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I call hoax on these drawings. Look at them and notice how every drawing focuses heavily on the buttons on the shirts and coats. Plus the body sizes are very s
by Scott_MacGregor 16y ago
I call hoax on these drawings.
Look at them and notice how every drawing focuses heavily on the buttons on the shirts and coats. Plus the body sizes are very similar from drawing to drawing. This seems outside the level of probability for a sample of drawings this small. I highly suspect that all of the drawings were drawn by one adult trying to make it look like students drew them.
- david 16y agoThat's pretty ridiculous. The body sizes and visual similarities between students are not as close as you make it sound, I could easily see this set of drawings coming from one of my classes in seventh grade. Why not go with the much simpler and much more likely explanation that the before and after pictures and descriptions all have similar content because the teacher held discussions before the students drew the pictures, and these discussions were lead in a certain direction.
- Robin_Message 16y agoPeople who haven't learnt to draw (and I'd include all the children in this except possibly Nick and Matt) tend to draw symbols instead of accurate representations. So, what's the symbol for a scientist? A lab coat. What's the symbol for a lab coat? A white coat shape, with buttons down the front. The children are about ten years old, right? So, despite their lack of skill in seeing, they have the dexterity to draw what they want to draw, and so you'd expect them to draw similar body sizes, in approximately the right proportion (except for the eyes which we tend to perceive as 1/3 of the way from the top, when in fact they are the midpoint.)