Sunday, March 25, 2007
Play About Iraq War Divides a Connecticut School
New York Times: "For the spring semester, students in the advanced theater class took on a bigger challenge: creating an original play about the war in Iraq. They compiled reflections of soldiers and others involved, including a heartbreaking letter from a 2005 Wilton High graduate killed in Iraq last September at age 19, and quickly found their largely sheltered lives somewhat transformed."
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It's absolutely ridiculous when things like this happen. It's one thing when the issue of freedom of speech in public schools is disrupting the school day. I can understand why they wouldn't want riots or parades all the time when students are supposed to be working. But it's entirely another thing when a principal cancels a play because of fear of public backlash. It's such an offense to freedom of speech, but the students can't do anything about it and the supreme court hardly ever bothers because high school students are under the jurisdiction of the school officials and they are minors (so, sorry, kiddos, no rights for you). Absolutely ridiculous. Way to treat the youth of the nation like idiots who can't think for themselves.
This is an OUTRAGEOUS article. I got pissed off just reading about it. There are so many things wrong with this in regards to education and it's purposes. This is creating a whole new category, we already have the censorship of religion in public schools and even some private ones, are we now heading down the road of political censorship? This is SO ridiculous.
This goes back to what I was saying about the Britney Spears post and people not being aware of the things they should be aware of. This is why, because when you say what needs to be said and what people NEED TO HEAR especially in high schools, the BEST place to recruit, it gets shut down. Not only is what Chapel brings up about minorities true, but what the article quotes the cast as SAYING. Sure, maybe the newspaper swayed it a little bit but the actions of this school defy so many things that we stand for not just in our profession but in our standards of education and the overall health and inner workings of this country.
heard about it....crazy...this goes back to john kani...whos story are we allowed to tell? its an age old question..and i dont think there will ever be an easy answer to the question or striahgtforward answer for that amtter...its about how experimental you are willing to be...i dont think that the school shouldnt be allowed to perform the show...they are attemping to make a statement...i think its courageous that they are starting so young and in an educational envionrment...educational should mean safe...so its a safe placce to experiement with ways of telling the story...screw censorship...they have the right to perform.
It is strikingly insightful story. We should be aware of these issues being addressed around us in order to strongly voice ourselves at the right time. Or we'll lose our control to let others take over. The political censorship, monitoring, discrimination of free speach. I thought we are passed this a century ago. People should be more conscious to not let the history step backward a hundred years.
Yea, as much as they would like to think this is different, all this relates back to is the loophole that allows principles to basically veto anything they want and it isn't going to change unless someone decides not to be a pansy and stick it out for the long haul to the Supreme Court. If these kids really are passionate about this, they should try that route or simply take the play to a local theatre, fuck even a back yard...because if you really want to let these people know, you should stop complaining on the news and actually get shit done.
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