My son has all of the OEs but he seemed to understand there is front stage behavior and back stage behavior even before he read about dramaturgy. He even seemed to know this before he joined the community musical theater group at age 4. He always knew he could be himself back stage, but then he was homeschooled and I don't know if he could have taken a whole day of being "front stage" in school. At 12, I still am not sure he would be ready for that big an acting job.
I just enrolled my son in two homeschool co-op classes. According to the enrollment paperwork I had to sign, kids are not allowed to bring things like Yu-Gi-Oh cards or Pokemon games to play at lunch so they don't "offend" other homeschoolers. My son used to play these games. I think two classes will be about all he can handle with this group. He wouldn't even think of mentioning that he saw the movie Avatar. He knows he has to watch what he says around them and he has always been good about this. He really doesn't want to offend anyone.
