All semester long I have struggled with why as an Art educator do I need to take ALL the Education classes? Some of the classes I understand as they pertain to an art classroom as well as a general education classroom, such as Classroom Management, and Child Development. Yet some of the classes are a complete and utter waste of time.
Over the summer I took an Assessment class, which basically told me how to write tests and quizzes. While this may be useful to an English teacher, it helped me realize that it was pointless for me. When I asked how to grade or assess something subjective as a piece of artwork. My instructor gave me the basic rhetoric, of comparison, general confusion as to the question and looking at the content standards. The content standards for art in the state of Michigan are a complete joke, so they are useless. Comparison between students only differentiates skill levels, and the confusion should be clear.
Why can they not create classes that teach us all these things within an art ciriculum? I know we have to take specialized classes that allows us to be art teachers but why must I double up on everything. Do I really need a Technology in the Classroom class when I have had Non-Traditional canon? Plainly it's bullshit.
This doubling up on everything, makes Art ed one of the toughest majors on campus. Super frustrating, I feel like I have been in school forever!
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