Even when that argument is settled, how and what students learn about art will still be inconsistent. A classroom example of how to display hand-made pottery at a Worthington High School art class. Her desk, centered at the front of the room, is stacked high with papers and boxes filled with more papers, which she says she'll get to when she has time. Mikle has taught for 15 years. This year, her classes are averaging 30 students.
Some kids stand against a counter, some sit at tables and the others at desks.
In this art class, just like in the public schools, students and their abilities range widely. But inside these rooms there's a magic that happens with the students. They all get along and they all produce art, and they all enjoy doing it. It's clear she enjoys teaching. She's been told by the state to make her classes more challenging in order to meet new graduation standards.