The Student Board

[blueroses]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 10:58am

I thought I'd bring it up in case people were unaware of its existence. It's a very, very special place on Broadwayworld designed especially for teens, pre-teens and tweens.

[Q]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 11:02am

A Special Place for Special People.

[clever name]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 11:17am

bluerose...best.avatar.ever.



(that's not true. I like the one with afro from the yearbook site best!)

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 11:17am

Blue-one of your best posts. ever.

[justagirl2]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 11:19am

blue, your avatar is absolutely hilarious.

Though I'm not sure I would wish the Student Board on my worst enemy. I imagine that's what hell would be like (if it were to exist, of course).

[Radiana]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 11:21am

Wow, I'm impressed that all of you young kids are so grown up and so well read and articulate. I would not have guessed that you were teens. Especially you Q, I got the impression from some of your posts that you were a professional of some sort in your thirties. I mean that as a compliment.

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 11:25am

Radiana-???

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 11:26am

look mommy, tnere's an airplane up in the sky.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 12:45pm

Does anyone know- does Patti sign after matinees?

[NYadgal]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 2:16pm

Truthfully, the discussions on the Student Board are some of the most mature discussions on all of BWW!

I sometimes seek refuge there when it seems that all of BWW has gone insane. And I find some intelligent discussions about auditions, play analysis, and other topics which make me feel good about our future.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 2:21pm

no, joe, but i have seen her deliver a few tongue lashings.

[Weez]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 2:23pm

I find the Off-Topic board is my refuge from the madness. Yes, it has a madness all its own, but it's a good-natured madness, and that's fine by me.

Actually, I wanted to visit the Student board, so thank you for the reminder...

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 3:11pm

'Truthfully, the discussions on the Student Board are some of the most mature discussions on all of BWW!'

Really? All of them? it's a shame that those aren't the ones that came over here!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 3:12pm

SO no one knows if she signs after matinees?

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 3:22pm

I mean this in all seriousness-- the student board is a place for serious discussion on our own personal theatre lives where we discuss audition plans, college plans, suggestions for plays to read, past theatre experiences, and those sorts of things. It is an on-topic board for students. The off-topic board is the only place on the site where you can have true off-topic discussions that do not directly relate to theatre.

Furthermore, the student board is for people who are very driven and serious about theatre trying to hone their craft. My idiotic jokes about Elphaba going to the bathroom and stupid games are even less appropriate on the student board than they are on this one.

I'll try to be more mature and thoughtful in my posts from now on.

Updated On: 1/29/09 at 03:22 PM

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 4:14pm

Like people said before me: The student board is intended for students to discuss auditions/colleges/rehearsals. It's not a Broadway or Off-Topic board for teens as a lot of people seem to think it is.

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 4:43pm

That may be what it morphed into, but if memory serves and believe me, sometimes it doesn't, I don't believe that was the original intent when it was first started.

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 4:48pm

if i'm ever feeling too sane, i go to the off-topic board. i hear there's this disease going around called "normal" and i want to make sure i don't catch it.

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 4:48pm

I always thought it was created because too many people were posting audition advice threads on the main board. I wasn't here when it was first created so I could be wrong.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 4:51pm

I don't think anyone was really referring to you Schmerg.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 5:05pm

The Student Board was formed when there was a feeling* that perhaps some of the younger posters might feel more comfortable on a board which didn't include older posters, and what many perceived to be some posting which was 'inappropriate' for younger eyes. Similarly, it would give younger posters the opportunity to be 'immature' and post things that were deemed more age-appropriate. (A generalization!)

The truth of the matter is that none of the younger posters have left the Off-Topic board to post exclusively on the Student Board, and posts of every nature continue to exist on the Off-Topic board, and are made by posters of all ages and maturity levels.

What nobody expected in the beginning, yet what we have seen, is that the Students who post on the Student board are actually using it for a mature and valuable purpose: to discuss things that pertain to them as students. And the posts are not necessarily the 'immature' posts that some believed were all that teen and younger posters were capable of. It's a compliment to those who actively post on the Student Board that they manage to have interesting and informative discussions.

And, yes, it was also intended to provide a forum for so many of the threads which were popping up on the Main Board pertaining to auditions and audition questions.

So, the net result is that the push to move teens and younger posters off of the Off-Topic board, so that the 'grown-ups' would be free to post, without any guilt or concern that some of the material might be inappropriate for younger eyes, hasn't really played out that way.

And, I, for one, don't think that 'age' matters when it comes to immature or annoying. Musicaltheatrefan3, for instance, is one of the most obnoxious participants here, and he/she/it isn't necessarily young.

And, some of our younger participants (Schmerg, for one) are simply delightful.

A bit of history, and my two cents...

(* The feeling was controversial and NOT shared by everybody. There were many threads about whether or not there should be a 'student' board, or an 'adults only' board, or any other type of age-designation. It was a flawed concept from the start because age has nothing to do with how people post, and what they post!)

Updated On: 1/29/09 at 05:05 PM

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 5:10pm

I have no idea how old most of the members of this site are, unless they post it, and I don't care.

Any poster who seems to saturate the board does bother me though.

Just my two cents.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 5:16pm

I got the impression from some of your posts that you were a professional of some sort in your thirties.

I don't think Q has seen his thirties since the thirties.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 5:39pm

HAHA, PalJoey!

[NYadgal]

Posted: 1/29/09 at 6:00pm

Agree, Jane.

There was a flaw in the original thought that the 'Student Board' would be where the 'immature' young posters would be, leaving the Off-Topic board solely for the use of the over-30 crowd who wanted to post messages not appropriate for the younger eyes.

You can't force which board someone does or does not post on. And, for me, having the mix of ages, beliefs, interests, genders, orientations, races, cultures, attitudes (you name it!) is what makes the Off-Topic board so much fun.

(With the exception of the obnoxious people who come solely to annoy and damage the board)

I admire what the Student Board has become: an informative and supportive place where students are discussing the topics which pertain to them.