Class Rules

Class Rules is a famous instructional video that explains the rules and expectations of Sr. Wooly's early Spanish classes. It is narrated by Sr. Wooly himself. This video has some educational content (like teaching some verbs), but the narration is primarilly done in English, making this not an actual story (but just for comedy). Although the original audience was just Sr. Wooly's students, the video is now so popular that edits have been made online, and the video is found on a DVD that was released much later.

https://www.senorwooly.com/blog/video-class-rules

## Plot

This video contains a mix of computer edits and graphics as well as small clips demonstrating student behavior in Sr. Wooly's classroom. The following major events occur:

* Sr. Wooly's first rule is that students cannot have gum in their mouths during Spanish class. He writes the message "No Chicle" on the chalkboard at least 24 times, and says that it is very important to not have gum. He repeats the message "No Chicle" while pointing to the board, but the students continue to chew gum. At one point, Sr. Wooly stops the clip, and switches to a graphic showing the digestive system, as Sr. Wooly says that gum in a student's mouth restricts the airways and does not allow the student to have a good accent. Proper behavior is then demonstrated as a student spits out gum.
* The second rule is a procedure on how a student should pass in homework. When passing in homework before the rule is explained, the video shows many aggressive fights occurring, including a paper ball being thrown at a teacher. The correct way is for each row to pass the stack to the student on the left.
* The third rule showcases that if students want to go somewhere, they should ask in Spanish (using "puedo") rather than English (using "Can I"). The video shows multiple students using poder expressions, such as "Puedo ir al bano" (this has no relation to the song). When a student asks this question in English, however, Sr. Wooly ignores.
* The fourth rule is a check system. The first time a student misbehaves, a name is written on a chalkboard, following checks for subsequent misbehaviors. Sr. Wooly describes the process while writing this system on his chalkboard as well.
* Sr. Wooly then showcases other rules, such as no wearing hats in school, as well as no fighting (both violations which are performed by student actors).

## Production

This video was created in 2005, but only released to the public in 2015. It is one of the first videos he ever created. This was made as a resource to supplement his old website, jameswooldridge.com. After a few years, he got rid of the three checkmarks rule as it was too passive and aggressive to students. This video was made the day before the 8th graders got to graduate. He is impressed at Sam's delivery after the homework scene, as well as the students' focus in general.

## Trivia

* The "no chicle" blackboard is seen in many other videos as a reference: his Instagram page, Las Excusas, and El Banco's "Ojo Vigilante" version include this text on a board. This was also going to appear in Encerrada en la Escuela, but got removed.
* This video was filmed in a French classroom, not a Spanish classroom, judging from the posters on the wall.