Being the spouse of a teacher isn’t always easy, but being the spouse of an art teacher I’m sure is suuuuper interesting. I decided to ask my husband some questions and put his answers below. Something you need to know is my husband is a bit of a comedian and has a dry sense of humor at times. He also seems to think he’s a modern day philosopher and advocate for educators. 

What’s the most fun thing you’ve had to help me with for school?

How to turn different concepts you come up with into exciting projects.

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve had to help me with for school?

I don’t know…help you pick your outfits for school?

What’s the most annoying thing you’ve had to help me with for school?

Learning how to separate work tasks from family priorities.

Tell me a story you’ve heard in my teaching career that you still remember.

A student wore new, limited edition basketball shoes…she had no business wearing these shoes to art class…yada yada yada…she got paint on the shoes. She went home and said “my teacher got paint on my shoes”. Next thing you know…this whole thing is a conspiracy and all the students are changing their Instagram bios to say “rip” to her shoes. *True story*

When did you stop creating art regularly?

In the traditional sense, probably 7th grade. In a way, I still make yardage books where I draw out each hole and what it looks like to help for tournaments.

What art skill do you think you could be more successful at than me?

I think more technical, structured things like architecture stuff. Like Auto-CAD?

What’s Auto-CAD?

Exactly! I used to always make houses on that program growing up.

If I weren’t an art teacher, what do you think I would be?

I think there’s two clear and obvious choices…the first, you would be in charge of something, some type of office, business or CEO. The second, which is actually without a restriction of money or stability would be some type of dog sanctuary proprietor.

Anything else to add?

I think it’s important to remember that art can be seen in a lot of different forms in the traditional sense and it can be a really good outlet for neurodiverse thinkers.

How did I do?

Fine, I thought you were going to have wittier answers. I thought you would say you liked testing out a clay project for me.

Look…I made some mistakes. I learned that in watching “The Great Pottery Throwdown”. I don’t think my strength is hand-building.

Keep blending,

Hayley