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February 12, 2008
Stop Finding and CREATE!
As you may or may not be aware, I recently enrolled in a graphic design certificate program at the Art Institute of Boston (at Lesley University). This is not a graduate program, but a sort of concentrated version of the undergraduate program intended for adults who have a degree in something else and want to start over. This means that my classmates are undergraduate students, and I'm fairly certain there are no other professional certificate people. These first few weeks have been fairly entertaining.
The the subject title, for example, is a direct quote from a student who even flourished his cigarette as he dramatically (and maybe with a little fake accent) completed his statement. This student had longish brown hair pulled back in an annoying little ponytail, round wire-rim glasses, and a long black trench coat - reminding me greatly of a certain Covenant College crazypants that I won't name, but you totally know who I'm talking about.
My favorite class for social observation purposes, Language of Form, is the scene for some of the best exchanges I've witnessed. Last week, as we cut out shapes for various contrasting collages (uuuuuugggghhhh), two guys to my left suddenly began discussing music:
"Yeah, I really like that band Audioslave"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, you know with Chris Cornell? He used to be in uh...that band Soundgarden."
"Yeah, I think I've heard them. They're pretty cool."
"Have you heard the new Smashing Pumpkins album?"
"It's awesome!"
"Totally. You know it's not even all the original members, but Billy Corgan's the only one that matters. I think there used to be some chick in the band."
*then something about Rage Against the Machine...being awesome*
"I know, like, a ridiculous amount about music. It's crazy."
Me: You are such an idiot.
And yesterday as my fellow classmates discussed the various dramas of their lives, the mandatory English class came up as topic and was generally reviled by everyone enrolled. My teacher, Ryan, asked if everyone was taking English and hated it, and I must have made some kind of look because he pointedly asked me about it to which I replied "I have a degree in English." I'm such a mutant in this place. Anyway, Ryan asked them what they were currently reading and the brilliant response was "I don't know, like, some poem or something."
"God, I hate reading."
Ryan: "Don't you read websites or anything?"
"I read, like, magazines, but not for the writing."
"Reading sucks."
"Totally.
I laughed. Out loud.
I'm not sure how my co-author ever made friends with any of us because these people are plumb idiots. Whenever I speak in class, I sound so elegant and refined, I can hardly believe it. I used to think I said "like" too much, but...I really don't. Like, at all comparatively.
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Posted by: young_christopher at February 17, 2008 10:21 PM
Posted by: heidi at February 18, 2008 2:37 PM