Ardinea
2008-09-18, 02:41 PM
I am a senior in high school taking a freshman art class because I didn't have any time from my 9th to 11th grade schedule to put in for an art class. I need the class because I need a half credit of art to graduate. Seeing as how I need the introductory course as a prerequisite to other art classes, and nothing else really was doable (band and chorus net you an art credit but they schedule it at the most awkward times of the day.) So, I decided to take the freshman intro to art course.
The first day of school I expected to be with all freshman, but to my surprise, it wasn't. I see another senior girl there who I'm luckily on good terms with, and a junior girl. The rest of them are freshman girls. It is a small class, I think there's 8 people in there, which is good. The teacher is on her first year here because the art teacher before her had retired.
Now let's get to the ranty part.
Every single assignment, no matter what - even if it requires little effort, the freshmen girls whine and complain about it. "Waaah I don't want to do this" or "Why do I have to do this?" and that's what I hear through the entire time they are working. Last week we did a project where we had to draw something, and the teacher said it would take a week. Two of the girls said they were done in like 15 minutes.
Also, a few weeks ago, we were doing an assignment, and the teacher was kind enough to bake our class these cookies which were similar to a 7-layer bar. I, the senior girl, and the junior girl thought they were delicious, but through the whole class I kept hearing about how disgusting the cookies are - along with the whole "Oh waah I don't want to do this" whining. You don't say things like that, even if it might be true. Keep your mouth shut and be respectful. Their attitudes are so bad that I walked out of the art room after the bell rang for the next period, and the junior girl walks up to me and tells me how bad their attitudes are.
Today just cut it for me. I walked into the art room, and the bell rings. The freshmen girls spent the first 10 minutes drawing on themselves and just being overall loud and obnoxious while the teacher was trying to explain the assignment to us. We had to pick a plant to draw and eventually paint in watercolor. The freshmen girls all picked these white flowers in a vase (which seemed like the easiest plant to draw out of the bunch.) When we got to the drawing part, a couple of the girls kept whining about how they can't draw and they shouldn't have to do this because they aren't able to draw. I spoke up and said that it is an art class, you are graded by how much creativity and effort you put into something. The senior girl replied to them as well by saying that they shouldn't have that attitude, it's an art class and no matter how bad you draw, if you show the effort she will see that. One of the girls reply by saying "What, do you hate us now?" And the senior girl replies saying "I don't hate you but you shouldn't have such an attitude." And with that, class ended.
Surprisingly, the art teacher is so calm about all of this. She doesn't really seem phased by how rude they are to her. It shocks me to see how bad of an attitude some people have.
tl;dr: To the freshmen girls in my art class: Drop your fucking attitude.
The first day of school I expected to be with all freshman, but to my surprise, it wasn't. I see another senior girl there who I'm luckily on good terms with, and a junior girl. The rest of them are freshman girls. It is a small class, I think there's 8 people in there, which is good. The teacher is on her first year here because the art teacher before her had retired.
Now let's get to the ranty part.
Every single assignment, no matter what - even if it requires little effort, the freshmen girls whine and complain about it. "Waaah I don't want to do this" or "Why do I have to do this?" and that's what I hear through the entire time they are working. Last week we did a project where we had to draw something, and the teacher said it would take a week. Two of the girls said they were done in like 15 minutes.
Also, a few weeks ago, we were doing an assignment, and the teacher was kind enough to bake our class these cookies which were similar to a 7-layer bar. I, the senior girl, and the junior girl thought they were delicious, but through the whole class I kept hearing about how disgusting the cookies are - along with the whole "Oh waah I don't want to do this" whining. You don't say things like that, even if it might be true. Keep your mouth shut and be respectful. Their attitudes are so bad that I walked out of the art room after the bell rang for the next period, and the junior girl walks up to me and tells me how bad their attitudes are.
Today just cut it for me. I walked into the art room, and the bell rings. The freshmen girls spent the first 10 minutes drawing on themselves and just being overall loud and obnoxious while the teacher was trying to explain the assignment to us. We had to pick a plant to draw and eventually paint in watercolor. The freshmen girls all picked these white flowers in a vase (which seemed like the easiest plant to draw out of the bunch.) When we got to the drawing part, a couple of the girls kept whining about how they can't draw and they shouldn't have to do this because they aren't able to draw. I spoke up and said that it is an art class, you are graded by how much creativity and effort you put into something. The senior girl replied to them as well by saying that they shouldn't have that attitude, it's an art class and no matter how bad you draw, if you show the effort she will see that. One of the girls reply by saying "What, do you hate us now?" And the senior girl replies saying "I don't hate you but you shouldn't have such an attitude." And with that, class ended.
Surprisingly, the art teacher is so calm about all of this. She doesn't really seem phased by how rude they are to her. It shocks me to see how bad of an attitude some people have.
tl;dr: To the freshmen girls in my art class: Drop your fucking attitude.