Kristy#13

This is an interesting article that is important to this of. The

I liked the examples that were given of a few reasons that yes we all know theatre as an education art is important, yet it is still a good reminder. Some of the examples included: focusing on social benefits that are received by students as they participate in the theatre arts. Which also includes participating in cooperative group work, positive self-esteem, fluency in oral communication, and practice in use of imagination. Another important point included the fact that the theatre can serve as an outreach to the community. and I love how the article also states that theatre in an educational setting is a prosocial force that has the ability to reach young people in a way that traditional education cannot. This is so true and etereemly vital in these students lives because theatre really does reach students in new and different ways that their other classes cannot off to them. Which is why, as the article points out, we need to make sure that when budgets get cut, the theatre programs are not cut with it.
I though it was quite the proposal that was being made about the steps that need to be taken to change the way we talk about theatre education. to turn the focus for and about young people rather than adults. and creating narratives and places there they can find hope, discussions of meaningful differences (which is where last classes lecture comes in handy with the list of "hard topics" that will come up in our classes). I like that the author said our filter should be the lived experiences of our young people, and asking what can theatre help young people discover about their own lives. this is a question that I want to keep in mind as I continue to try to help the students, and also adults, parents, and administrators, but most importantly the students learn in a theatre educational setting.