Life of the Art Teacher

Life of the art teacher: glue spots, paint stains, and creativity.

[teachinginreallife]

When it gets to December

Everybody starts acting like:

[teachinginreallife]

When the out-of-control student is absent on my evaluation day

[art-teach]

What do I do if I have a crush on my art teacher?

Cut it out. We want our jobs not our student crushes. Get over yourself and find someone your age.

[teachinginreallife]

When I have trouble writing positive report card comments

[art-teach]

Facing the last few weeks of the school year

[teachinginreallife]

When students try to hide things from me, but I always see them

[teachinginreallife]

Whenever I overhear students’ private conversations

[thepolkadottedteacher-deactivat]

Lol so true

[joyabounds]

When a student remembers a promise I made from last week that I didn't follow through on

[art-teach]

Suddenly one kid who wants a drink of water, becomes 10.

[art-teach]

Giving yourself a pep talk when spring break is still a week away

I can survive this. I can, yes.

[art-teach]

Hey, my art teacher is super kind and all but one thing she said to me about my art broke me. We had to do a still life and even though i didnt put in the recommended time i still put in some hours working on this, also it was in a media i was not used to (only have used a few times aka about twice). what my teacher said was "It looks like you did this in 10 minutes". How am I supposed to react to that? They did tell me what i needed to change but that comment really hurt.

The thing about new media, especially new to you media, is it takes time to perfect. However, when you didn’t put in the recommended time, it was apparently obvious to your teacher that you did not put in the amount of time you probably should have to meet the criteria. Part of being an artist is being able to handle critique and criticism. In the end, she’s one teacher. Go make more art, go practice, take a class with another art teacher. Play with the media more, practice more at home, try again. Don’t get heartbroken over one comment. Move on! new art! new horizons!

[teachingfeelslike]

When the kids get mad at me for “making them” do work.

[teachinginreallife]

When students see me in the summer

They’re like:

I’m like:

[theperilsofteaching]

When students see me outside of school.

[teachingfeelslike]

How I have to talk to those kids that need VERY explicit step-by-step instructions to complete any and all tasks and cannot take hints.

[art-teach]

When you ask students for an artist statement...

[art-teach]

When other teachers ask why you don’t eat in the teacher’s lounge: