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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

You Can't Say That in the Art Room

Phrases and Questions I'd Like to Ban from My Art Room
"I can't."
"But it doesn't look like yours."
 "Did I do this right?"
"Can you do it for me?"
And my most recent biggest pet peeve...
 "Is this good enough?"
What phrases and questions do you wish you could exile to far away lands?
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    2. "I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing. I wasn't listening..."

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  2. That takes too long. (As if they have somewhere else to be.)

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  4. "I don't care" is a big one for high school. I get that a lot when I ask something like, "How do you feel about the color you chose?" or "Which way would you prefer to do this?" I usually respond with, "Oh, well then I'll just give you a zero now." Suddenly then, they start to care.

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  5. I'm done, now what?
    Or, can I trace it?

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  6. "He/she's copying me!!"

    "Why do we have to do this?"

    "This project is for a girl/boy, I don't want to do it."

    and the worst heard in the art room is.....

    "Oops. I thought the lid was on it when I shook it."

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    1. Haha - that was usually ME who shook the paint with the lid unscrewed!

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  7. "Am I done?"
    "Do we have to?"

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  8. "I HATE ____" (insert medium: like charcoal, graphite etc. and/or subject matter: like still-lifes, landscapes etc.)

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  9. "Do I have to?", "Can I be done?", "Is this right?", "Can you draw this for me?", "I don't know how to draw that" "I don't feel like doing this, can I just free draw?" "Is there a template for that?", "How come they get to have a template?" (said after looking at student who has severe special needs and has to have lesson modified. Nice to know that the kids don't see each other any different, but c'mon!)

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  10. Can I go to the nurse?
    I'm done, what should I do now?
    " Mrs. _, So & so kicked, licked, spit, stepped, or punched me."
    Oh Mrs_, I don't know how to do that, can you help me? (after I just showed them how)

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  11. "Can we we started?" asked in the middle of directions... Aaarrrgh!

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  12. Wow. What a great post!
    I loved it so much I made a sign for my room:
    "Phrases that make your art teacher SAD"
    :)

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    1. Be sure and pin on pinterest! I'd love to see it.

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  13. "When are we doing art?" Loudly blurting out in the middle of an art history story that introduces a new project.

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  14. My least favorite comment...."I ACCIDENTALLY...cut this the wrong way...or used the wrong color...or glued this on backwards...the list goes on. Cynthia S.

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  15. "This isn't working." "It's ugly."

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  17. The lazy students that tell "I just want to leave this white".

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