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fandomhigh2012-03-16 06:36 am
drinks_coffeezilla) wrote in fandomhigh2012-03-16 06:36 am
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The Art of Scrap, Friday, Period 4
Today, Dean was taking his class out for another field trip, yes. There was a bit of a smile on his face as his students met on the spot on the beach that they'd been handwavily instructed to gather on.
"It's starting to get nice out again," he informed the group. "And I figured it would be a waste to let the fresh air go ignored for the rest of the semester. So today, we're out here to appreciate a little piece of this big, crazy world we're all a part of."
Did that sound appropriately corny? Good. Dean didn't really care.
"So, you can make whatever you want to out of today. Hang out on the beach, go for a walk, anything. But I want two things out of you by the end of the class period. First, I want to see something you picked up off the ground here, that you're going to use in a project later. It could be driftwood, sea glass, a shell or a stone that's caught your eye, or even a piece of garbage that's floated in on the water. And I want you to think about how you're planning on using it. Are you going to make a carving out of the driftwood? Jewelry out of the glass? You've got a week to come up with some creative way to make use of what you pick up here on the beach today. Next week, I want to see what you came up with on your own, in your own time, when you don't have me there telling you how to make it work."
Because Dean was really so pushy about how people in his class put their projects together, truly.
"It's starting to get nice out again," he informed the group. "And I figured it would be a waste to let the fresh air go ignored for the rest of the semester. So today, we're out here to appreciate a little piece of this big, crazy world we're all a part of."
Did that sound appropriately corny? Good. Dean didn't really care.
"So, you can make whatever you want to out of today. Hang out on the beach, go for a walk, anything. But I want two things out of you by the end of the class period. First, I want to see something you picked up off the ground here, that you're going to use in a project later. It could be driftwood, sea glass, a shell or a stone that's caught your eye, or even a piece of garbage that's floated in on the water. And I want you to think about how you're planning on using it. Are you going to make a carving out of the driftwood? Jewelry out of the glass? You've got a week to come up with some creative way to make use of what you pick up here on the beach today. Next week, I want to see what you came up with on your own, in your own time, when you don't have me there telling you how to make it work."
Because Dean was really so pushy about how people in his class put their projects together, truly.
Lecture!
But if he caught you throwing the cups on the ground, there would be words.