Finally done and dusted with school! :) I can now say what i truly think of this year. I have be let down immensely with my art and I Im deeply disappointed with the school and how they handled it this year. I am an independent artist, i would ALWAYS complete my work to the highest standard, but this year i was marked unfairly and through numerous complaints to the school, they still did nothing. Continuously throughout the last three years i have lost respect for a women who was meant to give my guide lines, celebrate my successes and loses. But instead she became my worse nightmare and my last year of high school dreadful. She slowly crushed every dream of my art studies i have had in my future. Ive been reduced to more tears then once by this teacher. Im not someone who takes everything to heart, if someone has an opinion on my art thats fine, but she had more then an opinion, she was plain nasty and rude. I have had no help on my boards or internals as i lost a working relationship within the class room, due to my parents written complaints to the school. They could see i was suffering in the subject that i would call my own, that i could dominate, and potentially be successful in my future, and they would only want the best for me. I had been given the option to leave and not worry about her, OR show up to every class and become more upset with each day i spent in that class, i chose to stay, because i refused to let this teacher win. I have my own opinions of my art, i stuck with those opinions because i believe in myself and what i can create. A week from when these boards are due my teacher decides to let me know ( as i quote) shes out of her depth and that i will most likely fail, because i hadnt produced the type of work she likes So i was forced to make a new board within 24 hours, to fit the criteria she wanted, i got no response from her that i had completed three boards and all my graphics externals, to which most students would fail all trying to do them. No well done, pat on the back, no nothing. I was told i didnt know how to use my camera and that i would fail again. I was also told off for using Photos of the internet for my design board too, but it was my beautiful best friend Vinnise, and i thank her immensely for doing to photo-shoot. So i dont copy or steal other artist work, even though my teacher tells me thats how i will pass. thats how NZQA marks, if thats true then i have no faith in this schooling system at all. Unfortunately i have let these comments get to me over this year and lost faith in my own work. BUT in all of this i have learnt something, I know i am going to come across people like her, but i know how to handle them and know they are little people that like to put others down to make themselves feel bigger, Im proud of the work i can achieve and tonight i can sleep knowing my boards are in someone elses hands. I want to thank my mum and dad, for supporting me, James Davy you were amazing in helping me, you were mentor through these boards. I will reach my dreams maybe not any time soon, i think i need time to recover. Olivia Rose
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 02:10:22 +0000
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