[ti:Art Class Offers Escape, Healing for Students]
[by:www.21voa.com]
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[00:00.04]American students have experienced a worldwide health crisis,
[00:04.68]nationwide protests and school closings and restrictions
[00:09.72]over the past two years.
[00:12.44]But art classes in schools have helped some students
[00:16.60]deal with their emotions and difficulties.
[00:21.12]Teachers have used art and the humanities
[00:23.68]to teach complex subjects like racism.
[00:26.96]Students at Sullivan High School in Chicago, for example,
[00:31.72]wrote poetry and made pictures about subjects
[00:35.56]like imprisonment and slavery for a project
[00:39.12]based on The New York Times’ 1619 Project.
[00:44.32]Art classes like painting and drawing,
[00:47.28]as well as music and acting classes,
[00:50.04]provide a way for students to express themselves.
[00:53.92]The art or music room can also provide students an escape
[00:58.24]from the tensions of the school day, educators say.
[01:03.52]“I remember students that only felt comfortable
[01:06.48]in the band room,” said Gary Mayne.
[01:09.60]He was speaking to the non-profit organization Music for All
[01:14.16]based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
[01:17.56]Mayne is a behavioral expert and former music teacher.
[01:22.32]“And the coolest thing about what we do for a living,
[01:25.56]is we ask kids to sit in a room"
[01:28.20]and express their feelings through music.
[01:32.00]Some experts say art classes
[01:34.40]provide a way to teach social and emotional learning.
[01:38.64]Social and emotional learning deals with finding a way
[01:42.68]for students to control their emotions,
[01:45.00]have relationships with others and show empathy.
[01:49.76]Many schools place a lot of attention on social and emotional learning.
[01:54.64]This could be because students’ mental health
[01:58.24]has become more of a concern following the coronavirus pandemic.
[02:03.76]“Art educators, more so than most, they see kids for multiple years,”
[02:09.64]Maurice Elias told Chalkbeat, a non-profit news provider.
[02:14.88]Elias is head of the Rutgers University Social-Emotional
[02:19.36]and Character Development Lab in New Jersey.
[02:23.76]“They build strong relationships and connections with the kids.
[02:28.04]They have a tremendous influence on their mental health.”
[02:33.04]Sarah Potpinka teaches eight subjects
[02:36.48]as the only art teacher at Putnam High School in Connecticut.
[02:41.28]When classes went online,
[02:43.40]she asked her photography students
[02:45.64]to take pictures of how their lives had changed.
[02:49.44]Her drawing and painting students
[02:51.76]also made pieces reacting to the pandemic.
[02:55.56]Many of her students’ work
[02:57.36]was “filled with rage,” Potpinka told VOA.
[03:02.76]One student who saw school as an escape from home life
[03:06.48]was unable to leave home during the pandemic.
[03:09.48]Through artwork, “she was able to express herself,”
[03:13.56]but it was also a way for her teachers
[03:16.12]“to see where she was at mentally,
[03:17.96]since I wasn’t hearing from her very often.”
[03:22.60]The troubling work from the student led to a discussion
[03:26.08]which would involve school mental health experts.
[03:30.28]Potpinka said her art classes
[03:32.40]are often a “decompression time for students.”
[03:36.32]She said her school system is in a poor part of Connecticut.
[03:40.00]Many of her students care for younger relatives
[03:43.72]or work part-time jobs to provide their family with extra money.
[03:49.92]Potpinka said one of her high school students recently had a child
[03:54.08]and had a difficult home life even before the pandemic.
[03:58.40]Potpinka said he is involved with the baby’s life.
[04:01.92]But he is struggling with his schoolwork and at risk of dropping out,
[04:06.32]as school is no longer important to him.
[04:11.00]The student has taken a strong interest in designing tattoo art.
[04:15.44]Tattoos are ink pictures drawn on a person’s skin that are permanent.
[04:20.84]He has asked Potpinka for materials
[04:23.92]so he could work on his drawings outside of class.
[04:28.24]“He can balance what he’s been struggling with academically,
[04:31.52]with some success in the art room,” Potpinka said.
[04:35.60]“It’s nice to see him still working on something that captures him.”
[04:41.04]Shawna Longo is a longtime music teacher in New Jersey.
[04:46.12]She told Music for All that teaching music is a way
[04:49.40]for students to have fun while exploring their personalities.
[04:54.76]She said that in many years’ time
[04:57.00]her students may not remember the notes to a song.
[05:00.08]But “they’re going to remember how they felt.
[05:03.00]And that, to me, is of utmost importance.”
[05:08.52]I’m Dan Novak. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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