Remember when you were in kindergarten or elementary and there was an activity where you and your classmates were tasked to draw and color various fruits? Well, I remember my experience and, according to my former teacher, I failed that simple task.
My former teacher asked my classmates and I to draw a couple of fruits on a bond paper and color them using crayons. It was easy, of course. We were even provided with photos of fruits and I already had a basic understanding of colors. However, I got confused on the “banana part”.
When I looked at the photo of a banana provided to us, I was like, “That’s not what bananas look like.” To me, bananas looked like this:
Bananas brought by my parents from the market had black spots all over it. So what I did was I drew a banana and colored it by covering it with yellow and adding huge black spots. My former teacher told me I was wrong and asked me to redo it, if I remember that right. Of course, she wasn’t actually mad. She just asked me to color the banana based on the photo provided.
I think the reason why this memory stuck with me, despite how long ago it was, is because it was the first time I got truly confused at such a young age and everytime I remember it I always find it hilarious. I recall feeling proud of my work because I thought I did it right, only to be turned down later.
I hope my former teacher, whoever they were, is doing well right now. Thank you for reading.
