Brave New World
"Stuck" Script
“Stuck” Script
by Travis Carlson
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(Julian and Alfred wake up in the middle of a strange pasture, with a video camera and a note)
(Julian turns on the camera): Is it working? Testing? Testing? Alright, we’re good.
Alfred: Hurry the hell up.
Julian: Alright, alright. Jeez. So, we just woke up in this… in this strange place. We’re unsure of where we are, but there was a note here when we woke up. It reads- Wait, Alfred. Tell them what it says.
Alfred: “You are to make a documentary about this world that is much different than ours. You must make this documentary… (pause) …or else.”
Julian: Well, it sounds like we’ve got to make a documentary. So stay tuned, folks… Is it off?
Alfred: You were finished?
Julian: Yes! Turn it off!
Alfred: Fi-. (camera turns off)
You can read the whole script here.
by Travis Carlson
1
(Julian and Alfred wake up in the middle of a strange pasture, with a video camera and a note)
(Julian turns on the camera): Is it working? Testing? Testing? Alright, we’re good.
Alfred: Hurry the hell up.
Julian: Alright, alright. Jeez. So, we just woke up in this… in this strange place. We’re unsure of where we are, but there was a note here when we woke up. It reads- Wait, Alfred. Tell them what it says.
Alfred: “You are to make a documentary about this world that is much different than ours. You must make this documentary… (pause) …or else.”
Julian: Well, it sounds like we’ve got to make a documentary. So stay tuned, folks… Is it off?
Alfred: You were finished?
Julian: Yes! Turn it off!
Alfred: Fi-. (camera turns off)
You can read the whole script here.
"Stuck" Movie Poster
Creative Historians
Julius Caesar, Hero or Tyrant?
For a good period of time, historians have been arguing over the question “Was Julius Caesar a hero or a tyrant?” In order to determine this, I think we should first ask ourselves the questions: What is a hero? What is a tyrant? A hero is one who tries to better the lives of his/her people. A tyrant does what he/she does for themselves. Julius Caesar did a mixture of those two, bettering his people while still doing things for himself. Although Caesar is guilty for committing some tyrannical crimes, he ultimately made the lives of the Roman people better.
Read the rest of the essay here.
You can see my Caesar Seminar Reflection here.
For a good period of time, historians have been arguing over the question “Was Julius Caesar a hero or a tyrant?” In order to determine this, I think we should first ask ourselves the questions: What is a hero? What is a tyrant? A hero is one who tries to better the lives of his/her people. A tyrant does what he/she does for themselves. Julius Caesar did a mixture of those two, bettering his people while still doing things for himself. Although Caesar is guilty for committing some tyrannical crimes, he ultimately made the lives of the Roman people better.
Read the rest of the essay here.
You can see my Caesar Seminar Reflection here.
Sociology and Identity
White Privilege
A couple years back, I waited in line at an airport, ready to go through the checkpoint and onto the boarding area. As I waited in line, I noticed a Middle Eastern man being taken away from everyone else. Although I was puzzled at first, not many other people took note of it, so I didn’t either, but looking back now, I realize it was probably due to racial profiling.
This brings me to my main topic: White Privilege. There are several privileges that we, as white people, have that other races don’t have. We have it so much easier than other races. We don’t have to worry about stuff that other races would have to.
Read the whole essay and see my mask here.
A couple years back, I waited in line at an airport, ready to go through the checkpoint and onto the boarding area. As I waited in line, I noticed a Middle Eastern man being taken away from everyone else. Although I was puzzled at first, not many other people took note of it, so I didn’t either, but looking back now, I realize it was probably due to racial profiling.
This brings me to my main topic: White Privilege. There are several privileges that we, as white people, have that other races don’t have. We have it so much easier than other races. We don’t have to worry about stuff that other races would have to.
Read the whole essay and see my mask here.
Mask Project Reflection
1. Now that you have finished your first project, how is Project Based Learning (PBL) different from or similar to what you have experienced before? Give at least 3 specific ways it is similar or different.
Project Based Learning, or PBL, is different in several ways than how I was learning before. Before coming to AHS, a PBL school, my learning had been primarily going through a book and finding answer to a worksheet. None of the stuff I learned from the book actually stuck with me. After doing this project, however, it feels as if I will be remembering everything I learned during this unit. Making a project cause me to actually think about what I was putting down, for if I didn’t, I would not have gotten a good grade. I feel as if putting everything we learned during this unit into one final project really helped me capitalize on my learning.
Read the whole reflection here.
1. Now that you have finished your first project, how is Project Based Learning (PBL) different from or similar to what you have experienced before? Give at least 3 specific ways it is similar or different.
Project Based Learning, or PBL, is different in several ways than how I was learning before. Before coming to AHS, a PBL school, my learning had been primarily going through a book and finding answer to a worksheet. None of the stuff I learned from the book actually stuck with me. After doing this project, however, it feels as if I will be remembering everything I learned during this unit. Making a project cause me to actually think about what I was putting down, for if I didn’t, I would not have gotten a good grade. I feel as if putting everything we learned during this unit into one final project really helped me capitalize on my learning.
Read the whole reflection here.
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