Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

If We Talked About Art the Way We Talk About Math

2015

Art graded on following the procedure exactly.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-if-we-talked-about-other-subjects-the-way-we-talk-about-math--if-we-talked-about-art-the-way-we-talk-about-math/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

"Ugh, your painting doesn't look anything like the example I showed. If you want to be good at art, you've got to stick to procedures."

Topics
Math Culture › Math Anxiety & AttitudesMath Culture › Procedural vs. Conceptual Understanding
Level
All Ages
Themes
For Teachers (Classroom Satire)Teachers & ClassroomGrowth MindsetInspirationSportsLiterature & Myth