The Mind Unleashed The elementary school principal who was forced to quit after she showed a class of sixth grade children photos of Michelangelo’s David has now had the opportunity to visit Italy and see the original monument.
Hope Carrasquilla was left ‘saddened’ when she was dismissed from her employment at Tallahassee Classical School in Florida in March. Her dismissal came after an emergency board meeting in response to complaints voiced by parents over the art class lesson.
Students in the sixth grade, who are typically between the ages of 11 and 12, are instructed on the art of the Renaissance. Some of the works that were covered in this topic were Michelangelo’s sculpture “David,” the fresco painting “Creation of Adam,” and Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus.”
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What a face. Bet she would part her teeth down the middle for this:
the Artists
artist1: Hated to lose Lautrec.
artist2: Yes, but where did Van’gogh?
artist3: to Michelan’ Gelo!
artist2: Here we Gau’guin.
artist1: Run where?
artist3: (singing) Picaso, Picaso, Picaso.
artist2: to NYC, more Mon’et Mon’et!
artist1: Seu’rat