Posted by finelinebob on August 24, 2006, at 21:36:00
In reply to Art Traumatized Me, posted by Poet on August 24, 2006, at 21:23:35
> In sixth grade my teacher Miss Rhymes with Ditch held up my picture to the whole class, said *this is exactly what I didn't want,* ripped it in half and told me to *clean up that mess.*
Here's the Harry Chapin song I referred to:
(Spoken)Your son marches to the beat of a different drummer, But don't worry,
We'll have him joining the parade by the end of the termThe little boy went first day of school
He got some crayons and started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw
And the teacher said.. What you doin' young man
I'm paintin' flowers he said
She said... It's not the time for art young man
And anyway flowers are green and red
There's a time for everything young man
And a way it should be done
You've got to show concern for everyone else
For you're not the only oneAnd she said...
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seenBut the little boy said...
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every oneWell the teacher said.. You're sassy
There's ways that things should be
And you'll paint flowers the way they are
So repeat after me.....And she said...
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seenBut the little boy said...
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every oneThe teacher put him in a corner
She said.. It's for your own good..
And you won't come out 'til you get it right
And are responding like you should
Well finally he got lonely
Frightened thoughts filled his head
And he went up to the teacher
And this is what he said.. and he saidFlowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seenTime went by like it always does
And they moved to another town
And the little boy went to another school
And this is what he found
The teacher there was smilin'
She said...Painting should be fun
And there are so many colors in a flower
So let's use every oneBut that little boy painted flowers
In neat rows of green and red
And when the teacher asked him why
This is what he said.. and he saidFlowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen.But there still must be a way to have our children say . . .
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one
poster:finelinebob
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