Okay, so it feels like this is getting shared because it’s “cringe” stuff, but I’ve actually watched the video, so let me set the record straight.
The video is here, and it is both a rant and a speedpaint. You get to watch her traditionally create that picture in the thumbnail.
The girl shares a story of how first it was her brother who drew in the anime style. Whose teachers told him that he didn’t have any talent and wasn’t good enough for an art school.That his art wasn’t good because he uses references(even though the teachers forced them to use references and even collect references as an assignment) and the anime style.They literally crushed his dreams, making him stop drawing altogether, thinking he was ‘uncreative’.
Then she shares her own experiences, of working with the teachers that already crushed her brother. One even didn’t like her because he found out she was the little sister of the guy before. How they would humiliate her in front of the class. And loudly shout things like ‘give me one good reason I shouldn’t fail you right now!” while giving every other student constructive criticism, even though she didn’t use the anime style on the thing(Like a still-life of objects)
And even non-art related incidents. Like when she was the only person not talking in a class, and the teacher screamed at her to ‘Shut up!’. This same teacher also tried to fail her on an assignment she hadn’t given(Artist girl was being tutored at home because her brother had cancer, and the teacher wouldn’t send her the assignments.
And then she mentions the ‘senior showcase’ which is a thing to show off your art. She wasn’t allowed to do that. She also wasn’t allowed to take AP Art classes, even though she had all the prerequisites. Meanwhile, another student got into the class without prerequisites.
She talks about not only her and her brother, but mentions that other people had asked about it on her TWITCH streams, as it had happened to them. And I must remind y’all, this was HIGH SCHOOL teachers who did this stuff, not fancy-schmancy art colleges. She mentions that her problem with this is that teachers are supposed to help kids with their future. They should be encouraging, and yes they should try and help them get outside their comfort zone, but they shouldn’t tell kids to give up on their dreams.
She then mentions that she thinks about ‘how I would have taught a high school art class’, and mentions things her teachers did instead of teach. Like sat in the corner and done their own personal art instead of helping the class.
She thinks teachers should be encouraging and try to help them achieve their dreams. And tbh that’s what their literal job is. She then mentions her college-level art classes, who actually walked around and helped the class improve, instead of sitting around and telling high school kids that they suck.
Tbh, I’m glad that most my high school art teachers were encouraging. They understood that I liked the ‘anime’ style, but didn’t tell me not to do it, just only to do it if they don’t give a specific ‘style’ to draw in. You know, don’t do ‘anime’ if you’re supposed to draw realism, but if the only thing for your assignment is ‘draw whatever using oil pastels’, go ahead. My other art teacher was a terrible person overall, not just with art.
remember kiddos, your art teacher might have very good reasons for not letting you do anime for your class projects, but that doesn’t give them an excuse to be abusive. if you feel like your art teacher is judging your art based on how they feel about you as a person, you should get someone else involved!
Not all art teachers are this way, but art teachers can be some of the most vicious, vitriolic people in education. For reference I have very poor fine motor skills. My handwriting almost got me held back, despite the fact that I was academically at a 7th grade level in first grade. I try to draw, but I’m really bad at it. I was in an art class in 9th grade. Our teacher swore up and down on the first day that she didn’t grade on skill, but on effort; that made me feel a lot better. The first major assignment we did, that involved doing ink lines and colored pencil. It was garbage, but I worked for days on that thing. It was some little comic about an alien robot going to the moon. I tried so, SO hard. When she handed it back, I’d failed. I went to ask her about it, because I was crushed. She told me to my face that it was clear I hadn’t put forth any effort. When I tried to tell her that I’d spent days on it, and I could call witnesses to prove it, she told me that if I lied to her face like this again, she’d be sure I failed the course and got suspended.
It wasn’t half as bad as the stuff talked about above, but she did a lot of similar stuff to people she didn’t like. I was lucky enough that an injury led me to get a mid-semester transfer out of the art class, but that woman failed multiple kids that she didn’t like, despite them making high-quality art that met the standards outlined by the assignment.
Talk to someone. Another teacher, the principal, anyone in admin. Get a parent or trusted adult to make a stink with the administration if they won’t believe you. Teachers shouldn’t bully you, and it’s very easy for people to do in creative media like the arts because they can fall back on “it’s not creative” or “not quality.” Don’t lie down and take it, because you deserve better.
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know what I always disliked when i was growing up? when adults would tell me not to say i hated something because “hate is a strong word.” yeah???? so???? im 9 and i have strong feelings
I said I hated hitler when I was five and my parents told me “hate is a strong word”
What the fuck??? What the fuck???
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