Worst $150 Ever.......

This week Reagan had the privilege of participating in an Art Camp hosted on the grounds of her elementary school, taught by the school art teacher. I should have known it was a bad omen when we could not get to the right location on the campus because the door from the elementary school to the building housing the art room was locked. A quick trip back to the office led us to believe that the camp would be taking place in the high school art room, so off we went. We found the high school art room locked, with no one in sight. As we were exiting the high school building, we ran into another parent who thought that the camp was in the middle school, so we checked it out. It turned out that the camp was in the first place we tried to get to, it was just that the door to that particular entrance was locked. Go figure, a camp for elementary school kids locks the entrance from the elementary school. Oh well, at least we got there. As I picked Reagan up that afternoon, I began to wonder if this was going to be a good learning experience for her. The project she had done that day was very substandard as compared to the artwork she does on her own at home. I dropped her off the next morning hoping it would get better, knowing that I wouldn't see her again until Thursday afternoon as I have classes on Tuesday's and Wednesday's and she would be staying with her Nana and Papa. When I picked her up Thursday afternoon, I noticed that the quality of the work had not improved at all. I asked Reagan about a painting of a horse. I asked her if her teacher had given instruction into drawing and painting techniques or if she had simply told her to go paint a horse. Reagan indicated that the latter was true. Further conversation revealed that the children were allowed to watch movies as they worked. Not "The Life and Times of Pablo Picasso" type stuff, or documentaries on the French Impressionists, but Disney movies. Reagan is the type of kid who absolutely cannot concentrate on something if a TV is on. She will watch TV if it is available. That explains why her artwork was of poorer quality that what she does on her own. Today, the kids watched another movie, had a pinata party, and a separate birthday party for one of the campers. Very nice, but I thought this was supposed to be an art camp. I am very disappointed. I paid for Reagan to participate in art camp, what she recieved was unneeded and unwanted babysitting services with art supplies thrown in to pacify the kids, along with movies and pinatas. Worst $150 ever. Reagan had a good entertaining time, but I feel totally ripped off. I paid for her to have a good educational time.