iiiThe focus group organised by the Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection (Aftec) last Friday was a great success. Thank you to all the junior reporters who took the time to answer the surveys and to Cub Reporter Elise Choi Ho-yee for joining the discussion.
The Aftec team compiled a report from all your information.
1 Why you decide to start an instrument- or an art-related activity
‧ because your siblings play
‧ because your parents wanted you to
‧ because you believe it adds to your personality (makes you look smarter, enhances your character, etc)
2 What makes a good and a bad teacher
A good teacher -
‧ Is a friend
‧ Has a good relationship with the students
‧ Teaches you something more than just playing the piece (eg. background, history, why this, why that)
A bad teacher -
‧ Is intimidating
‧ Teaches nothing except playing the piece
‧ Forces student into his/her way without explanation
‧ Gives you the feeling that they hate you
3 What you learn from doing art
‧ It is another form of life experience
‧ Broadens horizons
‧ It is relaxing
‧ It can help release pressure
‧ Learns to be another person and learn from another person
4 Your impressions on competitions
‧ Nervous, scared
‧ Bad experience - because the teacher was very strict, hates practising the competition pieces
‧ Hates the pressure from competitions
‧ Enjoys competitions
‧ Likes strict teachers (teachers who explain with reasons)
‧ Enjoys competitions even though you know you're going to lose, because you can see how others do the same piece
‧ Hates competitions because "the winner takes it all, the loser has to fall" (lyrics from Abba song)
‧ Right amount of stress and competitiveness may be good - takes you onto a higher level
5 When and why you usually stop your art lessons
‧ When there is pressure
‧ When there is no room for improvement
6 How art changed you
‧ Makes you more mature
‧ Helps you to tackle stress
‧ Helps enjoy life more
‧ Knows how to interact with others
‧ Photo opportunities
‧ More confident
7 What you would be if there were no art in your life
‧ Shy and nervous
‧ Crazy
‧ Something will be missing
8 Art is...
‧ Personal
‧ Crazy
‧ Abstract
‧ Boring
‧ Educational
‧ Magical
‧ Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (the Mary Poppins magic word)
‧ Everything
‧ About creativity
‧ Essential
‧ Enriching
‧ Painfully beautiful
‧ Something that changes you
9 Your wishes
Some of you wanted more promotions about the West Kowloon Cultural District. Others asked to improve links between the government and the arts and to include more art subjects in the NSS.
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