"What are you?" was the question most asked as I sat throwing at the pottery wheel at Lincoln Avenue Elementary School's annual Career Day last week.
"I'm an artist; a potter," I said with a gleaming sparkle hopping off one of my front teeth.
The wheel itself that they brought for me to work on was severely under par. I had to compensate by using more strength and I have the sore muscles to prove it, but otherwise the day was a joy! The kids showered me with "ooooohs and "aaaahs" and that did wonders for my ego!
Interesting- the younger ones were so verbal, asking me a million questions. The fourth and fifth graders were already more self aware and very cautious about what they asked lest they might sound silly. They wouldn't have, of course...no question is a silly one. Still, they were as glued to me as the little ones were; some even resisted the magnetic pull to join in the Freeze Dance that the DJ was conducting. ..gosh!
"I'm an artist; a potter," I said with a gleaming sparkle hopping off one of my front teeth.
The wheel itself that they brought for me to work on was severely under par. I had to compensate by using more strength and I have the sore muscles to prove it, but otherwise the day was a joy! The kids showered me with "ooooohs and "aaaahs" and that did wonders for my ego!
Interesting- the younger ones were so verbal, asking me a million questions. The fourth and fifth graders were already more self aware and very cautious about what they asked lest they might sound silly. They wouldn't have, of course...no question is a silly one. Still, they were as glued to me as the little ones were; some even resisted the magnetic pull to join in the Freeze Dance that the DJ was conducting. ..gosh!
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I'm sure if I had been there I would have been one of the kids (well into her 40's) enthralled by your throwing techniques!!! I, too, would have resisted the freeze dance, but I would have probably asked the simplest and far-out questions! XO
I think what people (adults too!) don't realize is that asking the question lets the teacher know where to start the explanation. Whe people ask me to elaborate, I love to spread the knowledge and I appreciate when others do that too.
How wonderful!! I haven't used a potters wheel since I was a kid and I loved it, so I can imagine how much fun it was for the kids to see.
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