Burned Docs Spanish Professions Art

[CWCissey]

I like how the teacher wrote "Muy creativo" when he most likely copied (very poorly) some photos of Lego from a box or catalog.

Must have been the easiest class ever, was it for a Special Ed class?

Nope, Spanish.

That's the kind of work you do get in Secondary School Foreign Languages.

 

[Seattle Trip to Neverfree]

I was expecting ethnic stereotypes and I got them.

Edit: I was expecting shitty art and I wasnt disappointed. Why does every character look like a mechanic?​

 

[Tubular Monkey]

Nothing to say. Just getting in before the thread is locked.

 

[4Macie]

This seriously looks like homework a 2nd grader turned in.

 

[Mogambo]

To be fair, this type of assignment isn't that unusual in foreign language classes, even for adult learners. I had a Malayali class that did a similar assignment, where we had to draw a family tree and put information about our relatives (their names, birthdays, ages, hobbies). The only thing that's exceptional about this particular assignment is how incredibly crude and childish Chris' art is, but I doubt the teacher would grade based on that. She should only be interested in how well Chris used Spanish.

Speaking of Chris' use of Spanish though... did anyone else notice that he wrote "trabajadora" for his (clearly male) construction worker? The teacher did and she (thankfully) marked it wrong, but it seems like his "tomgirl" phase may have been starting early. I love the Italian firefighter though. Surprised he didn't do an Italian plumber though. That would have been hilarious. I could just see him drawing Mario. Also, when I first saw the American "police officer," I thought he was supposed to be (Chris' interpretation of) a biker. Gotta say, Chris would probably come up with the lamest motorcycle club ever...

Also, it does show that Chris was obsessed with Lego back then, which puts his current fixation in a new light. Like so much of Chris' life, its not really something new but just a regression back to his high school days. Maybe that's why he's so focused on building a MHS "replica" out of plastic blocks. It's interesting to speculate why he temporarily stopped his Lego fetish. Oh I suspect he's always maintained an interest in Lego, on and off, but that it was dormant for years while he focused on other things. In this case, it seems Pokemon, and perhaps later his "Love Quest," may have eclipsed his love for Lego... until now.

He draws the US flag stars as pentagrams.

One Nation under Satan.

All hail our dark overlord! \m/

(also in his assignment he said the mechanic was a Spaniard, so either he doesn't know the Spanish for 'Mexican' or he can't recognize a Mexican flag half of the time, take your pick.)

Meh, that's okay. I still insist on calling Mexico City "Tenochtitlan." I also call La Paz "Chuqiyapu," San Salvador "Cuzcatlán," Quito "Kitu," and Lima "Limaq."

It's a ninja. Which would make sense, being over the Japanese flag, and the theme was brand new in the late 90s. He failed drawing the katana so much.

Ironically, it looks less like a katana and more like a kastane, an unrelated sword which has become the national symbol of Sri Lanka (seriously, you can see a lion holding one on the Sri Lankan flag) as well as a common accoutrement for bellydancers. Lets hope Chrissun wasn't fantasizing about Barb dancing with one. *shudder*

 

[Pikonic]

He got half credit for saying the mechanic was Spanish, as in from Spain.
But he drew a Mexican Flag.
Shine on, Chris.

 

[DykesDykesChina]

did anyone else notice that he wrote "trabajadora" for his (clearly male) construction worker?

Well, before this barbiefied LEGO "Friends" crap was launched, the minifigs were genderless and could be either sex.

EDIT: Personally, I'd illustrate "trabajadora" very differently though.

Spoiler

 

[EzioCanLeapofFaith]

Lol!
Calls Mexicans Spanish.... oh Chris
Maybe he doesn't even know Spain exists. Judging by that drawing of the world map he did

 

[Mogambo]

He got half credit for saying the mechanic was Spanish, as in from Spain.
But he drew a Mexican Flag.
Shine on, Chris.

Does that mean we can consider Americans, Canadians and Australians to be British now?

Well, before this barbiefied LEGO "Friends" crap was launched, the minifigs were genderless and could be either sex.

