Big Brother School - 6

 

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SIXTH SCENE

(The foresaid and prof Aldo Scalia)

 

De Lussu (addressing with a smile to her  colleague Scalia who is entering the classroom)

         - Lupus in fabula! We were just talking about COBAS Syndicate!!!!

Scalia (in a very professional way he  will greet the colleagues)

         -Hello, everybody! (then addressed to De Lussu) What’s the matter?

De Lussu

         - Don’t you know anything about the news?

Scalia (like before)

         - What news are you talking about?

Nugnes (handing him the Circular)

         - I’m Speaking of Prime Time TV's Reality...

Scalia (c.s. without even taking the Circular)

         - Ah, yes! We've already appealed to a Judicial Court for stopping the operation!!!!

De Lussu

         - Ah, good! Finally we're talking in the right way! I'm ready to sign!!!!

Scalia

         - There's someone in the teachers' lounge collecting signatures and money!

Nugnes

         - But then it's not so regular? How did they come to this?

Scalia

         - They're always trying; then if no one pursues them...

 

De Lussu

         - Sure, they're sons of bitches!!!!! I'm going to sign... (She's going to get out)

Scalia

         - And they've got a big wad of cash to hand out in the affair! The TV’s boss has  even offered to pay the teachers involved to stay at home and handle the whole thing themselves...

De Lussu (coming back)

         - What, what? Did I hear you right? They give you a paycheck and you stay at home?!?!?

Scalia (c.s.)

         - It seems so! And they put one of them on the desk!

De Lussu.

         - But then things are quiet different! A lot different I would say!

Nugnes

         - What do you mean by that?

De Lussu

         - That I mean I'm sick of suffering! And if they give me the money to stay at home, they can make a circus out of this fucking school for me!!!! (goes out)

Prof Loi (in sarcastic tone)

         - She shows so much an affection to her job…

Scalia (c.s.)

         - Oh, yeah!Surely she does

Nugnes (rushing out of the classroom)

         - Bruna, wait for me! Don't run away!!!

 

(the bell rings and the students, little by little, begin to return to class)

Scalia

         - Are you staying here?

Prof Loi

         - Yes, I have another hour...

Scalia

         - Well, bye, then!

Prof Loi

         - Bye Aldo, see you later.

 

 

 

 

 

Big Brother School - 5

 

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FIFTH SCENE

(The foresaid and prof. Nugnes)

 

 Nugnes (entering the classroom)

         - Privacy, Bruna! In British it's pronounced pree-va-cy! Is that clear?

De Lussu

         - Hi Mariano! Did you hear the last news?

Nugnes (taking the Circular that hands him De Lussu)

         - The boys were mentioning it, down in the yard! How does exactly work  the all story?

De Lussu

         - It sucks indeed! I'll go straight away to syndicates for protesting!

 

Prof Loi

         - Of course, if the Unions decide to interfere  they could even  stop  such an initiative...

Nugnes

         - Oh,do you think so?

Prof Loi

         - Well, the Workers' Statute explicitly prohibits the use of audio-visual equipment for the purposes of remote control of workers...

Nugnes (pointing  the Circular on the desk)

         - But I understand here that there's no purpose of control over us...

De Lussu

         - What the fuck are you saying, oh Mariano? Get a grip on yourself, will you? Five hours under the watchful eye of the cameras... Isn't that right, Loi?

Professor Loi.

         - I don't know... As the school is  going on in this time...

Nugnes

         - Suppose the school had to close without that funding... I'm just saying...

De Lussu

         - Never the less... (noticing a colleague at the door calling him out loud) Aldo! Come here for a minute Aldo...

...to be continued...

Big Brother School - 4

 

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FOURTH SCENE

(Prof Loi and his colleague De Lussu);

(while the teacher is immersed in the compilation of the justification enters the colleague De Lussu)

 De Lussu (in a concise tone)

         - Look, Loi, what's this matter about cameras in class? This is a student prank, isn’t?

Prof Loi (hand over the Circular)

         - Read it by yourself.

 

De Lussu (after reading , quickly, the Circular)

         - But this is bullshit-! We must rebel! What do you say?

Prof Loi (in hesitant tone)

         - I haven't been able to make a precise idea yet... the Circular says that they will come to explain the rules and procedures today!

