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RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Aikemi - Apr. 18, 2009
Accelerator Reading is basically a system where you read books and (if theyre on the list) take a test on them. You accumulate points and pass/fail based on that. I have about 2 weeks to get 45 points :\ . The original Huckelberry Finn is only 18 points
. Ive thought of several loopholes but for all them i need another account, which you cannot "make." I have also found some answer sheets, but i would like to test them first (I'd also need another account) and they didn't even put the questions so i cant look up the answers for accuracy 
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RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Rocky - Apr. 18, 2009
Wow, that sucks. Not really sure what to say.
I hate reading books because I'm being forced to read them. D:And Driger, I've chosen to do my Art project on the emotions/body language of children. Yay.
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Zander Soulwind - Apr. 18, 2009
It's always better to read books at your own speed, why would someone even need to read them fast?
Also, do we have a thread for 'Britians got talent'?
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Pikachao - Apr. 18, 2009
(Apr. 18, 2009 8:35 PM)Rocky Wrote: I hate reading books because I'm being forced to read them. D:
What I always hated was when they forced you to draw or write about certain things at school. They would ask me why I put no effort in and I'd always say it's because that wasn't what I wanted to draw and then I'd get told off.
I always thought art was a way of expressing yourself but apparently teachers don't think so. This was in like my first junion school year or "year 3" over here so it really didn't matter what we drew so I have no idea why they forced us to draw rubbish still life of like pencils and shoes. =/
I guess it was to "develop our art skills" or something but I never really believed in that. I know many people that wouldn't consider art what I would for instance THIS I would consider art, because it shows what the person is thinking about, and shows what they want to draw and also adds humour. If you ask me, being forced to draw stuff does not make good art.
Also, THIS POST IS LONG AND I KEEP RAMBLING. x.x
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Aikemi - Apr. 18, 2009
Because school sucks and teaches many useless things that i will never need to use in my lifetime.
And no, i don't think we do.
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Pikachao - Apr. 18, 2009
(Apr. 18, 2009 9:06 PM)Hero Wrote: Because school sucks and teaches many useless things that i will never need to use in my lifetime.
My geography teacher always says that he's not there to teach you geography, he's there to get you to pass the exams lol.
I guess it's sort of true in a way.
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Zander Soulwind - Apr. 18, 2009
(Apr. 18, 2009 9:05 PM)Pikachao Wrote: What I always hated was when they forced you to draw or write about certain things at school. They would ask me why I put no effort in and I'd always say it's because that wasn't what I wanted to draw and then I'd get told off.
It's about like they wanted you to do stuff about artists and try drawing whatever they had done which use to be really annoying but ever way, I still regret not getting on with my art work.
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Giga - Apr. 18, 2009
Art is never forced, otherwise it can't be called art any more. Probably why I was carp at art in primary school, but then I bloomed in Secondary.
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Pikachao - Apr. 18, 2009
(Apr. 18, 2009 9:08 PM)Zander Soulwind Wrote: It's about like they wanted you to do stuff about artists and try drawing whatever they had done which use to be really annoying but ever way, I still regret not getting on with my art work.
I just stuck with drawing what was in my head sometimes, and got told off for it however it was worth it because I have a lot of pictures that I drew when I was younger that I cherish as memories and it really lets me see how my mind has changed over time. =]
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Quote:Art is never forced, otherwise it can't be called art any more.
Obviously you never saw my teacher draw in marker over my art work to show where I had gone wrong and tell me to get a new piece of paper and start again. Sometimes I think my lack of reactions to thinks like that and the fact I just let them happen has contributed to me being stubborn and snappy and times now. =/
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Zander Soulwind - Apr. 18, 2009
Our country sucks when it comes to teaching it. Also, I can never do things from the top of me head, I can only copy draw.
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Pikachao - Apr. 18, 2009
(Apr. 18, 2009 9:24 PM)Zander Soulwind Wrote: Our country sucks when it comes to teaching it. Also, I can never do things from the top of me head, I can only copy draw.
I find it helps if I draw a random line and then consider what it looks like and make it into that, just improvise and you find you'll get better. ^^
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Aikemi - Apr. 18, 2009
LOL. We were told to make clay sculptures one day, and she said we could make whatever we wanted. As soon as she as done helping her soon she came up to me and was like what are you making? and i told her i was going to make a socerball with my favorite team's flag. She told me it was a good idea, yelled at me, and told me to change it :\ . The funny thing is, our principal came in later and when our art teacher told her what we were doing, our principal said "So they can make WHATEVER they want?" and looked at me XD .
....did any of that make sense?
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Zander Soulwind - Apr. 18, 2009
(Apr. 18, 2009 9:32 PM)Hero Wrote: LOL. We were told to make clay sculptures one day, and she said we could make whatever we wanted. As soon as she as done helping her soon she came up to me and was like what are you making? and i told her i was going to make a socerball with my favorite team's flag. She told me it was a good idea, yelled at me, and told me to change it :\ . The funny thing is, our principal came in later and when our art teacher told her what we were doing, our principal said "So they can make WHATEVER they want?" and looked at me XD .
