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Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School takes up a whole city block in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Every single one of the over 2000 students have to pass through metal detectors each morning. A lot of students feel upset about the security system, and how we get treated by the security guards. The Rootz Crew at BTAHS decided to explore this issue of scanning and police in school. We spent several months working on this piece, starting with reading news articles about school violence and policing, then interviewing, listening to our tapes, and deciding on our audience and goal of the story. We hope you like it - check it out!
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Sarah Lange
Posted on February 27, 2008 at 08:19 AM | Permalink
Review of School Security
Very important subject during the present time. It is obvious a lot of research and thought went into this project. A lot of angles and perspectives on school safety were given. I like that the opinions were from a wide spectrum of people, from students at the school discussed as well as from other New York high schools, teachers, parents, etc. It keeps the perspective balanced.
The linear organization was wonderful! Each sub-topic smoothly meshed into the next, this keeps the listener engaged. I may have shortened some of the responses on the final production to keep the momentum going. Making the responses tighter and perhaps shorter narrative interjections. I think if it could be shaved down to 8-9 minutes it would work really well on NPR.
I like the narration and how it guides the listener's thought process. The only thing to practice would be to sound more conversational and less like reading a script.
Overall, this is a very good piece and an excellent choice of topic.