I agree...what would the math teacher do if the student did all the problems
wrong but said i like doing them this way!!! With that said, I make
comments, then I will sit down one on one to work with a student. I always
see some results. Then I look at the student's developmental level. If that
student is doing the best he/she can do, then I let it go and accept that as
the best that can be done right now. It is all a balancing act. One that we
are lucky to have in art......in math....met goal or get reprogrammed!!! hehe
In a message dated 12/11/01 7:54:18 PM, Rdunkelart@aol.com writes:
<< < When asked about it, they say "But I
LIKE it this way!" Sometimes I just have to let go and let them be kids,
happy kids making pictures and art that makes them happy. Even if it doesn't
always make me happy!! >>
Welll I have thought about that too but it seems also a reflection on my
teaching ability to have kids that draw like that into their late elementary
middle school years
and their excuse will always be - "my art teacher never showed me how"!!!"
If I compare it to handwriting or mathmatical skills don;t they have to build
on their
skills each year there - why can;t we expect them to build on their art -
perception
skills??? Aaaarghhhhh - it is so frustrating! I wish I had had an art
teacher like
me that cared so much to build my skills - I was a crummy artist. all
through school
my art was never hung up - I felt really bad. because I didn;t know
anything. Didn;t really
learn anything about art till college. and then was misssing so many skills I
had to
work doubly hard to fill in. When a fifth grader who has a neck and round
arms
draws a neckless person with stick arms I can;t help get upset!!!!!!!!! LOL
>>
