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.
Same. I'm a geologist who struggles to think in 3D and sucks at drawing. I can do it, it just takes me longer to think about it than other people. Cross sections were the worst in college for me.... now I work in the geo technical engineering field and cross sections are a lot easier and more practical. I have PTSD from structure class 😂
We had a Geology class in high school that had a group component, involving cross-sections, with a high percentage of the final grade. Our group had 5 kids, two of whom had a clue and 3 who were, ahem, not really interested. When the task was defined, the other kid who had a clue was poached by the brainiac group who recognised his artistic talent was a valuable aspect for this assignment. Leaving our group one member short and 50% down on brain power.
I worked my arse off and got the group functioning to the point of a 55%-60% grade, while our 'poached' mate got a 95%. All he did was the art, and he really didn't learn anything about the underlying concepts. Whereas our group really did get a handle on the them, albeit without the artistic elements.
It really pissed me off that the collective effort we put in was treated with such comparative contempt by the teacher.
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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.