Art...

So... my art teacher. I mean, what the hell man? First of all, she tells me to do EVERYTHING for her. It's always ME. Why me? I mean, there are at least two more responsible kids in that class than I am, but oh NO she always asks me. I have to do this for her, that for her, UGH. DRIVES ME NUTS. I know I'm responsible (to a degree, I still lose my glasses on my face), and I try and keep myself that way So, she sends this chick out for the hour kay? And she can't find the principal to let him know that the chick is going to the office. He was probably out of the building, and I had no idea where he was. But, no matter WHAT I SAID, she still said for me to go look for him. So, me, being the nice kid I usually am, I say "Well, where should I look?" SHE COMPLETELY DISREGARDS ME and talks to someone else. I ask again, and three people answered me at once, and I'm so confused that I just sit down and wait for her to come around and ask me again. I mean, you have to tell me things a few times once I'm in my zone, which I clearly was in.

My friends that I was sitting with were all laughing like "Oh you just disobeyed the teacher! She's gonna give you detention!" But then she goes to look herself. I mean, she could have just done that the first time. I mean, really. What the hell?

Secondly, we've been abstracting objects right? Which is hard for me in its own with these stupid little 'viewfinder' things that she won't let us tape or NOTHING (and my hands tend to shake a bit and slip around, I don't have hands of a brain surgeon), but I ask her if I could possibly abstract my ipod:

Me: Hey, can I abstract my iPod if I don't listen to it?
Her: ...-takes out my other three abstracts I worked REALLY HARD on-... This one is the most successful. -walks off-
Me: Woah, hey... Man you didn't answer me though!

AND SHE IGNORED ME COMPLETELY! She just walked off and talked to someone else. Finally I followed her until she had to turn around and answer me, but I mean really! I shouldn't have to do that. And 20 abstracts... that's our assignment. 20! Who does that? Abstracting is hard! For me anyway... I don't like abstracting stuff! It's a little tedious. And I ask her if I can use a surrealism, but she says not yet. So... when can I use it? Because if one out of three drawings are going to be 'successful', then maybe you should give us a few options. We're studying Georgia O'Keeffe, and I have to say I love her artwork, but she's teaching us about a person that went against what she was taught, because she was taught to paint like the greats. Ms. O'Keeffe says that she knew that she could never paint the composition as good as the painter who did it, so why bother? So, why is our art teacher going against that? Not everyone likes to abstract things. I like it okay when I don't have to do 20 of them. These thumbnails we're doing are HUGE, I mean, like regular computer paper sized rather than the little ones we're used to.

And her sense of respect irks me too. If you ask a question wrong, you get sent out with an hour detention. If you even BACKTALK her, or try and comment on something she says, you get two hours on a good day.

Today for instance:

Girl: Why am I marked down? I did all my abstracts! They're all done!
Teacher: It's because of your behavior.
Girl: That's not what I'm asking! Why am I marked down? I finished my abstracts!
Teacher: I said that it's because of your behavior, you're being disrespectful!
Girl: I. Finished. My. Abstracts. Why did you-
Teacher: Go to the office!

I will admit that the girl is pretty disrespectful in a few senses of the word. But... this teacher's sense of respect is very skewed. She doesn't get our humor, she gave two kids detentions today for laughing so hard that it got the rest of us laughing. I didn't hear what they said, and I'm sure it was funny in some sense of the word, but she didn't get it, and she says: "You'll have a detention if you disrupt the class! You're being disrespectful!"

I swear I have heard the word 'disrespectful' more times in that classroom than in my life.

I love art. I love the subject. I love being able to express myself. But I swear that I'm sick of the teacher. I'm considering not taking art next year because she's so crazy.

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