Summary: Zoe High interviews three sixth graders about their perceptions of dating, the pressure to start dating early, and how dating will change in the future.
Zoe High interviews three middle school "dating experts" on the subject of dating. She begins to explain her subject and then goes into the interview, which takes up most of the time.
Middle school students talking about the awkwardness of dating bring a light hearted and humorous mood. This is what got me listening to the piece from the beginning to end. It was fun listening to the piece, but some added background music would have made it more interesting.
We all have awkwardness with dating sooner or later, so I'm sure people can really relate to this subject.
First of all, I love the title of this piece! If Heartbreaking Robots don't intrigue you then your forehead's warm and your throat scratchy.
In "Dating, Romance, and Heartbreaking Robots" producer Zoe High unveils how middle-schoolers feel about adolscent dating.
Zoe consults, as she so humorously puts it, "dating experts" - aka three sixth graders - about their perception of pre-teen dating.
One of the "dating experts " we here from is Leander, a insightfully-silly and yet sophisticated sixth grader who tells us that the future of dating will consist of online robots who will inevitably break the hearts of their companion's once it's revealed that they're in fact robots.
Zoe does a great job of moderating through out this piece and poses thoughtful questions to the sixth graders. The six graders in return answer bluntly about the informal awkwardness of pre-teen dating.
It's revelaed that "going out" with someone doesn't mean you actually "go out" in public with, rather it's just kind of something you say.
My only suggestion would be to include a different thumbnail picture; something that compliments the story that's being told here. It's important to realize that as people scan through youth-produced radio pieces their eye's tend to be drawn to pieces with captivating pictures. It would be a shame to have this piece, and other well-crafted pieces alike, overlooked because of a bland thumbnail picture.
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Thao To
Posted on August 02, 2008 at 01:55 PM | Permalink
Review of Dating, Romance, and Heartbreaking Robots
needs music
Zoe High interviews three middle school "dating experts" on the subject of dating. She begins to explain her subject and then goes into the interview, which takes up most of the time.
Middle school students talking about the awkwardness of dating bring a light hearted and humorous mood. This is what got me listening to the piece from the beginning to end. It was fun listening to the piece, but some added background music would have made it more interesting.
We all have awkwardness with dating sooner or later, so I'm sure people can really relate to this subject.
Scott Meyers
Posted on June 25, 2008 at 02:43 PM | Permalink
Review of Dating, Romance, and Heartbreaking Robots
First of all, I love the title of this piece! If Heartbreaking Robots don't intrigue you then your forehead's warm and your throat scratchy.
In "Dating, Romance, and Heartbreaking Robots" producer Zoe High unveils how middle-schoolers feel about adolscent dating.
Zoe consults, as she so humorously puts it, "dating experts" - aka three sixth graders - about their perception of pre-teen dating.
One of the "dating experts " we here from is Leander, a insightfully-silly and yet sophisticated sixth grader who tells us that the future of dating will consist of online robots who will inevitably break the hearts of their companion's once it's revealed that they're in fact robots.
Zoe does a great job of moderating through out this piece and poses thoughtful questions to the sixth graders. The six graders in return answer bluntly about the informal awkwardness of pre-teen dating.
It's revelaed that "going out" with someone doesn't mean you actually "go out" in public with, rather it's just kind of something you say.
My only suggestion would be to include a different thumbnail picture; something that compliments the story that's being told here. It's important to realize that as people scan through youth-produced radio pieces their eye's tend to be drawn to pieces with captivating pictures. It would be a shame to have this piece, and other well-crafted pieces alike, overlooked because of a bland thumbnail picture.