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Post by beerbelly on Apr 3, 2019 12:17:51 GMT
Thank you for bringing that up Kao, I didn't fully buy that story either. I don't think that a school or a teacher would do that. It just doesn't make sense.
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Post by Kao on Apr 3, 2019 13:28:07 GMT
It didn't make sense too me either, but then someone commented in another blog about this and suddenly it made sense:
Having had similar experiences in grad school I can completely see this happening to her (especially considering how some people find her work juvenile) and my heart breaks. While I'm not sure about the "kicking someone out of school" part I can definitely see the "making someone design in a style that doesn't suit them or their aesthetic in an effort to teach." Especially since she was in her junior year; they tend to weed out time wasters and not serious people freshman (and sometimes sophmore) year. The only way I can see that happening is if she was constantly argumentative with the teachers and never had her projects done on time.
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Post by babbred on Apr 7, 2019 19:02:41 GMT
I'm a teacher in a high school. Whenever one of my students gets a bad grade, it's usually because "you just don't like me."  And of course every kid thinks they are the next misunderstood genius. So I am highly suspicious of Hester's story. Now, I can see a teacher pointing out that her looks are not very marketable, she might want to think about that, etc. Maybe the teacher was being cruel in order to be kind. But conspiring to throw her out of the entire school? Give me a break. Guarantee you there were other issues going on. |
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And of course every kid thinks they are the next misunderstood genius. So I am highly suspicious of Hester's story. Now, I can see a teacher pointing out that her looks are not very marketable, she might want to think about that, etc. Maybe the teacher was being cruel in order to be kind. But conspiring to throw her out of the entire school? Give me a break. Guarantee you there were other issues going on.