A Midsummer Night's Dream

The is a play called A Midsummer Night's Dream. It was a comedy written by William Shakespeare and is believed to have been first performed in 1595-1596. It takes place in Athens, Greece. The main plot of Midsummer is a complex farce that involves two sets of couples (Hermia & Lysander and Helena & Demetrius) whose romantic intrigues are confused and complicated still further by entering the forest where Oberon, the King of the Fairies and his Queen, Titania, preside. Puck (or Robin Goodfellow) is a major character who is full of mischief and tricks. Other visitors to the enchanted forest include Bottom the weaver and his friends Snug, Snout, Quince and Flute who want to rehearse their dire but hilarious rendering of the play Pyramus and Thisbe. The themes illustrated in the play are that Love triumphs in the end and the pleasure of Dreaming the Impossible Dream (http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-a-midsummer-nights-dream.htm). I used this play because I remembered going to see it at Lincoln Center when I was is middle school and also acting it out in class. 

Spoken Word "Why I Hate School But Love Education"

I like this because he talks about how education goes beyond school. He talks about how we try so hard to please others by going to school and how we rely on exams and assignments to tell us what we "know" but if we took the time to really think about things on our own and form our own opinions, not just repeat what we are taught in school we can be even more educated and have more knowledge.

Man in the Mirror

"Man in the Mirror" is a song made popular by Michael Jackson and written by Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett. Jackson's recording was produced by Quincy Jones and co-produced by Jackson. It peaked at number 1 in the United States when released as the 4th single in January 1988 off his 7th solo album, Bad. It is one of Jackson's most critically acclaimed songs and it was nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks. The song peaked at number 21 in the UK Singles Charts in 1988, but in 2009, following the news of Jackson's death, the song peaked at number 2, having re-entered the chart at 11 the previous week as his top song on the singles chart. It also became the number 1 single in iTunes downloads in the US and the UK,[2] having sold over 1.3 million digital copies in the former alone. wikipedia.org) I pick this song because a lot of people talk about how they want to see change instead of being that change. This song inspires me to want to change myself and hope that others will do the same because change begins with you. Once we change ourselves for the better we can work together to change other problems in the world. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEQAie8ABLE(video)