Subject Yourself
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| Season | 1995 |
| Album | [[Album {{{album_num}}}: {{{album_name}}}|{{{album_num}}}: {{{album_name}}}]] |
| Aired | April 01, 1995 |
| Written by | Paul McCusker |
| Directed by | Paul McCusker |
| Produced by | Unknown |
| Sound Design by | Mark Drury |
| Music by | Unknown |
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[edit] General information
Albums: Album 24: Risks and Rewards
Theme: Obeying those in authority
Scripture: Romans 13:1
[edit] Summary
Lawrence gets braces and is afraid he won't be able to eat all of his favorite treats. Meanwhile, the school board threatens to phase out Christian history in the schools.
[edit] Plot
Lawrence is unhappy, so unhappy, even his renowned imagination can’t change things. The cause of this unhappiness? Braces. He has a mouthful, along with the medieval-torture-device headgear he must wear at night. Of course, he also has a list of foods he can’t eat as well, all his favorites: pizza crust, candy, and caramel apples. The mere thought of it makes him want to scream. Jack tells him to use his imagination to solve his problem. While Lawrence is doing that, his mother, Maureen, is facing problems of her own.
Maureen is a school teacher, and the board has voted in a new history curriculum, one that eliminates Christianity’s contribution to the development of the United States and western civilization. Maureen can’t in good conscience teach this to her students. After much soul searching, and persuasion and encouragement from Jack and others, she decides to take on the school board.
Meanwhile, Lawrence has come up with a creative way to handle his braces problem, he wants fashionably-colored braces. Unfortunately, he’s not willing to wait to let the dentist do it. Instead, he paints them himself using the paint from his model car kit. He shows Jack, who immediately rushes him to the hospital. Lawrence learns a valuable lesson about being patient and also about listening to his mother and those in authority.
And Maureen? Her stance against the curriculum is successful, and she learns that there are times when you have to go against what the authorities say, namely, when the authorities contradict God.
[edit] Discussion Questions
- Why was Maureen so opposed to the history curriculum?
- What is “revisionist” history?
- When is it appropriate to go against those in authority over you?
- Can you think of any other examples of when it might be okay?
[edit] Cast
| Characters | Actors |
|---|---|
| Anita Clair | A-Jay James |
| Jack Allen | Alan Young |
| Lawrence Hodges | Gabriel Encarnacion |
| Maureen Hodges | Janet Waldo |
| Mike Coogan, Principal | Walker Edmiston |
[edit] Notes
- In one scene, Lawrence is reading a Star Fighters book, and says his headgear makes him look like something out of Star Wars.
- This is the last episode that Lawrence appears in.
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[edit] Resources
Subject Yourself on whitsend.org
Subject Yourself on AIO Soda Fountain
