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Re: middle school curriculum

From: Tmcnorf
Date: Fri Mar 17 2000 - 05:36:18 PST

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    In a message dated 3/16/00 5:25:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, bgood
    writes:

    << the principal who told me" I don't understand why you wnat to mess around
    with that clay and kiln anyway. Just get Sculpey and bake it in the oven" and
    "this looks like something people in a nursing home would make. Don't you
    have any molds down there you could make chess sets out of?" >>

    i am astonished that such ignorance and narrowmindedness exists among highly
    educated people. sometimes statements like this make me think i'm nuts
    because i see teaching art as an awesome responsibility. don't we teach art
    to try to help young people understand the world around them and not grow up
    to be like this principal?
    i apologize that i am not offering curriculum advice, in ny we have state
    standards that we use as guidelines, i was just venting. i'd scream if my
    administrator said this. 

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