I want to hear the judges' critique of the losers from the critic's competition.

Not surprising. Writing music, movie, theatre & television reviews for the school paper was one of the few ways kids in my high school could get away with expressing any kind of critical viewpoint, since we couldn't direct it at the authority figures (i.e. teachers & staff) themselves. But, we could always talk about the socio-political/anarchic themes found in Pere Ubu and Stranglers LP's for example, or how the decadence of Weimar-era Post WW-I Germany depicted in "Cabaret" was reflective of '70's pop culture.

Sigh.

That said, the best teen movie critics from my high school went on to become world-renowned artists, so I guess we shouldn't be so harsh on them.

uh, maybe they won't make a living at it, but they do get free tickets to shows...kids aren't stupid.

Will's high school class in Trail, BC produced multiple world-renowned artists. Sure. I knew that. Everybody knew that. Duh. Everybody in Trail is a genius. Especially Will.

Sadly voluntarily signing up for stuff that gives no academic credit is the way of the world now. Since everybody has a 4.0 now, it's the extracurricular stuff that gets you into top colleges. Your grades are so twentieth century.

@5 yeah, because practically everyone moved to other cities, Fnarf - due to massive unemployment. Which they probably wouldn't have done in other years.

The artists of tomorrow are forged in the crucible of the hard times of today.

Now go suck on a lemon.

(and if you ever show your art in Milan, Paris, Tokyo, and US/Canada/MX I'll call you a world-renowned artist too, dickweed)

Brenden.
This is Emma. You know me, I'm in your class.
I never said that I wanted to be a critic, I'm not /that/ stupid. I'd like to eat something besides lentils and quinoa, thank you very much. I want to be an English teacher (so I can eat lentils, quinoa and RICE).
Anyway, I signed up for the class because I'm awful at life, and I wanted to do something that wasn't just fun, but was also MEATY. Like Blah Blah Blah instead of blah blah blah.
Also, its nice to escape the constant rhetoric of "COLLEGE"

I'm in the class as well, and I applied because I love to write, and I want to be a strong writer. I want to learn. Revolutionary, right? It makes me sad that a so many grown-ups think teenagers are motivated by Getting Into College or Impressing Adults (I'm looking at you, Fnarf, though you've got plenty of company). It's less selfless than that- we do stuff BECAUSE WE WANT TO.

I'm in the class as well, and I applied because I love to write, and I want to be a strong writer. I want to learn. Revolutionary, right? It makes me sad that a so many grown-ups think teenagers are motivated by Getting Into College or Impressing Adults (I'm looking at you, Fnarf, though you've got plenty of company). It's less selfless than that- we do stuff BECAUSE WE WANT TO.