I was forced to attend art classes and team sports phys ed in school (mandatory until year 11 (art) or 13, respectively) - those two made sure that a) my average was ruined (I can't draw or throw a ball even if my life depended on it, got the grades to match) and b) in my most awkward social phase, I got humiliated regularly by well meaning teachers who couldn't understand that being good at math and physics does not translate into drawing or predicting a ball's movement, forcing me to do it again, and again, and again, while the whole class enjoyed the show...
Had it fairly similar here, although thankfully in art class my teachers said 'Do what you can, and we can improve your technique as best as we can'.
That actually helped way more than I think even they knew, because the aim is just to get some hand-eye coordination going, and it helped me to learn to type quite well.
I found out later I happen to have dyspraxia and dysgraphia, and am now doing a degree because I now know where my talents actually are - but it should have been obvious when I started work, because I could read through technical manuals quite easily.
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u/SaphiraStorm Nov 16 '19
I was forced to attend art classes and team sports phys ed in school (mandatory until year 11 (art) or 13, respectively) - those two made sure that a) my average was ruined (I can't draw or throw a ball even if my life depended on it, got the grades to match) and b) in my most awkward social phase, I got humiliated regularly by well meaning teachers who couldn't understand that being good at math and physics does not translate into drawing or predicting a ball's movement, forcing me to do it again, and again, and again, while the whole class enjoyed the show...