Some Assembly Required

This week on Pop Culture Garbage Barge, Darwin and Cat take a trip back to one of the strangest traditions of growing up: the school assembly.What starts as a welcome break from class quickly turns into something else entirely -- somewhere between educational, bizarre, and occasionally traumatic. From celebrity guest speakers with unexpected agendas to “helpful” instructional films that went spectacularly off the rails, the lessons weren’t always what schools thought they were teaching.Along the way, the duo digs into the surprising history behind assemblies and the rise of educational films designed to shape teenage behavior.Add in hungover teachers, apathetic students, and a few moments that can never be unseen, and you start to wonder if any of this was actually helping… or just permanently scarring an entire generation.All in the name of education.Welcome aboard the Garbage Barge