How hard is it for a student?
Wed, 27 Mar 2002, 05:14 pmWalter Plinge6 posts in thread
How hard is it for a student?
Wed, 27 Mar 2002, 05:14 pmHi
My name is Samantha and i am currently doing TEE Drama studies at school. I find the course easy and have to add i love it more then anything in the world. The hardest thing about doing is drama and wanting to become an actor or drama teacher is the way people treat you when you tell them what you want to do with your life. People mostly adults with the upper hand like deputy principals, career advises give you the look and more then likely the "ohh" as if to say get out of your fatasy world. It is somewhat embarrassing to a stage because these people use their power to dominate us (the students). Sometimes we even look up to them and when they give you that sort of response it makes you feel lousy. My advice for other students is they do it to everyone and if drama is what you want to do then do it and dont take their response as an indication on what to do.
Samantha Hawkins
My name is Samantha and i am currently doing TEE Drama studies at school. I find the course easy and have to add i love it more then anything in the world. The hardest thing about doing is drama and wanting to become an actor or drama teacher is the way people treat you when you tell them what you want to do with your life. People mostly adults with the upper hand like deputy principals, career advises give you the look and more then likely the "ohh" as if to say get out of your fatasy world. It is somewhat embarrassing to a stage because these people use their power to dominate us (the students). Sometimes we even look up to them and when they give you that sort of response it makes you feel lousy. My advice for other students is they do it to everyone and if drama is what you want to do then do it and dont take their response as an indication on what to do.
Samantha Hawkins
RE: How hard is it for a student?
Thu, 18 Apr 2002, 10:45 pmWhat is your opinon on the Year12 Drama Course? Im not in agreeance with it at all. I think it's good that they try and create a balance between the performance and production sides, but the marking and the final assessment I believe leaves a lot to be desired.
The complaints from Year 12 students in 2001 that were posted on the Curriculum Council message board included;
- Layout of written exam. In particular, the spaces provided, unclear and poorly structured questions.
- Venue for performance exam. The course is a theatre based, yet candidates are in tiny rooms where projection is not needed and if used it appears unappropriate, or rooms that have echo-ing, so if you do use projection, you can't be understood. Also the 3x3 rule (or whatever the mesurements are).
-Format of performance exam. Most students were not comfortable with the original monologues, and would prefer to have 2 contrasting monologues to perform, with the option of writing an original.
My biggest complaint would have to be the lack of continuity between schools with marking of tasks. I think that moderation is needed between schools in order to establish an equal assessment.
Anyways, drama doesn't seem to be a very high scoring subject in comparison to others. But maybe that's just my school?
The complaints from Year 12 students in 2001 that were posted on the Curriculum Council message board included;
- Layout of written exam. In particular, the spaces provided, unclear and poorly structured questions.
- Venue for performance exam. The course is a theatre based, yet candidates are in tiny rooms where projection is not needed and if used it appears unappropriate, or rooms that have echo-ing, so if you do use projection, you can't be understood. Also the 3x3 rule (or whatever the mesurements are).
-Format of performance exam. Most students were not comfortable with the original monologues, and would prefer to have 2 contrasting monologues to perform, with the option of writing an original.
My biggest complaint would have to be the lack of continuity between schools with marking of tasks. I think that moderation is needed between schools in order to establish an equal assessment.
Anyways, drama doesn't seem to be a very high scoring subject in comparison to others. But maybe that's just my school?