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Re: A question about art grades

From: Wendy Manning (wmanning)
Date: Thu Mar 02 2000 - 17:47:26 PST

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    > --when they say " my Mom say's this class doesn't count"
    > EWWWWW, my blood pressure rises.

          My reply to that is, "Can I tell her you said that?" and they usually
    backpedal very quickly.

    > > Today several of my students were talking, playing around, etc. and I told
    > > them to knock it off. They said this class "doesn't count" and couldn't care>
    > less if they received an "F'. What do you say in a situation like this?

    > Not that it always works, but I usually say you're here to learn, not just to
    > get a grade. I tell them that even if you don't like art, doing it makesyou smarter
    > because it develops your right brain. Besides, you've nothing to lose and the mark
    > can make your report card look pretty good. So you might as well go for it.
    > Otherwise you'd better go talk to the principal and explain it all to him because
    > if you are in my room you will do some work and I can't have anyone distracting the
    > students who do want to pass. So far this year it has worked with the 8
    > classes of 8's, except the kid who got expelled, and all the 7's, but I don't know
    > if it'll work with the 6th-grader who called me a bitch yesterday! 

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