http://connienorman.com/blog/2010/02/10/this-i-believe/ Ceramics and family life Thu, 03 May 2012 18:29:27 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://connienorman.com/blog/2010/02/10/this-i-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Connie Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:13:35 +0000 http://connienorman.com/blog/2010/02/10/this-i-believe/#comment-95 Hi Jim, I try. Teaching jr. high is such a roller coaster ride. But it really can be fun. I know that teaching really pushed me to become a working artist. I can't have all that creating around me and not go home and make stuff. Hi Jim, I try. Teaching jr. high is such a roller coaster ride. But it really can be fun. I know that teaching really pushed me to become a working artist. I can’t have all that creating around me and not go home and make stuff.

]]> http://connienorman.com/blog/2010/02/10/this-i-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-92 jim Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:59:23 +0000 http://connienorman.com/blog/2010/02/10/this-i-believe/#comment-92 hi connie, although my high school art teacher was pretty good in retrospect, i would've been happy if it had been someone with your attitude and passion for the teaching of it. in addition to your sentiments, i heard on the radio last week and have read too that making things with your hand (art being the main example of this) is actually crucial in the development of our brains as humans since up until only recently, everyone made something. therefore being an artist helps young people to concentrate, set and achieve long term goals, accept failure as a step toward learning something difficult (instead of viewing it as a failure and quitting) and become more self reliant in the physical world, not viewing all the mechanical devices around them as magical machines that they have no control over. sorry, i digress. lovely sentiments. hi connie, although my high school art teacher was pretty good in retrospect, i would’ve been happy if it had been someone with your attitude and passion for the teaching of it. in addition to your sentiments, i heard on the radio last week and have read too that making things with your hand (art being the main example of this) is actually crucial in the development of our brains as humans since up until only recently, everyone made something. therefore being an artist helps young people to concentrate, set and achieve long term goals, accept failure as a step toward learning something difficult (instead of viewing it as a failure and quitting) and become more self reliant in the physical world, not viewing all the mechanical devices around them as magical machines that they have no control over. sorry, i digress. lovely sentiments.

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