HIC Day 8 Discussion about Education

Today we discussed a new topic idea of education and the lack of power that teachers have nowadays. We talked about how students feel like it is acceptable to talk back to a teacher when in Miss' day she wouldn't of dreamed of talking back. We also discussed the change in teaching methods from back when there was the cane and everyone had to learn at the same pace, in the same way and using the same writing hand to accommodating to every individual way of learning. We also discussed the different education systems in different countries, like here in England we have national exams whereas in America they have internal exams and how in America if a student isn't ready to move on to the next year of education they will be held back. We also discussed future possibilities where the students get out of hand and run the school or where it goes to the other extreme where teachers regain power but abuse it so they have like taser guns or regular guns and electric chairs and stuff for discipline.

We then started to create an opening to our performance, we thought about sitting our audience behind desks for the creative effect. and have a front row where we are sitting. We then had Dan come in as a teacher and he does the register and then we kick of with everything we could think of that a student nowadays would do that back in the day they wouldn't dream of doing, like having a chat, talking back, being on phones, showing off to the class, the annoying cough the people do in exams. So we are building noise and drowning out out teacher who turns around and starts to get changed into an old-fashioned teacher robe at the same time we alter our uniform and neaten it up but still making noise and acting modern. Then Dan turns around with a meter stick in his hand and slaps it against his other hand and we go silent and we are neat and back in time to when students were well behaved. I like our opening and I really like our topic, I feel it is very mature and perfect choice for an A level performance. With the opening I feel that we should use the individual exam desks to sit behind but have them right next to each other to make two big tables, so while we a altering our costumes we move the desks and separate them so they are then individual desks and more apropriate for the time period we are traveling to.