Ah, movie day — a boon for every hungover teacher. Whether you’re a French teacher playing a Muzzy VHS for the millionth time or a biology teacher who’s just got Planet Earth on Blu-Ray, throwing on a movie is a surefire way to buy yourself some time while keeping the little brats you’re supposed to be teaching at bay.


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Usually, a teacher will choose what movie their kids get to watch. However, sometimes, a teacher lets their students choose the movie — which, as it turns out, may not be the best idea. For example, parents in the Miami area have recently gotten all hot and bothered after a math teacher at a local charter school let his fourth-grade students pick what movie they wanted to watch.



Their selection? The 2023 slasher film Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.


According to a parent quoted by CBS News, the movie played for anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes before it was either turned off or the students were able to leave.


For the curious, the original Winnie the Pooh story entered the public domain last year, meaning that people are now freely available to create content using the Winnie the Pooh name and image, so long as it’s not too similar to Disney’s version that’s still under copyright.



That’s how Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey came about — and possibly how the teacher thought that it would be okay to show a movie with that title to his class. After all, “Winnie the Pooh” is right there in the name — sure, the name also has “blood,” but maybe that’s just referring to how bloody excited Winnie the Pooh is to be eating all of that honey!


But per the parent quoted by CBS News, there may not have been a misunderstanding at all. “[The teacher] didn’t stop the movie, even though there were kids saying, ‘Hey, stop the movie, we don’t want to want this,’” the parent alleges.



For their part, the school says that they “promptly addressed this issue directly with the teacher and has taken appropriate action to ensure the safety and well-being of students.”


Maybe they can make those kids feel better by watching some other movie — for example, I hear Come and See is great. Don’t bother Googling it before showing it, I’m sure it’s fine.