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Parents fuming after Montreal-area teacher allegedly lists students' art for sale online

montreal.ctvnews.ca Parents fuming after Montreal-area teacher allegedly lists students' art for sale online

An investigation is underway at a Montreal-area high school after multiple parents have alleged their kids' art teacher has been taking drawings that they made in class and listing them for sale on several websites without their knowledge.

The weirdest part of this is it isn't even good art. It's the sort of art you would expect from 12-year-old junior high students.

So at least he probably hardly sold any of it.

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The weirdest part of this is it isn't even good art.

"Good art" is a matter of marketing and who you know in the "art scene" more than it is anything else. There is plenty of shit in museums and fancy galleries that demonstrates less technical proficiency than these works, and plenty of shit in thrift stores and yard sales that demonstrates more.

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- Do you hate Isabelle Becker's sans titre works? Wanda Koop? Adelisa Selimbašić? Niklas Asker? Bram Demunter?
  
  Like I'm seeing loads of cool and talented artists from the last couple of years.
  
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- Okay, well maybe you think these drawings are worth $151, but I sure as hell wouldn't pay that for them.
  
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  These are Canadian dollars though, so it's kinda like paying with Monopoly money (I kid. They're around 112 USD).
  
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metamodern child labor issues

"Non, Timothy, we stopped working with chiaroscuro and are doing pastoral scenes! Go to zee time out!"

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- "This pastoral looks like a Kinkade picture. We want Sargent paintings. Get it right or you'll get my right, capische?"
  
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Dude was almost there.
Make it into a bake sale to fund the school arts program then ask for a raise in salary for heroism.

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- I first read it as a raise in salary for heroin... lol.
  
  But real talk, most school districts have no incentive program for being a better teacher. They are mostly on a set year and education grade.
  
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Possible that the teacher can’t pay for shit on their small income. If that’s the reason, this is pretty depressing.

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- I was going to shit on you because I'm used to Ontario teacher wages where they are compensated adequately (as opposed to say the US). But that apparently doesn't hold true for Quebec.
  
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  Here in the freedom land, we make our teachers buy their own art supplies.
  
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- So talk to the kids, parents and/or the school and do this the right way. Instead of, you know, sketchy online tactics. They'd probably sell better with community support too.
  
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  The school won't do jack squat.
  
  The right way is to suck up to 100s of people on the chain of command. The alternative is to do it yourself. I think the decision is easy on this one (maybe not for you, if you're into that shit)
  
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Actually, these are fucking great. Super outsidery. I'd buy but want to make sure the kids get the bulk of the profits, not the teacher.

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Selling your students artwork online for your own profit = $1000 (est)

Getting outed by your tech-savvy students = priceless

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"learning that their kids' art is showing up online, seemingly for a profit."

Seemingly for a profit?! Nah mate, that's $100 of pure Crayola on locally sourced printer paper.

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I kinda like the girl with the clown nose. Not enough to pay $151, maybe $25?

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How else is she supposed to afford to buy art supplies out of her own paycheck because the school refuses to supply a proper budget?

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- He. And from what I can tell, Saint-Lazare is a pretty well-off suburb of Montreal, so I'm guessing he's not paid too badly.
  
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  I'm pretty sure every single teacher in the entire world is underpaid, with the possible exception of some that also coach sports or something like that.
  
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Yup I'm down for Olivia's creepy portrait #2. That shit is brilliant.

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