Where will it end?

[Jdarg]

I know that the principal and drama teacher are handling this one properly. Remember, these complaints/appeals have guildlines to be followed. Due process...

Yes they are doing a great job- but the complexity of this challenge process is time consuming and favors the people making the challenge. There is not an opportunity for the parents and students to publicly oppose these people or have a say. We are all willing to put our names and faces out there (and we have)- why are the challengers protected? Who are they? Why can't we have a face to face meeting with them? If they are truly "protecting the children", then they need to maybe talk to the children and their parents, instead of sneaking in first one challenge, then another. Ridiculous.

 

[scooterbug44]

So basically, they will delay it until the kids just don't get a play at all. Nice. :roll:

 

[Jdarg]

So basically, they will delay it until the kids just don't get a play at all. Nice. :roll:

You got it. The process appears to be slow and cumbersome. While it would be fine for a book challenge, a play is different because there is a time schedule. So this process is death to a play.

I really really want these people who have challenged these plays to be "outed". If somebody is going to have such a huge effect on a large number of really great kids, they should not get to do it anonymously.

 

[Rudyjohn]

You got it. The process appears to be slow and cumbersome. While it would be fine for a book challenge, a play is different because there is a time schedule. So this process is death to a play.

I really really want these people who have challenged these plays to be "outed". If somebody is going to have such a huge effect on a large number of really great kids, they should not get to do it anonymously.

Would you consider writing a letter to the editor of your local paper? Maybe the other party has been requested to keep mum.

 

[NoHall]

I hate to be the wet blanket on all this wet blanketing (ha! :lie:I love playing devil's advocate!) but what the heck is wrong with doing a play that doesn't twist up somebody's knickers? There are HUNDREDS of high school appropriate plays out there.

Don't get me wrong--I'm not saying that all the rabble-rousers are correct in censoring the heck out of plays. But I know I've sat through my share of "edgy" plays done by high school kids and thought, "Ewww. What happened to Our Town? I don't want to see teenagers doing Equus, for Pete's sake. I get squirmy watching teenagers do Grease, for that matter.

But maybe that's not what this thread is about. Maybe y'all are more p!ssed off at the censoring and bickering and pot-stirring, and I don't blame you for that. But if this is just about finding a stupid PLAY...sheesh...I could write a list of 50 appropriate plays off the top of my head right now, and I'm not even a bona fide theatre person!

 

[rapunzel]

And if they really believe in the merit of their complaints, why aren't they willing to come forward?

All the funding and support for our schools won't result in a good, well-rounded education that allows children to learn to think for themselves if any random person with an axe to grind can dictate what is taught. It is really a shame that some people think it would be a good thing if the children of Walton County were never exposed to a controversial idea.

These kids won't be prepared for college on so many different levels if this continues.

 

[kathydwells]

I hate to be the wet blanket on all this wet blanketing (ha! :lie:I love playing devil's advocate!) but what the heck is wrong with doing a play that doesn't twist up somebody's knickers? There are HUNDREDS of high school appropriate plays out there.

Don't get me wrong--I'm not saying that all the rabble-rousers are correct in censoring the heck out of plays. But I know I've sat through my share of "edgy" plays done by high school kids and thought, "Ewww. What happened to Our Town? I don't want to see teenagers doing Equus, for Pete's sake. I get squirmy watching teenagers do Grease, for that matter.

But maybe that's not what this thread is about. Maybe y'all are more p!ssed off at the censoring and bickering and pot-stirring, and I don't blame you for that. But if this is just about finding a stupid PLAY...sheesh...I could write a list of 50 appropriate plays off the top of my head right now, and I'm not even a bona fide theatre person!

Just my opinion but I don't think the kids/parents/teachers/directors would consider it a "stupid play".

 

[scooterbug44]

All the funding and support for our schools won't result in a good, well-rounded education that allows children to learn to think for themselves if any random person with an axe to grind can dictate what is taught. It is really a shame that some people think it would be a good thing if the children of Walton County were never exposed to a controversial idea.

I get the sense that any play chosen will be objected to on some grounds - not because it is age inappropriate content - a valid objection IMO.

I went to college w/ some kids raised in a bubble environment - they had a rough time because they didn't know how to respond when challenged with new ideas. If a high school play with a little voodoo imagery or a seance is too much, wait until they have to write a paper on Mapplethorpe & censorship in a philosophy of art & beauty class.

 

[Jdarg]

Neither play was what would be considered "controversial" by normal thinking people standards. This is not just about finding a play. It is about the fact that we had 2 perfectly good plays, and got zinged out of left field.

Picking plays for high school is difficult due to time constraints, number of students for speaking parts, and other extra curricular obligations of both staff and students. It is now October 22. We are less than 2 months before the end of the semester. I hope we can find a play at the last minute that would meet the standards of our challenger friends, and be able to be put on before the semester ends.

I am angry about censorship, and I should be.

 

[Jdarg]

And if they really believe in the merit of their complaints, why aren't they willing to come forward?

All the funding and support for our schools won't result in a good, well-rounded education that allows children to learn to think for themselves if any random person with an axe to grind can dictate what is taught. It is really a shame that some people think it would be a good thing if the children of Walton County were never exposed to a controversial idea.

These kids won't be prepared for college on so many different levels if this continues.

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