u/0Revas

Context: Im in y11 now and in my school specifically you do the 60% coursework (component 1) in the span of beginning of y10 to y11 December (January 5/6th to be specific). My school has provided the theme "cubism" with no other option and I have dreaded doing it, my grade is a 6- (highest in the class) and I've been doing it, always ahead, never late on deadlines and never complains to the teachers. Recently Teacher A (i have 2 teachers so one will be called A and the other B) has took me aside and told me I could do a second sketchbook (NOT COMPONMENT 2) in addition to the cubism one. I agreed and he even let me pick the theme and everything. Day 2: I came to his classroom and told my idea and that I wanted to choose the theme music and what artists I wanted to study he AGREED no quetions asked and told me that next lesson he would give me a new sketchbook (because my school uses folders). Day3: I told my friend about it and she has the second highest grade in the class so we went to see Teacher B to discuss if she could do it too. BIG MISTAKE. We go to her and explain what Teacher A has told me and she says that he MISUNDERSTOOD it. Then I showed her the note he gave me which was the rules/guidelines on what i had to research on day1 to give to him on day2. She basically says that its a big risk and if I want to do this new sketchbook it would be the component 1 without cubism and used the exact metaphor "you need to put all your eggs in one basket" and told me that depending on the quality of the work I'd have to do 35ish pages. Day4 and Day 5 is the weekend and I did 4 pages with good quality like pintrest-ass good quality. Day6 I have a lesson and she says.. Brother what she says is so pmo. Again she says he misunderstood and in MY best interest she thinks I shouldn't do it. I explain to her respectfully that i have already done a decent amount of work and that i truly believe I can finish this in before the deadline. I get the new folder and we agree on me sending her photos of my coursework to see if she agrees with me continuing this book. I send it to her and she replies "so far so good" and that she wants an observational drawing. For the next 3 lessons I work on my observational drawing and she gives me the comment that if this drawing is not above a grade 7 she's not going to let me do it.. Ok whatever, I'll try my best. Day 15/16 I have to submit my sketchbook for a quick grade check (everyone has to do this) so they can set a current working grade and all subjects are sending in a grade report. Something in my sketchbook broke so I asked Teacher A if I could fix it before submitting it mind it we are submitting it in the first 10 minutes of the lesson... He agrees and persists to nag me on "can you bring your cubism sketchbook" i say no and as why because im not doing that anymore. I don't remember exactly word for word what he says but we somehow come to the point where I agree to bring it in tomorrow (05/10- the time im writing this). Then we send it and he explains to the class what we're doing. Im not a dick to expect him to explain to me personally what Im doing as im 1 person out of 14 so i wait. I ask him if i can continue what I was previously doing (observational drawing for my new coursework). Also more context Teacher B has agreed for me to set my own deadlines and decide what every page is with no "booklet" (which we have been given in the past to guide us through our past sketchbook). Teacher A tells me I have to do some cubism bs sculpture for my COURSEWORK... I explain to him that Im no longer doing said 'cubism coursework' and he blatantky ignores me (also I can't argue with him because he could easily give me a detention). I do the sculpture. And at the end of the lesson he stands at the door and shouts "remember to bring that Cubism sketchbook". Wtf. My mom writes an email (exaggerates mental health side as the school cares more about that stuff) and says that Im stressed out about the miscommunication between well everyone and about my new coursework being 'taken away from me'. Then Teacher B replies (thinking I'm stressed about the workload) that I can always not do the new sketchbook and that's it in her best interest to take away the new sketchbook if I'm stressed about it. HELLO? They exchanged an email that they want to have an irl meet up on teams/zooms.

Im genuinely worried about showing up to school tomorrow whether they're going to take it away from me or waste my time doing useless cubism coursework to be like "well you already finished cubism so theres no point in you doing the music one". Please send help and advice.