Historical Perspectives: Time Out with the Dean - Podcasts for Kids

Time Out with the Dean (Pablo Picasso inspired)  is to be used with the resource Historical Perspectives from Mr. Mault's Marketplace on Teachers Pay Teachers.

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Ever felt like a square peg in a round hole? Have you ever been so passionately absorbed in something that the rest of the world just fades into the background? This episode, we unfold the exhilarating tale of a young, steadfast artist who refuses to bow down to the traditional education system. This rebellious spirit transforms her time at the dean's office into personal art sessions and continues to sketch unapologetically, much to the chagrin of her parents and most of her teachers, except one - her art teacher, who comprehends her fervor.

You'll be captivated by the way she perceives the world around her, turning numbers into noses, words into images, and mundane assignments into Picasso-inspired sketches. This bubbly artist takes us through her journey of winning four art contests in a year, including one for NASA! We also provide a fascinating insight into the young artist's mind as she navigates the struggles of being an outcast in a traditional education system but still manages to shine brilliantly. Tune in, and you might just find a mirror reflecting your own unexpressed passion.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:22

Time out with the dean. I will stop doodling in class. I will stop doodling in class. I will stop doodling in class. No, I won't. I know I'm supposed to write this 100 times, but it feels like lying 100 times. And I don't lie. I absolutely love getting in trouble at school. They put me in this little room with paper and a pencil and then I'm supposed to write lines over and over, but really they just give me more time to draw.

Speaker 1: 0:57

I sound like I'm a bad kid right now. I know I'm not doing what I'm supposed to be doing and I like getting in trouble. It's not the trouble I like, it's the drawing time I like. If I could, I would draw every minute I'm awake. My parents are frustrated too. I wonder if that makes the dean feel any better. I'm not actually a bad kid, I just draw a lot in class. Math teachers don't like that. Science teachers don't like that either. Heck, none of my teachers accept my art teacher like that. She gave me a sketchbook to doodle in while I'm in my other classes. She's so cool. See, I'm going to be an artist when I grow up. Watch that. I am already an artist now.

Speaker 1: 1:53

I've won four contests this year and one was for NASA. How cool is that? I try to do math, but then the numbers start turning into noses and eyes and when I write an English class, I end up just describing what I wish I were drawing. Then I imagine my descriptions becoming the shapes and math and I start cutting them out in my imagination. Soon, I've created a mental image that looks like Picasso in his cubism period. See, I know stuff. How many lines have you completed, paloma? The dean yells through the door. I answer three, three. You've been in there for ten minutes already. I will doodle in class. I will doodle in class. I will doodle in class. I just did three more. I yell. See, that's not a lie. Now only 94 more to go. Let me just draw that cubism picture I just imagined for a second, and then I'll get back to writing the lines.