Fw: TIME FOR REVOLUTION? WILL THE PLAY GO ON?

[dkeith]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul M. Malone" <pmalone at artsmail.uwaterloo.ca>
To: "dkeith" <dkeith at SILK.NET>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: TIME FOR REVOLUTION? WILL THE PLAY GO ON?


> Don,
>
> I'm very happy to hear that you're still plugging away, despite the
adverse
> conditions (and the long time since I graduated from high school). Having
> seen similar conditions here in Ontario (and now, as a parent, having to
> start dealing with them soon, even if my daughter's only three), I
> understand your conflict; on the one hand, teachers should protest this
> oppressive and counterproductive treatment--on the other, the choices for
> protest are to hold the students hostage by striking or to withhold the
> extracurricular activities that in many cases are more valuable than the
> class time for building well-rounded citizens. I hate to see the work
that's
> already gone into _Much Ado_ go to waste, but if you want to protest I'd
> suggest either switching to _Measure for Measure_, or perhaps doing
Brecht's
> _Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising_ (or would Ionesco's _Macbett_ be too
> much?). In any case, good luck!
>
> Best,
> Paul M. Malone
> Teddy (OKM _Arsenic and Old Lace_, 1976)
> Assistant Professor
> University of Waterloo
> Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Studies, ML 213
> Waterloo, Ontario
> CANADA
> N2L 3G1
> Tel: (519) 888-4567 x3202