Good and bad experience

Hi Everyone,

Not long until we meet up again - where does the time go?

A good experience of learning for me would have to be with my GCSE Art teacher who taught me for two years. She was fantastic to give me feedback and support with my work... Before  the course not many of us knew what to expect however she was very clear with her expectations. Not only this, but she made time for every individual in that class and helped us to succeed. I was dedicated to working hard to get an A* grade at GCSE, I approached her with this goal in mind, and she identified steps to help me make this achievable. Still keep in contact with her now and she's great for advice, teaching or non-teaching :)

Unfortunately the bad learning experience I have also links to Art education, this time at College. After falling in love with the subject at secondary school and achieving my A* I was raring to go for A levels. Unfortunately the teacher  Ihad in my first year of college had a very negative attitude to work that was different or unusual. It seemed he only favoured work that was exactly how he created it, in his particular style. There was no room for creativity, and he even referred to one of my friend's pieces of work (which was beautifully detailed and had taken a great deal of time) that it looked like a chimpanzee had painted it and was worthless for her project. Speechless. Not sure there was any positive feedback in response to the bulk of what we did that year and I dropped the subject at the end of my first year, only recieving an AS level.

On the upside I went back to Art at uni and have loved it ever since ;) 

Looking forward to seeing you all on Friday,

Hayley