Comments for Don't You Have Some Homework To Do?

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Produced by David Barber-Callaghan

Other pieces by Blunt Youth Radio Project

Summary: Eating toast, watching TV, playing guitar, these are the things David Barber-Callaghan likes to do on the weekend. But his father has a different idea of what the weekend is for.
 

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Review of Procrastination

“Do I do my homework Friday night or Sunday afternoon?” is a drastic choice all teenagers go through every weekend. Procrastination is the story of the constant struggle between teenagers and their homework. Procrastination is a very nicely done piece; I enjoyed the guitar music in the background and how it reflects the tone of the narrator. The guitar music ties in nicely with the story and really makes this piece for me. I like the addition of a different voice besides the narrator which is unusual in a personal tale. The addition of sound effects, like pencil writing on paper, gives the listener a good picture of what is happening to the narrator. The piece has undertones of the different views of this generation and the last generation. One problem I had with this piece was the guitar sometimes became too loud and made it hard for the listener to hear the narration. I really liked this piece and would highly recommend it.

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Review of Procrastination

Hah. Homework. Yeah, I think we've all been there. Nagging parents, piles of pointless paperwork... Well, thank goodness I've graduated.

Yeah, this piece was definitley amusing, but there are two main things that I would work on/change. First off, the narration is so choppy! You should try to make it flow a little more, instead of being so stacato. Second, for just some of the time, the guitar playing was a little loud, and made it a little hard to hear you, but it wasn't like that all the time.

I did like how it was written though, and I also liked how you got your (I assume) dad to nag for the sake of the piece. Yeah, good job.

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Review of Procrastination

Nicely made vignette on something we can all relate to. I, like our hero, am also "unable to put pen to paper without the imminent threat of a due date". One technical remark: the amusing and fitting acoustic guitar is really far too loud. At certain points, I had difficulty following the narration. As it was deftly written and well-presented narration, I resented that blaring guitar all the more. Good little item for the weekends.