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comment by blackbootz
blackbootz  ·  3813 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If you were to create an elementary school curriculum, what would it include?

    Good stories should have a point.

While I completely agree, I think this is too vague to be useful as a teaching method. Don't bore the listener, while an integral rule of effective story telling, isn't a launch pad from a creative stand point. What do you mean when you say good stories should have a point?

But that game is a great exercise, I remember doing similar things in middle school and being completely hooked on those improvisation classes. I think it teaches a student to strive within a bounded environment.