Teachers often draw on boards to explain ideas, and there’s a jocular line:
“Every teacher before they draw on the board: ‘I’m not an artist.’”
The line was cited on tumblr and went viral on Twitter on March 30, 2012. The saying has been printed on several images.
ethische-abstumpfung—tumblr
every teacher before they draw on the board: im not an artist
Twitter
Chris
@blaaaaaine
Overheard: every teacher before they draw on the board: im not an artist http://tmblr.co/ZGYJ6xIpvCxN
7:46 PM - 30 Mar 2012
Twitter
lil dub
@atrociousasi
every teacher before they draw on the board: “im not an artist”
7:47 PM - 30 Mar 2012
Twitter
old account
@L1LDEEPTHROAT
every teacher before they draw on the board: im not an artist
7:48 PM - 30 Mar 2012
Witty Profiles
Funny Quote #5553436
GABTASTIC_
posted April 19, 2012 at 4:27pm EDT
every teacher before they draw on the board: i’m not an artist
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LGS EME
May 27, 2013 ·
Every teacher before they draw on the board: “I’m not an artist.”
Lazy Kat
26 MARCH 2014
EVERY TEACHER BEFORE THEY DRAW ON THE BOARD : I’M NOT AN ARTIST.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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