Art Class & Modern Dress
Crusher
Observations from a day at Ohio State University- student dress code:
At the top of the stairs there was a tall, beautiful gal in a designer
dress, earrings, hose and slinky high heels with straps. She looke like she
had just stepped out of a fashion magazine.
In class a young man was wearing a pair of black sneakers, a pair of green
plaid pants with a pattern about 6" sauare, a black t-shirt and a red and
black striped tie loose around his neck. Over that was a jacket with some
hip hop emblem on the back. Hair stood straight up in little spikes.
Next to him was a slender young woman with braces on ther teeth. She was
wearing black knee length hose with light blue knitted spats over them, a
faded blue jean skirt, a pale blue t-shirt with her navel exposed, a thin
knitted shawl that reached to her knees and a loosely knit sweater that also
reached to her knees . All apparently designer stuff. Blonde hair stood
straight up like she was being electrocuted.
The next gal had two silver rings in her nose, several piercings in her ears
and another electrocuted hairdo.
Then there were several guys with blue jeans just over their hips with the
crotch of their pants just above their knees. They seemed to be just able
to walk, somehow.
Weird as they looked, these are all good, hard working kids with good
dispositions who do their work seriously. You can't judge a book by it's
cover- or a student by their dress.
--Bob--
**Dalin**
Everybody wants to be an individual, especially young kids. And for
most this will be their last chance before they enter the work world,
unless they go into some artistic endeavor. I bet they are a lot of
fun to watch. :-)
But I do wonder if the ones who use nose rings and eyebrow rings and
tattoos will not be sorry someday. I think they will have permanent
scars on their face.
Dalin
Jean B.
Good observation(s), Bob. How is your class going?
--
Jean B.
Crusher
"Jean B." <jb...@rcn.com> wrote in message
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> Crusher wrote:
>> Then there were several guys with blue jeans just over their hips with
>> the crotch of their pants just above their knees. They seemed to be just
>> able to walk, somehow.
>>
>> Weird as they looked, these are all good, hard working kids with good
>> dispositions who do their work seriously. You can't judge a book by it's
>> cover- or a student by their dress.
>>
>> --Bob--
>>
> Good observation(s), Bob. How is your class going?
>
> --
> Jean B.
Well, I discovered that I'm actually taking three classes- two in a Art and
one in Phys Ed. The student parking lot is a quarter mile from the building
and there are two flights of steps up to the floor and then down a long
hallway to the studio. The easels are all heavy steel. The teacher has us
draw from one place then move across the room to draw some more several
times during the class. Since I'm left handed that means turning the easel
180 deg at every move. Last Monday there were two more treks downstairs and
an hour standing (twice) to view an exhibit in the gallery. A class from
9-12 and one from 2-4 means two trips back and forth to the car and home for
lunch. Thats PT- a mile a day walk and eight flights of stairs three times
a week, plus mild weight lifting. It works- I'm in much better shape
already.
We have a 4-6 hour homework project every week in each class. The teacher
(Marty, a pro sculptor) never sits down during class, travelling around the
room giving each student 5 minutes or so of personal attention, often making
two or more rounds in a class- for the whole two or three hours, plus pauses
for lectures. Our homework is graded on a full partially printed page.
There are four categories of evaluation listed with a point score spaced out
and printed on the page. Each category is followed by a full paragraph of
*hand written* critique. Every homework assignment we have done gets this
level of review. I have been going to schools, trade meetings, conventions
and the like for 60 years and I have never, ever had a teacher that works
this hard. If the rest of Ohio State's teachers are anywhere near this good
then our kids are in vey good hands indeed.
Good kids, a great teacher and a fascinating subject. That's about as good
as it gets.
--Bob--
dae
"Crusher" <nospam...@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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Bob,
Most interesting post. I went to Art School several decades ago and things
sure have changed from reading your post. Anyway, keep posting on your
progress
Crusher
>> been going to schools, trade meetings, conventions and the like for 60
>> years and I have never, ever had a teacher that works this hard. If the
>> rest of Ohio State's teachers are anywhere near this good then our kids
>> are in vey good hands indeed.
>>
>> Good kids, a great teacher and a fascinating subject. That's about as
>> good as it gets.
>>
>> --Bob--
>
> Bob,
>
> Most interesting post. I went to Art School several decades ago and
> things sure have changed from reading your post. Anyway, keep posting on
With all the homework I decided on a remodeling project- on my drawing
board. I had more or less retired the board and rearranged my home office
when engineering went to Cad a decade or more ago. The revisions included
replacing the screws on the foot of the board that had gotten loose and
allowed the board to wobble. Reinstalled the parallel bar that had been
gathering dust in the closet for years (being left handed I never could use
a drafting machine). I also replaced the thumbscrews and bolts uses to
adjust the top tilt with new plastic knobs much easier to turn. Then it was
off to my woodworking shop to build a pencil tray to mount on the side of
the board. Dug up my drafting tools, like circle templates and triangles,
sorted out several boxes of pencils, ereasers, stumps, drawing pads and the
like. Interesting little conversion project- from an engineering drawing
board to an art drawing board, but with most of the same tools.
Since I just upgraded my computer to a fast Pentium IV, a 21" monitor and a
new scanner for engineering consulting work the new computer also works
nicely for scanning and printing art work. I seem to have forgotten that
I'm supposed to be "retired." <g>
--Bob--
dae
"Crusher" <nospam...@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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Bob,
This is good therapy for retirement. Doing something you like and the only
pressure you get is what you put on yourself. Doesn't seem to me that you
are having trouble with retirement.
Don
Jean B.
Hehe. That PE Class would have its benefits. *I* should do
that (inadvertently, of course).
I have heard that state schools have some great
teachers--those who are actually more interested in teaching
than playing the publish or perish game, advancing their
careers, etc....
--
Jean B.