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jhocking:
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--- Quote from: Drill King on 16 Sep 2009, 22:36 ---An art school, also, 50 minutes? That is a class? My classes are all 4 and a half hours long what the hell
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Is your course actually run by the devil himself.
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To be fair note that art classes are often longer, because you're in the studio doing the work, rather than just listening to a lecture and doing all the work at home. Looking at the two schools I'm teaching for right now, Columbia College has unusually short classes for an art school, at 3 hours once a week (that could just be this department though; I have no idea what their painting or dance studio classes are like.) Meanwhile the other school I teach at, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, routinely has full-day studio classes (obviously there's a break for lunch in the middle.)
Incidentally, speaking from the teacher's perspective, while it is certainly a big drag that I'm tied down to a classroom longer than teachers in other disciplines, this is made up for by the considerably less work I have to do outside class grading and preparing exams and such (the same time trade-off students are making, really.) Considering that paperwork stuff like grading is my biggest weakness as a teacher, while my strengths are in the classroom communication, this trade-off works for me.
calenlass:
--- Quote from: Verergoca on 16 Sep 2009, 21:45 ---Oh you people who just started! The joy of pubcrawling on weekdays!
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Don't be mean, Vergy. You know we don't have real pubs.
Jace:
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--- Quote from: Jace on 16 Sep 2009, 22:50 ---history, teaching
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good teachers are something that have pretty much always been in demand and very likely always will be, although maybe in some places more than others. still, if you're okay with the possibility of moving, i say go for it.
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See, I really like living in Arizona, but we have the worst education in the United States. The teachers don't actually teach kids to retain knowledge, they teach them how to take a standardized test. So, while I really don't want to move from AZ, I fear that I'd have to if I wanted to actually pursue a (successful) career in teaching. I guess I'll have some more concrete answers when I talk to my aunt, uncle, and cousin at the end of october. All three are teachers because they love teaching.
Reed:
Jace, since NCLB you will find that any state you go to in the US is the exact same way. Right now there is no way to escape teaching towards standardized tests (unless you want to teach at alternative schools).
Bastardous Bassist:
Get ready for a megapost with me responding to what a lot of people have said!
--- Quote from: Darkbluerabbit on 16 Sep 2009, 21:14 ---Showing concern and dedication will get you everywhere.
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This. So much this.
--- Quote from: StaedlerMars on 16 Sep 2009, 21:06 ---Guys, I'm going into my final year, and I'm so fucking excited / so really intimidated by the fact that I have to face real world soon.
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Two words: graduate school.
--- Quote from: Reed on 16 Sep 2009, 21:30 ---(and trust me, they really deserve more pity than you realize)
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I'm going to make you crazy jealous, and you'll probably never talk to me again. I am currently one of three TAs for a class of about 20. BAHAHAHAHAHA!
--- Quote from: jmrz on 16 Sep 2009, 21:29 ---Also, I'll be doing full time uni and close enough to full time employment, all at once. Crazy? Probably.
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My third and fourth year of school were completed while working pretty much full-time as a musician. Luckily, a lot of the practicing overlapped with my music degree. Once you get a schedule going, it's actually not too bad, and you're never bored.
--- Quote from: Drill King on 16 Sep 2009, 21:57 ---(What I am saying is that I have an insane amount of work and the idea of doing anything except occasionally sleeping and working and school is really foreign already)
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You will find that there is time to be social (not necessarily drink, mind). It won't be there at first, but you'll slowly get your schedule down to where you have free time.
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 16 Sep 2009, 22:48 ---Yeah seriously dude are you actually suggesting that it is unfair or ineffective to have lectures that go for less than an hour what the hell is wrong with you people.
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Unfair to have required lectures. My dad got mostly top marks in his undergrad degree rarely setting foot in a classroom. Some people just don't do well in a classroom situation.
--- Quote from: Jace on 16 Sep 2009, 22:50 ---Is there a place for History majors in the world, if I am not working at a museum? Should I be a teacher?
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Yes. What level would you be hoping to teach? Because University/College level is insanely competitive for humanities people, but high school is probably much better.
--- Quote from: Hat on 17 Sep 2009, 00:02 ---Do not let anyone tell you that you need to drink or have a good time or basically do anything apart from study at college, you will know if you have spare time to do this stuff by about the end of the first week.
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College is also a place to grow as a person, as well. So try to at least be sociable, and always keep in mind that "sociable" doesn't mean "alcoholic." It doesn't even mean there's alcohol involved at all. I'll temper this with, if you don't feel you can get your work done, do your work. People will either understand, or become drop-outs very quickly.
--- Quote from: Hat on 17 Sep 2009, 00:02 ---Also do not be afraid to get to know people in your classes on the very first day you have them because otherwise you will not talk to them all semester and it will be even more awkward if you have another class with them later and try to introduce yourself then.
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You will also probably not survive without some sort of support group of friends. As awesome as college is, there is a lot of stress and sometimes it just gets too much.
--- Quote from: jhocking on 17 Sep 2009, 07:26 ---To be fair note that art classes are often longer, because you're in the studio doing the work, rather than just listening to a lecture and doing all the work at home.
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So, it's like mandatory "homework" time? Damn. I mean, I had rehearsals, but individual practice was to be done on my own time (once, my teacher was really pissed off that I hadn't put in enough work that week and just left, saying that I could practice if I wanted to, but he saw no reason to remain around).
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