Improvisation-theater class
pigbird2003
I don't post here often--I mostly just lurk & learn. But I have to
tell someone about something my 13yo daughter did yesterday.
She takes a Theater class at a local community theater. The teacher
is also a school teacher and all the other girls in the class go to
school. The teacher gave pairs of girls situations to practice
improvisation. Each girl played a mother or teenager in a situation
such as the daughter bringing home a bad report card, or coming home
late. When the other girls took their turns,the "mother" would come
in and immediately start yelling at the "daughter", usually without
asking any questions, the immediately coming up with all sorts of
punishments for her.
When my daughter's turn came, she was to be a mother coming home very
tired from a long day at work to find her daughter watching TV and
the house a mess. My daughter came on stage, carefully looked
around, and asked her "daughter" if the "dog got out again?" and
proceeded to tell her daughter not to worry about it, that she'd
clean up. (so she didn't BLAME the daughter, she asked questions to
find out what happened, and she offered to clean up)
I'm not sure what the teacher thought of that. I just sat there and
smiled! I feel like I must be doing something right. Too bad there
weren't any other parents there. The others just drop their kids
off. I don't understand that, as I really enjoy watching the class.
I know this is long, but it made my day.
Laura T
tell someone about something my 13yo daughter did yesterday.
She takes a Theater class at a local community theater. The teacher
is also a school teacher and all the other girls in the class go to
school. The teacher gave pairs of girls situations to practice
improvisation. Each girl played a mother or teenager in a situation
such as the daughter bringing home a bad report card, or coming home
late. When the other girls took their turns,the "mother" would come
in and immediately start yelling at the "daughter", usually without
asking any questions, the immediately coming up with all sorts of
punishments for her.
When my daughter's turn came, she was to be a mother coming home very
tired from a long day at work to find her daughter watching TV and
the house a mess. My daughter came on stage, carefully looked
around, and asked her "daughter" if the "dog got out again?" and
proceeded to tell her daughter not to worry about it, that she'd
clean up. (so she didn't BLAME the daughter, she asked questions to
find out what happened, and she offered to clean up)
I'm not sure what the teacher thought of that. I just sat there and
smiled! I feel like I must be doing something right. Too bad there
weren't any other parents there. The others just drop their kids
off. I don't understand that, as I really enjoy watching the class.
I know this is long, but it made my day.
Laura T
Elizabeth Roberts
Cool! Glad to hear about that! I'd be staying and watching too...
Mamabeth
pigbird2003 <lauratav@...> wrote:
I don't post here often--I mostly just lurk & learn. But I have to
tell someone about something my 13yo daughter did yesterday.
She takes a Theater class at a local community theater. The teacher
is also a school teacher and all the other girls in the class go to
school. The teacher gave pairs of girls situations to practice
improvisation. Each girl played a mother or teenager in a situation
such as the daughter bringing home a bad report card, or coming home
late. When the other girls took their turns,the "mother" would come
in and immediately start yelling at the "daughter", usually without
asking any questions, the immediately coming up with all sorts of
punishments for her.
When my daughter's turn came, she was to be a mother coming home very
tired from a long day at work to find her daughter watching TV and
the house a mess. My daughter came on stage, carefully looked
around, and asked her "daughter" if the "dog got out again?" and
proceeded to tell her daughter not to worry about it, that she'd
clean up. (so she didn't BLAME the daughter, she asked questions to
find out what happened, and she offered to clean up)
I'm not sure what the teacher thought of that. I just sat there and
smiled! I feel like I must be doing something right. Too bad there
weren't any other parents there. The others just drop their kids
off. I don't understand that, as I really enjoy watching the class.
I know this is long, but it made my day.
Laura T
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pigbird2003 <lauratav@...> wrote:
I don't post here often--I mostly just lurk & learn. But I have to
tell someone about something my 13yo daughter did yesterday.
She takes a Theater class at a local community theater. The teacher
is also a school teacher and all the other girls in the class go to
school. The teacher gave pairs of girls situations to practice
improvisation. Each girl played a mother or teenager in a situation
such as the daughter bringing home a bad report card, or coming home
late. When the other girls took their turns,the "mother" would come
in and immediately start yelling at the "daughter", usually without
asking any questions, the immediately coming up with all sorts of
punishments for her.
