Final task: programme of study

It took me a long time to sit down and start writing this final task... Probably because each of the questions I'm supposed to write entails a lot of thinking, a lot of reflection. The whole play is so rich that it is extremely difficult for me to come up with the kind of answer I'd like to be able to provide!
Rita has gained a lot from this experience, though the fact that she gained doesn't necessarily imply that she hasn't suffered. Lots of times we go through experiences in our lives that completely change us, that make us feel sad or even frustrated! But it's worth it! We learn from every single thing that surround us, and that learning at times entails pain, suffering. Rita has suffered a lot: she broke up with her husband, stopped seeing her friends, gave up drinking at the pub but because she CHOSE to: this is what her learning experience gave her! A choice... that marvellous experience to know that one is in charge of one's life, that no one else can force us to do something we don't want to! While discovering "her own voice" she got hurt and she hurt other people, but this is what life is about! Otherwise we would be amebas!! :-)
She discovered that appearances are just that: something that doesn't exist, something hidden; what is valuable is what is within each of us, our true selves. And this is something that not only did Rita learn but also Frank: he had to leave aside lots of prejudices when he started to teach Rita and Rita too! And he discovered that teaching is worth it! He's going to giveit a try in Australia and problaby start all over again...
If I take a look at this blog, from the very beginning I mean, there's something in common in most of the posts: the fact that we're in charge of our lives, that no one else can tell us what to do and that every choice we make entails a responsibility and make us freer, no matter the role we're playing in life! Call it teacher, student, whatever name you want to give to it... All in all, life is wonderful, isn't it!