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Students were very articulate 
Students comfortable with speaking 
Constantly talking about art and encouraged to talk and communicate
Teachers encourage students to speak 
They live in New York, closeness 

Lesson on what they heard on the subway or bus 
What might you do with that sentence? 
As a work of art? 
Students thoughts were validated by the teachers

Very important to listen to them 
It's not just listening its understanding what you are hearing. 
How are you hearing. What they are telling you. 

Challenge them and where they're at. 
Give them moment of silence. 

Help them think a little bit beyond of where they're at at the moment
Think about how it is they now know that they didn't know before and reinforce that. 

You want to be present with the students and demonstrate what it means to be an adult in the room. 

They need your help to guide through the constructing of an idea. 

They play with their idea of an identity. 

CENSORSHIP 

They knew the politics of the school and the administrative pressure. 

We underestimate students all the time. 

Growing up in world of internet. Vicariously. Urban kids traditionally challenged. 

You'e going to take on the school. 

This isn't just learning drawing and painting. Its much more than that. Its the way we construct thinking. 

Art as a way of thinking as a way of finding an expressive form through the use of the imagination and materials. 

PARENTS ARE YOUR BEST ALLY 

KEEPING AVENUES OF INFORMATION OPEN 

DO WHAT IS NECESSARY 
MUST EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT THIS IMAGE IS ABOUT AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THE YOUNG PERSON THAT MADE IT. 

PEOPLE ARENT BORN KNOWING THESE THINGS 

KIDS CREATING DIFFICULT IMAGES, They are learning about the world. 

THE PENIS STORY 
CERAMICS students giggling
Penises everyhwere
Well they're not very good are they. 

Helping someone. 

Women's drawing more aggressive. Mens drawings more nurtured.

Young people who go to college have a very different developmental upbringing. 

Environment is very powerful. 

SENSE OF SELF ON POINT 

Questions about reality. 

Thinking about themselves. Often looks at self. High-powered awareness. The middle slice of adolescents. 

Self aware but not always reciprocally aware.