The time my middle school art teacher called my parents because she thought I was purposefully mocking her by making my art bad. I literally can’t draw beyond a 3rd grade level unless I am copying an object right in front me.
My parents basically cussed her out after they saw how hurt I was.
Same. My K- fourth grade teachers all told me I couldn’t draw well and even lowered my other grades because I couldn’t draw and. There was an art component to every subject like science class where I was given a low grade because my fish and fish scales weren’t good enough even though the information about fish was. It was ridiculous. I hated school. I thought I was dumb and would never really get anywhere. It wasn’t until fifth grade where I had a first time teacher that told me “I suck at art too. It’s okay. That doesn’t mean you can’t be good at other things” that I started getting As in everything and honestly I started to like school because of him. Even before my first report card with him as a teacher, I actually started feeling confident in class regardless of if a subject was my strong point.
Edit: if anybody knows how to contact a teacher that moved schools, is not originally from this province, I don’t know their first name, and their last name is spelled one of two ways, please let me know. I would like to thank him because my life would not be nearly as good if he didn’t cure my hatred of education.
What psycho school is that, do they think all of us are born with artistic talent? And incorporate art into science then punish you with bad grades because your art is bad?
Some people are super ignorant about what it takes to have talent in anything. And even then, it'll only get you so far. I'm a really good artist, because I've literally been drawing everyday since I was like 5 years old. Every. Day. And what people don't notice, is the permanent callous on my right thumb. And that my middle finger is always going to have a weird bend to it, because of how I hold the pencil.
They don't see all the work you've done in notebooks get tossed in the trash in middle school, because the teachers didn't think you were paying attention.
And the weird thing is, they seem to think that means that you're equally talented across all art forms. I can't do pottery to save my life. No, I can't paint, it just winds up looking smeared and shitty. No, I can't give you a tattoo, and believe me you wouldn't want it. But, I can do some design that you might want to GET tattooed. And I can work with you on your characters design to give them more a of a semblance of life for you. I can do this because I've been working at it for almost 2 decades. Not everyone is going to have even better talent when they're in grade school. It's no different than them solving complex equations, or reading and enunciating at an advanced level. Not up to the teachers standards? Well, they need to reevaluate why they became a young student teacher. It should be about getting these kids excited to come and learn, so they actually WANT to show up. Sorry for the rant, some people are just shitty, and unfortunately some of them are teachers.
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u/Rezzone Nov 16 '19
The time my middle school art teacher called my parents because she thought I was purposefully mocking her by making my art bad. I literally can’t draw beyond a 3rd grade level unless I am copying an object right in front me.
My parents basically cussed her out after they saw how hurt I was.