Originally Posted by EriksShadow

See... knowing myself.. I'd probably be very much like the teacher you mentioned. I'm very chill... don't get power trips... and just generally have a strong passion for art and would want to make the learning process fun. Yeah.. I know there would be kids who just need the elective... but.. hey... there may be some way to relate it to something they DO have a passion for.

And your last point hits home, exactly... knowing how I was in highschool... and knowing the art deparment in my highschool... well.. I really think it helped me in more ways then just art technique.