I am just finishing up a 3 year Multimedia Design program at Durham College.
Hopefully now comes the money. I hope.
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I am just finishing up a 3 year Multimedia Design program at Durham College.
Hopefully now comes the money. I hope.
People like that is why I hate going to a lot of my college classes. Paying a couple thousand a year so some fat ass can talk for 1 or 2 hours about things that will not help me do the homework, or pass his test, really burns my ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brisco Bold
Excellent article. Thanks for the link.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shinobi128
Yeah programming is boring as hell... it takes a certain type of person to be able to do that all day.Quote:
At one point I wanted to be a programmer, then I took classes in high school. It sucked.
You got it. :) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shinobi128
I wouldn't actually do that. I hate prof's like that too. I always swore that if I became a prof, I'd be the (relatively) cool one who always tried to get the students involved in course material. I'd encourage them to talk to me and ask questions, and just be an overall good guy. Not standoff-ish like Professor Blake... bitch.Quote:
Originally Posted by IronPlant
I really dislike teaching in a high-school/grade-school enviroment. I don't want to baby-sit.
I learned this my senior year of high school. Decided I'd like journalism better. Came into Emerson last year with Print Journalism as my declared major. When the first semester ended, I was not happy... so I changed my major to WLP, which is our Writing/Literature/Publishing department. I've enjoyed this semester somewhat, but I really need summer to get here soon, I'm kind of burned out. I may declare Film as a minor when my sophomore year begins.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
I also think the JET program could be a good time, or at least, a nice amount of cash for not a whole lot of work in a strange country I'd like to see at least once.
You ever have college professors that give you the strong idea that the only reason they are teaching is because they really liked the major then after they got out of school, they either were not going enough to get a job or couldn't find a job in the field, and that is the only reason they teach?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brisco Bold
Like they have no passion at all for the subject or are completely unable to put it in usable terms and/or help the class understand the material?
Or one that has no structure to their class? Like they go over thing A in class, thing A is usually really easy. Then the homework is 20 times harder than thing A, you have to spend hours doing it, and get in study groups just to finish it. Then finally you take the test, and the test has like nothing to do with the class, or the homework?
Does this happen to other people, or am I the only one that is getting raped by a few of my classes?
Major: Animation
Undergraduate: Graphic Design
Both courses are huge. I'm an idiot for taking this much schooling. It's definitely a calculated risk.
Animation = Film and Videogame industry pass when I'm done. It should be fun and also tedious at the same time.
I am very undecided when it comes to my major, but since I have to declare tomorrow, I'm declaring myself as an English Major with concentration on technical writing for the time being. But hell, I don't even know if I'm going to be at this school next year or not as I applied for transfer and don't find out if I got accepted for another few weeks.
I really hope I get accepted, my current school is driving me up the wall.
Got this all through high-school: English teachers embittered by the fact that their writing career failed; Math teachers who don't know a fuck-what about the quadratic formula, let alone communicating it to a class.Quote:
Originally Posted by IronPlant
During university I haven't experienced this. Instead we have professors who want to get paid for research; teaching is an annoying side-bar. I had one professor (who was having a bad day) piss and moan about this for a full hour (he's so cool).
Please don't group all professors into the "dication and nothing else" class. I've never been like that and never will be. If a professor won't asnswer questions, why the hell is he even there? Heck, the janitor can dicatate from a text. You don't need an MA for that.
I personally love teaching. The freedom of teaching adults, especially at night, is awesome. There's respect, a decent paycheck, and a good sense of fufillment. Teaching rocks and I encourage those of you who knock it to consider otherwise. :)