On Monday, I received a picture I will never throw away. One of my students drew me a picture of yours truly. Of course, this kid took forever to begin drawing. Why? Because he insisted he needed to see my hair to make the picture complete. I tried to explain how I can't take off my scarf and that he should go ahead and draw the picture anyway. Why would I think an 8-year old could be easily persuaded when there's no candy or reward involved? Silly me. He continued to nag and nag and nag. Finally I told him to use his imagination and to draw my hair however he would like and that I would love the picture regardless. That didn't work either. This kid is relentless if you couldn't already tell. He told me he wasn't capable of using his imagination. Riiiiight. If I wanted to draw someone's butt, I wouldn't go up to the person and say, "yo, can you moon me? My imagination isn't working at the moment."
...perhaps that was a bad example. Anyway, back to the kid. His stubborn behavior continued. By that point I had had enough and because I can only fake a smile for so long, I told the student to either draw or read a book, but to do something productive until dismissal time. I then walked off.
A few moments later he comes up to me and hands me a drawing. Upon giving it to me he says, "Here. I used my imagination and I think you're bald."
Aww, cute. But it can be tough to deal with students in that kind of situation when they're so visual and not afraid to constantly ask over and over again until they get the answer they want.
ReplyDeleteI hope you're not actually bald though. XP
But it's a great story.