Good day today.  My faculty member started by checking in quickly with the students about the conversation last week.  Most seemed a bit more upbeat or at least doing okay.  We then moved into a normal warm up routine, then followed with some Michael Chekov work.  We did some floor work thinking about the body’s center and then archetypical gestures (lover, addict, comedian etc.).  The students during this exercise looked a bit disengaged.  It was nothing that the faculty member could have fixed, I think some students were either working through personal trouble or were simply sleepy.  By the time we moved into improv the students had perked up a bit.  We ran a first line, last line structure where my faculty member gave each pair of students the first and last line of the scene.  The work went well, the only notable moment was during a scene the humor got rather blue.  The scene itself was not overly offensive, it was mostly just gross toilet humor.  Don’t get me wrong I love a gross joke as much as the next improvisor, but I can’t help but think these types of scenes should be avoided in an academic environment.  My faculty member let the scene happen and made no further comment.  There was no reason to make a big fuss about it I was just wondering how to deal with this situation.

There was a bit more trouble with lateness.  Two students were late, and one of them is dangerously close to failing because of it.  Still having some trouble working with how to work with this student.  Spoke shortly with my faculty member who said they would speak to the student themselves.