I've been following your messages for quite some time now, Stacie, and I
think you may be mistaken about your suspicions concerning Dick Blick. Dick
Blick has been and continues to be a company that our school district deals
with on a regular basis and I must say that they have been WONDERFUL. Our
art department has found the company to involve itself in our community in
very positive ways. I can't say enough good things about them. If there
truely is a problem with your order then I'm sure it was not intentional on
their part. We are all human.
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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:37 AM
Subject: Re: [teacherartexchange] I feel like a failure
> Thanks. I talked with our director, and I think she is very concerned
> that the supply order still has not gone through. I've been told that
> they are taking care of it, but it is frustrating since it's been several
> months now. I know that no one did this on purpose, and I think that Dick
> Blick rejected our application and never told anyone, something strange
> like that, but it doesn't help me either way. I'm writing a couple of
> letters today to businesses to see if they will donate. I have asked the
> middle school kids to bring in their supplies, but that doesn't help with
> paper and stuff like that. I'm in a charter school, so we aren't part of
> the union. I am seeing that I need to forget about teaching for the most
> part with these kids and simply give them things to do. If I can teach
> something along the way, then that's great. If not, I need to be okay
> with that. I can't teach a class who doesn't want to learn. Today I'm
> going to show them a couple of pictures of op art and then tell them to
> draw their hands and create an op art background using pen. That's it.
> I'm going to try to come up with some projects that are easy and look
> cool. Other than that, I'm going to try to get some sleep for a change.
>
> Stacie D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AClaire <yah1@studio224.com>
> To: TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group
> <teacherartexchange@lists.pub.getty.edu>
> Sent: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:24:53 -0000
> Subject: RE:[teacherartexchange] I feel like a failure
>
> Dear Stacie,
>
> Don't give up and don't think it's your fault! It's not your fault!!! The
> school is not helping, how can you do your work without supplies??? Like
> Betty said, talk to your Union Rep and don't think you have failed!
>
> You will have to find a way to find supplies and maybe come back to old
> solutions best used for lower grades, have them bring supplies from home
> like old magazines and stuff, and try to work out some idea from that.
> Maybe
> trying to have them do some work 2 by 2? It seems to me that you will not
> be
> able to do art as you would like it with them, unless you get their
> attention. I have never had kids so complicated but usually when I have
> students with problems, I lower my expectations and ask for less
> complicated
> stuff from them. I try to find fun projects, like someone said
> "foolproof",
> that will get their attention and the work from that.
>
> These kids have probably a very low self esteem, so you will need to boost
> their confidence. It's very difficult to do that without supplies (so go
> to
> your Union Rep). And think about very basic art projects. I am sorry, I
> don't remember which grade these students are or I would try to give you
> some ideas, but you get my point.
>
> Hang in there, it will get better.
>
> Anne-Claire
> http://www.studio224.com >
>
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