year teacher that is being pursued by a gorgeous( and legal making it harder to resist) student while you feel your husband is slipping away I'm pretty sure its not about a personal attack .
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The relationship between Prudie and her student was all wrong on so many levels.
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So wrong its good?
"An entire generation of Cinderellas and there's no glass slipper coming..." - Almost Famous
When I was in high school, we had a hot teacher in her 20's. At the end of the term, she gave me a signed copy of her yearbook photo. I didn't think much of it at the time, but now that I think of it, no teacher ever did that, before or since. Gosh, did I miss my golden opportunity?
I never want to leave Fun Island.
Yeah it was kinda wrong wasn't it? I think it's illegal too even though he was 18, because of the teacher-student relationship. But it didn't look so wrong because Keven Zegers is much older than 18 and they looked about the same age.
shareWell...he wasn't her student and it was mentioned that he was 18. So big deal.
What I found interesting, is she's necking with a kid in a car yet has the audacity to confront her husband for talking to a girl at a funeral.
Dear Mary, you who gave birth without sin, teach me how to sin and not give birth.
Oh, I completely agree. I wish they would have done without that character and story-- she kind of ruined the movie for me. She was so depressing all the time; never smiling/ the whole thing with her student was absolutely inappropriate.
"If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, the possibility of life is destroyed."
whoever opened this thread:
you just didn't get it...
And let's not forget Dr. Yep hooking up with her patient too. Please see my rant on female teachers who get no jail time for abusing their position on page 4 of this thread. Just one more double standard.