Where did YOU read it was an end-of-year event? Are you actually searching for (okay) excuses for this teacher’s behavior?
I used the word “if” this was and end-of-year treat. I see nothing wrong with purchasing a video to use in the classroom for that purpose. I am not an ogre after all. LOL Folks need to lighten up.
Stealing a bootleg copy would be wrong, no doubt at all. The whole issue of downloading movies and music reeks of the same issues as illegal immigration. Since you can’t police it just make it legal. I buy my movies, unless I rent them. I don’t steal, and I do not defend those that do.
I am not a teacher. When I grew up nothing was better than a field trip and a picnic at the end of the school year. We usually did both. I stand by my remark that I see nothing wrong with a legally purchased appropriate video being shown in a classroom for an end-of-year treat. Kids are kids, let them have some fun.