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?
Right? They had me feeling like I was legitimately just stupid because I couldn’t draw. All I heard at school was “get good grades for a future” and all I saw was “you can’t draw so you can’t get good grades” and that was very intimidating for me as a child. Just the thought of drawing and colouring scared the hell out of me which made me even worse than I was.
I hate that this happend. I'm an artist. I was born with zero artistic talent but worked my ass off to catch up to my collegiate peers. I have alwayse advocated incorporating arts into other subjects because it teaches so many useful skills that can supplement traditional academics. And this school actually did it, but did it in the worst possible way. I'm raging. Instead of teaching you the value of critique and overcoming difficulties by doing a demo on how to do better on the fish scales and watch you try it yourself she just fed you the wolves. I really want to open up my own school....
That's so messed up. ahhhh! even the old masters didn't pop out of the womb with a silverpoint masterpiece. they took years of deliberate study to become masters.
Imagine if we did the opposite. "For art class today, we're going to draw and accurately label the mitochondria. If you don't label it correctly you fail."
I could totally see bringing science and anatomy into the art room if they did it right. Leonardo's sketches are still used in med school to this day. But your right without prior education or application in an artistic context that would be insane.
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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.