A High School Teacher’s Humble Opinion on “13 Reasons Why”
A High School Teacher’s Humble Opinion on “13 Reasons Why” The kids were all talking about Hannah Baker and Clay Jensen. “Did we get two new students that I haven’t met?” Turns out, these are characters from a book (that I never got around to reading) turned Netflix series. By now, you would probably have to have been living under a rock to not know what I am talking about. If that offends you, oh well. I saw some blogs that called for parents to not let their kids watch it. I watched the show for myself and swore all of my students to secrecy as to not ruin details for me. All I knew was that my kids that are usually consumed with rap songs, inappropriate jokes, Coachella (still not sure what it is), kegs, and whatever else were having real meaningful conversations about some real taboo topics. So, I sat down and watched the 13 episode series. I am not going to lie— It was tough to watch. It was graphic. But, life is graphic. ...