tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18932104.post602233632990734008..comments2013-10-28T12:35:43.399-06:00Comments on A New Art Movement: To College You Should Go?danielnorth.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115356477035369540noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18932104.post-42102116160341475912007-04-26T09:46:00.000-06:002007-04-26T09:46:00.000-06:00I don't believe a college degree should be an auto...I don't believe a college degree should be an automatic "pass go and collect $200". I was just reading the other day about parents that attend college job fairs with their soon-to-graduate children and how some even call prospective employers to negotiate a better package for their kid. I lump that entire mindset together as shockingly naive. <BR/><BR/>What I and the article are questioning is the proliferation of accredited university programs that literally don't teach the basics of how to use materials. I was not taught how to paint... I was handed an easel and told to show-up next Tuesday with some paint - that was it. The instructor did not like to mix oil mediums, so I had to find one that did, outside of class. I'm all for self-education and making your own place in the world, but I have serious issue with paying someone to teach a specific skill and not getting my money's worth.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I can work in any medium with confidence... now, it took years to get here and while I appreciate the fact that at least now I know... life would have been a bit easier if I had gotten what I paid for, the first time. - DNdanielnorth.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115356477035369540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18932104.post-64320766820727087322007-04-26T08:38:00.000-06:002007-04-26T08:38:00.000-06:00I am always amazed at how many in our society conc...I am always amazed at how many in our society conclude that college degree equate into knowledge about certain subjects of life. Wannabee chefs go to culinary schools only to be working in a kitchen chopping veggies for a year to prove themselves. What would make being an artist any different? Perhaps it is a sad statement on our modern civilized culture. We want of just spend money and not the hard effort to make ourselves into truly someone who can do the job correctly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com