OT Documentary

I thought that the documentary on Our Town and the students in California who put it on as a play was very interesting. It was good to see the lives of the students at the beginning and get a feel for how the school and town were. Then, going into the teacher's opinions and why they wanted to put on the play was good because it allowed us insight into their thoughts. I liked all the interviews and opinions that the film got from the students' perspective throughout the film because it was really helpful and interesting to see their thoughts on the whole thing. I also think it is great that the teachers decided to put this play on, and that the students actually cooperated. That may not always happen expecially in a "ghetto" school as they called themselves, so it was nice to see. I really liked how they added their own personal touch to the play, but still kept it realistic and original enough to make it worth while. It made me smile to see the students get so involved in it, and was definitely a good documentary to watch to get some ideas about how we can use plays in our future high school English classes as well!