The scoring story reminds me of telling my 7th/8th graders how to "score..."
I began to describe that "scoring" in ceramics is when you want "two things
to join or stick together", and then, at this point they started laughing...
I kept right on talking, not knowing what they were laughing at...and
continued to say that you "take two different objects, even if they are
hard, and stiff" and when you "score", they will "lock" together to create
"one"..
well, the laughter got bigger, until, dummy me, realized they were laughing
at the "scoring" concept of girls and guys "scoring" with each other!
Needless to say, I never explain "scoring" as two things sticking together
anymore!!!!!!!!!
Kathy Tickner
Byron School, Northern CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron and Jennifer [mailto:THEGREEN99@prodigy.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 2:02 PM
To: ArtsEdNet Talk
Subject: on a lighter note..
With the end of school closing, I am sure I am not the only one who feels
June is just not coming fast enough. Too lighten our thoughts, I figured I
would share this story with you all...
I was explaining what scoring was to a fourth grader today. Without showing
her (because my hands were full), I was giving her directions and she simple
was not getting it. So I tried to make a reference to "prior knowledge"
(trying to be that "professional" teacher). I asked her, "Do you remember
when we did cross-hatching?" No. You don't remember that - with colored
pencils and shading? No. Okay, what about hatching? Do you remember when we
were hatching?
The boy standing next to me said, But Mrs. Green, people don't come from
eggs.
It took me a moment and then I couldn't smiling. :)
