Year 12 Impressions

I'm going to give a lot of credit today to my Year 12s. Let's be honest - they're not all that far removed from Year 11. In fact, all that separates them is a few weeks of holidays. I'm not trying to make a judgement about what I think Year 11s are capable of - I'm just saying that even Year 12's are still in the beginning stages of maturity.
Don't get me wrong... I'm not trying to say nasty things about my 12s. Not at all! In fact, what I'm getting at (in a roundabout kind of way) is a compliment.
In only our second class together, I asked them to consider some rather abstract stuff. And they did.
I asked them to do some rather um... ethereal, movement activities. They didn't complain.
I asked them to listen while I explained about a man named Rudolf Laban and his theories. They listened.
They tried. They listened. They moved.
Then I asked them to think really hard about something really serious. And they thought really hard about something really serious.
Why is this significant?
Because I can hear what's going on in the other Year 12 class. And the Year 13 class. I know they're talking to their friends about what's going on in those classes. And I have these brief moments of doubt.... Will they accept some serious work right off the bat when it appears that other classes are doing "fluffy" stuff? Will they put their all into what I'm asking them to think about without wishing they were in the other class?
It appears that they do, and they have.

I appreciate the energy and the effort in my Year 12 class already. And I wonder how many of them will catch onto the double entendre in that statement. Come on Year 12's.... I appreciate the "effort" in class.

What?? You don't get it yet.

Okay... click the link to refresh your memory.

http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~hedivan/Web/labaneffortaction.htm