Creativity and intriguing plots in the Week of Reading
In the past week the students from the Vocational School of Coding and Innovations showed a different face of theirs. They demonstrated that no technology will ever take the place of the book as a material object – in other words “the mouse will not eat the book”. The students from the school showed their affinity not only for contemporary teen-literature, but also surprisingly impressive interest towards fictional texts with deep philosophical potential, bravely asserting themselves not just as “consumers” of such kinds of readings, but also as deep interpreters. It would be hard for me to say which particular essay or presentation impressed me the most: each text carries the author’s specific imprint, individuality and perception of the world. I therefore decided not to announce a winner as there are no winners and losers in literature – each text is a mini-Universe of emotions and an attempt to experience a given plot. And what victory can be better than that? Each book is a step ahead in our growth as Humans.
In addition to the essays that they wrote, in the Week of Reading our students also took the role of directors. They felt what it is like to be creative and to work in a team. And again they proved that in addition to everything else they possess lots of imagination and desire to create. The stories that they wrote were in a broad range – provoking thoughts about the future of mankind, making the audience laugh at their spontaneous teenage humour or creating parodies of familiar TV serials. But the common thing between them was that they were created with lots of smiles and good mood, because the process of creation always involves a bit of a game.
