DRAMA OR DESIGN CLASS?

So here it is! my first post! I have to tell you, i'm not a good writer... but i'll do my best. Today was our 3rd drama class, i feel so relieved when it finally comes! There are 8 people in the class, Sandra, Valentina, Felipe, Rodrigo, Diego, Sebastian, Sabrina (at the end she felt us and wen't to geography) and me. Having such a small group is awesome, it's so fun until we talk so much that Roberto tell us to shut up.It's hilarious to see him distracted anyway haha! The first two classes were about knowing each other better, although we've been together for years. Roberto also explained to us what we had to do for the IB and man! it's a lot! so let's see how much we can stand until we start going to bed at 4 am. The main activity we did was about trying to fool people, and people that usually know each other's secrets, it wasn't easy. We had to say 4 things about ourselves that obviously nobody else knew, three true and one false. it was pretty fun to watch and i got fooled twice! and then the bell run and little heaven fell apart giving homework as an outcome.

Today we had the last two hours, and after running (in my case, walking/running) 2.4km and having a too-quick shower that didn't even give you time to comb your hair!, drama was like a medicine. When roberto told us to rearrange his classroom, i seriously thought he was on crack, but then it came to my mind that it must have a reason behind it. right, that was obvious (showing how slow my brain works). Like in every play, we have scarce resources (economics applies to everything!) and although we might have brilliant ideas, we've got to work with what we have. Things like light, distractions, and the distribution of space made us look bad enough. And things like randomly placed chairs became magical props that were used to emphazise levels during acting ("sometimes the explanation comes after the action"...or something like that). I personally think that despite all of that, it looked great!.

The last activity was to make an sculpture, and i didn't feel concerned about Roberto's mental health anymore. I felt curious. The idea was that we had to make two sculptures with 4 chairs, 2 cubes and one bench; having into account that the audience have to be able to understand what the actors are doing, and you have to lead them to the right direction. the two groups were supposed to critisize each other. Our sculpture was called " tea time funeral", showing that the simple way things are settled can give so much information! A chair upside down became a dead warrior and two blocks together made a too-short coffin. Our goal was achieved; and there it was, the perfect kodak picture where even roberto was laughing his ass off. Is there a better way of learning, even when you thing that what we are doing at first doesn't make sense? I hope not.