To this this is gloriously mean spirited?

[lalalalaloo]

This is lighthearted and weird.

Dd (9) is at school. It's been snowy here.

A lot of the children made snowmen on the school field over breaks/lunch.

DD's temp teacher took the class outside after last break and told them all to find the snow man they had built and destroy it/get rid because and I quote 'you should only create art if you are prepared to destroy it'

I'm not sure what she meant by that (the teacher seems a bit pretentious to me and difficult for 8/9yr olds to understand) but anyway DD took the snowman down her and her friends made so whatever.

But does anyone else find it quite mean making kids destroy their snowmen? It was only DD's class and they'll be gone by the end of the week.

Still can't work out if it was some weird statement on art 😂😂

@Whatisthisfuckery

I think the hairdresser should do that to her next time she gets her hair done. As she’s about to leave the salon looking great the hairdresser should say, ‘I have created wonderful art with your hair, and now I must destroy it.’

What a miserable sod your DD’s teacher is.

It's not art it's a snowman

And maybe one of the kids didn't want to murder Olaf

I think there might be a reason why she is a temp teacher....

Buddha didn't mean that. Really Hilariously stupid.

She's showed herself up as pretentious and unkind. Be kind to unkind people, they need it most, he said; not sure what his thoughts were on how you parents deal with the village arsehole.

Though this may be a way to make your daughter behave for you - an extreme version of 'I brought you into this world and I can take you out of it'

I've hated her since and it's killing me trying to keep a neutral face with DD when she mentions her cantankerous meddling and meanness

Why are you keeping a neutral face. Time to get your daughter to question what people tell her. And look up the quote.

Excellent idea about tearing up her next piece of homework and calling it art

Well, it’s a snowman and she’s 9, not 4. I’m sure it did her no harm.

Glad it’s not just me who doesn’t think a snowman is art..😂

I get it

'Gloriously mean spirited' -Its a snowman! ....arguable more fun bashing on completion then building!

Did you never build sandcastles and jump on them afterwards ?

The moment of creation had passed!

gloriously mean spirited

Given it’s a lighthearted thread- take this as lighthearted too- but that saying ‘mean spirited’ makes me cringe to high heaven......

Whenever I hear it on here, I just

The teacher is a bit of a dick!

Buy her a nice box of posh chocolates on last day of term. Pour nail varnish all over them, decorate with gravel and include a note about how much your dd has enjoyed her ode to art and destruction

I mean... if you were teaching A level art it might make sense. But it would be totally lost on a group of 9 year-olds. She sounds like she's in the wrong job.

Maybe she’s having a laugh? My sister as a junior teacher told her year 7s she was dating a particular hot at the time famous sportsman. She didn’t expect them to actually believe her but they did and at parents evening many of the parents asked after him 😁. She never did that again!

What is it with Women and Snowmen ?

Berky McBerkster or what??!!!

She sounds like a prize arse.

Well done for resisting telling her so!!

She sounds vile

OP, what do you mean by "gloriously mean spirited"?

Did you never build sandcastles and jump on them afterwards

No. Never.
But then I don’t think I am an artist.

yes do it!! it will brighten up our day!! (not that I read the dailyfail)

Yep, pelt her with snow balls. It’s the only way

My 9 year old would be heartbroken at this!

She sounds nuts and nasty.

TBF the weight and temperature of the snowmen will kill the grass underneath so there is a logical reason not to leave them to slowly melt on the playing field. If only she'd explained that instead of waffling on about some high falutin nonsense... I would have quite enjoyed knocking down my snowman aged 9 if it was for a good cause.

On the other hand, I still remember the trauma (and tears) when my nursery teacher "destroyed my art" (a painting of my favourite green and pink, egg shaped, Fisher Price Play People toy car). The paint had been mixed too thin so the paint ran and the teacher decided to cut it up into pieces to make "abstract" calendars (with those little calendar booklets) for all the class. I still haven't forgiven her

Are they learning about Picasso at the moment?

I think she’s an arse.

And she’s by misquoted and misunderstood the quote.

But worse than those (which are pretty minor), she’s just taught a bunch of kids NOT to create art. Literally not to create something if they don’t want to destroy it. Most people, most artists (and I know a lot!) do NOT enjoy destroying their creations. In fact they are very protective of their creations. So she is actively putting kids who love art off doing it.