And if you don't believe me about process

A coach for Michigan State was about to send his team in to play Ohio State. Michigan State was a 28 point under dog. Ohio State should not lose this game, but they did. Why? The coaching staff would later say that they decided to take the focus off of the outcome of the game and place it on the process. The coach at the time was Nick Saban. It is funny when I would bring up sports analogies, my art students would quickly zone out. Stay with me class! Certain disciplines can be translated irregardless of the activity. How can I draw eyes correctly? How can I draw bodies in proportion? As teachers we show them how, and this is important, but do we ask them what process they are using first? Have they even thought about what process they should use? We know about the rebellion from Academic painting, but I'm not saying that we should compel students to only learn one process, and that there is only one correct way to draw, but they should know at least a few methodologies that will help maximize their time spent in front of paper, canvas, and the computer screen. It is a poor teacher that has students leave the class without knowing a little more clearly what route they can take, and if they should diverge from it.

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