Upon entering class today, we all received some rather grim news. Our stocks have dropped to half of what they used to be because of the great shame of Period 3 and Period 6. I will be writing a blog post about this as soon as I have some information from the sources.
We did the play today, however, I can't write much about it because a certain someone (you know who you are) did not pass on the class history for half an hour. That being said, there isn't much to say about the play, other than we have some very good actors.
Kent did really great today. He played President Wilson, who died of a stroke. He fell straight to the ground and pretended to be dead. President Wilson didn't die then, he actually died later, after his wife had taken over and was pretending to ask him for his solutions to problems the public brought.
The play ended at 1:39. We went over many of the questions on the green sheet.
To explain why the results were negative for the Germans, Mr. P. had Bryant, who had played Germany in the play, fall down as Germany had during the war, and pretending to kick him, to explain the expression "kicking someone while they're down."
Relating to this, at 1:43, Mr. P. said something that I thought was very important, so I wrote it down. The quote was: "You have the power to stop horrible things from happening, but your silence allows it." -Mr. P.
I think this is something we all need to remember, like the East Board lesson.
Towards the end of class, at 1:50, we went over worksheet 9, that deals with propaganda. An important quote to remember about propaganda is: "No matter how flat a pancake is, there's always 2 sides." (Hailei Gagnon) Thank you Mr. P. for yet another important quote. "Don't let propaganda change you." (Lauren Nuchols) It is everywhere, but you choose what influences you.
-I
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