HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA
It’s time to go to homeroom to face my fate. The California State High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) results will be passed out today. I’m a little nervous, but if I don’t pass I know I can retake it next year.
My fellow classmates trickle into class ignorant to the fact that 50% of us will have to retake the test that allows us to graduate from high school. The bell rings and Mr. M. says in a joking tone, “I’m going to call you by name to come and get your CAHSEE results. If you didn’t pass… You’ll be doomed”. He calls out the first name with a loud Roman Empire like voice. When my name was called, I receive my passing scores with much gratitude, but some of my classmates don’t seem to be affected by not passing. Students discuss their percentages amongst themselves. One student complained that all they needed was one more correct answer to pass, and I began to see another side of other students as they received their failing scores. The excuse, “ I can just take it next year” was common. Students went as far as leaving the test results in the classroom to be looked at by the public eye. I thought to myself, “Dang they don’t care about their education.”
There’s enough drama associated with high school without adding to the stress of not taking an interest in learning. I know we all come from different life experiences and we all have our unique talents and issues, but sometimes we create drama in our lives by not doing some basic things that can make life better. We bring our mama/daddy stuff to school. We carry our sister/brother issues in our backpacks, and we sometimes take the ups and downs of our wifey/hubby issues to the classroom. It’s hard to focus with all this drama, but if we don’t take our education seriously everyday, we’ll never escape the stress. If we start off hustling now, we can be ball’n for the rest of our lives instead of waiting on an ITT Tech commercial to tell us to get off the couch and do something.
“High School Drama,” a PISE production, is a stage play that shines the spotlight on real-life stories of high school kids as it portrays how chains of events affect human behavior. This mini edutainment production delivers an hour of pure talent from kids right in your own community. “High School Drama” is full of laughs, life lessons, and dynamic dance performances designed to entertain and educate a young audience from middle school to college.
“High School Drama” helped me connect my today to my future. It was kind of cool looking at the dynamics of high school students on stage, and the whole High School Drama experience had a unique way connecting high school students to the college campus. It wasn’t just an ordinary play; representatives from the sponsoring college informed the audience about continuing education. I also had fun at the pep rally that gave me an opportunity to interact with college students. If you would like to know how to turn drama into diamonds, be at the next showing of High School Drama. For information on how to be apart of the High School Drama experience you can reach PISE Performing Arts School online at www.pise.org.
BY: Bakari Anderson (Age 15)
