Hello blogging world....
I now genuinely believe I have for filled my duty of being a teenager and got to grips with technology.
Right, the whole point of this blog in my mind is to share my thoughts and experiences on the vast world of acting. Obviously I know next to nothing about it, but still someone somewhere might find what I say interesting, I can live in hope.
First topic I'm going to breach is volunteering to teach drama, in my mind this was an amazing opportunity to help inspire 11 and 12 year olds. The prospective class of 15 in my mind seemed manageable, additionally they all chose to take part therefore should be willing to behave and show enthusiasm right? No no not right. instead of the 15 delightful year 7's I was faced with 25 hyper 11 year olds, who persistence display of chatter was matched only by their persistence display to scream at the top of their voices until the dance music next door for the dance class was drowned out by the young actresses screams.
After an hour of playing games (their favourite ended up being park bench? they could literally play it all day and still not get bored) we finally embarked on some actual script work, it was only then that the noise died down, but the enthusiasm still existed. It was remarkable to see them working seriously on hard scripts, I remember watching them showcase their pieces to the class and thinking, "I was never even nearly as good as them when i was in year 7". They were so confident and comfortable with the class they really became their characters, something which i have never seen such young students do. They were quite simply astonishing. And yes it is stressful to run a class, but it's so remarkable, (I'm aware of how cheesy this is sounding.) but honestly if you ever get the chance to teach. Do it. It's painful at first, but the material they come out with, and the improvement they make is just...brilliant.