When my daughter's turn came, she was to be a mother coming home very
tired from a long day at work to find her daughter watching TV and
the house a mess. My daughter came on stage, carefully looked
around, and asked her "daughter" if the "dog got out again?" and
proceeded to tell her daughter not to worry about it, that she'd
clean up. (so she didn't BLAME the daughter, she asked questions to
find out what happened, and she offered to clean up)
I'm not sure what the teacher thought of that. I just sat there and
smiled! I feel like I must be doing something right. Too bad there
weren't any other parents there. The others just drop their kids
off. I don't understand that, as I really enjoy watching the class.
I know this is long, but it made my day.
Laura T
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In a message dated 12/4/03 9:01:27 PM, mamabethuscg@... writes:
<< When my daughter's turn came, she was to be a mother coming home very
tired from a long day at work to find her daughter watching TV and
the house a mess. My daughter came on stage, carefully looked
around, and asked her "daughter" if the "dog got out again?" and
proceeded to tell her daughter not to worry about it, >>
A couple of years ago Holly was in an improve class once and the teacher
talked to me and Keith about it afterward. She was laughing. The situation was
about being in trouble about grades or something, and Holly had made some
punishment about having to eat spinach (just guessing from things she had heard).
The teacher had asked her if her parents had ever punished her by making her
eat spinach, and she said "No, I LIKE spinach."
So the teacher was amused but baffled, and when she told us about it I
reminded her Holly had never gotten any grade, good or bad, and we didn't have
punishments.
It was, of course, like speaking a foreign language.
I was surprised at how many of their situations for dialogs and situations
were school-related.
Sandra
<< When my daughter's turn came, she was to be a mother coming home very
tired from a long day at work to find her daughter watching TV and
the house a mess. My daughter came on stage, carefully looked
around, and asked her "daughter" if the "dog got out again?" and
proceeded to tell her daughter not to worry about it, >>
A couple of years ago Holly was in an improve class once and the teacher
talked to me and Keith about it afterward. She was laughing. The situation was
about being in trouble about grades or something, and Holly had made some
punishment about having to eat spinach (just guessing from things she had heard).
The teacher had asked her if her parents had ever punished her by making her
eat spinach, and she said "No, I LIKE spinach."
So the teacher was amused but baffled, and when she told us about it I
reminded her Holly had never gotten any grade, good or bad, and we didn't have
punishments.
It was, of course, like speaking a foreign language.
I was surprised at how many of their situations for dialogs and situations
were school-related.
Sandra
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In a message dated 12/05/2003 11:40:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
monologues or scenes for children and teens that isn't full of schooly settings,
dialogue and thinking! I've looked at dozens in the past couple of years (and
we are in a very artsy college town with more than our fair share of
bookstores, libraries, and human resources.)
It's almost as if we've created an artificial reality for kids,
all-consuming and complete in every detail.
I guess I should just be grateful that as unschoolers we escape living
in that reality ourselves, but it still annoys me that "School World" has
been so successfully promoted as the "real world" that WE as unschoolers
supposedly shelter our children from! JJ
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SandraDodd@... writes:
> I was surprised at how many of their situations for dialogs and situationsYes, that fits our experience, too. Try finding a book of dramatic
> were school-related.
>
> Sandra
>
monologues or scenes for children and teens that isn't full of schooly settings,
dialogue and thinking! I've looked at dozens in the past couple of years (and
we are in a very artsy college town with more than our fair share of
bookstores, libraries, and human resources.)
It's almost as if we've created an artificial reality for kids,
all-consuming and complete in every detail.
I guess I should just be grateful that as unschoolers we escape living
in that reality ourselves, but it still annoys me that "School World" has
been so successfully promoted as the "real world" that WE as unschoolers
supposedly shelter our children from! JJ
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zenmomma2kids
>>It's almost as if we've created an artificial reality for kids, all-consuming and complete in every detail.>>
Kind of like the Matrix? Wake up, Neo.
Life is good.
~Mary
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zenmomma@... writes:
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> >>It's almost as if we've created an artificial reality for kids, all-Now that you mention it . . . yeah! <bwg> JJ
> consuming and complete in every detail.>>
>
> Kind of like the Matrix? Wake up, Neo.
>
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