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What was one thing your teacher did that you still can't forgive them for? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by concrete_baby@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I got told all through high school and college I was bad at art. Turns out I just had to learn differently than what they were doing and I'm not bad at it. I draw, paint minis, pixel art, some 3d now and am really happy with my work. Same thing with music I can't wrap my head around reading music so teachers all told me I wasn't a creative type. But hand me an instrument that is intuitive to me and I'm actually decent at playing along to things or making my own music.

It can take so long to convince yourself that teachers were wrong about your capabilities. I didn't unlearn all that self deprecation until my mid/late twenties.