Reflection on the play “School Bag” written and directed by Eahra & Airall
[Extra Marks]

The play was a very extraordinary one, it had a very profound impact on my life and I ascertain that it did so as well in others that was there. It was well put together it and targeted the youths in these dire times. In these modern times in our society they are a lot of rapes, gang violence, teenage pregnancy and other evil vices that have been plaguing this environment. This play and the group members had the special ability to tap into that evil world and were able to project those vices on a screen which was excellently done.
The emphasis put into this play can be clearly seen in our very own Daniel mcoy, she was yea. She was just great, she acted and played the part for real, I mean compare to her character in real life and that on the screen was a total different one. It was a very immense and very dramatic one. She really put that person in that character.
I wish that all youths could have get the opportunity to see this play and I am positively sure that it would affect them as it did on me it would give them the ability to see life as a teenager from different angles; angles such as being a gang member, being fat, from a girls perspective. A great lesson that can be learn from this play is that even though in life family members have grievous problems and would kill each other, in reality if we see that family member is in a situation where harm is going to be inflicted onto them we would rather try dying to help them than let them be harm. I am of the view that it would have a dramatic effect on any youth, if it could have made Gladis shed tears, jamara chatting a lot about it, idella, shennel and Jamie sitting down attentively lost in their own consciousness of thinking, and I who thinks he is a gangster, more ill willed than any body else and, a black man going to a theater to watch a play seeming corny, actually sat down and when it finish just was amaze and was awestruck. I concur that it would have a positive effect on all youths.
How do you know when someone is at the peak of overloading like a computer, how do you know when ones life is over or is coming to an end what does the future holds for youths? The play answers those questions to certain extents. We as people don’t really know ourselves. Everyday we go about out business without caring for others, we someone and just judge them, base on race, color, status and so on, many days persons would come to school but we don’t care to ask how is everything or how is the family, maybe that person was on the verge of committing a vile act and because of those simple words “how are you doing” can actually save that persons life or life of others. We shouldn’t take life for granted, we should appreciate every single day of it, and as well we should impact on somones life everyday, whatever opportunity we get to do good let it be. Someone once said “no man is a island” we need people to go through life. We as humans have that need that is essential to us and cant be found nowhere else which is “love”.
In conclusion it can be stated that this play is a very unique one, the characters are very skilled and they tap into there roles very good and realistic, one suggestion is that this play should be aired on the television and should be a checking mechanism for youths, so that they can see what life in these modern times is about, and finally what is in our school bag.