It's a losing battle when rationalizing with 8th graders. Angel, a hard-headed student of mine, spends most of his classtime tagging. His life goal is to become a tagger, and I've been encouraging him to pursue his artistic skills. Here are a few of his responses:
"You don't need to be smart to be an artist......."
And here's my favorite revelation of all:
"Ms. Saito I don't need to get an education to be an artist....I mean I don't have to go to art school.....(pause) Heck! All I have to do is go to County and I'll come out an artist!"
So uplifting I tell ya.
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