It is interesting that you watched "The Secret" and found it to be anti-God. I have watched this movie also and I thought it was so positive, uplifting and hopeful. I never found it to be anti-God at all. It must be a matter of perception. The meaning of everything is the meaning you give it.

Sounds like you've watched it one too many times, lol.

"I doubt that religion can survive deep understanding. The shallows are its natural habitat. Cranks and fundamentalists are too often victimised as scapegoats for religion in general. It is only quite recently that Christianity reinvented itself in non-fundamentalist guise, and Islam has yet to do so (see Ibn Warraq's excellent book, Why I am not a Muslim). Moonies and scientologists get a bad press, but they just haven't been around as long as the accepted religions. Theology is a respectable discipline when it studies such subjects as moral philosophy, the psychology of religious belief and, above all, biblical history and literature. Like Bertie Wooster, my knowledge of the Bible is above average. I seem to know Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon almost by heart. I think that the Bible as literature should be a compulsory part of the national curriculum - you can't understand English literature and culture without it. But insofar as theology studies the nature of the divine, it will earn the right to be taken seriously when it provides the slightest, smallest smidgen of a reason for believing in the existence of the divine. Meanwhile, we should devote as much time to studying serious theology as we devote to studying serious fairies and serious unicorns. "

Richard Dawkins

Why does knowledge scare you people so much?  Can't your child make an 'informed' decision, about his/her spirituality, without having you force your antiquated beliefs in god down his/her throat?

The less your kids know, the easier they are to brainwash.

Did you get this mad when they taught about Darwinism in science class?

Wow a movie that teaches personal responsibility, we don't want our kids seeing that.

Your children ARE allowed to pray over their lunches but the school is not allowed to push religion and FORCE people to pray over their lunches.

Perhaps other parents know about this but have no problem with it. I fail to see the issue with this movie.

Besides, it's the end of the year - they are cramming for finals and they are done....I remember watching movies in school 20 years ago...and it was Grease, that was far worse than The Secret.

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Would not the class time in a math class be better spent studying for those finals?

No one was stopping any student from studying if they wanted too and the teacher was helping some students one and one.

No one was stopping any student from studying if they wanted too and the teacher was helping some students one and one.

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Having spent 30 years teaching in a high school,I assure you that given a choice between studying math or viewing a movie, the vast majority of students will view the movie. No teacher is doing his job if he is showing a movie that has nothing to do with his content area. You pay him to teach math.

I think everyone has seen a movie or two in a classroom, it's not unheard of.  If everyday the teacher popped in a movie and played on his phone, then yes, that would be a problem. 

As for the movie, seriously, aren't there a lot worse things going on in the schools lately that we should maybe address first before this silly little issue?  Your kid might get his ass kicked by one of these huligans leaving school, but you're worried about a motivational movie he or she saw in class?  Maybe if the little fighting kids had seen the movie, they wouldn't be fighting so much???

Just a thought.

I think everyone has seen a movie or two in a classroom, it's not unheard of.  If everyday the teacher popped in a movie and played on his phone, then yes, that would be a problem. 

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I am so glad that math test scores are so high that math teachers can use class time on movies having nothing to do with math.

The only true way to do this then would be to home school your children.  Where you now are the only person of authority, but most parents have too little time.  You run that risk when you have your kids taught by other people.  Even with all the boards and control of the curriculum you cannot stop a “rogue” teacher from showing information or express an opinion you don’t agree with.     

Then we should all approve the entire lesson plans of the class to make sure they are to our standards.  Yeah Right.  Cut out the middle man as I suggested above, or give your kids your reasons for disagreeing with what was said.  Because they will get this information no matter what, it’s all in how everyone handles it afterwards.