Drama Club - 3/3/08

Drama Club is such a weird club. For one thing, it's a very small group so it's difficult to fill the time with activities. It simply takes a lot less time for 6 kids to go through a game than 12-15 kids. Secondly, I get the feeling that the girls just don't want to be there. I swear I think I could just let them talk about whatever it is that they want to talk about for the hour and they wouldn't care less. On the other hand, I don't think that their conversations would be as fun for them if there wasn't an authority figure trying to get them to stop. Today marked the arrival of a new student. A boy named Kyrin. He was very shy and soft-spoken to begin with. It turned out that he was merely adjusting to the new situation. After about 20 minutes, I couldn't get him to stop talking. Which is actually a good thing. He's uninhibited and willing to go with the flow. If I suggest a game, he's willing to play it. Today also marked the return of Storm. She's a girl that started out very shy but soon showed her true colors. It turns out that she's quite the little brat. I have to say things two and three times before she listens. Which is NOT how I grew up so it's all VERY shocking to me. However, she's not completely disruptive as some people are. Her method of defiance seems to be to withdraw. And that's fair. All are open to participate but if someone doesn't want to, they shouldn't disrupt it for everyone else. She was also disappointed because she couldn't be part of the Black History Show. I had to give her lines to someone else because of her inconsistent attendance. Oh, that damned Black History Show. Which got pushed back to Friday, by the way. AAARRRRGGGHHH, I say. I just want it over with at this point. I think I'll be a lot more relaxed about the rules and activities once I don't have this looming pressure of getting this show up and running. The funny thing is that, in general, children's shows are supposed to suck. The children are supposed to suck in it. But I think that the kids in both of my clubs can actually be really good. All they need to do is put in a little bit of an effort and just focus a little bit more. My hope is that they'll step up once they're in front of people. And if not, oh well, whatever they do is still going to be pretty good. I just want to make it a little bit better. I actually want it to be great.