Artist in the Classroom

Talia brought home a sketchbook from her art class yesterday. One of the assignments was to draw about social issues--an assignment that Talia admitted was broad in scope. The picture below is what she came up with:

What Talia drew brought up a whole discussion on the issues she raised in the picture. I'm not only astounded at all the things middle school kids have to think about these days, but also at Talia's interpretation of them.