Fair enough I suppose, though considering Chris' "old fashioned values," I doubt he intended to have a female construction worker. Then again, considering how much they can make, that'd be an ideal girlfriend for Chris. LOL

 

[Some JERK]

It's a ninja. Which would make sense, being over the Japanese flag, and the theme was brand new in the late 90s. He failed drawing the katana so much.

oh. i didn't know. i just assumed it was this guy:

Spoiler

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

I took two years of Spanish in high school and don't remember drawing anything. The only "creative" thing I remember doing is making a restaurant menu (I called mine "el hombre tiene hambre" because I thought it was funny - it means the man is hungry).

 

[CalmMyTits]

This is NOT grade A work. I don't care if he's autistic and the teachers were just passing him along, they should at least have required him to use a ruler. God damn.

 

[CWCTime]

Chris is such a master at fucking up proportions in his artwork.

 

[MysticMisty]

So much for mainstreaming. It's no wonder he managed honor roll with assignments like these. It's the sort of work I'd expect to see assigned to second graders.

No, this is fairly common for beginner-level foreign language classes. The main purpose is to learn how to write simple sentences (and in this cases, different countries and nationalities). The pictures 'n flags thing is to just beef up time spent on the assignment rather then requiring an assload of sentences. Most of the students likely just cut out what pictures they could find (maybe if they had enough time remaining for the month they were able to go online and print some pictures for the assignment). Any actual artistic students quickly did a sketch. Chris is almost certainly the only one who spent more time drawing and coloring his pictures then coming up with his sentences. And he made them Lego minifigs instead of actual real people, sure, why the hell not. I guess only because he couldn't find a way to include Sonic and friends.

 

[Kosher Dill]

Chris is such a master at fucking up proportions in his artwork.

Wait, he really did copy these directly from catalogs? As they say: LOL.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

This is NOT grade A work. I don't care if he's autistic and the teachers were just passing him along, they should at least have required him to use a ruler. God damn.

Yeah, he didn't even follow directions - he was supposed to cut professions out of newspapers or magazines or use clip art, not draw. He should have had several points deducted for not following directions.

That's been the rule since I've been in grade school, so by high school he should have lost points for not following directions.

 

[Dr. Tremolo]

oh. i didn't know. i just assumed it was this guy:

Spoiler

Funny that you mention it, this guy does exist in Lego form. I actually own that set:

 

[Some JERK]

Yeah, he didn't even follow directions - he was supposed to cut professions out of newspapers or magazines or use clip art, not draw. He should have had several points deducted for not following directions.

That's been the rule since I've been in grade school, so by high school he should have lost points for not following directions.

But he's special and therefore everything he did was so amazing... good job!

Funny that you mention it, this guy does exist in Lego form. I actually own that set:

I love that Lego chose a scene from a movie where some dude gets straight up shot through the heart as the cover for one of their sets.

 

[CalmMyTits]

Yeah, he didn't even follow directions - he was supposed to cut professions out of newspapers or magazines or use clip art, not draw. He should have had several points deducted for not following directions.

That's been the rule since I've been in grade school, so by high school he should have lost points for not following directions.

Actually, the instructions said that drawing was an option. And drawing takes more effort than just clipping something out. But what really bothers me is the jagged/slanted edges on the drawings AND the flags. Had I had to do an assignment like this, I would have used a ruler. I had one assignment in high school where I could either use picture clippings or drawing, and I chose to draw, and I made sure all the 'frames' were neat and straight.

 

[MysticMisty]

Yeah, he didn't even follow directions - he was supposed to cut professions out of newspapers or magazines or use clip art, not draw. He should have had several points deducted for not following directions.

That's been the rule since I've been in grade school, so by high school he should have lost points for not following directions.

It said you could draw the pictures. He didn't fuck up by drawing, he fucked up by not cutting them out and gluing them on separate pieces of paper. And by failing to include the sentences with the pictures.

Chris is such a master at fucking up proportions in his artwork.

The sad thing is, he could've printed out that picture (and all the others he copied from) and it would've been perfectly fine. Maybe even mildly amusing. Instead we get shrunken Lego-head policeman.