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In reference to my post on passion in Drama teaching (Feb 6th), what do you know, it seems passion is back in fashion!
The official motto for the XX Winter Olympics at Torino is:
“Passion Lives Here”
Just as it needs to live in the heart of every Drama teacher.
I don’t know about you, but passion lives here too, I tell ya!
I think we can learn a lot about passion from Mel’s movie “The Passion of the Christ”. Mel showed us an image of Jesus’ passion – it was the fuel that lead him to go all the way with His purpose. The bible says He endured the cross for the joy set before him. In other words – he saw the future and the goal that was beyond the present time of suffering. In a way passion can be seen as the fuel that helps us go to incredible lengths to achieve impossible goals in the classroom and in our art.