I've noticed recently in my art education classes that one thing has been brought up a few times. This thing is like a little dark demon on my shoulder. It's a habit that I have found insanely difficult to break. It hasn't really been addressed in my Contemporary Approaches class and was only vaguely touched on in my Curriculum and Instruction class last semester. Theory and Practice however, has brought it to my attention and I've been so frustrated by it ever since. When I tell classmates in Contemporary Approaches about it and how they should start practicing to fix it NOW they all end up wide eyed and don't realize just how much they do it. A majority of them find it difficult and frustrating after about an hour of attempting to talk to a group without falling into the habit. Without fail, everyone has flubbed it so often that they cannot comprehend the idea of changing it. It became a game after a while and resulted in a lot of laughing about it. In Theory and Practice though, it was more of a semi- serious issue. We were trying to break ourselves so hard of this habit and a few people began to succeed about halfway through the semester. Some of those people had no problem whatsoever. Me on the other hand, I still struggle with it all the time because it's just so easy to forget about it. So what's this habit that I've just rambled on about for a bit? Well let's see if you can spot it in my opening sentence to a high school class:
"Alright guys, so we're going to start with a demo today about the basic usage of clay and how to move forward with your new projects. So if someone can hit the lights, we're going to start on our presentation."
Did you find it?
No?
Well how about in this phrase dealing with disciplining a few students who would not stop speaking during a teacher's presentation.
"Hey, are we supposed to be having a private conversation now? I don't think so, I need you guys to all pay attention. Come on now, let's get back to it."
Granted that wasn't the greatest depiction of a scenario but the habit was in there too.
Well? Figured it out? Come on GUYS, I know you can.
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