Naked Art Class?

[Hyena Dandy]

makes me suspect that the real issue wasn't that the daughter didn't know, but that she didn't tell her mother about it.

Or that she was told but forgot.

[Nyoibo]

It sounds to me like the nudity is basically the "cop out" option for the final, getting naked in front of a class is the easy way through.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I wouldn't get naked, not ever. I have image issues that you wouldn't believe. Then again, talking about my image issues, showing the class the scars on my arms and ankles from self harming and describing my eating disorder would probably suffice, given that "baring your soul" is an alternative.

[Valinor]

Or that she was told but forgot.

This doesn't sound like the kind of thing you'd easily forget, especially concerning your own child.

I think it's more likely that the student deliberately tried to hide it from her mother, because she knew that her mother would hit the roof if she found out.

[Hyena Dandy]

This doesn't sound like the kind of thing you'd easily forget, especially concerning your own child.

I think it's more likely that the student deliberately tried to hide it from her mother, because she knew that her mother would hit the roof if she found out.

I beileve you misparsed my sentence.

I mean that the daughter knew, but forgot about it. People forget what/when the final is all the time.

[Valinor]

People forget what/when the final is all the time.

Under normal circumstances, yes. But being expected to appear nude in front of a class doesn't strike me as something that a student would likely forget.

No, I still think the most likely possibility is that the student intentionally concealed it from her mother.

[Andara Bledin]

Under normal circumstances, yes. But being expected to appear nude in front of a class doesn't strike me as something that a student would likely forget.

Nobody is expected to attend class in the nude. Plus "in front of the class" is terribly misleading. Anyone choosing to present their final in the nude is doing so as part of the class. It's a shared experience.

Nevermind that being naked is only one option, and not the only option. That most people choose to do the naked part just shows that it's also the easier option.

[BlaqueKatt]

No, I still think the most likely possibility is that the student intentionally concealed it from her mother.

That the student didn't show up or pay attention on the first day of class is also possible.

[Jester]

I would transfer out of that class so fast. I neither want to bare my spirit nor my 200 lb naked body for all to see.

And I am the complete opposite. I could see myself asking the professor if I could actually take BOTH options, i.e., baring my soul, and doing it in the nude. Not just because I am perfectly fine being naked, but because I would think that would be the bigger challenge.

Of course, if I had to bare my soul through some kind of crafted art, rather than a performance, I'd be in serious trouble, as my artistic skills come from my brain and mouth, not from my hands, as it were.

I do find it interesting that most of the students chose the option of being nude over the option of baring their soul. While some people think that would be the more difficult of the two, when it comes down to it, for most people, it is probably far easier to get naked physically than to do so emotionally.

After a while, especially in high-level classes, nudity just ceases to have any stigma left.

I can attest to this. Having worked at gentlemen's clubs and a clothing optional bar, I can tell you that after a while, nudity really isn't that big a deal. It's only our learned societal stigmas that make it so. In he gentlemen's club, for example, I stopped noticing the girls being nude. It was just their work uniform. If we went out for a bite or drinks after work, and one was wearing a sexy or revealing dress that wasn't part of their work wardrobe, I'd be far more likely to notice it, and find it sexy, even though I had just seen the girl naked for some hours. Also, seeing people of all ages, sizes, and shapes get naked at the clothing optional bar (as well as some clothing optional beaches, resorts, and events I've been to) almost certainly dilutes the effect of naked people on you.

But the fact that other students have stated that it was made clear on the first day of classes makes me suspect that the real issue wasn't that the daughter didn't know, but that she didn't tell her mother about it.

No, I still think the most likely possibility is that the student intentionally concealed it from her mother.

I think there are actually several possibilities.
1. Student concealed it from her mother.
2. Student forgot about it. Unlikely, considering how unusual it is, but still possible.
3. Student skipped or missed the first day of class, so somehow missed this particular item.
4. Student skipped or missed the first day and several other days, so the requirement surprised her.
5. Student just didn't tell her mother about it, because student didn't find it to be nearly as big a deal as her mother did.
6. Student didn't tell her mother, and then when the big day came, wasn't prepared, and whined to her mother about the unfairness of it.

My personal guess is that the most likely are 1, 3, or 5.