One thing for sure if it is important enough to be taught I wouldn't put it acting in the school system. The school system is too antiquated to be effective.

We teach music in schools and it doesn't seem to work very well. So teaching acting in school might be a great way to create lousy actors.

I think the time has really come to completely move a lot of the learning to outside the school system. We already depend too much on schools. We need to invent new mechanisms for learning.

I see a lot of learning happening in churches and acting and music seem to fit well with some churches objectives. I have seen some pretty good musicians and actors develop their skills there.

Old machines like the school system will just not cut it. So my idea is that if acting is good for the kids, why ruin it by putting it in schools.

I know that it is hard at first to see what other mechanisms to use. So here is an idea.. lets depend less on schools.. cut down the school day by half.. redirect learning related funding towards organizations that care... and ...

And while we're at it we might as well replace half the teachers in schools by people who know real stuff and are motivated... I teach kids about the dangers of schooling the same way we teach them about the dangers of TV...

Wow.. I just had a vision of an old gym teacher with a broken leg trying to teach acting classes. I think that is what we had for my grade 8 mathematics class. If it works for math .. should work for acting.. everyone ended hating math...and with a reason.

Gilbert