The Theatre is a safe place to do unsafe things- so what about the classroom?

This picture what from the last production of my Senior year of high school, A Midsummer Night's Dream. The arrow is pointing to a girl with teased hair, covered in glitter, wearing plaid, corduroy, and rope. She also carried around a bucket of flowers and chased butterflies that weren't really there. That girl is me.

You see, a very wise woman once told me that the theatre is a safe place to do unsafe things. This led me to be a braver person when it came to the theatre and what I did. It's better to give it all you have and to be brave with a role than just kinda go for it. It's better to leave it all on stage and put your all into it. This quote has not only applied to the theatre for me, but to a lot of other things I did. I applied it to my writing, making sure it didn't just half write pieces for my portfolio, but I put everything I had into them. Because of this, I recieved a distinguished on my portfolio. This quote is more than just something that can be applied to the theatre. It's a great thing to remember for everyday life.

This life lesson, if you will, is something I want to have in my classroom. I want my classroom to be a safe place for discovery, learning, and fun. I want children to be able to come to my class and be themselves without any fears. My students should think of my classroom as a safe place to do unsafe things. I mean, not dangerous things, but out of the social norm. Most people have certain expectations of children, and in my classroom, I want my students to be able to feel free to ask questions, create, and discoverthe world around them without someone always behind them telling them what to do. It's not fair to place so many obligations and responsibilities on a growing mind, and when a child is set in boundaries like that, they never discover what they're really capable of. My classroom will be a safe place to do unsafe things, and hopefully, the children won't regret the time they spent there.