My summer holidays are coming to an end and I’m gearing up for another year in the classroom. It’s important to come in with high energy and enthusiasm in order to hook students into a new year of learning. This can be tricky, though, as not all kids like art or see the value in doing it (you know, like ‘this is pointless, it’s not like I’m going to be an artist’). In a world that seems to value money and power over all, it can be hard to instil the importance of art into teenagers, but I try.