Tuesday, May 22, 2012

DEATH IN THE CLASSROOM 20/20: STARTLING AND SHOCKING! OVERLY MORBID

DEATH IN THE CLASSROOM 20/20: STARTLING AND SHOCKING! OVERLY MORBID



By Tony DiGirolamo

In 1990 when the program was produced, Hugh Downs: "As Tom Jarrial shows us it seems that there can be unexpected consequences".
What they didn't know was what the consequences only nine years later would be ... The Columbine shooting happened. Death Education was still being taught. And because they said nothing it is still taught nationwide.

Barbara Walters: Welcome to the startling, the shocking sex education!
This video on 20/20 called "Death in the Classroom" was broadcast in 1990. It was shocking when it first aired, but even more shocking ... Why didn't they revisit that segment as they knew that Columbine was part of that 20/20 report?
I have been speaking to Lisa Shreve, a producer of the piece on 20/20.

I asked her, when the Columbine shooting happened you felt the need to explore the Death Education Curriculum that you found in your report? You wanted to revisit the piece because you felt it was related to the Columbine shooting, right?

"Yes I did", producer at 20/20, Lisa Shreve said. She received resistance to bringing this story into focus.. 20/20 did not want to do it.

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