Interview with Mr. Clark

Interview With Mr. Clark

Apache News:  what inspired you to become an art teacher?
Mr. Clark:   My middle school teacher named Mr. Devins made art look fun.
AN:  What was your dream before art?
MC:  I wanted to become a sceintist, because I thought they only blew things up.
AN:  What made you come to this school to Teach Art?
MC:  I grew up in a small town and wanted to move to a bigger town.
AN:  What is the up and coming work we have to do:                                                                             MC: I have a New Student Teacher (I heard she is awesome--she says "I know I think she is too").  I will be letting her teach my class for one week.  I am also going to a Art gallery with all other Art teachers its free, open to all students, and the Public. I may have a shirt i did in the gallery.
AN: Whats your faviorte Artist
MC: Hmmm thats a tought one i like alot of people and alot of there work. My top 2 i like would have to be Paula Rego, and Rene' Magritte.
AN: Is there any fun things about being a Art Teacher
MC: Seeing kids improve there art skills.
AN: how do you think this your of teaching art has been  
MC: its been a pertty good year i have had alot of student that hasnt taking art in this class for me so its been a pretty fun year.

Imagination - By Ted

     Everyone has an imagination, but some people choose not to use theirs. In my opinion, there's no reason not to use your imagination, because it helps with everything. Sometimes in theater class people will say, "OMG I DON'T WANT TO BE ON STAGE PICK SOMEONE ELSE I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING  BLAH BLAH BLAH" If you've ever done that, shame on you. Just take the first thing you think of and turn it into a scene - instant creativity.

     It works with art class too -  people will say, "UGH MR. CLARK I'M SUCH A BAD ARTIST WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THIS LET ME JUST FAIL THIS CLASS I HATE DRAWING BLAH BLAH" Shame on you people, too. It doesn't take a lot of thought to be imaginative, just think of something you like or the first thing that comes into your head. 

     Maybe not wanting to be creative is just part of laziness. Some people just want to get things done and don't care about how boring and unoriginal they might be. Fine, I will let you live you life with the same amount of creativity as a paperclip, but it's a fact that people who use their imagination have more fun.

     For those of you who already use your imagination, A+ for you. I don't care what anyone says, using your imagination will never be uncool. 

Wise Elders

Dear Students of Arrowhead,

          Why must younger generations miss treat older generations? Is it because we have lost all patience? I don't think it's because we have no patients i think its be cause we may have shorter attention span. I think we may have shorter attention spans because we have more advanced things like technology and TV's that we watch or do so much we get lazy and we have no time for other people besides our self . Some people think elders are our only link to the past, and if we had no past I think it would probably be harder to move on into the future. Elders also have much knowledge about many things younger generations don't have much knowledge on, and if we treat older people bad then come to then with a question why should they answer it. 
           in The Wise Old Woman there is a young foolish king that throws everybody out that turns 71. But there was a young farmer and his mother turned 71 and he didn't want to abandon her so he built a secret room and she lived there. Then one day there was another King called Higa that ruled a bigger village and demanded one thousand ropes of ash or he would concur the village. So the young farmer asked his mother and his mother laugh and told him what to do (no one in the village knew how to do this task). Then on another day Higa sent another demand to the small village, asking them to weave a silk string into a wooden log (no body knew how to do it because it was small). Then the young farmer had went to his mother, and told her there trouble news. then the mother smiled and told him how to do it. then the king asked the farmer how he knows all these things and the farmer said he had been asking his mother and that his old mother had been living at his house under the kitchen. Then the young king had asked the Wise old Woman for forgiveness and allowed old people to live in the village.
\           So the next time your about to talk about a Elder (person older than you) you should stop and think about what if you will need them later on in your life. so if the answer is yes i don't think it would be wise to pick or talk about them.

New Play, Big Bad - By Ted

 Excitement over Arrowhead's future play, Big Bad, is all over the school. The sign up sheets in the lunchroom were overflowing with people who wanted to try out. The actual try outs were Jan 23, and tons of kids showed up. Mr. Brame anwswers questions you might have about Big Bad:

Q: What is the play about?
A:The play takes place in a fairy tale world where the Big Bad Wolf is being put on trial for all of the crimes done by various wolves in various fairy tails.

Q:When is it?
A:The play will be on March 7:00 @ 9:00 A.M. There will be a $2.00 cost to students to attend and you will get out of class!

Q:What are the actors doing to practice?
A: The actors are working hard in practice.  The first few weeks we will be blocking the show, which is where I tell the actors where to be and when.  After that we will go Off Book, or without our scripts in our hands, and run the show over and over.

Q:What are some of the roles?
A:The play features characters from all over fairy tales. Some don't have anything to do with wolves and are our lawyers like a Fariy God Mother and an Evil Stepmother.  There are characters that are accusing the wolf, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, and a girl who cried wolf.

Q: What will the set/props be?
A:We will be building a judges bench and Mr. Clark will be helping us paint a mural for the backdrop.  Costumes have been provided by Allcot Arts Center in KCK and the Lights will be brought in from SECT Lighting company.

I also asked if Big Bad is going to be as good as Cinderella, Cinderella, but Mr. Brame didn't answer. I'll let you decide for yourself what that means.