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The Conference
Characters: Dr. Hobbs, school counselor
            Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rosett
            Dirk, troubled student
Tone: Humorous, underlying serious
Setting~/Props: Counselor's office, chairs
Approximate time: 5-6 minutes
(Troubled student and parents enter counselor's office)
 
Counselor: C'mon in, Mr. and Mrs. Rosett - you too-ah er ...
 
Parent 1: ... ah, Dirk ...
 
Counselor: Come in, Dirk.
(Dirk hops up on a chair with his feet on the seat, arms dangling
like an ape, mouth open.
He is obviously misbehaving and acts as
though nothing is getting through.)
Counselor: My name is Dr. Hobbs and I'm the school counselor here
at __________ High School.
(Looks at paper) I see you, Dirk, have
been referred to me by Principal Burns, ah, and by, ah, four of
your present teachers, the coach and, ah, by your pastor, Rev.
Gullickson, and, ah, let's see, also by the local police
department.
Hmmmm.
(Reading) "Behavior modification and
temperament adjustment needed.
There are symptoms of an
underlying problem.
Special attention is needed."
Parents: He (points to Dirk) doesn't have problems.
He is a
problem!
 
Counselor: And how do you feel about that?
Parent 1: He is disrespectful, uncontrollable, defiant, lazy, and
...
 
Parent 2: ... distant, aloof, ever since we cracked down on him.
Counselor: And when was that Mr. (Mrs.)
Rosett?
Parent 1: Just last month when he started eleventh grade.
Counselor: (Shocked) You just gave him rules last month?
Parent 1: Yes, we pretty much let him make his own choices while
he was growing up.
After all, we both work -- in fact, I have two part-time jobs to make ends meet.
Parent 2: Well, we both wouldn't have to work ... I am doing
quite well ...
 
Parent 1: Nonsense.
We need the money!
Counselor: Hmmm.
Where are you at in all this, Dirk?
 
Dirk: (Role plays an ape) Ugh.
Ugh.
(Points to fruit basket) Ugh.
Ugh.
Counselor: (Role plays, too) Okay, okay, Corky Dorky, you want a
banana.
I'll throw it into your cage.
(Tosses banana)
 
(Dirk sweeps it up, peels it, throws peeling into the audience,
eats banana.
Offers some to parents, who angrily reject it.
Rubs
stomach with a contented look.)
Counselor: Hmmm -- most unusual behavior.
Acts like an ape, eh?
 
Parent 1: Dirk! Cut the crap!
We've got serious business here.
Parent 2: (To counselor) Yesterday he was a kangaroo.
Counselor: (Incredulously) A kangaroo?
 
(At the mention of "kangaroo" Dirk jumps down from his chair
perch and begins to hop around like a kangaroo.)
Parent 1: (Groans) We ignore him when he's like this.
I suppose
he wants something from us.
We give him everything he needs.
Counselor: Maybe he's trying to get your ... ah ... attention.
Parent 2: Attention?
We feed him.
We buy him clothes.
We send him
on vacations.
We gave him his own cell phone, TV in his room,
boom box, CDs, swimming pool in our back yard -- generous
allowance, his new sports car ... What more can we give this
parasite?
Counselor: (Astonished) Parasite?
You call him a parasite?
Dirk: (Breaks kangaroo stance; stands erect.
Recites
mechanically) A parasite is a living thing that nourishes itself
on another organism.
A parasite is a beggar, cadger, sponger,
scrounger, freeloader, leech, bloodsucker, loafer, slacker,
shirker, deadbeat, goldbrick, moocher.
(Resumes kangaroo stance)
 
Counselor: (Shocked, to parents) That's what you think of your
son?
 
Parent 2: (Sarcastically) You notice, he does talk.
Counselor: Do you parents have regular conversations with your
son?
 
Parent 1: Well, not really.
We don't communicate except when
we're shouting and breaking dishes.
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