Class: Mock

[matthewsee]

Mock is the first episode of Class: The Audio Adventures Volume Four.
Written by Alfie Shaw.
Mock in the episode title refers to mock exams which the students at Coal Hill are taking during this episode.
Fascinating that this starts with a narration by Quill as she recounts what happened to her and Charlie's world and how they got rescued by a wanderer (ie the Doctor) and taken to their present location in Coal Hill and hearing the TARDIS sound.
At Coal Hill, whilst supervising a mock exam, Quill literally hear voices from the students but the students' mouths weren't moving.
Intriguing what ensues on why Quill is hearing voices and how it relates to what went on in her homeworld, given the opening narration of this.
Essentially this is a story of how memories of the past have an impact on the present which is definitely resonates with any viewers especially since this is set in a school where not everyone has a pleasant of being at when they were there.
In fact Mock it seems is not only a reference to the mock exams but also mocking Quill's sense of reality in determining what is real and what isn't due to the voices.
Certainly amusing bit of the episode was with Quill saying that she was taking Charlie to the toilet in the midst of the said exam (!) for the purpose of talking to him about the voices.
Afterwards listened to the interviews with Dervla Kirwan (Quill) and Gareth Pierce (Mr Braithwaite, a teacher who appeared in this episode).
Interesting this interview with Kirwan stating how inefficient the British education system is in preparing students when they go out into the real world as adults.
As someone who was not educated under the British education system I cannot either agree or disagree with Kirwan's viewpoint on this.
However the one thing that she said that resonates with me is her saying with effect of how students' viewpoint of the world is gradually changed when they stepped into the real world as adults.
Certainly my own viewpoint of the world is in flux the more my schooldays has become a memory.
My personal thinking on things is very different to when I was a student, a time that I did not have a full understanding of why the world is the way that it is.