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.
With all due respect (and I mean that--you're always very intelligent in your posts!) the children of Walton and pretty much any county in the U.S. are bombarded with controversial ideas. It's rare to see them exposed to innocence these days.
At the risk of sounding like a total geek, have them read a little Shakespeare. If you can get them to understand it, that stuff is controversial, racy, satirical, edgy...Oscar Wilde is good for that, too.
Just my opinion but I don't think the kids/parents/teachers/directors would consider it a "stupid play".
I withdraw the "stupid" part, with an apology. I didn't mean that the play was stupid, or that the attempt to do the play is stupid. I meant that all the broohaha over it is really, really stupid.
That's what's stupid, and sad for the kids.
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.
Devil's advocacy aside, I actually agree with this, believe it or not!
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.
Especially if it's just for the sake of censorship. But are the dissenters so disagreeable as to knock down a neutral sort of play? Is it too late to put together something?
I think it's very cool that your boy has the opportunity to also be involved over at Seaside. In my never humble opinion, that's where the rubber meets the road--he can do the tame, funn, "Grit & Grace" thing at school and other things in community theatre. That's a good deal.
And its a double good deal that he has a Mama who will speak up!
I hope this all works out for the good of the kids.
