Called On in Class

539: Called On in Class

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February 21, 2004

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42: No Way Out
Platinum Collection
Life Lessons 03: Compassion

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Theme

Fear

Genre

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Scripture

John 16:33

Written By

Bob Hoose

Directed By

Bob Hoose

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Executive Producer

Paul McCusker

Post-Production

Todd Busteed

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Music By

John Campbell

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Summary

Trent DeWhite has to give his oral report in class...and the mayhem he imagines is earth-shattering.

Plot

With fear and trepidation, Trent DeWhite wanders down the hall to his next class. He knows today is the day (horror of horrors) that he will be called on to give his oral report!

When he reaches the class, his dread is heightened by Brenda, who makes it very clear how excited she is to give her report. Brenda Frazier thinks her family heritage has destined her to do well on her report. This sends Trent on a series of daydreams dealing with a particular member of his own family tree - Abel McAlister. It seems that Trent's great-great grandfather was so afraid to speak in front of people that an entire city was wiped away by a flood. His fear had made him so unable to communicate, that he couldn’t warn them of the danger before it was too late.

Trent makes an excuse to go the bathroom and has a daydream about digging through the bathroom wall in order to escape his impending doom. He finally returns to class, after a small amount of concern from his teacher, and is promptly chosen to give his report. (He is the last one, after all.) As he hesitantly heads toward the front of the class, everything goes into slow motion. Will he truly be able to give this report?! But he begins, he tells the class a joke and they laugh. Suddenly, the report doesn't seem so scary. So, he starts into the rest of his report and...the bell rings! The report is moved to the following Monday.

Trent is reminded of what happened at the end of his great- great-grandfather’s story. Abel was able to overcome his fears, and actually ended up running for mayor. Trent used this as the greater part of his speech, and was able to successfully overcome his fear and give a great oral report.

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Cast

Characters	Actors
Abel McAlister	Jess Harnell
Trent DeWhite	Corey Padnos
Mrs. Nietchew	Shari Belgeau
Brenda Frazier	Laura Klipp
Mary Lou Vartuchia	Unknown
Sam	Unknown
Miss Slatterly	Unknown
Gladys Jenkins	Unknown
Harry Turner	Unknown
Principal Johnson	Unknown
Marvin Washington	Jordan Calloway

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