Throwing Knives?!

Today began wit Ms. Hatch's 13th grade class. Overall little happened, as with the 11th grade class they of course knew what they were doing. The little I did do was show them a few pieces of my work at Ms. Hatch's request and I talked to one student who wasn't entirely sure about whether she should aim for graphic design or illustration.

After the break was Ms. Curtains 7th grade class. They were at the final stage of a project on making a ceramic mug; finishing off the textures and smoothing out any remaining areas which would then lead on to putting the glaze on. I think I was caught a little off guard because Ms Curtain described them as a well behaved class...maybe it was a bad day for them. Most of the class they were acceptable, asking personal questions (to be expected) and acting a bit cheeky (one boy in particular) but I was able to go around and help those who needed help. During the clean up however a couple of boys started throwing the knives around (using the clay as a target) and almost getting their friend. When I told them off they jokingly remarked that was why they were doing it. I wasn't as forceful as I should have been because I was focused on the wrong thing.

But that was unacceptable. Grayson could have been seriously hurt and they didn't care because they were trying so hard to act cool. It was unacceptable and I am determined that that will never ever happen again. I won't let it.

-LUNCH BREAK-

Helped Ms Kohowski by giving a presentation on masks I put together as quickly as possible during the lunch break. I tried to cover as many cultures as I could think of and memorized as much new information on the subject as I could. All in all the presentation went wonderfully. Interestingly several girls were intrigued by my mentioning of the Moretta mask. I'll be able to do more research for tomorrow's class.

Now it's the end of the day. I won't be surprised if the knife throwing incident is the most important lesson I learn during these few weeks. We'll see tomorrow.