Getting distracted isn’t hard to do, especially if you’re a teacher to a bunch of wiley 10-year-olds. So when a fourth-grade class asked their teacher to put on what he probably thought was a Disney movie during indoor lunch, he didn’t think twice, and not doing so undoubtedly jeopardized his job.
It happened on October 2 at the Academy of Innovative Education in Miami Springs. It was lunchtime, and on that day the class had to eat indoors. They asked their teacher if they could put on a movie while they ate, a Winnie the Pooh movie to be exact. Seemed harmless, so he allowed it.
But the children apparently duped him into putting on the 2023 horror movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey instead of the cute Disney adaptation of A. A. Milne’s children’s book about a bear in a red shirt and his forest friends.
Even though the teacher stopped the film 20 minutes in, parents were still furious when they found out. Understandably so, since the plot of the film is about Pooh and Piglet being abandoned by Christopher Robin in the Hundred Acre Wood where they eventually starve and are driven to insanity, eating Eeyore before becoming serial killers.
The school dealt with the teacher and offered post-traumatic support for the children.
Schoolmaster, Vera Hirsh, told CBS News Miami: “The Academy for Innovative Education has become aware that a segment of a horror movie was shown to fourth graders, Monday, October 2, 2023, that was not suitable for the age group.
“Our administration promptly addressed this issue directly with the teacher and has taken appropriate action to ensure the safety and well-being of students.
“We are actively monitoring the students and our mental health counselor and principal have already met with those students who have expressed concerns.”
