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Fights at school

From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Length: 00:02:12

Megan talks to students and a police officer in Anchorage, Alaska about fights at school. Read the full description.
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Piece Description

Megan Haller talks to students and a police officer at West High School in Anchorage, Alaska about fights in their school.

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Review of Fights at school

Fights at school happen and most people can't help but watch. That is a truth the Megan Haller doesn't try to deny in her piece, Fights at School. In fact she uses an interview with a school police officer to warn fellow students that everyone involved in the fight (even the watchers) can be suspended. Megan Haller uses layered audio that intros the topic of school fighting by combining different people's observations of fights they saw at school. It was really interesting to listen to and got my attention right away. Fights at School is a good piece for a show about issues at school or weird school rules like getting suspended for watching a fight.


Review of Fights at school

Fights at School has a very intriuging introduction. It starts off with juicy gossip about fights that happened in school which definately supports the fact that many enjoy watching or talking about fights. The situations that the speakers talked about were similar. Most of the fights they had witnessed were due to dating conflict. I was blown away when I heard that students could get suspended for even watching a fight. That was a strong point in this piece. When Megan Haller interviewed some of the students I found what they had to say was real and very opinionated. One speaker said, "I think after all the work we do we should be able to sit down and watch a good fight?. That to me was funny and very honest. Perhaps the piece would have been a bit stronger if some of the speakers were actually students who had fought in the school and talked about that specifically. Overall this piece was well done and interesting to listen to.

Broadcast History

"In Other News" May 24, 2008 on KNBA 90.3 FM