Katherine Watson's teaching was unorthodox, because she did not teach from the book. In school teachers usually teach from a book. In her class she showed them slides of things that many don't consider as art. She taught them to not just look at the painting but to "look beyond the paint." She used art to teach them a lesson to life.
During this time period, women's expectations were to go to college, get married, and stay home watch the kids, cook, and clean. When Joan got an application to study at Yale, Betty was shocked. If I were Betty I would of been happy for her, to see a girl or lady in this time period pursuing a career was crazy, but she was going to take a risk. She was going to do what many don't.
I really like your opinion on the Yale application and if you were Betty. It's true that many of the girls back then didn't have careers and they should have been encouraging each other to do more than what they were expected of.
ReplyDeleteI like how you used her saying "Look beyond the paint" to relate to an actual life lesson she was trying to teach them.
ReplyDeleteI love how you said she taught them to "look beyond the paint". That quote from the movie perfectly describes Katherine's teaching style. She taught her students to look at the bigger picture and see beyond what was normally seen. She encouraged the young women in her class to be independent, unique, and self sufficient. Also, she developed personal relationships with her students outside of the classroom which during this time was pretty much unheard of.
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