BETWEEN WORLDS: BEHIND THE SCENES (CHAPTER 16)
Taking a look back at Chapter 16
This is an interesting chapter from my perspective. The idea here was to show Azeil showing with some other type of adversity, from the academic side. At Highland Prep, he excelled academically and devoted himself to it. At Langston Hughes, he is doing exactly the same thing, but what Langston Hughes and Highland Prep want are two very different things.
Highland Prep is working towards getting students into Ivy League schools and full ride scholarships (as if they need it) so they’re focused on meeting those expectations and the perspective isn’t one of necessarily critical thinking, but of hitting certain marks and numbers and rising above the chafe in some ways. Langston Hughes though is trying to connect with their students in a different way as they struggle with single-parent households, people who have to work multiple jobs, students who are caring for their siblings. They want them to use their brains to be critical thinkers, to think against the norm, in the hopes of giving them opportunities that they may never have been given.
Once again, Azeil has to shift the way he is thinking. Less just hitting the marks. More thinking outside of the box, to challenge conventional thinking, to think for yourself.
If this goes through another draft before publication, I don’t know if this chapter will make it honestly. It’s one that could end up on the chopping block, but you never know. It was an interesting chapter to write, one that pushes Azeil, while strengthening his relationships outside of the team, which is going to be critical down the road.
See you tomorrow for Chapter 17.
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