AJC.com > Blogs > Get Schooled > Archives > 2006 > November > 29
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
How Much Reality, How Much Hollywood?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Maybe you’ll think this post is more suited to Channel Serf, but watching “Veronica Mars” last night got me wondering about what really goes on in schools.
If you’re not familiar with the show, just ask one of your students or friendly neighborhood teenagers. They’ll probably tell you it’s one of the hottest on TV — at least among the school-age crowd. (Full disclosure: I know the creator, who taught at a Texas high school before he hit The Big Time.)
Last night’s episode — as is typical of this teen mystery drama — was fraught with scariness: rowdy frat boys driving around town in the buff; militant feminists attacking the university president; a serial campus rapist on the loose; and let’s not forget the fervent “Take Back the Night” sponsor who handed out special drink coasters so coeds could detect drugs in their beverages.
I had to wonder: How much of this reflects reality, and how much of what does go on in schools do we never even hear about?
