Elaine Browne.pdf - Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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C: Some of them are good, drawing, making a mask. They make something neat.<br />
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Prof Delport: Ok, so, so am I right if I conclude that if they’re bad in drama they will be good in art? So they will<br />
eventually get good marks?<br />
A: Some people come up ….<br />
C: …..<br />
A: I think group working is helping a lot.<br />
Prof Delport: So for this subject in particular?<br />
A: Yes<br />
Prof Delport: Anything else you want to share with us regarding your experiences? How did you feel when the<br />
school principal said you must do Arts and Culture?<br />
A: I am so ... It is not the most liked. It is not the most liked by teachers.<br />
Prof Delport: Why not?<br />
A: I am not quite sure, maybe teachers have got fears of that, I cannot draw. How can you say to the children<br />
“draw” cause I cannot draw. Those fears that the teachers says I cannot draw a picture of myself but I want the<br />
children to draw. You see but I am not a good drawer as well, I am not an Artist but I do like arts in that , I do<br />
like to perform, I like, I cannot sing but I can perform ….. but I can direct them for whatever I want them to do.<br />
May be ... I cannot say I like arts but because I have to because if there is nobody, I will have to.<br />
Prof Delport: Why did you get it? Why did the principal …<br />
A: (Laughing) I think ….. a little bit of artist in me, not that much.<br />
C: ….. I am not good in some of it ….. but I try to improve it.<br />
Prof Delport: And you sissy. How did you feel when the school principal said …..<br />
D: The first day, I felt bad, not good, with some of it, but I have to do it, so I try.<br />
Prof Delport: Do you enjoy it?<br />
D: I am enjoying it.<br />
Prof Delport: Why are you enjoying it?<br />
D: Hmm ...Because some part are ...<br />
Prof Delport: Say in IsiXhosa (She speaks Xhosa)