Who I am, and what needs to be changed
Alexander Michael James Simpson-Laing
I am a male Caucasian. 29 years of age, I have a family my wife and two
daughters. I have been to 4 universities and no degrees (other than equivalent of
a general education) I have tried fine arts and media arts, Have not found my niche
yet. I’m aspiring to be a 3D game designer and concept artist hopefully one day
an art director to a gaming company.
Strengths: art of most forms, and seeing outside the box as well as the big
picture, strong ethical background involving family and friends.
Weakness: I have a serious problem with procrastination and not being in
control of my environment.
I have been to 4 “schools of learning” art institute of Washington. J. Sargent Rendolds
Community College. The Community College of Salt Lake city, And Ivy Tech of
Indiana. I am trying to obtain a degree without the use of insane logics of
requiring to take certain classes for others. I have been baffled out of many a
system and have been screwed by the educational board for a long time 2 of them
due to my citizenship I am a native of Great Britain. I have learned a great
deal in the world on getting what I need and getting what I want, if these
schools have taught me anything is that money talks and screw the common man. The
only way to survive is either become like them, or systematically corrupt those
around you into believe you are like them. There or course is the older rules
of the game such as I brown nosing or manipulating your way to the top. My preferred
tactic is the latter of the two. I came to this school for two reasons. One I wanted
a wholesome education with enough of knowledge to survive in the world of
insanity. And two, I wanted to save a wee bit of money in the doing so.
two problems with my two requests one I have no freedom of choice in this
school other than what you guys deem I need for a job that doesn’t even exist
yet. And two your requirements on the same classes in which I can tell you are
absurd. I find it most entertaining at my own moneys be hath that you of the board
seem to have this obsession with thinking you know what is required for the
future of an entertainment company when you yourselves are not in the
entertainment field. Would you go to a teacher to have your teeth pulled? Or would
you have a blind man pour you hot coffee? I don’t think so do me a favor and
FREE UP THE CERICULEM! This insanity has got to stop and also if you have a
list of classes such as a b and c then don’t have them taught like this b, c
and a setting someone’s week with the list of classes all on a Tuesday and
having none other classes the student can take on ANY other day is absurd I know
you want your money but please at least a store clerk gives me what I want when
I want a toaster I get a toaster not a bloody microwave! I suppose a different
system one that acutely makes sense or is that not in the budget? When you have
all your classes taught at the same time who can take the other classes? I’m
not sure how you can fix this but I know if I had a plan for something that doesn’t
exist yet I would teach it the same way it needs to be learned OUT OF THE BOX
and not like every other math major, phycology major and diplomat, these have
had their teaching systems that work but if you think that a NEW MEDIA job
would require the same general education as a doctor you my dear friends of the
board are sadly mistaken. In order to be the fastest moving company to produce
the best brains for the entertainment industry one must behave as thou they
know what they’re doing and not just draw some bloody lines together and call
it “Education”. I love many of the teachers in this system all the way from Beth
and Powers, Albert, Clint and properly a lot of teachers I haven’t had the pleasure
yet. But honestly how can they teach us what we need to know if you the boys
above refuse to let them teach us what we need? So many times I have witnessed
a teacher so offend or even pissed off because of the “changes” that are made. I
know changes need to be made BUT QUIT HAVING STUPID MEETINGS ABOUT WHAT THE
BLOODY NAME CHANGING WHEN THE EXUCATION IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED!!!
when I think of a school I think of a cool inviroment low stress more plants in
the building a more graceful aspect to a young learners, and maybe even an
entertaining area. You cant fit all the media students in MARLA in order for
them to become relaxed and also there would be the 5 feet of personal space I don’t
like taking my classes almost sitting in someone else’s lap. There would be
more colours then beige and grey (surprise surprise) and maybe a small café for
people to enjoy one another’s company a wide area to run and socialize the
ability to learn outside (thou I’m an indoor person) and the choices… yes choices
let’s talk about choices I like choices I would allow the student CHOICES wow
LETS REALLY BREAK THAT DOWN SHALL WE?
C. Chosen
H. Home
O. Opportunities
I. Involvement
C. Curriculums
E. Entertainment and Education
S. for all Students
As you can see by the above statement
we don’t even come close to being able to break down that wording. Instead we
have the opposite of this. Which is no choices we can barely choose the classes
we take, it doesn’t feel like a home away from home, it doesn’t feel like we
have opportunities and the curriculum is broken, I am partly entertained between
all the stresses we deal with. And the education is a joke while it changes
every 2 seconds to something that sucks up our money. No same student has the
same life in the college environment. Or can share anything other than being
serious screwed other than by the amount of money paid out to a half ass
education that we get. If I wanted to throw my money into nothingness I WOULD
HAVE INVESTED IN THE DAMMED STOCKMARKET!
all I want is what I pay for and since I pay a huge amount of money I want my
education to be huge and I hate being treated like a 2 byte child this is college
I am spending good money on a dammed good education I want what I pay for!
