Dreamer Series: Teacher (Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi)
common sense media says
Teacher simulation does lousy job of showing the job.
parents & educators say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that while the title Dreamer Series: Teacher sounds like a simulation game about being a teacher, the activities performed by the teacher in this game have absolutely nothing to do with education. Playing as a teacher, you child will get to "teach" nothing other than music and dance. Most of the rest of the time is spent either disciplining children or playing with them. Parents should also be aware that the game reinforces stereotypes that boys are misbehaved and girls are tattletales.
Educational value:
Ironically, there is no educational value whatsoever.
Positive role models:
The children are terrible role models, engaging in extremely disruptive behavior like food fights and also trying to cheat at exams. The teacher is a poor role model for letting the kids continue to get away with it, and also for conforming to a very strict gender stereotype.
Ease of play:
Difficulty level is based on the player's age (which can be registered as anywhere between 5 and 20). At 20, play can be ridiculously hard; at 5, it is supremely easy.
Violence & scariness:
Children get scraped shins and arms at recess, which the teacher must clean with cotton; the cotton becomes bloody after wiping the wounds. Also misbehaving children throw cake at the teacher, which can splatter on her face and in her hair.
Language:
Not applicable.
Consumerism:
After finishing the game, you get the message, "You did great as a teacher. You should try other jobs." Though not explicit, this can be interpreted as a call to try other games in the Dreamer series of career sims.
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