Day 28-Art and craft-nightmare
Have you noticed the art and craft work that your children bring back home? The work of all children are similar/nearly perfect. Themes are absolutely colossal-pollution, recycling and what not for 2 and 3 year old children. Where do all these pieces of art go? On your fridge and after a few days/weeks into the dustbin. Well, I think dustbin is where it belongs anywhere.
Teachers are OCD creatures. They want everything to look beautiful and perfect. Not a crease/scratch. They also seem to practice the idea of equality religiously. Every child's work MUST be good/similar. But why? Because parents tend to compare and they hate it if their friend's child has done a better project than her's.
It is a punishment for these children to do such craft with these teachers.
This is how it works:
Teacher keeps all materials with her.
Child walks up to her and sits with her.
Teacher does the folding, cutting, creasing etc. All the child has to do is hold/press/colour.
How very intelligent of her? Child colours and so it becomes his/her piece of work?
What a shame !
What about art? It is as simple as giving a child a colouring book and asking him to follow ONLY the exact colours as in the sample.No need to be creative with colours. All that matters is colouring within the line and NO white spaces.
Is it any surprise that many children(like me) grow up not liking art and believing that art is not meant for them. That it is something like rocket science and not everyone can do it well.
A scribble by the child in the drawing book along with his elaborate story on how what he has drawn is actually the sky and the grass and a new unknown kingdom with unicorns and princesses is priceless as compared to these worthless prototypes which have no meaning for the child anyway.
Some see chaos in art while others see art in chaos. We all know which one is applicable to the teacher and which one to the child.
God save our children from such teachers.
Teachers are OCD creatures. They want everything to look beautiful and perfect. Not a crease/scratch. They also seem to practice the idea of equality religiously. Every child's work MUST be good/similar. But why? Because parents tend to compare and they hate it if their friend's child has done a better project than her's.
It is a punishment for these children to do such craft with these teachers.
This is how it works:
Teacher keeps all materials with her.
Child walks up to her and sits with her.
Teacher does the folding, cutting, creasing etc. All the child has to do is hold/press/colour.
How very intelligent of her? Child colours and so it becomes his/her piece of work?
What a shame !
What about art? It is as simple as giving a child a colouring book and asking him to follow ONLY the exact colours as in the sample.No need to be creative with colours. All that matters is colouring within the line and NO white spaces.
Is it any surprise that many children(like me) grow up not liking art and believing that art is not meant for them. That it is something like rocket science and not everyone can do it well.
A scribble by the child in the drawing book along with his elaborate story on how what he has drawn is actually the sky and the grass and a new unknown kingdom with unicorns and princesses is priceless as compared to these worthless prototypes which have no meaning for the child anyway.
Some see chaos in art while others see art in chaos. We all know which one is applicable to the teacher and which one to the child.
God save our children from such teachers.
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