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GEP, on 25 May 2013 - 01:12 PM, said:

I've given people mugs, and have had them tell me, that they are afraid to use them. So they sit in the cupboard, or get used to store things. I tell them, I'd rather have them chip, or completely break the thing, while using it, than have it stay in pristine condition for years and years.

snowluck2345, on 25 May 2013 - 01:26 PM, said:

Sorry, should have clarified. I have no regrets with buying a Giffin Grip. I don't use it to replace the use of tap centering, for trimming, but as a supplement to it. If I'm trimming a lot at one time, I'll use it, and I have the students use it, because of time and equipment constraints. I still teach them, how to tap center though.

I agree. I don't see why production potters and their works, can't be judged by their artistic merits as well. Sure, they deal in quantity, but so do other artists, such as graphic designers, photographers and printmakers. In fact, I would say that production potters put more of themselves, and their creativity, into each piece, than the other types of artist I mentioned. For instance, a printmaker, might have created the print plate, but it could be another person, who actually makes the print. A photographer might spend some time, trying to zero in on the perfect print settings in the darkroom, but once they have it keyed in, there is little worked involved, in creating the subsequent prints.

Pres, on 25 May 2013 - 09:30 AM, said:

Jim, in response to your story, that's awesome. It reminds me of my second teaching job, though not to that extreme. I showed up to the first day of Professional Development, for new teachers, wearing khaki shorts, and maybe a button up shirt, not tucked in. All of the other new teachers, were wearing khaki/ dress pants, with button up or Polo shirts. They were all new, new teachers. There was one other teacher, dressed like me. He was also a "Veteran" teacher. Both of us, were used to districts, where "Professional Development" meant just show up wearing whatever is comfortable. Little did I know, or little did anyone tell me, that the district had a consistent dress code for staff. Every day, we had to wear khaki/ dress pants, and a nice dress type shirt. Even days, where we were in meetings with staff all day, we had to dress like this. On Fridays, we got to get crazy, and wear school-related t-shirts, which I owned none of. Occasionally, we could wear jeans on Fridays, if the school was doing one of their various fundraisers, where you could pay five dollars for the privilege of wearing jeans.
I often wore jeans more often, because my Principal, straight up told me, "You are in one of the messier content areas, so if you think you need to wear jeans once in a while, it's OK." I did just that, but never took advantage of it.
Now, at my current district, it's much like my first. We are to dress nice, when we have students, but can wear jeans on Fridays, but obviously still have to look professional. On professional development days, we can wear whatever; jeans, shorts, t-shirts, ball caps. I don't think I've seen anyone wear sweatpants, but if they didn't none of the administrators would say "Boo". Our administrators trust, that as adults and professionals, we won't show up, looking like slobs. Crazy, I know.

Marcia, funny you would say something about your cat. For whatever reason, mine has quickly developed an interest in my throwing sponge. I left it in my water bucket, and I've had to take it from her twice. No idea, why she wants to carry a sopping wet sponge around.