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Canada Is Not That Strange And Other Biases | Wednesday | Period 2
"Welcome back," Fraser greeted as the students filed into the classroom. "I hope you all had an enjoyable Homecoming weekend. Today, we're going to talk about Halloween. Now, I know some of you might not know what Halloween is or might not even celebrate it but Halloween is ripe for all kinds of myths and urban legends because of the holiday itself."
He paused and leaned against the desk at the front of the room. "Halloween, for those that don't know, is a rather secular holiday these days. It tends to revolve around candy, costumes and scares. Due to the sometimes frightening nature of the holiday, it tends to breed urban legends and myths of the scariest variety. One of the most common are the fear that the candy received by trick or treaters will be poisoned or containing some sort of foreign object. Now, there is a basis for this urban legend since this has happened before and that's why vigilance is so highly preached on this particular subject. Most of the time, it just means taking trick-or-treaters to houses you know and checking the candy once you're home. It's easily preventable but frightening nonetheless."
Fraser smiled though and shook his head. "Today, though, we're going to watch something that's a very enjoyable example of a Halloween urban legend. Some of you might have seen it as it is a classic and if this is your first time, I hope you enjoy it. I'm much older than all of you and I continually enjoy it. What I want you to look for in this story is fairly easy. Obviously, figure out what the legend is. It shouldn't be that hard to do. Once you've done that, figure out how this legend is spread and why it becomes so widely believed. And, if you can, figure out why people begin not to believe. Feel free to write this all down and hand it in. It's a fairly easy class but I hope you enjoy the movie."
With that, he started the movie and took a seat to watch.
He paused and leaned against the desk at the front of the room. "Halloween, for those that don't know, is a rather secular holiday these days. It tends to revolve around candy, costumes and scares. Due to the sometimes frightening nature of the holiday, it tends to breed urban legends and myths of the scariest variety. One of the most common are the fear that the candy received by trick or treaters will be poisoned or containing some sort of foreign object. Now, there is a basis for this urban legend since this has happened before and that's why vigilance is so highly preached on this particular subject. Most of the time, it just means taking trick-or-treaters to houses you know and checking the candy once you're home. It's easily preventable but frightening nonetheless."
Fraser smiled though and shook his head. "Today, though, we're going to watch something that's a very enjoyable example of a Halloween urban legend. Some of you might have seen it as it is a classic and if this is your first time, I hope you enjoy it. I'm much older than all of you and I continually enjoy it. What I want you to look for in this story is fairly easy. Obviously, figure out what the legend is. It shouldn't be that hard to do. Once you've done that, figure out how this legend is spread and why it becomes so widely believed. And, if you can, figure out why people begin not to believe. Feel free to write this all down and hand it in. It's a fairly easy class but I hope you enjoy the movie."
With that, he started the movie and took a seat to watch.