De Lussu   

         - If they come during  my teaching  time I won't even let them in!

Prof Loi (indicating the Circular)

         - It seems there is  a lot of money at stake...

De Lussu (throwing the circular on the desk)

         - And thanks the hell! What a pity  the money goes to the school and not to us, while we get the cameras instead. So much for the privacy policy!

Big Brother School - 3

 

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THIRD SCENE

Prof. Loi (getting angry with the class where the buzz continues and many boys are surrounding the teacher desk)

         - Put your booklets on the desk and go to your places! And be quiet!

(with a punch on the desk the teacher finally gets the silence to start reading the Circular)

         - It's enough now! Listen to this circular: it comes from the Presidency!

First student

         - What's this about, teach?

Prof Loi

         - The object is "Reality Show at The Mattei Institut".

Second student (with surprise)

         - Eeh!!! Are you serious?

Third Student

         - A reality show here? Right in our school?

Fourth student (addressed to the teacher)

         - What do you mean, prof?

Prof Loi

         - If you please allow  me to read it... I don't know anything about it either... It is addressed to the students and teachers of your class : "We hereby inform the students of the third cycle and  the teachers of the  Course that the class has been chosen for the realization of a project that the Ministry of Education has developed in collaboration with the television network "Video Time Plus" of the Media Plus  International Group. Therefore, a TV crew will set up special cameras that will broadcast, without interruption, what is happening in the classroom, from the sound of the first bell at 8:30 a.m. to the final bell at 1:30 p.m.; mobile cameras will also follow the classroom or part of the students in their movements during the yard’s breaktime. “

 

Fifth student

         - Wow!!!

First student

         - Cool guys!!!

Second Student

         - Finally we are going to  live! Let’s Go!!!

Eighth student

         - We're in the magic box!!!

Ninth student

         - And when does this thing start?

Tenth student

         - We'll be all stars!!!!

Sixth student

         - But do we get paid?

Seventh student

         - Prof, I didn't understand...

Eleventh student

         - Neither do I! When do we start?

Prof Loi (beating his fist on the desk)

         - If you  let me finish reading, may you’ll understand better!!! (the professor resumes reading once silence is obtained)

“ Today, the official of the television network Dr. Mario Giannetti and the director of the program Maria Compagnangelo will come to the classroom to explain the rules of the Reality Show and how it is carried out. Please cooperate as much as possible, because the success of this important initiative is linked to significant funding for our school. “

Signed authentically by our School Manager Professor Franco Olianesu

 

First student (exchanging a five with numerous companions)

         - Let’s Go!!!! We're on the ether!!

Second Student

         - An Hurray for master Olianesu!!!

Third student

         - And for our classroom: hip, hip HURRAY!!!

HURRAY!!!!!!!

Fourth student.

         - But couldn't they give us the money??? Why do they give it to the school?

Fifth student

         - Paolo's right!

Sixth student

         - We're the actors, not the headmaster!!

Tenth student

         - But who cares about the money!!! As long as we are going to appear on television!!!!

Eleventh student

         - Of course!!!! We'll all be stars!!!

Eighth Student

         - Oh, but how is going to manage  Professor De Lussu when she has got to answer to  her cell phone with the cameras pointed at her??

(general laughter)

Ninth student

         - And Professor Nugnes is going to keep his computer on all the time?

 

Prof Loi (pandering to the students' game)

         - How are you guys going to  copy from those cell phones during classwork?

Sixth student

         - No way, teacher! We never copy!

Prof Loi

         - Oh, yeah!  When I go around the desks like a  watchdog! Let's say it suits you better when a teacher indulges your desire of doing  nothing!

Seventh student

         - What's that got to do with it? We don't get paid like you surely do to come to school!!!!

Prof Loi

         - Whatever! Any excuse to get out of the studio!!

(Rings the recreation bell. The students rush noisily out of the classroom).

Prof Loi

         - Go, go and recreate yourselves! That's the thing you do better!

...to be continued...

Big Brother at School - 2

 

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SCENA SECONDA

(Detti e il bidello Francesco; si ode bussare)

 

Prof. Loi

                - Avanti!!!

 

Bidello(consegnando dei fogli al docente)

                - C’è una Circolare professore! È fresca, fresca! Me l’ha consegnata il Preside: dice che è urgente!

