A teacher from Balashikha showed the Nine -graders a horror film “It”. Due to her parents' discontent, she had to leave school

In one of the schools near Moscow, the teacher left her position after instead of a lesson showed schoolchildren a new adaptation of Stephen King’s book “It” about an evil clown terrorizing children and adolescents. According to media reports, this caused the indignation of the mother of one of the schoolgirls, but the Ombudsman Ksenia Mishonova, the teacher later, later stood up for the teacher.

On October 13, Komsomolskaya Pravda reported that a Russian language teacher was dismissed from school No. 15 in Zheleznodorozhny, who showed the film “It”, which had the “18+” marking in Russia. The publication reported that the mother of one of the students wrote about the show of the film on the forum, and after this signal, the Balashikha administration began a check, following which the teacher was fired. The Balashikha administration confirmed Interfax's dismissal of the teacher.

According to TJ, a complaint about the incident appeared on the site "People's Dobrodel". The woman wrote that “instead of teaching the Russian language,” teacher Gulnara Korolev “simply turned on the horror film“ it ”.” “And this is against the fact that one of the students of our school jumped out of the window! What psyche should children have? Who allows such teachers? ”, She wrote (spelling and punctuation changed).

A familiar with the situation, the source told KP that “one of the students brought the film to school,” and this is the schoolchildren who persuaded the teacher to put the film. “Unfortunately, the teacher went with the class on the occasion,” the source stated.

The Commissioner for the Rights of the Child in the Moscow Region Ksenia Mishonova said that the teacher was not actually dismissed, but left of her own desire, realizing that "she allowed such a collision that she violated the norms with the labeling of age -related census films." Mishonova responded positively about the teacher, noting that she was even the dean of the institute in Bashkiria, "and also stated that she" perfectly understands "her motives.

“I really want to be with a new generation on one wave, understand their priorities, idols and hobbies,” the teacher’s act explained the Ombudsman. Mishonova also emphasized that “18+” labeling is advisory (to explain the Ministry of Culture, children under the age of 18 can really watch such films - but only with their parents).

“I think that she wanted to find contact with children in this way, to show that they have common interests. I myself love Stephen King. My friend, journalist and film critic Anton Dolin said that this film is very suitable for such an age, ” said Mishonova.

Victor Davydov