Regardless of how worthless that program sounds overall, I would totally flip out if my 6 year old was exposed to anything like that at school. I was pretty upset when they let him watch a pg rated movie and he came home and told me there were scary scenes in the movie he watched but that he was proud of himself for not crying in front of his classmates. I know all kids are different, but my DS would have permanent psychological issues from exposure to material like that. In fact, I myself would probably have to work at not showing how upset I get at cruel and graphic material. IMO that person has no business teaching young children, even if he did change his curriculum. He obviously lacks a basic understanding of child development. Worse yet, he probably enjoys nasty, gory stuff. Maybe he's a psychopath? This whole thing is very disturbing, I'm so sorry for your DS!