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The times they are a changing

Is it me or are teenagers a different species now?

I just set a drawing task for some year eight students (week before half term no-one has much brain space). You would think I had asked them to barbecue their gran!!!

When I was at school (ooh, I'm really getting old), a drawing lesson was the hugest bonus.. I loved it. A chance to be creative, a chance to not write..

But now.. no.. they would rather copy words from a book. Madness..

Maybe I should ask them to barbecue their gran!

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Karen said…
Aww, bless the teenagers.

It would be great to be a fly on the wall in your classroom!
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