Wednesday. The Second Graphic Arts Lecture

In 2nd Period today (Even Numbered Classes on Wednesday) I gave my Graphic Arts presentation to the other Graphic Arts and Web Design Class. It didn't go over nearly as well, I thought. The kids just weren't as interested in the subject as the day before. I don't know why.

One kid, C., came in with a really poor attitude. I think that he has been mad at me for a week or so. He sits near the front of the room with J. J. is very good at computers and can crank out any project pretty quickly, because he is extremely computer savvy. C. tries to "hang" with J. in his projects, but just can't. A week ago, the two of them were goofing around, looking at other kids websites and making fun of them. They were to be working on their "Digital Me" project, which is a flash movie about their life, their interests and their passions. J. had actually managed to complete his project. C. hadn't. I tried to redirect them from goofing around. I asked them if they were ready to have their projects graded. J. was. His was complete and linked. C. tried to keep up, saying in a smart tone that his was ready too, but it really wasn't.

I stopped everything and graded their projects. J.'s was done and pretty good, he got a 190 out of 200, a week before the assignment was due. C. didn't have his finished or even linked. He got a 0. This made him mad. I told him at the time that if he completed the assignment, I would regrade it with the rest of the class. He's been mad ever since.

I probably shouldn't have pulled such a maneuver, but they were mouthing off. J. had the product to be able to mouth off, C. didn't.

Anyway, C. was showing attitude during my lecture. He was being very vocal, saying, "This is stupid! I don't want to do this!" I stopped the lecture and told him that he didn't have to do it if he didn't want to. He continued to mouth up. Mr. Jewett, who was sitting in on the class, booted him out to ISS for being disruptive.

That kind of put a damper on the lecture.

We will see how the projects go. Some of the kids seemed excited about the work. Others didn't.

I am amused by how two classes reacted so differently to the same lecture.