My name is John. I teach middle school art. I love the students in my art class. I have been teaching since I finished college. I am excellent at pool. I have my own pool table. I love unicorns. My bucket list includes seeing the pyramids and writing a book. I have never ridden a moped. I have ridden a motorcycle. I have a trip planned to go to Egypt. I have a wife that will go on the trip with me.
My name is Lisa. My favorite color is orange. I'm afraid to write my bucket list. I ride my pink moped almost everyday. The thought of riding a motorcycle is too scary for me. I wear a helmet when riding my moped.  I am inspired by people with the ability to teach. I find ancient history fascinating. I play in an electronica band. I am in a band that livestreams once a week.
I just listened to some electronica and I really like it! How long have you been playing that type of music? I've been doing electronica for years on my own. I joined a band a couple of years ago. That is cool! Do you get a lot of viewers on your livestreams? We've accumulated a small but devoted fanbase. Not many people, but they llike our stuff.  I can help get the word out about your band if you want? I wouldn't mind sharing and telling people about it!  We have a back catalog of live streams that you can check out. We appreciate any support. What kind of art do you do? I can't imagine teaching people how to draw and paint. I can't do anything artistic that way. I do abstract but very hard to teach middle school it. I mainly just teach them basics on different types of materials and utensils to create artwork  Art classes seem to be popular with kids, but schools like to cancel them because of budget constraints. Art is probably one of the few classes that allow individual expression. I think there ought to be more of them. I think so too. Being an art teacher is very hard and I struggle with fighting to keep my class constantly. I fight for the kids because of how much they love it. Some of them really put passion into their work No tests, no failure. Just plugging into a long history of artistic expression, something instinctive to us humans. The administrators and politicians can point to improved tests scores, so they don't like it. It's a shame. THANK YOU! I am glad someone is on my side. Not everything is about scores. They really do not predict anything Sure. I bet programs with art and music programs have better attendance and student retention rates. Kids go to school for the fun stuff, not the dry stuff. 