....did any of that make sense?
Yeah, in other words, the teach is stupid and shouldn't be teaching, when someone says whatever you want it normally means what anything.
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Aikemi - Apr. 18, 2009
(Apr. 18, 2009 9:35 PM)Zander Soulwind Wrote: Yeah, in other words, the teach is stupid and shouldn't be teaching, when someone says whatever you want it normally means what anything.Congratulations! You are now qualified to be an art teacher!
I still lost recess though
there's not really much to do anyways so meh.
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Zander Soulwind - Apr. 18, 2009
(Apr. 18, 2009 9:44 PM)Hero Wrote: Congratulations! You are now qualified to be an art teacher!
I don't think i would want to be and when I can draw manga, that is the time I am up to that level.
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Bey Brad - Apr. 18, 2009
(Apr. 18, 2009 9:48 PM)Zander Soulwind Wrote: I don't think i would want to be and when I can draw manga, that is the time I am up to that level.
lol yes, manga is the plateau of artistry
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Zander Soulwind - Apr. 18, 2009
(Apr. 18, 2009 9:57 PM)Bey Brad Wrote: lol yes, manga is the plateau of artistry
It is a form of art, at least for me it is and even if it isn't, it's still what I want to do.
It's like those pictures that have just had paint thrown on a huge piece of paper. Would you really call that art?
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Bey Brad - Apr. 18, 2009
(Apr. 18, 2009 10:16 PM)Zander Soulwind Wrote: It is a form of art, at least for me it is and even if it isn't, it's still what I want to do.
It's like those pictures that have just had paint thrown on a huge piece of paper. Would you really call that art?
It depends, there is skill in that kind of art as well if you put the effort into understanding it. Which you evidently don't. Naruto is definitely more artistic!
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Zander Soulwind - Apr. 18, 2009
Naruto ia artistic in it's own way but I will say that more effort is most probably put into main art, like the scream picture (Can't remember the name).
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Bey Brad - Apr. 18, 2009
I'm not arguing that Naruto isn't artistic. A lot of the art in Naruto is very well drawn. What I'm saying is you need to understand what it is and what it's for. Naruto has been artificially lengthened for the sake of making money and is a media empire. This doesn't mean it's not art, but it does take away a lot of its credibility.
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Rocky - Apr. 18, 2009
The Scream by Edvard Munch? ^^; That's pretty famous.
To be honest I like traditional art and manga art but I hate a lot of the modern art. Or at least the stuff where someone slashes a canvas or paint a canvas all blue and then puts it in the Tate. And gets load for it. =_=
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - To - Apr. 18, 2009
(Apr. 18, 2009 10:27 PM)Bey Brad Wrote: I'm not arguing that Naruto isn't artistic. A lot of the art in Naruto is very well drawn. What I'm saying is you need to understand what it is and what it's for. Naruto has been artificially lengthened for the sake of making money and is a media empire. This doesn't mean it's not art, but it does take away a lot of its credibility.
I think a better example would be of DragonBall and Akira Toriyama. Toriyama has gone to say things that he was practically begging his editors to allow him to end the manga for years before it ended. His wife, and editors denied that option.
Heck Toriyama didn't even have as much control over DragonBall as he probably would have liked. If his editors didn't like a character he introduced he was told to change them or remove them. Key example, Android 19, and Android 20/Dr. Gero were meant to be the main villians of that saga. Yet his editors didn't like them. Thus Android 16, 17, 18, and Cell.
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Zander Soulwind - Apr. 18, 2009
(Apr. 18, 2009 10:27 PM)Bey Brad Wrote: I'm not arguing that Naruto isn't artistic. A lot of the art in Naruto is very well drawn. What I'm saying is you need to understand what it is and what it's for. Naruto has been artificially lengthened for the sake of making money and is a media empire. This doesn't mean it's not art, but it does take away a lot of its credibility.
I see your point completely and I agree. The term art, is used for a single picture that has had a lot of effort in it that can be of almost anything while Naruto, is drawn well but not done to be art but instead, as a storyline that people can read and look at and enjoy it. So I wasn't going to argue about that it is art or not and in truth, maybe I shouldn't have used it for in that term.
So I don't wish to argue over something stupid when you are right.
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Rocky - Apr. 18, 2009
Not really. Art means so many things nowadays. Even originally it meant music and poems and literature and danace and theatre as well. They're all beautiful and they're all art.
RE: Random Thoughts 2: ok, more like misc. thoughts - Zander Soulwind - Apr. 18, 2009
(Apr. 18, 2009 10:40 PM)Rocky Wrote: Not really. Art means so many things nowadays. Even originally it meant music and poems and literature and danace and theatre as well. They're all beautiful and they're all art.
This is every true, there are a lot of meanings for art, each and everyone one being good in it's own way.