[LIT] Martian Child

ljackson ljackson at gwtc.net
Thu Feb 21 20:17:11 EST 2008


My son rented it this last weekend and I loved it!  It is based on a book,
and I am so looking forward to reading it.

Lori


On 2/21/08 2:53 PM, "TLP" <tlinsb71 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone seen the movie, "Martian Child"? One school it portrayed
> "kicked" the unusual child out of the school rather than dealing with
> his strange behavior and tendency to steal stuff from other kids. I
> can only assume it was a private school but that was not clear. I
> beleive it woulld be unlikely to happen in most public schools.
> How many times have you seen a school or teacher portrayed as "the bad
> guy" or inappropraitely in a movie or TV show.
> On a side note, the awesome little actor in the movie played the role
> well. His portrayal reminded me of a child with Aspergers. ( second
> reference this week! ) What did you think?

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Lori Jackson
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Todd County School District
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Mission SD  57555
 
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