Background for season sixteen of the Life of Julia episode 8
Characters and Cast for Life of Julia
Julia Marie Presi played by Bailey Madison. Julia is a girl who has had a hard life. She is a quiet, determined, smart girl. She has been severely bullied since the age of eight. Due to her being bullied her grades dropped and she turned passive, never speaking up for herself. When Julia moved in eighth grade she was determined to get great grades and to find her voice again one day. Now, Julia is sixteen and is a sophomore in high school. She is receiving all A’s in her classes since eighth grade and is in now in her first Advanced Placement class. She is still being bullied by both her peers and her teachers. She is still passive. …show more content…
Aaron Phillips is Julia’s Advanced Placement European History Teacher. Aaron is a bald, tall, white forty-five-year-old. He loves demeaning his students. Aaron thinks only people who are getting A’s should be in his classes not the B’s he has to let in. He especially hates having to deal with people with disabilities since it means more work for him.
Lisa Becker played by Betty White. Lisa Becker is Julia’s school counselor. Lisa is a nice, lazy, overweight sixty-year-old woman. Lisa is in charge of creating Julia’s class schedule. Lisa sometimes is doesn’t do her job correctly. She has messed up Julia schedule a few times.
Background for season sixteen of the Life of Julia episode -.
Julia worked her butt off in Mr. Koller’s World History Class to get the recommendation for Mr. Phillips AP European History Class. Julia wanted the AP class so bad since to her it was the crossing of the finish line. This was to show all the doubters and bullies that she was smart enough and deserved to be in AP classes along with everyone else. That after years of hard work to come back from years of bad grades she has truly redeemed herself again. Julia got the recommendation. Mrs. Becker put AP European History on her schedule.
Scene One-First Day of School
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Phillips to arrive. He is five minutes late. I wonder what is taking him so long. All of a sudden Mr. Phillips stormed in the classroom angrily. He goes to his podium and barks out: “If you thought this is an easy class where you will do little work. I would get out now.” Why is Mr. Phillips looking at me when he is saying this? I know it’s me since I am the only person sitting at this side of the room. “This class will be very hard with a lot of work but if you do it I can assure you that you will be well prepared for the AP exam in May. I expect all my students to get A’s sadly I have to accept grades until B- ‘s but if you get lower than a B- at the end of the semester I will drop you faster than a heartbeat.” Now really why is he glaring at me for this part? “This school has a policy of staying in an AP class you need to a B- it is also the same for recommendations. I will only recommend you if at the end of the year you have at least a B-.” I know one thing I will get higher than a B- and will get his recommendation to go on to further AP