School is going well.
I'm about half-way through the semester and I'm getting ready for mid terms and such. And then Spring Break!
Tomorrow is Monday. Monday is my busiest day of the whole week because I have 2 three hour classes and it just about kills me. I have Creative Drama 2 which is basically a class on how to lesson plan and incorporate drama into school. I also have Directing 2. I have two presentations tomorrow, the first being presenting a lesson plan that I created for a second grade math class. See, I'm terrible with math but luckily I seem to have mastered telling time and putting numbers in chronological order, which is part of what you learn in second grade. Safe!
I'm presenting my directing scene which hopefully will go well. We've rehearsed and had many discussions about the characters in the scene. But theatre is completely subjective. So my class and professor may hate it. Who knows.
Last year for my birthday my roommate Kelly got me the Complete Works of Shakespeare. Naturally, it's a huge book. Yesterday, since I didn't have to work, I started reading Twelfth Night. It's proving to be very entertaining. You should read it. One thing that I have learned while reading Shakespeare is that you have to read the sonnet/play many times before you can fully appreciate it. Read it the first time to get a feel for the plot. A second time to understand the language. A third time to look for underlying meanings and messages. I doubt anyone can understand Shakespeare by just reading it once, anyway.
This kind of relates to life, as well. I wish people made many attempts to get to know someone before they judged or made decisions about what someone is or isn't like. The world would be a much happier place.
I've never liked reading plays so I've never read Shakespeare for fun. I remember reading it in high school and hating it. Maybe it's time to try it again. I think I'll try Twelfth Night. Thanks for the recommendation!
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ReplyDeleteI completely agree about Shakespeare and life! I never understood Shakespeare until I learned that I had to read and re-read. It unfolds once you get the words and rythms down!
And about getting to know a person, you've hit the nail on the head. You're learning more in college than math and directing, I see. Good for you. For what it's worth, you make me proud.
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