OlenaFri, Jan 15, 2010 Dmitri,
From graphic design to something called visual & critical studies. I'm still able to take design classes, but this new major allows for more flexibility in studio choices and a heavier focus on non-studio education; that is, humanities.
Infinitas,
Definitely. I was reading the Discover interview with Sir Roger Penrose (famed physicist/mathematician) & he talked about how, when he was in elementary school, he was really slow at math so the teacher allowed his class to take untimed tests.
We don't have that kind of option, now... for me, at least, teachers were rarely so patient and timing was everything — it didn't really matter if you truly learned anything as long as you could finish the standardized test in time.
Anyway, it's not so much about timing as it is pressure to succeed instead of learn, get A's and B's and a job.
Dmitri,
From graphic design to something called visual & critical studies. I'm still able to take design classes, but this new major allows for more flexibility in studio choices and a heavier focus on non-studio education; that is, humanities.
Infinitas,
Definitely. I was reading the Discover interview with Sir Roger Penrose (famed physicist/mathematician) & he talked about how, when he was in elementary school, he was really slow at math so the teacher allowed his class to take untimed tests.
We don't have that kind of option, now... for me, at least, teachers were rarely so patient and timing was everything — it didn't really matter if you truly learned anything as long as you could finish the standardized test in time.
Anyway, it's not so much about timing as it is pressure to succeed instead of learn, get A's and B's and a job.