Piece Comment

Review of "What Happened to My School?"


This piece, created by Gabe Terracciano, details the actions his old alma mater, King Middle School, took to try to cut down on teen pregnancies by giving free birth control to teens, sometimes as young as eleven years, without the parents’ consent. Through interviews, news clips, and commentary, the story weighs the pros and cons of the school’s decision and some of the effects it had on the local community, along with some of the history behind the incident.
I couldn’t find many problems with the piece. However, one concern I had was with the introduction. Terracciano begins by talking about his middle school and his attachment to it after he leaves for high school, then how that relates to the story. This wasn’t made very clear, and I found it rather confusing and hard to understand.
All in all, though, I thought this was an excellent piece, with organized, well- thought-out ideas and great sound quality. There were plenty of interviews and helpful statistics, as well as the wonderful addition of the news story’s, which were played several times during the story. This was an interesting and well written piece and It's clear there was a lot of time and effort put into making it.