GoldPhoenix
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Hello, my name is Allan. I was Student Technical Director at Woburn Memorial High School in MA for a little over a year and over the past few weeks have worked as a techie for UMass Lowell's theater. I have been following the CB forums for quite a while, even though this is my first post.
In my college writing class we have to do a 6 page research/argumentative essay about something we are passionate about. One of the first things that came to mind was theater/tech. I would like to write about how there needs to be a change in the way High School and College Theater/Tech Programs and classes are handled. It seems that most schools do not have separate drama and tech clubs or groups. They seem to share funding and many schools which I have helped with tech do not have faculty teach or help students. I have had heated discussions with Woburn High School's Drama club advisor (school staff) about this topic. She believes students should not be involved at all in tech and it should all be hired by the school system.
My questions for everyone here is how SHOULD tech and drama be run for high schools and colleges? This includes details about funding, leadership (separate advisors? who selects TD and SM and crew?), classes? Who is responsible for teaching student tech? What changes should be made to current establishment of High School and College Theater/Tech Programs?
Thank you all very much in advance... And because I might be using information for bits of my essay I WILL PM those people individually asking for permission if they're input seems to jive with my essay.
-Goldphoenix, Allan
In my college writing class we have to do a 6 page research/argumentative essay about something we are passionate about. One of the first things that came to mind was theater/tech. I would like to write about how there needs to be a change in the way High School and College Theater/Tech Programs and classes are handled. It seems that most schools do not have separate drama and tech clubs or groups. They seem to share funding and many schools which I have helped with tech do not have faculty teach or help students. I have had heated discussions with Woburn High School's Drama club advisor (school staff) about this topic. She believes students should not be involved at all in tech and it should all be hired by the school system.
My questions for everyone here is how SHOULD tech and drama be run for high schools and colleges? This includes details about funding, leadership (separate advisors? who selects TD and SM and crew?), classes? Who is responsible for teaching student tech? What changes should be made to current establishment of High School and College Theater/Tech Programs?
Thank you all very much in advance... And because I might be using information for bits of my essay I WILL PM those people individually asking for permission if they're input seems to jive with my essay.
-Goldphoenix, Allan