secondary the musical

very good

a bit long 

some parts given shallow treatment- too ambitious 

like mention of suicide its prevalence. heavy but not much time on it. even without that play would be strong.

with that you wonder how she can be even normal you know

and school seems callous if they are like that after 2 suicides.

interiority of teacher 's mind is very funny 

1. positivity

2. cynicism 

3. humour 

4. discipline 

5. empathy 

6. panic

songs really good. original. deep. heartfelt. 

math teacher damn cool.

hod could be given more depth

why people come to hq quite true. to escape and to make a diff

plus can start at 9 haha

omar story arc a bit shallow

 very angry for small thing 

then very quickly ok for one swear word

not time to go in depth I guess 

ming's story arc better. 

moderation of one class a bit crap really. very disillusioned if true. cannot beat the system 

use of Jeffrey lim's short stories cool

cannon vs sg lit bit tried. 

lin felt real

 could see Joyce. Pam. Pris. Dawn. idealistic pretty empathetic young Chinese lit teachers haha

students great. 

cik was wonderful. 

I hope and pray ashwin is in one of these soon

 

should take him for more local productions. so he can see himself there too

stark realisation that we are the system.keeping kids down is very real very painful very close to heart. i have wanted to cry for that too

ashwin says he never realised teachers had lives haha

and that some rap songs were cringe coz it sounded like adults writing for kids

and made me realise that's one of the things that stood out for me too , not the cringe bit, but some songs seemed  in adult voices not kids

ashwin says kids can be deep too esp if they have been traumatised 

we discussed yesterday what shocked us 

for saro what shocked him, well not quite but stark reminder, that there are kids with responsibilities like ming

for ashwin that a student shouted at a teacher like that.  though her words were true and powerful you don't get to choose my words

and he asked if sec students sweared that much. !

tried to let him know yes but best he doesn't haha

minister ong ye kung was there. I'm glad to see him though I still can't forgive him for making alfian public enemy number 1 thru a gross misreading of his poem

but seeing him here at a play critical of our education system shows that maybe he is trying

and yes I am very proud of such a play being written in Singapore about Singapore. like high school dramas in other countries like Boston public