Wayne Seidl on mon 1 may 06
Once again into the breech...etc.
(sigh)
(Tongue firmly in cheek...)
What Mel said was that he gives each of his kids (30 of the little =
demons,
er, students) 3 square feet "to own" in the studio. 30 X 3=3D 90, don't =
have
to be a genius to figure that out, right Gail? Gotcher calculator handy
dear?
90 square feet is a room 9 X 10. If you put 30 kids in a 9 X 10 room, =
with
wheels, clay, wedging table, glaze buckets, and all the other 'effluvia" =
we
use to be decent potters, may the gods help the room! I still say you =
would
have to stack the kids like cordwood. Not that most of those high =
schoolers
would mind, what with raging hormones etc. In fairness, might I suggest
stacking in a tumblestack configuration...heaviest to the bottom . =
(That
puts the cheerleaders on top of the geeks, away from the football =
players.)
Now, of course, if each of the students SITS on his or her wheel, and =
holds
a glaze bucket in their lap, there's plenty of room. Might have to go =
two
high, but most art departments have high ceiling rooms.
Easier to clean too. Just turn a fire hose on 'em until the screaming =
stops
or the room fills up, or you run out of water. Drain...done! Next!
I do have to agree with Mel's assessment of a good teacher being part =
Mr.
Rodgers and part Rambo. But lose the sweater. It's so last season. And =
if
you get caught these days walking onto school property with an automatic
weapon (wasn't that Rambo's tool of choice?) or a chainsaw, you deserve =
what
you get.
Best,
Wayne Seidl
slinking back into his room. No TV, no Nintendo, just plenty of clay =
books
and a computer with glaze calc software....life is good! Thanks, =
Mel!
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of mel =
jacobson
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 1:21 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: any clayart changes/read please
and please understand, gail phillips is still in charge of
everything...just
in case we need her. she will now scream, do six back flips and dance
the charelston for twenty minutes...but, then...that is normal..she does
that every time she plots with wayne.
in fact wayne did the math on my room clean up at hopkins high =
...and
had a audacity to correct my calculations.
i called him a dorko...and sent him to his room. `wayne, we only
clean
the dirty parts of the room...not the clean parts.` so my math is =
correct.
from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://my.pclink.com/~melpots3
Gail Phillips on mon 1 may 06
Wayne knows that I am a mathematical mental midget. Smart ass.
- Gail P.
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Wayne Seidl
> What Mel said was that he gives each of his kids (30 of the little demons,
> er, students) 3 square feet "to own" in the studio. 30 X 3= 90, don't have
> to be a genius to figure that out, right Gail? Gotcher calculator handy
> dear?
>
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