Today I had an interview over my Multi Genre Projects and I got to say the interview was good, I was a bit nervous but it was good. The interview was a great experience to say what I learned in my project. Really this Multi Genre Project should be given out more because it really allows you explore a lot of information about their topic.

Multi Genre Project 8

Short Scene from a Play with Notes for Stage Directions

Dennis Parks

5/5/14

ACT I  SCENE I

Set in 2008, during the economic downfall, in present day Australia. GERALD is sitting in a chair in the unemployment office. He is filling out a form for unemployment.

Enter DRAKE, MARTIN, and STACY

DRAKE:         Hey Gerald, how you been holding up?

GERALD:      Hey guys, I have been well tired of this form, geez how can a young guy like me not find a job.

MARTIN:       Victoria is a place where young people can hardly find jobs here. I just got out of college and I can’t even find a job.

STACY:         I know what you mean Martin; I can’t even deal with the mess that is going on with this young people getting unemployed and stuff.

GERALD:      (goes towards a drink machine with MARTIN, DRAKE, and STACY) Out of all the people it happens to us.

GERALD drinks the soda while he is walks towards STACY

STACY:                     (sits near DRAKE next to the window) Really I don’t see how we could still be unemployed I have a master' and I can’t even find a job that pays minimum wage.

MARTIN:       Well we are part of the group of young people that are unemployed in Australia.

DRAKE:        (wipes his hands off with a Kleenex) you have a point, but it still isn’t fair.

GERALD:      Nothing is fair. It’s just how it works ‘round here.

DRAKE gets up and starts to leave

DRAKE:        Well you are right but gosh why is it like this?

Exit DRAKE

GERALD:      (facing STACY and MARTIN while he is taking his form to the desk) really this is so stressful I have graduated from college at the top of my class and I still have fill out measly unemployment forms just so I can live, what a bunch of crap.

GERALD, STACY, and MARTIN walk outside to their vehicles

MARTIN:       (unlocking the car door for STACY) look on the bright side, I mean there will be jobs to come. Just have faith buddy it will all work out.

GERALD inside the car

GERALD:      I hope so, this is ridiculous, how can I pay my bills or my loans off? I ope something comes up.

Exit GERALD, STACY, and MARTIN

End of ACT I Scene I

Multi Genre Project 7

Song Lyrics

Dennis Parks

5/5/14

Unemployment Line

By: Dennis Parks

Verse 1:

Prices are rising

Jobs are hard to find

How can we survive when the economy’s falling

Money’s getting low

There’s no place to go

So someone please help me

Chorus:

Losing my mind

Tryna make it on my own

Life’s  going bad

Make me feel so alone

Trying to keep head up

But it aint working

Standing here wondering

In the Unemployment Line

Verse 2:

Need gas for my car

Need food on the table

It’s like sailing on boat

But it’s hard to stay afloat

Time is winding down

People hurting all around

Why is it not making sense

Chorus:

Losing my mind

Tryna make on my own

Life’s  going bad

Make me feel so alone

Trying to keep head up

But it aint working

Standing here wondering

In the Unemployment Line

Bridge:

Hard for person to live in this world

Making our lives being so much worse

Stimulus Plans aint helping out

These jobs are going out

Is it just time for us to give up now

Desperately waiting

For a breakthrough to come

Hard to be here with no job, no cash, no food, no home

Chorus:

Losing my mind

Tryna make on my own

Life’s  going bad

Make me feel so alone

Trying to keep head up

But it aint working

Standing here wondering

In the Unemployment Line

In the Unemployment Line (Repeat for 6x then end)

Source Citation

Woodhill, Louis. "The Economic Stimulus Plan Is Increasing Unemployment."Unemployment. Ed. David Haugen and Susan Musser. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2011. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "More Stimulus Equals More Unemployment." Real Clear Markets. 2009. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 5 May 2014.