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| Topic Started: Aug 31 2010, 03:41 AM (1,238 Views) | |
| seascorpion | Aug 31 2010, 03:41 AM Post #1 |
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Im not sure about most other schools but at my school the Electives for Yr/grade 9 our -IST (intelligent software technology) -IT (industrial tech, basiclly woodcraft,etc) -DT (design technology, architecture,etc) -Commerce (finance & law) - Art(painting,etc) - Music(Instruments,etc) -Drama(acting,etc) -French -Italien I chose Drama and Commerce, i am of course in the second semester of Yr 9 so i've been doing both subjects for a while now. however heaps of people give drama as a subject heaps of bullsh*t, saying stuff like its not academic and no ones going to use it, WTF?!? If your going to say no one uses it then your a dipsh*t, ever heard of Acting? Stand up comedy? Any job that requires public speaking? How about self confidence? you learn the skills needed for that in Drama. Not to mention half those people are hypocrites, what Drama's not academic but Art and Music are?!? How stupid are you people!!!! I mean like 25 people do the F*cking subject give it a break! |
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| Ddraig Goch | Aug 31 2010, 07:59 AM Post #2 |
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Drama is a GCSE option over here. Indeed, one of my friends took it. I agree with you, it can teach important communication skills, and besides, half of the reason for picking a subject should be that you enjoy it. |
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| lamna | Aug 31 2010, 08:45 AM Post #3 |
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Slightly better than Dance, otherwise one of the worst subjects. Not bad like French or Maths, with was dull and difficult but served a purpose. I can't believe I had to do Drama and Dance for three damned years. You're damned lucky that you got to choose to do that shit. |
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| Empyreon | Aug 31 2010, 02:17 PM Post #4 |
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Are you plausible?
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seascorpion, is there some student body you would like this forwarded to? |
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Take a look at my exobiology subforum of the planet Nereus! COM Contributions food for thought
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| seascorpion | Aug 31 2010, 04:06 PM Post #5 |
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i was venting my anger, @Lamna, dance isn't a subject at my school, i wouldn't pick it myself though |
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| lamna | Aug 31 2010, 04:12 PM Post #6 |
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Lucky you. Three accused years wasted. One person out of my tutor group chose to continue studying it, out of thirty. I don't think anyone continued with drama. |
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| KayKay | Sep 1 2010, 02:51 AM Post #7 |
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Well I may have a personal bias against such subjects. Our school kept these art classes going (dance, drama, expressive art) while they cut practical subjects such as product design, graphics communication and even biology! So, yeah, great if you go to a school that can afford to run all subjects, but they really need to prioritise if they can't run them all. Usefulness > entertainment! |
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| Pando | Sep 1 2010, 02:57 AM Post #8 |
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Obey or I'll send you to the moon
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Totally agree with you! Although they do need an entertaining class every so often to liven up college. Although I consider biology to be entertaining as well as useful, except for test time and microbiology. |
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| Holben | Sep 1 2010, 03:49 AM Post #9 |
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What's wrong with small things? ![]() I find speculating using knowledge available to me, so learning biology is indirectly entertaining. |
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Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea. "It is the old wound my king. It has never healed." | |
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| Kingpin | Sep 1 2010, 01:43 PM Post #10 |
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Passing the evolution section of my biology class was entertaining for me. Partly because I knew it, and partly because it was fun to see my Biology teacher inject science into their religious beliefs. |
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| SIngemeister | Sep 1 2010, 04:35 PM Post #11 |
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Ama's very useful. Especially if you're going to be in a job where you have to deal with difficult people. Drama's very useful. Especially if you're going to be in a job where you have to deal with difficult people. Edited by SIngemeister, Sep 1 2010, 04:35 PM.
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| Ànraich | Sep 1 2010, 04:38 PM Post #12 |
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L'évolution Spéculative est moi
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Communication skills? I took a speech class when I was in high school, drama sucks. |
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We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar. "The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming Tree That Owns Itself
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| lamna | Sep 1 2010, 04:56 PM Post #13 |
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My school was mutating into an arts college while I was at it, or trying to. And drama does not sound like it would be good for communication skills. I mean you're not saying anything, just reading a script. That won't help you when having a real conversation. |
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| SIngemeister | Sep 1 2010, 05:02 PM Post #14 |
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Ever heard of improvising. About half of drama is that. A lot of putting yourself in other people's shoes. And hiding/showing emotions. If you've ever sat in at a vets surgery, you'll know how important that is. Some pet owners are arseholes. |
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| seascorpion | Sep 2 2010, 01:18 AM Post #15 |
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Why does it suck,?its easily the funnest f*cking subject i have Science- I know all of it already, im bored half-to-death English-My teachers a racist, we're doing work on books i read 3 years ago (Lord of the flies,Frankenstien,etc) Maths- I finish all our class work in 5 minutes and then draw in my book Physical Education- Fun at some points, im good at swimming,etc however it isn't intellectually stimulating Commerce- Interesting, gives us lifeskills, but it's a huge amount of boring work (i can do revenue statements in my sleep now) Religion- I don't even believe the damn subject History- yet again i know all of what we're doing Geography- same as above Oh and by the way, most people who think its bad either have a bad teacher, or their crap at it |
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