Even the best scripts cannot approach the levels of engagement that are generated by a problem that emerges from the students right in front of us.
If we can somehow find the courage to allow our students, through their characters, to guide our storytelling boat through the waters of metaphor and into the depths of shared unconscious experience, we will learn something.
If we can find the courage to jump into the waters of unplanned stories with strong images and characters whose characteristics suggest strong, real problems, we will be continuously and pleasantly surprised about the depths of what is possible in our language classrooms.