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Positive and Negative Space--Reflections of a First year Teacher 2

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UnclmonkEE_at_TeacherArtExchange
Date: Tue Jul 03 2001 - 00:48:16 PDT

It was during my 8th Grade figure drawing unit, that something amazing had
happenned. Twenty-five energetic, creative, hormonal teenagers engaged
themselves in figure drawing with fierce, silent intensity. For nearly the
entire span of the forty-minute class period, these eighth graders were
focused in the creative moment. As i told them the next day, i had never
experienced anything like it before, as a teacher or as a student.

We continued our figure drawing for a few days after that, and generally the
sessions were fairly quiet--not silent, but quiet. 

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