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| my gallery opening |
| 12.18.04 (1:07 pm) [edit] |
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The last thing I wrote was how tired I was. I didn't write anything about my last day at Parkview teaching art. They had to paint a monochrome picture. Instead of being in the cafeteria, they had some Vietnemese shindig going on there. So we had to go to the library (swell). Of course paint did get spilled on the carpet; the kids know I am supposed to be the only one distributing paint, and one of them got to the red paint before I could make my way back to help her, lots of red paint all over that nice blue carpet, of course. The same boy who has been giving me all kinds of problems in the past, including being wild, doing his work half-assed or not at all was no different in the library on the last day of class. The principal has already talked to him once. Since it was getting a little late to expell him, I could either just leave him alone unless he's being too wild or destructive, or I could sit down with him and hold his hand through the assignments. The latter is not fair to the kids that genuinely are trying and working. But I tried to give him some attention, but I am not sure that I could have forced him to care or sedated him at all. Anyway, he was painting on his face and arms, and causing spills, and the pricipal happened to walk in and expelled him on the last day of class. I think kids have challenges at this age "thinking outside the box" or beyond the truths they accept. I brought 3 colors, red, blue, and green. Kids who were painting in red were asking for green to paint the grass, and I refused to let them have it. They were just appalled that they would have to paint grass (or sky or whatever) in any other shade than the one they know to be true. I wonder if the prospect of green skies and red grass was as inconceivable then as it isn't now; I have purposely painted a green sky and sky-blue ground. When you draw freehand when you are a kid, everything is outlined in black, the sun is always yellow, and goes in the corner, people stand on top of a line-ground, and there is a ceiling of blue for sky. We had the gallery opening that night. I gave a little speech. I have found that I am more comfortable talking in front of 100 people than I am 2 in a social setting. All of the seemingly most interested students showed up and showed off their work. I contributed a plate of cookies, other people brought stuff too. One of the boys brought me flowers (it was so sweet!). His mom said he was always talking about what he did, and that I called his last picture "absurd" (I said "abstract" but she figured it out). I came back to my room, attempted to study, went to bed at 10:30, got up at 8:30, took my last test, hopefully that went well of course it was in my least favorite class, biology. I paid for my upcoming semester of school, cleaned up my room, got in my car to leave San Jose at 2, (an hour later than I had hoped, oh well), got home at 6, saw Rod, and our neighbor across the street, talked to Jeremy, went to bed. My biggest accomplishment today is I got my haircut! It feels sooo much better! Now, I think I am going to relax. Current Mood:  pretty OK
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posted by: Bun-Bun (reply)
post date: 12.19.04 (8:50 am)
Good for you, Sweetie. You persevered with the kids. I am so proud of you. How special you must have made some of those kids feel.
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