Music Appreciation, Friday 1st period

[sharp_man]

Probably surprising nobody, the teachers were standing at the front of the room once again with a decent speaker setup. Jono was, as usual, leaning back against the desk with his arms crossed. It was comfortable there.

Hannibal nodded to the students, his own body language a bit more welcoming, Jono, and started. "Much of the music we've played so far has been a collaboration of various instruments. We could go into far too much depth about woodwinds, strings, percussion, and all the various types of instruments. However, the first instrument was the human voice."

Look, this topic just struck a chord with Jono, okay?( Read more... )

Lies Your Other Teachers Told You, Friday, April 13, 2018

[heroic_jawline]

"Welcome back, welcome back," Tony said with a smile. "Last week we watched a movie about Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement of the 60s. And today we will be discussing them."

"Not that you'd know from our current President, but last week was the 50th anniversary of King's assassination at the age of 39," Steve said. "It's a good time to take a moment to see how far we've come--if at all--in 50 years since he fought for equal rights."

"Take for example, the protests of Colin Kaepernick. Kneeling rather than standing at attention for the National anthem," Tony said. "Many conservatives bemoan this as being too disruptive and if only we could go back to the simpler times of Dr. King "

Yeah, Tony's expression said all he had about the idiocy of that.

Steve snorted. "They didn't like the protests at the time of Dr. King, either. Many were screamed at, beaten, water cannoned, and arrested for the high crime of asking to be treated like a person."

"Sit-ins, boycotts, marches," Tony listed off. "All of these things were meant to disrupt. The entire point is to jar the safely removed white public from their complacency in the oppression of others."

"And they tend to get really annoyed by it," Steve said dryly. "Like being reminded of being horrible is just as bad as being actually oppressed."

"So," Tony said brightly. "Last week I asked you for discussion points you wanted to bring to the table. The floor is open if you want to present them."

It was a good class and he had faith they actually did.