And just like that, it’s Friday at 2 pm again, class is in session (and streaming), and, thanks to a week of creating, sharing, and, liking, the people sitting around the table are no longer strangers to each other, or the audience. We’re all connected.

The only real questions are what moral dilemma will the teachers pose this week and how it will affect each member of the class.

Because Credo isn’t just another class. There’s no dates to be tested on and no boring lectures on which to take notes.

Instead, Credo is a weekly opportunity for every character (and the audience) to learn about themselves and their classmates, revealing truths both unexpected and ugly. 

Fighting, Yelling, and Crying (You Know, ethics Class)

Credo is as much a group therapy session as it is a high school class, as each week’s topics and assignments are designed to draw out student’s true beliefs and feelings.

Each week, teachers pose a new “Big Question” which include soul-searching ideas such as:

• Is there such a thing as one true love? Or can we learn to love anyone?

• When’s the last time you faced a personal moral dilemma?

• Is it humanly possible to commit a selfless act? Or are we all selfish?

• Are smarter people better people?

• Is believing in God a cowardly act?

In class, the open-ended, seemingly unanswerable questions trigger heated, personal arguments and rationalizations, as students start seeing the lives they’re leading in a whole new light.

Then, during the week on social media, we watch as these new self-revelations start to play out in real life, gradually revealing new aspects of each students’ lives and personalities, giving their fellow students, and we the audience, a deeper insight into who they really are.

What kind of things happen during the year?