 

Prof

                - Grazie Checco! Vai pure che poi te la rimando indietro con uno dei ragazzi!!!

 

Bidello

                - D’accordo professore! Ma faccia con comodo perché non la devo passare nelle altre classi: è solo per la                 3 D! (ESCE)

 

 

 ...to be continued...

 

 

Big Brother at School - 1

 

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BIG BROTHER SCHOOL

Drama in a single Act and ten Scenes

by Ignazio Salvatore Basile

Characters and Interpreters

Giorgio Loi               teacher in a High School

Bruna DeLussu        her colleague

Mariano Nugnes       another teacher

Aldo Scalìa      teacher and trade unionist

Mario Giannetti                 TV official

Renzo Compagnangelo      television director

Francesco                 a zealous school janitor

Two Carabinieri

One High School’s Class

First Scene

(A normal sixteen’s students  classroom of a High Technical School. When the curtain opens Prof. Loi is already in class and checks the register. In the background a closet and a blackboard. On the wall an inscription in block letters " I.T.S. "E. Mattei- Decimomannu" )

Prof. Loi (asking for attention)

    - But the appeal hasn't been made?

First Student (without almost stopping to chat with his classmate)

    - In fact, no one's missing today...

Prof. Loi (indicating a free school desk)

    - What about those  empty chairs?

Second Student

    - It's the usual bench of the two comrades who retired...

Prof. Loi (in annoyed tone)

    - Ah! Haven't they  picked it up yet?

Third Student (sarcastically)

    - Hey, teacher! Are you kidding? They have surely been very busy!

Prof. Loi (in a resigned tone)

    - Oh, yeah! Too much an effort to move it up... Whatever! Who has to justify the absences and delays?

Fourth Student

    - I've forgotten my booklet...

Fifth Student

    - I lost it instead…

Sixth student

    - I haven't been given the booklet  yet...

Seventh student

    - Wait, teacher! I'm filling it out!

Eighth student (approaching professor Loi)

    - Can I see the register, Professor? I don't remember my absences anymore!

Prof.  Loi (between annoyed and resigned, handing over the class register)

    - Every day I have to waste a quarter of an hour with this bureaucracy! But why don't you make these blessed justifications at home?

...to be continued...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Bell of Time

Fifth scene (the foresaid and four young) First young person (indicating the speaker) - Watch ! There is that fool of Furriottu who is talking! Second young man (in a mocking tone, provoking the laughter of his companions) - Hello Furriò '! And what are you doing here? A rally in the wind? Second speaker (trying to pick up the thread) - 'Come young men, come! 'Come and listen to the voice of truth! Third young man (arousing the laughter of the other three young men) - The voice of madness! Fourth young man -Let's have fun! Let's leave this madman to ramble! As the young people set off to the park, the recording will resume announcing, covering the voice of the second speaker. Dear visitors, you are now in a place that has made the history of our Country. Here, where the "Park of Freedoms" now stands, once upon a time there was a bell-shaped prison where citizens were tortured and then killed; Torture survivors went mad or disabled because of torture. When the bell was destroyed by the people's liberators it was decided to create this park to return it to the people to whom it belongs. Admission is free for everyone. Inside it is full of games and various attractions. Take a seat. Admission is free!

Chess mirror of life

It seems that also in Chessgame people are loosing the path of the ancient roman Ulpiano's maxim "honeste vivere et neminem laedere".

Leo Benedictus takes opportunity from an unpleasant occasion, which recently took place in Abu Dhabi, during the international chess tournement, to make a subtle analysis of both contemporanean society and chess GM's way of life.

The matter is related with the use (and with the abuse) of elettronical machines and sophisticated tools such as i-pads, i-phones,mobile telephones and various computering machines which so much have spread anywhere, in schools and working places, changing so deeply our habits.

Of course we agree with him when he says we must keep on going on a right behaviour in our day's competences, as well as in sports or in freetimes activicties, though is more and more difficult to do.

For those who love chess, furthermore, is not pleasant to see the cheateangs and frauding are affecting also playgames and sports.

If you want to know more about, please click the link below
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/17/cheating-chess-pub-quizzes-how-technology-made-breaking-the-rules-easier