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My High School Ceramics Experience Is All Wrong, As Expected
To be honest, I didn't really think much about it when I chose ceramics for my elective. All the electives I wanted to do became
available to students during their later years so not much thought was put into choosing an elective for freshman year. That
being said, as someone who hasn't touched clay in their lives before coming into the class, I can safely say that the ceramics
class at Aragon was something that I enjoyed thoroughly and have no regrets about choosing it.
Ceramics was a completely new experience for me. Besides never working with clay before, I found myself in a class with none
of my friends who also took ceramics while seated at a table that was filled with upperclassmen. I was fully prepared for a year
of avoiding conversations and focusing on work. Unfortunately, or actually fortunately, three seniors would have absolutely
none of that. Practically having forced me to interact with them, my expectations of avoiding conversations was subverted as I
floundered around talking with people. Despite my great social ineptitude, I suppose we eventually became friends? What I'm
trying to convey here is that they made class more enjoyable dammit. Going back to actual ceramics, I don't know what else to
say about that besides I had fun doing them. After four periods of work, ceramics was the chill and relax class where you
worked and had fun at the same time. It didn't matter that I barely knew how to work with the clay. Class was a fun time where
we were given our assignments and told to run where we liked with it.
The peak of the class for me was when we got into that big group assignment. It was such an amusing thing bouncing of
ridiculous ideas off of one another and getting into shaping the sculptures we would put together to form our final product.
Unfortunately, this was cut short from quarantine sticking us in our homes for the rest of the school year, preventing our
sculpture from ever being finished. The assignments during quarantine didn't have the same charm as the ones in class did,
working at home, alone and in silence. Its not the best way to end the year, but some things are out of our control. I won't be
doing ceramics during sophomore year but maybe I'll come back to it in junior or senior. But this is the end of the year and I'm
happy to say; It's been a good one.
available to students during their later years so not much thought was put into choosing an elective for freshman year. That
being said, as someone who hasn't touched clay in their lives before coming into the class, I can safely say that the ceramics
class at Aragon was something that I enjoyed thoroughly and have no regrets about choosing it.
Ceramics was a completely new experience for me. Besides never working with clay before, I found myself in a class with none
of my friends who also took ceramics while seated at a table that was filled with upperclassmen. I was fully prepared for a year
of avoiding conversations and focusing on work. Unfortunately, or actually fortunately, three seniors would have absolutely
none of that. Practically having forced me to interact with them, my expectations of avoiding conversations was subverted as I
floundered around talking with people. Despite my great social ineptitude, I suppose we eventually became friends? What I'm
trying to convey here is that they made class more enjoyable dammit. Going back to actual ceramics, I don't know what else to
say about that besides I had fun doing them. After four periods of work, ceramics was the chill and relax class where you
worked and had fun at the same time. It didn't matter that I barely knew how to work with the clay. Class was a fun time where
we were given our assignments and told to run where we liked with it.
The peak of the class for me was when we got into that big group assignment. It was such an amusing thing bouncing of
ridiculous ideas off of one another and getting into shaping the sculptures we would put together to form our final product.
Unfortunately, this was cut short from quarantine sticking us in our homes for the rest of the school year, preventing our
sculpture from ever being finished. The assignments during quarantine didn't have the same charm as the ones in class did,
working at home, alone and in silence. Its not the best way to end the year, but some things are out of our control. I won't be
doing ceramics during sophomore year but maybe I'll come back to it in junior or senior. But this is the end of the year and I'm
happy to say; It's been a good one.