American Design Schools Are a Mess, and Produce Weak Graduates
American Design Schools Are a Mess, and Produce Weak Graduates
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Another thing I noticed when I was in school is that a huge chunk of students treated design courses like they would their general education courses: get a passing grade. That attitude and approach entirely destroyed their future.
The minority of us that treated the classes like work were much better off. Every project had the potential to be a portfolio piece, and that point-of-view changed everything. The grade meant nothing, the end result meant everything.
The poor students who squeezed by with Bs and even Cs had nothing to show at the end of the day. Conclusion, design schools are awesome if you take them seriously. If you think it's just passing classes, you're fucked.
- So what you're saying is that the grade is based on effort? Revolutionary!Mr_Mxyzptlk
- No. Not at all. I'm saying that just trying to pass the class is the wrong approach.doublespaced